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Walnut, Mahogdry, Oak, Birch or Gum plywood, please give us a call, and the chances are we can be of service to you.

Softwoods remain scarce with us at the present time.

Will Be In Charge of New Research Unit

A Pacific Northwest laboratory to place research in close contact with treatment of Douglas Fir and other western species will be opened November 1 at the Wauna, Oregon plant of the American Lumber and Treating Company, F. W. Gottschalk, Chicago, company technical director has announced.

This new research unit will be in charge of William A. McFarland, chemical research engineer, who previously directed Process control for the company's 10 plants from the central technical laboratory in Chicago. Mr. McFarland joined AL&T in 1941 after receiving his Masters degree in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota.

In addition to doing extensive work on the development of methods of analysis for fire-retardant treatments,. he is a member of the committee on preservatives of the American Wood-Preservers' Association and is experienced in the application of gluing techniques to treated lumber.

Besides the plant operation itself, facilities at the Wauna laboratory will include a pilot plant of sufficient size to handle pressure treatment of full-length lumber items, resin impregnation apparatus, and equipment for gluing pressure-treated wood into large structural members. Plans include the enlargement of facilities for strength testing and installation of new apparatus related to evaluating the electrical resistivity of wood.

Wilson Wyctt Visits Cqlilornia

Wilson Wyatt, national housing expiditer, Washington, D. C., was a speaker at a luncheon called by the Building Contractors Association and Home Builders Institute in the Bowl at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, September 30. In the evening, Mayor Bowron's civic reception and banquet for Mr. Wyatt was held in the Gold Room at the Ambassador Hotel.

Wednesday evening, October 2, he addtessed a dinner meeting called by the Northern California Council of Home Builders Associations at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in San Mateo, and October 3, he was a speaker at the American Legion national convention in San Francisco.

Frese-Nicholson

Miss Marine Nicholson and William Lewis Frese were married at Great Neck, Long Island, N. Y. on September 14' Miss Nicholson is the daughter of Major Wheeler N' Nicholson of Great Neck, and Mr. Frese is the son of Otto W. Frese, San Francisco wholesale lumberman' He was a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, in which he had fifty missions as a bombardier, and is now attending the Universitv oT San Francisco.

WE CAN DREAM, CAN'T WE?

Our fqvorite dreqm il thol, on demond, we Gcn deliver io our curlomer! oll fhe plywood rhey need--ond eoch morning we owoke lo thc reclity of empty stock piler ond limired quanlities of wotnut, osk and mohogony pcnels being ollocored lo our unlimiled number of friends'

Whot we hqve now ie qvoilqble to declerr, but rome doy qlt our cullomers will rhore in lhe realizofiori of our dreqm.