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Pioneer CompanyDistributes Copperclad Shingles

The historic romance of ancient cathedrals forms a picturesque background for the announcement by the Pioneer laper Company, Inc., that through their association with the Flintkote Group of Companies, and Shell Oil, international petroleum producers, Copperclad Shingles are now available for distribution to Pioneer dealers thioughout the wes_t. Time has proved copper to be a most enduring of

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roofings, ds evidenced bv the record of Hildesheim Cathedral of Germanv. built in 132?, and rorrfcd -ith -.ti"" Germany, built in 1322 and, roofed *itli copd -r-o-r ur_^yerrnany, Dullf tn an(l wrtn copper. This edifice and the Nagoya Temple of Japan, erected in 1411, give undisputed proof of ftre tasiing qualities of copper on the roof.

Copperclad shingles carry the Class A label of the Underwriters' Laboratories of the National Board of Fire Underwriters; being the only shingle on the market which does not require a layer of asphalt-saturated felt underneath to obtain this rating. Convincing proofs of the scientific construction of Copperclad Shingles, are given in the recent tests made by W. J. Krefeld, Engineer of Tests, Columbia University.. Repeated freezing anl thawing tests revealed a p_erfect union of the materials; running witer tests showed Co.pperclad to be impervious to moistuie; and dry heat tests failed to_penetrate eopperclad's Construction. -With Copqerc.!1-d Shingles, distributed to Pioneer dealers throughout the West, buildings may now have a copper roof coilparable in point of durability with the famous roofs of anclent cathedrals, at a moderate cost for Copperclad Shingles.

This product for permanent roofing,-was developed in the research laboratories of the Flintkote Company and has b-een successfully applied to thousands of roofs ihroughout the east. Through the Flintkote association r,vith the Pi,oneer Paqer Co., the iame quality of Copperclad Shingles is now available to dealers throughout the West.

p. K. wooD LUMBER CO. HAVE THEATER pARTy tr/ Sat"t_a_ay evening, March 23, was "E. K. Wood Night" 'at the Mission Play at San Gabriel. About 200 attended the. play-lvhich iniluded employees of the company, together with their guests and friends.

WILLIAM T. RALSTON MARRIES

William T. Ralston, who has been manager of the Yancey Lumber Company's yard at Patterson, for several years, was married to Miss Florence Petersen of Patterson, on Sunday. March 24.

Miss Petersen has lived for a number of years with her parents in Patterson, and both she and the bridegroom are very popular in that locality.