I,NSULATING BOARD PRODUCTS

The natural strength and durability of sturdy Douglas fir fibers has been skillfully manufactured into insulating board products of improved and matchless quality. Yes, Simpson research was first to take full advantage of this long, strong wood fiber. A new manufacturing process was developed, employing latest-type machinery and new, auto' matic controls to insure a high degree of uniformity and quality. Simpson Insulating Board products have greater structural strength and better insulat' ing properties exceeding U. S. Commercial Standards and Federal Specifications. Entire production is allocated to western dealers.

INSUTATING BUILDING BOARD O INSULATING TILEBOARD INSULATING PLANK . INSULATTNG SHEATHING INSULATING LATH

WOOD FIBER DIVISION . SIMPSON LOGGING COMPANY pl.ANt AI SHEIION, WASH'NGTON. SATES D'VIS'ON, lOlO WHIIE SUllDlNG, SEAIII.E t, WASIIINGION Also manufacturers of : LUMBER * PLYWOOD * DOORS

New Firm Purchases Joneg Hardwood Co.

Announcement is made by the Servente Hardwood Lumber Company that they have purchased the Jones Hardwood Company, San Francisco. The yard is located at 355; Barneveld Avenue, opposite Apparel City, and one block south of Bayshore Boulevard, off Oakdale Avenue. The telephone number is VAlencia 4200.

The new concern is headed by Louis Servente, general manager, who was with White Brothers, San Francisco, for 24 years, and during the past several years as yard superintendent. He started as a boy in the yard and worked at every job, including piling lumber, and in this way learned the hardwood lumber business thoroughly.

Harold W. Nail, who was with White Brothers for nine years, is now with Servente Hardwood Lumber Company as yard superintendent. He was in the Army during the war, and served in the Aleutians.

Toni Fox To Visit Old Home In Irelcrnd

Thomas J. Fox, Mrs. Fox, and their daughter, Maureen, left Santa Monica June 14 for New York, where they will board the crack liner Mauretania for Southampton, England. From there they will go to Ireland to visit Mr. Fox' father, whom he has not seen lor 2l years. Later they will do considerable sightseeing in England and Scotland, France and Belgium.

Mr. Fox is general manager of the John W. Fisher Lumber Co., 14th & Colorado Streets, Santa Monica.

Building Controls Eased June 1--- Rent Controls Continue

In Washirtgton D.C., on May 28th., the government announced four major changes ending or easing war-born housing controls, effective June 1.

Housing Expediter Frank R. Creedon announced these changes:

Federal housing permits will no longer be required for those who want to build homes for themselves or Tor veterans.

The one-bathroom limitation on new houses is dropped.

The 1SOO-square-foot restriction on floor space for homes is expanded to 2000 square feet.

Repair or alteration allowances are increased from $400 to $1000 for dwellings and from $1000 to $2500 for commercial and small industrial structures.

Creedon said other existing controls will be continued until conditions further improve "or unless Congress directs their removal before then." These include:

Rent ceilings on new construction. The present ceiling is $80 a month on new construction (an average of $80 in the case ol multifamily projects.)

Authorization must still be obtained for nonhousing construction.

Veterans preference. Unless a new home is being built for occupancy by the owner it must be held for a veteran. ff the home ,is for sale it must be held 6O days after co,mpletion before it can be sold to a nonveteran. If for rent it must be held 30 days before being rented to a nonveteran.

The year-round occupancy requirement continues.

Sales price and rent ceilings continue on houses built under priorities granted before Dec.24, 1946.

Three Brothers Open Yard

Three brothers havg just opened a new lumber yard in Lancaster, California. They are Al Ray, David A., and Harry I. Meftz, and the new firm is called the Al Ray Lumber Company. Al Ray Meftz spent 15 years ,in the employ of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company, in l.os Angeles. David A. Mertz is just out of the service, and the younger brother Harry is just out of school. All are actively engaged in the new yard, which will include a flooring application department.