DOMESTIC and IMPOFITED HARDWOODS SO FTWO O DS

Disiribulors' Associofion Exponding

NBMDA recently approved enlarging its membership through the expansio., of it. associate member category.

Leonard H. Crofool of Wesrern States Plywood Corp. and current president of the National Building Material Distributors Association, said that at the time of merger of the National Plywood Dis. tributors Association with NBMDA in L964 a number of manufacturers who had been associate members of NPDA, became members of NBMDA, and that this had proven most successful.

He also commented that associate members receive all of the benefits and services of members other than votins and holding office.

New Stud Groding

I(iestern lumlrer mills have started marketing studs especially graded for that use under a new grading rules supplement by Western Wood Products Association.

Studs will bc shipped in three grades under the new rules, which are ofiered as an alternate to light framine grades a,..1 rules, explained James R. Pynes. WWpA,s chief quality supervisor.

Two upper grad.s for -.tuds usetl in permanent construction were decided on because WWPA mills believe that a sinslt_. grade of studs cor.ers too wide a qualitv range, and that the user should be ofiered a greater choice to meet his particular need.

Pynes explained.

The three grades authorized under WWPA's new studs supplement are: #1, equivalent to standard & better in the light framing rules; ft2, to include most of the present utility grade, and acceptable for any load-bearing partition, and #3, approximately the present economy grade. which is suitable for temporary con'struction and other uses where FHA or buildine code jurisdictions do not apply.

VWPA stud rules .orr", rirl, from 2x2 to 4x4 inches and up to ten feet in lensth.

Western Lumber t Building Moferiolr ,VIERCHANT

ldoho Retoiler Reo,pens

A brand new building housing the Koch Lumber Company of Hammett, Idaho, (population 75) opened recently and held grand opening ceremonies that marked more than 58 years of Koch family business in the soufhern Jdaho area.

Karl Koch, the present owner, supplied door prizes, gifts and refreshments for the opening.

Henry F. Koch, Karl's father, founded the_ company early in 1908. He originally sold lumber at Medbury and Hammeti. Tdaho. Koch sold rhe buildins marerials used for the town's school as well as those in other buildings in town.

The Ostrander Lumber Company opened a yard in Hammett in the first decade of this century and later sold its inventory to Koch Lumber in 1910. Henr.y Koch was a partner in the stor.e when he first entered the business. Karl Koch purchased his father's intt'rest in .|950.

Koch Lumber's new building is of cinder block material with brick, is elcctricallv heated and cool-d. l[ measures BB bv ab It,r:t, 24 bv 40 of which are. usetl for the town's post officc.

A new feature of Koch's store is a twoway radio system which enables quick commrrrrication with t.mployees connecled with Koch's overall operation.

Humboldt Club Elects Hecqthorn

Sam Witzel of R. H. Emmerson & Son and .Jack lvey of Pacific Fir Sales recently steered Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club 63 through a highly successful Annual Stag and Golf day in Eureka with nearly 200 lumbermen in attendance. The big event marked the kick-off of another club year with Arcata Redwood's Lloyd Hecathorn replacing Bud Peterson as prexy of the hard driving Humboldt County club.

Jack Razzetto of Georgia-Pacific Corp., Samoa, has been elevated to the vice-presidency of Club 63, and Del Slone, Arcata Redwood C'ompany, is the new secretary-treasurer.

Directors of Club 63 for the coming year are: John Bacchetti, Twin Parks Lumber Co..; Hank Dreckman, Dant & Russell; Fran Holmes, Fred C. Holmes Lumber Co.; Jim MacInness, Cal-Pacific Redwood; Ken Noble, Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Stan Preble, Tidewater Mills, Inc.; and Charlie Shamis, Arcata Redwood Co.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club 63 will start the new year with a 'oRailroad Nite" on January 18, at the Ingomar CIub in Eureka, Jim MacArthur chairman of the event.

Another Steqmship Line Closes

Weyerhaeuser Line, one of only three remaining intercoastal steamship lines, is getting out of the business and will use chartered vessels to ship lumber east.

The line had carried lumber products to Atlantic ports. December 5 they will make their last sailing, from Baltimore.

Before World War II, there were I30 to l4O ships in the intercoastal trade. Major factors in the decline were industry moving West; tough rail competition; and importing of foreign steel to the Pacific Coast.

.We:lcrn Lumber & Building Msleriolr IICRCHANT i: One-hour fire rated, non-load bearing -' walls can now be built with fire-retardani p.,.wood studs at a savings of 40 percent fti'under previously approved wod systems, l, lVoll Construction Culs Costs i" and competitive with steel stud construction. r; ) This was determined durins fire resis- withstood a standard hose stream test (30 psi), performed after one-half hour of fire expocure. The tests, conducted for the American Wood Preservers Institute, Washington, D.C., were in accordance with ASTM Specification E lI9, Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials. square foot of about $.095 versus $.158 for systems using conventional 2 x 4 studs on l6-in centers.

,wood, set on 24-in centers, rather than on

2-in x 4-in studs on l6-in centers.

The test wall met all performance re-

;;-i iyuirements of a standard fire test for a [:r,period in excess of one hour. and also

These findings, according to Koppers Company, Inc., a major processor of fireretardant wood, make it possible for architects, contractors and builders of hish-rise and commercial buildings to usJ this treated studding in fire-resistive construction, for strong, sturdy non-bearing walls at a price competitive with those utilizing light steel studs; and at a lumber cost per