Home Ownership is Tap.Root o[ America's Strength, Says Foundation Chairman

"The 26 million homes of America feed the nation and its Government, they are the great vital source of national growth and strength," C.W. Pinkerton, chairman of Southern California llomes Foundation, declared today. "Every family home is a root of the tree of American life," he continued. "In times of national stress we all look to the Government and its armed forces, but we must not forget that they would be nothing without our homes for their sustenance and reliance. The crown and boughs of a great tree in a storm hold the eye as the visible elements of strength, but it is the unseen roots of the tree which hold it aloft under stress.

"In a world suddenly become insecure, home ownership offers the best security because it is the great common medium of united interest for the vast majority of American citizens, the one basic proposition on which they may join without any question of each other. In this unity which it fosters with neighbors, the community, the state and the nation, home ownership is today the main anchor of family safety. Ifome ownership is a pledge of patriotism in itself, a certificate of faith in the land we live in and its system of government.

"In a more material aspect home ownership is the surest refuge for family savings, when compared with other fields of investment. The basic value of the home is in the shelter it affords. This is an absolute necessity of life. Other necessities face the possibilities of extreme fluctuation in costs-and rented shelter is included. But with today's established home financing. the cost of home ownership per month, in terms of dollars, can be definitely pegged for as many as 25 years ahead."

The "Greenwing" design, issued by Southern California Ilomes Foundationjhis week is a typical California center of family security,.194O model. Charm and convenience are cleverly combined in the plan. The front view may be made especially attractive with cream or tan sidewalls, green roof and trim, and the chimney whitewashed. The large screened porch at the rear will serve for both housework and as a place for family meals. The front dinette may be made an L extension of the living room by elimination of partitions. There is economy floor area of 950 square feet.

Information and service on the Greenwing may be had through retail lumber dealers or from Southern California lfomes Foundation, 441 Douglas Building, Los Angeles.

GEO. WILLIAMS BACK FROM EAST

George A. Williams, sales manager for Peterman Mfg. Co., Tacoma, was a visitor in Los Angeles recently on his way back from a five weeks' business tour of the East. While there he made his headquarters at the offices of MacDougall Door & Plywood Co., Southern California representatives of his concern.

A. Camarillo Elected President Peoplet Lumber Co.

Adolfo Camarillo has been elected president of the Peoples Lumber Company of Ventura, Calif., by the board of directors, succeeding the late L. W. Corbett. Mr. Camarillo is a Ventura county pioneer and rancher and has served on the board of directors of the company since 1907.

Other officers of the company are Howard Pressey, Fillmore, first vice-president; C. A. Lind, Ventura, second vice-president; H. B. Carver, Santa Paula, secretary, and C. E. Bonestel, Ventura, general manager.

Members of the board of directors include J. H. McGrath, Oxnard; C. C. Perkins, Santa Barbara; Milton M. Teague, Santa Paula; H. H. Eastwood, Oxnard; A. J. Dingeman, Oxnard; Adolfo Camarillo, C. A. Lind, and Howard Pressey.

Heavy Demand For Copper Bound Units

Hugh W. Mason of Fisk & Mason, wholesalers of shingles and shakes, Pasadena, returned recently f'rom a business and vacation trip to the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Mason, who was accompanied by Mrs. Mason, visited the J. A. Lewis Shingle Company's mill at Wheeler, Ore., which is the mill making the C-B Brand shingle and the Copper-Bound Units. He found the mill running to capacity and orders coming in so fast that they can't keep up rvith the .demand. After making contact with prominent shingle manufacturers and wholesalers and many builders and architects Mr. Mason found the consensus to be that hip and ridge units are a definite asset to the shingle industry and are here to stay. He called on his firm's shingle mill connections throughout the Northwest, including M. R. Smith Lumber & Shingle Co., Gray Lumber & Shingle Co., Seattle, Pacific Timber Co., Everett, and also conferred with Mike Schmidt of Port Angeles, originator of the split Cedar shake business.

Although business took up a great deal of time Mr. and Mrs. Mason made enjoyable side trips in Washington to Lake Crescent and Lake Quinault and went up Mount Rainier. They also paid a visit to Vancouver, B. C.

Mrs. J. U. Gartin

Mrs. J. IJ. Gartin, wife of J. U. Gartin, of the Stanislaus Lumber Company, Modesto, passed away on July 4 in St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, after an illness of about three months.

Mrs. Gartin was born in Willisburg, Kentucky, and came to California with Mr. Gartin in 19O2. She was prominent for many years in various women's clubs and Parent-Teacher Association work in Modesto.

In addition to her husband she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Thelma Young and Dorothy Gartin, Modesto; Mrs. Margaret Beeson, San Francisco, and Ann Gartin, Turlock; three sons, Charles Gartin, San Francisco, James Gartin, Jr., Oakland, and Burton Gartin, Turlock, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Reedy, El Paso, Texas.