Fabricated Frame Sections New Committee Will Submit Plans For Building Development Reorganization of Hoo Hoo

Fabricated wood frame sections for use in walls, floors, partitions and roofs are now being manufa,ctured by the E. B. Hazen Lumber Company of Portland, Ore. The new product is known as Sealed In(sulated) Sections.

The fabricated frame sections are made in lGinch widths and multiples and are standard in their application to conventional ,construction practice as are 2x4's and lx8 shiplap. They are sawn with a hand-saw or power-saw on the job to fit gables or for use in other shapes desired. All lumber used in the fabri'cation of the frames is Douglas fir made from 2x4's, resawed to 2x2's. Lumber lengths used run 25 per 'cent 2l-inch, 25 per cent 21- to 48-inch, and 50 per cent 48- to 96-inch. All sections are factory primed on all outside surfaces to resist moisture absorption. And each piece of wood, before fabrication of the sections, is kiln dried and then treated with a sealer that is fire, rodent and insect resistant.

In each of the sections one header and the intermediate vertical and horizontal braces are laminated. By removal of the laminations, insulating panels of wood or other rigid insulating boards are inserted in the grooves . These panels are inserted in multiple layers of varying number to create the insulation efficiency desired with air space between the insulating layers.

The distribution of the product will be handled by the Muir-Hazen Company, a separate corporation, recently organized, who have sales offices in the Security Bldg., Portlartd, Ore. E. B. Hazen is widely known to the lumber industry on the Pacific coast and has been connected with the industry in the Northwest for the past thirty years. W. J. Muir has been engaged in the building and contracting business in Portland for over twenty years.

The fabricated sections will be used only for the frame of the building while the remaining work will be completed as in present construction. The sections can be cut to fit any building plan. Patents for this new development in building construction are now pending.

T. B. LAWRENCE SPENDING VACATION IN EASTERN OREGON

T. B. Lawren'ce, Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, left for the Northwest on July 23 on a combined business and pleasure trip. After calling on the mills, he will go to Paulina Lake in eastern Oregon where he will spend a few weeks vacationing. He plans to be away about a month. Mrs. Lawrence and their two sons, Ted and Dick, accompanied him on the trip.

ATTEN.D CHICAGO MEETING

R. R. Ma,cartney, 'Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Klamath Falls, president of the Western Pine Association; D. T. Mason, of Portland, Ore., secretary of the Association; and B. W. Lakin, general manager of the McCloud River Lumber Co., McCloud, Calif., represented the Western Pine mills in the Code Convention called at Chicago by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association June 30 and July f.

Snark of the lJniverse B. F. Springer of Milwaukee has appointed a,committee of five loyal members from the Twin Cities Hoo Hoo Club of Minneapolis, Minn., who will prepare and submit plans for the reorganization of Hoo Hoo. For ,chairman of the reorganization committee, Snark Springer selected Harry T. Kendall, widely known lumberman, of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company of St. Paul. The other four members of the committee are: T. T. Jones, T. T. Jones Lumber Co., Minneapolis, a former member of the Supreme Nine; W. W. Wattson, T. M. Partridge Lumber Co., Minneapolis, present member of the Supreme Nine; S. L. Boyd, B. C. Spruce Mills, Ltd., Minneapolis, president of the Twin Cities Hoo Hoo Club; and Ormie C. Lance, secretary of the Northwestern Lumbermen's Association, a former member of the Supreme Nine. The committee has selected T. M. Partridge, president of the T. M. Partridge Lumber Co., Minneapolis, to act as Treasurer. All members of the committee will serve without compensation.

Faced with a serious deflection in membership during the past three ;rears due to general economic conditions, Hoo Hoo International headquarters at St. Louis, Mo., was forced to close on Juqe l, 1933, due to lack of income. Snark Springer had anticipated the crisis and made plans for saving the order. In April, 1933, he called together a committee from the Supreme Nine and House of Ancients in Chicago at which time plans were made for the reorganization of the order.

The committee has three distinct functions: first, raise sufficient money to pay the debts of Hoo Hoo; second, effect a compromise with creditors; and third, present to the Supreme Nine a plan for reorganizing Hoo Hoo and putting it back on its feet financially and for effective action in behalf of lumber and wood products.

Henry R. Isherwood, who has filled the position of Secretary-Treasurer since December, 1919, has resigned. Mr. Isherw,ood announces that he will continue to maintain personal offi,ces at the former address of Hoo Hoo International, 4215 Linden Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo.

Headquarters of the Reorganization Committee are 742 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn.

JOrN SASH AND DOOR ASSOCTATTON

The Checkers Builders Supply Co., 4100 Sunset Blvd., and Hammond Brothers,6672 Lexington Ave., both of Los Angeles, have become members of the United Sash & Door Dealers. The central offices of the United Sash and Door Dealers and Southern California Sash and Door Wholesalers were recently moved and are now located in Room 7@, Fay Building, Los Angeles. Their telephone number is Mlchigan 4375.

Bill Chantland Visits Northwest

Bill Chantland of the Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Los Angeles, left for the Northwest on July 18 to visit the company's mill operations at Aberdeen and Montesano, lMash. He plans to return to Los Angeles on July 31. His wife and children made the trip with him.