Hand-Splir Pilgrirns--

P. A. Dame, Pacific Coast Manager of the Creo-Dipt Company, reports that his company is steadily increasing sales on their hand-split shingles, which are sold under the trade name of Creo.Dipt Hand-Split Pilgrims.

"Creo-Dipt Pilgrims," says Mr. Dame, "are split with the froe and maul from first growth, live red cedar-just as the Colonial pioneers used to split shingles for their homes. However, we have introduced a modern improvemeht. The old hand-split shingles were rough-hewn on both sides, while Creo-Dipt Pilgims are smooth-sawn on the back and tapered, so that they fit tightly."

Creo-Dipt Pilgrims are 25 inches long and averag'e one inch in thickness at the butts. They are furnished either stained or unstained, whichever the architect and home owner prefer.

They are used by many of California's finest architects, such as Reginald Johnson, Gordon Kaufman, Willis Polk & Company, Dean & Dean and Guy O. Koepp.

Hand-Split cedar shingles were first introduced in Southern California for roofs of modern homes typifying the early Monterey Spaniih design. Their popularity spread rapidly to other sections of the country, and today it is not uncommon to see these rugged "shakes" on the best examples of English and Norman architecture.

Anyone interested in seeing the effects leading architects get with Pilgrims will enjoy a special portfolio prepared by the Creo-Dipt Company. Both the Santa Fe Lumber Company in San Francisco and the Hipolito Company in Los Angeles have copies for distribution.

Ray Cox In Los Angeles

Ray B. Cox, general manager of the Built-In-Fixture Co., Berkeley, left September 17 to spend trvo weeks at the firm's Los Angeles plant.