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NAHB Convention to Stress Technical Developments, New Products

An impressive array of up-to-the-minute presentations on technical developments in home building and an exposition of building materials and equipment will highlight the annual convention-exposition of the National Association of Home Builders in Chicago, January 18-22.

Residential air conditioning, a new development that has stirred up enormous interest among builders, is slated for major attention at the show. An entire general session will be devoted to demonstrations, study and discussion of this popular subject.

Air conditioning equipment manufacturers, represented by the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration N{achinery Association, will participate in the session. In addition, there will be at least eleven special air conditioning displays in thg exposition where builders can inspect the lirtest equipment and acquire further information.

Commenting on the association's all-out plans to cover the technical side of home building at the shorv, NAHB's executive vice president, Frank W. Cortright. said: "This rvill definitely be a 'how to do it' affair.

"There will be other demonstrations, for example, of how lumber is graded, how to use a moisture rneter, horv to use lumber, how to get good masonry, hoiv to apply and tape drywall construction, how to get goocl concrete, how to apply insulating board and sheathing, and hol' to use roof trusses."

House design, paints, taxes, sales and merchanclising, financing, cooperative housing, and feature presentations of the use of gas and electricity in the hon.re are other examples of the wide range of subjects to be cor.ered in the many general sessions, panel discussions and clinics.

"In effect, we are turning the meeting into r 'builders' lvorkshop that lvill provide intensive coverage of r-irtually every current business and technical subject of ir-rterest to the home building industry," said Cortright.

The association's exposition plans are equally elaborate. Convention-exposition director Paul S. Van Auken has announ,ced that nearly 250 leading manufacturers have taken exhibit space, and the number of exhibit spaces has been increased from 250 to nearly 400.

Van Auken said that the huge display of building materials and home equipment will occupy space on four

RElrwo0ll TA]IKS ARE TEE MOST ECONOMICAL They Last floors of the Conrad Hilton Hotel. Between 5O and 75 firms will be in the show for the firsttime. Nfany of these and large numbers of regular exhibitors will introduce new products.

Exhibit personnel alone 'n'ill exceed 2,000 persons, as manufacturers stage their annual all-out effort to sht-,w, demonstrate and exolain their latest Droducts to the builders.

Visiting builders will also have an opportunity to tour outstanding housing projects in the Chicago area. For their "spare" time, a series of entertainment events, including the annual banquet and a delegates' and exhibitors' party, is planned. A special program of activities has been arranged for delegates' wives.

The association predicts a record breaking turnout representing all segments of the building industry. Joining the home builders for the five-day parley rvill be thousands of building supply clea.lers, manufacturers, architects, engineers, subcontractors, financial representatives, and government housing officials.

Joseph B. Haverstick of Dayton, NAHB's second vice president, is chairman of the association's convention-exposition committee, rvhich is responsible for planning the industry-rvide event.

Annual Lumbermen's Stag Party

The Northwestern California Lumbermen's Club held its 5th Annual Stag Party in the Veterans Memorial Building, Eureka, on Friday, November 14.

The program for the day included; Informal breakfast at8:D a.m.;golf tournament at the Bayside Country Club at 11:59 a.m.; tour of the Redwood mills at 1:59 p.m.; social hour at 5:59 p.m. and banquet at 7:39 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building followed'lvith an excellent entertainment program including several high-class vaudeville acts.

The Committee for the party included: Program, Jack Nlackey; Collections, Al Norton, Tom Lanin, Chas. Murray, George Knab; golf, Ned Davis, John Eilers, Tom Lanin; Publicity, Bill Rogers ; Tickets, Jack Mackey; dues and membership, Del Slone.

There was a big turnout, and lumbermen were present from all sections of California.

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Named Manager of Manufacturers Sales Applicationg Under Tide lX

Max Hoffnran, president of the Ludman Corporation, Miami, FloriCa, marrufacturer's of AutoLok wood and eluminum aw'ning type winitows, announces the appointment of D. G. Pilkington as rnanagcr of Manufacturers Sales in the Wood Window Divisiorr of the company.

Mr. Pilkington's principal duties will be to work and consult with stock -wood window manufacturers thr.rughout the country on the production and marketing of wood awnings type windows empk'ying ttre reputedly revolutionary principles of Auto-Lok hardware. Ashis headquarters will be in Chicago, it is stated thatI\{r. Pilkington also will lend his aid and experience to the establishment of Auto-Lok Wood Windorvs in thc Chicago market and tlrrough stock woodwork jobbers and lumber dealers in the area north and vvest of Chicago.

"Piik," as Mr. Pilkington is knowrl to manufacturers, jobbers, dealers, builders and architects throughout the Unitecl States, resigned recentiy as general manager of Ponderosa Pine Woodwork (Association) in which capacity he also served as director of tht: Wood Window Promotion Program. These cluties, says \[r. Hoffman. provided Nlr. Pilkirrgton rvith an unusually broad birckground of experience in wood rvindow n.rarketing and promotion from national to local levels which rvill be invaluable to AutoLok fabricators,,jobbers and rlealers alike.

Prior to his connection with Ponderosa Pine Woodwork, Mr. Pilkington t'as Western Manager ol Prtlgressive Architecture magazine in which posrtion he acquired a keen insight into the requirements of the arcl:ritectural profession in light construction. Previous to that "Pilk" was connected rvith the Chicago office of the National Gypsum Company where, it is said, he was cre.lited with the establishment of Gold Bond lumber dealcr products in that market.

Attended f"RS Meeting

Victor S..Roth of the Triangle Lumber Company, Oakland was one of those from the bay region who attended the meeting of the Forest Products Resear'ch Society at the Sutter Club in Sacramento last month. The society is interested in forestry in so far as it pertains to new methods and the search for by-products. A very interesting talk was heard on the new plywood products of the U. S. Plywood Corporation. The Society is international in its membership and has groups in forty-seven foreign countries. Dr. Arthur Anderson is chairman of the Northern California section, Bud Kennedy is vice-chairman. Ray Smith of the Forestry Experimental Station at the lJniversity of California is secretarv.

Being Received

The Federal Housing Administration office at 112 W. 9th Street, Los Angeles, California, began receiving applications for mortgage insurance under Title IX, for programmed defense housing in the Lancaster-PalmdaleMojave, California, Critical defense housing area on November 17, 1952, it was announced by John E. McGovern, FHA director. Applications will be received through December 8, 1952.

The program of 30 housing units to be built in the Lancaster-Palmdale-Mojave area was announced recently by the Housing and Home Finance Agency in Washington. All of the programmed housing is intended for in-migrant defense workers (ormilitarv and civilian personnel, if a militarv installation) of Boron AF Installation, the designated defense establishment in the area.

Units of defense housing programmed by the HHFA to be insured under Title IX of the National Housing Act, may be applied for only by the submission of applications for mortgage insurance under Title IX, accompanied by the appropriate examination or application fees.

The announcement by FHA that it is ready to receive applications means that the program can now get started, John E. McGovern said.

Named Salcs Manager

Walter J. Woo,J, vice president of E. L. Bluce Co.. announces that Ed Cor'rad is back with the Bruce company in the capacity of sales manager" Blt ck Flooring Division. Mr. Coniad was block flooririg salesman for Bruce from 1935 to 1938.

He has a ihorotrgh background in all types of flooring and is a practical installation man. His experience iricludes eleven years with Skinner, Cook and Babcock, contractors of New York City. In 1938 he rvent to Washington to enter the floor contracting busincss as a member of the firm of Flooring Contractors, Inc. In 1943 he organized the firm of Cooper & Conrad, Inc. and has been actively engaged in the sale and installation of all types of floors and floor coverings for the pesi 14 years.

His duties with Bruce will take him to all sections of thecountry; however, he will make his headquarters in Memphis.

Wood tanks are made in all sizes ranging from a very small size resembling a large bucket to a huge industrial unit containing a half million gallons or more.

Pre-Logging Congress Meeting

Ben Allen, chairman of the Publicity Committee of the Pacific Logging Congress and director of Public Relations for the California Redwood Association. held a meeting prior to the opening of the Pacific Logging Congress in San Francisco last month for an informal discussion of subjects of interest in the lumber industry. Among those present were Clyde Gorman, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company; L. H. Mills, Mist Logging Company; Dave James, Simpson Logging Company, Shelton, Washington; Roy Gould, Diamond Lumber Company, Portland, Oregon; A. A. Lausmann, Kogap Lumber fndustries, I\{edford, Oregon:A. .W. Whinsant, former secretary of the Congress and now secretary of the Management Committee; William D. Hagenstein, chief forester of Industrial Forestry Association, Portland. and others. Here are a few of the gleanings from the discussion given at random.

It is estimated that the "Keep Green" program has rcduced fire in the timber country at least 50 per cent.

The Federal government owns 53 per cent of the total land in Oregon and 58 per cent of the timber land.

From now on lumber will cost what it takes to grow as well as to'1og, mill and ship it.

Lumber is the only natural resource in this country which replenishes itself.

With the increasing uses of substitutes for lumber the consumption of lumber per capita may go dou'n, but it must be considered that many of the substitutes use forestry products, and the growth of the country offsets any actual decline.

Lumber shipments mean more tonnage than any other industrial product in the countrv.

The basic motive power in the lumber industry has changed five times.

The cutting cvcle in the Southern States is no'rv 20 1'ears, in the rvest about 40 years.

Some years ago timber interest moved out of the South and began their operations in the \N'est. Now many of these same interests are moving back into the South rvith nerv nrills.

Forestry graduates from the nation's colleges, rvho a ferti' years back sought work with the government are now going into industry. This new generation of trained men is taking over the management of the industry. As far back as 1911 the graduates of the College of Forestry, University of \A/ashington, and the logging and engineering courses of the University of Oregon, were being sought by the logging and milling companies.

Scrn Francisco Hoo-Hoo Meeting

The annual football luncheon of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 was held November 25 at the Palace Hotel. There was a record crowd in attendance as the football fever was rampant in the city. The feature of the luncheon was the appearance of Norm Standlee, the Big Chief of the San'Francisco 49'ers and a number of its players. Lumbermen were told rn'hat it requires to make a football star click.

"The biggest little city in the world"-pgne, Nevada, has a new and modern sawmill complete with latest design of Moore Cross-Circulation Kilns. This new operation is Tahoe Timber Company where well manufactured and properly seasoned lumber is the main objective.

Mr Kenneth Metsker, owner-manager, and John Ohlson, office and sales manager, have spent more than l/z years of continuous effort and the new sawmill and manufacturing plant is a credit to their efiorts.

Located on a 135-acre site approximately 7 miles we.st of Reno, the area to date includes a S-acre pond, single cut band sawmill including Allis-Chalmers 9' band saw, 54" McDonough resaw, Allis-Chalmers 5 saw edger, 7 saw overhead trim, and a General Electric amplydyne carriage drive. The mill is all electric and produces approximately 75,ffi0 board feet per 8 hour shift.

Solid packages from the green chain are taken to the stacking area by two Ross Carriers and after stacking are handled by the carriers or Gerlinger fork lift trucks.