D. C. ESSTEY &. SON

Woodwork Institute of Cqliforniq Holds Millwork Seminqr in Sqn Diego

In observance of National Forest Products Week, the Woodwork Institute of California sponsored a Millwork Seminar in San Diego on Thursday, October 25,L962.

All the local architects, specification writers and conshuction inspectors were invited as guests of the W.I.C. San Diego members for dinner and the seminar program. It was also held as an official C.S.I. meeting.

At 2 p.m. Thursday, October 25, 1962, the doors opened at Del Webb's beautiful new Ocean House for the first W.I.C. Millwork Seminar ever held in the San Diego area. There were many interesting displays of millwork products by the San Diego area members. The W.I.C. had several displays graphically illustrating the W.I.C. millwork grades of casework, as well as finished lum. ber. In addition, many individual firms had displays of hardwoods, plywoods, doors, etc.

George Cordrey, secretary of the San Diego Lumbermen's Association, and his staff, had ample supplies of literature available from the various lumber trade associations regarding the use of lumber-and millwork in construction.

Joseph Marinello, of University Showcase and Fixture Corp., El Cajon, was general chairman and presided over the afternoon and evening sessions. Over 125 architects were in attendance, as well as 80 members of the millwork and Iumber industry. The afternoon session covered the subject, o'Fire Retardant Treatment oI Lumber and Millwork?', end was disou$ed by Ed PmI, U. S:; fllwood Corporation, Gerald Minser, Albi Manufacturing Co.,Louis Segal, State Fire Marshal's office, and Don E. Johns=on, J. H. Baxter Co.

This was followed by a showing of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association film "Comp"arative Fire Tests on Wood and Steel-Jo_ists", by Wayne,Gardner. After dinner, Al Macy, chairman of the C. S. I. Millwork Committee, discussed the new C.S.I. guide specifications and how the W.I.C. Quality Control Program was of assistance to the specification writer. Eugene Weiczorek, Iegislative Chairman, C.I.A., discussed the necessity of using ihe W.I.C.'s Grade Stamp Program to enable the constructio-n inspectors to determine the quality of the work they inspected.

The new Manual of Millwork and Certification Prosram were discussed by W.I.C. T'echnical Director, Niel Long. -A lengthy and interesting question and answer period followed afte, "acl speaker.

The final speaker of the evening was Jose Fernando Muchado, architect, newspaper publisher and humorist from Brazil, South America. He was introduced by the W.I.C. secretary. Bernie Bar. ber, Jr. His comments and humor were thoroughly Lnjoyed by all those in attendance, ooJohn Kiner has had twenty years experience in the lumber and millwork field. He has been associated with some of the largest millwork firms in Denver and the mid-west and was sales manager for Arrow Mill Co. in hs Angeles, and later when McCoy Plan. ing Mill merged with Dorkin Lumber, became manager of that firm. In these positions he has had the opportunity of calling on architects in several states and aiding them with their millwork specifications.

After the W.I.C. Board of Directors Meeting Friday morning President Dick Delacy announced: ooJohn C. Kiner has been appointed W.I.C. Technical Director for the Southern California area and O. E. "Niel" [.rg has been appointed Technical Director for the Northern California area. George Lefler, former Northern California Technical Director, is semi.retiring and will serve the W.I.C. as a Technical Consultant in the future.

"Niel Long has been with the W.I.C. in Southern California during the past two years and is returning to his former home in the San Jose area.o'