SouthernCalifornia Retailers Will Hold Annual Meeting

, At Los Angeles, April 21-22

Lumber dealers will gather at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, on Monday and Tuesday, April 2l-22, L947, for the annual meeting of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association.

Registration will start at 9:00 a.m. on Monday in the Galeria of the hotel.

The meeting will begin with a luncheon on Monday at which Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant, will deliver the keynote address.

Outstanding speakers will take part on the program, including: William M. Ieffers. vice chairman of the board of directors of the Union Pacific Railroad. Los Angeles; Upton Close, columnist, lecturer and radio commentator, Hollywood; Edward G. Gavin, editor, American Builder, Chicago, Ill.; Charles A. Crytser, combustion engineer Los Angeles; Charles E. Devlin, managing director, Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma, Wash.; S. V. Fullaway, Jr., secretary-manager, Western Pine Association, Portland, Ore.; Charles B.,Keyes, vice president, Periseal Company, New York; H. V. Simpson, executive vice president, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Portland, Ore. ; I{enneth Smith, president, California Redwood Association, San Francisco, and William W. Woodbridge, manager, Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Wash.

Business sessions will be held Monday morning, and Tuesday morning and afternoon. The ladies are invited to attend all sessions

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club will sponsor the luncheon Tuesday noon and Fredric P. Woellner of the University of California at Los Angeles, educator and lecturer, rvill be the speaker.

There will be a dinner and entertainment Monday night, and a section of the Biltmore Bowl will be reserved Tuesday night for dinner and dancing, for the members, exhibitors, guests and th'eir ladies.

Tickets will be given to the ladies who are.legistered convention guests with the compliments of the Association to attend a tea and fashion show at the J. W. Robinson Co., Seventh and Grand Ave., Los Angeles, at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday afternoon.

There will be an equipment and products exhibit in the foyer of the ballroom and the dealers can expect to see many new products and fine displays of 'merchandise.

H. Park Arnold. Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale, is president of the Association. Other officers are: George Lounsberry, Lounsberry & Harris, Los Angeles, vice president; Gerald V. Curran, Curran.Bros., Pomona, Treasurer; and Orrie W. Hamilton, Los Angeles, secretarymanager.

Treated Wood Production Reached Highest Level

Production -of fire, termite and rot resistant wood at the nine,plants of the American Lumber & Treating Company durin g 1946 exceeded".by more than 52 per cent the amount of lumber treated dUring the previous year, J E. Linthecum, Chicago, president of the company has announced.

The l2-month output 9f'Wolmanized Lumber, wood chemically impregnated ivith Wolman Salts preservative, showed the greatest gain-161 per cent over 1945 and. 24 per cent above the all-time production record oosted in 1941.

Congrctulcrtions

Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Philips, Jr., are the parents of a baby boy-, JefirySiil-Hiil[fTi?i-Ii the Good Samaritan }Josp'tSf(, Los Angeles, on March 27. Don Philips, Jr., is the Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co.

Corner Windows Prelened In Homes ormica Invades New Field

Now Being Planned

The corner window-with its advantage of a "two-way" view-is rapidly gaining in popularity among those who lan to build new homes.

This fact is brought out in a recent nation-wide survey, conducted by Ponderosa Pine to determine which special'\pes of windows are most preferred by prospective home owners. The survey shorved that 44.6/o of those interviewed prefer corner windows. It shows, also, that corner windows are relatively more popular in the Mountain and Pacific Coast regions.

A product of modern architectural design, the corner rvindo'iv not only is a means of providing additional light and air for homes, but also adds architectural and decorative interest both to the exterior and interior of the home. Many a dark and gloomy room, it is pointed out, can be given nerv life and interest through the addition of a corner urindow.

Mcrkes lmprovements

Davis Millu,ork Co., 930 {shby Avenue, Berkeley, retdfi'ff.o.pleted imp.ovements ruiri.h included a new plate glass front on the display rooms, which have been redecorated. Attractively displayed are a line of builders' hardware, paints and garden furniture. A landscaping job adds to the appearance of the front of the building.

Formica, formerly used mainly for decorative purposes in public buildings, stores, hotels, restaurants and theaters, is now being merchandised by retail lumbermen for use in homes as drainboards, r'vall covering, wainscoting, and install showers and bathroom walls. stall and bathroom walls. I

There is a depth and clarity to Formica plastic sur- t/ faces that is unique, and that makes it a most attractive modern finishing material. It is practically indestructible.

Formica is distributed by @g9_S9IP. of California, 540 10th Street, San Francisco 3..T.he telephone number iS--fifffiEaT?Ot

Folder Entitled "\illhy HcrU-c-Dollcr Buys Only Hcrll-a-House"

An envelope stuffer has been made available to Z2,O@ lumber dealers through the organization channls of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. This folder answers some of the major criticism directed at the building industry and also presents some very good reasons why the Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill should not be considered as an answer to the housing problem. This folder has been made available to lumber dealers in lots of not less than 100 for I cent a coDY.

Elected College Trustee I

W._8. WjS!gSt&s', district manaser, BgP9-.*".Jelbpt. r Inc., Lumber Divisiqlr s. has been elected a ffif-WIiitier College at \\rhittier, Calif. Mr. Wickersham is a graduate of Perdue University.

15th ANNUAL ITUMBERMEN'S VEII,I/E of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 of aklandr'

Friday, April 25, I l0 A.M. GOI^F TOURNAMENT . . ot the Miro Visio untry Cl BAR - LUNCHEON - LOCKERS -

6 P.M. THE UQtttD HOttR Your privcte to serve your fqvorite oppetizers without chorge. Got the fellows.

7 P. M. DINNER HOLIR . tqste tem ond sotisfying. The Epitome of Epicurean Expectotions.

IATER . . . On the Reveille Stcge . . .iScintilloting, Stimuloting Music ond Merriment . . Girls orfd Glomour.