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HYSTER COftTPANY 24255o. Gorfield Ave., Los Angeles 22, CgliJ. RAymond 3-6255
NRTDA Executive Sees Better Yeor for Deolers in Chonging Retoil Picture
TI're home-improvement business promises to be one of thc brightel sl)ots in the U. S. eccln,,my,luring 195,\, irr thc opilrion of Il. R. Northup, executir.e r.ice-pre.sident of the N:rtional ltetail l-umber l)ealers Association.
"There is everlr indication that the volunte of nrorlernizzrtion :Lnd rep:rir u'ork, r'hich has been grorving steatlilv during t1-re last ten years to an annual volume oi $8,OOO,OOO,- 000, rvill continue its upu.ard trend as a result of vigorous inclustry-n'ide promotional elTorts and the progranr'of thc FTonrc Irnltrovenrent Council," Nfr. Northup said.
"With art least a moderate 11ptl1rn in neri home constnrt-tion also inrlicated b,r.the ireer flol.of mortgage funcls, it looks as though retail nTaterials deir.lers, as ."r'e11 as home builders and contractors, can look foru.ard to a better year tlran they experiencecl in 1957.
"Home owners will find home improvement work easier to carry out as more and more lumber dealers are assuming the job of handling all details, including the planning, selecting materials, financing, and locating competent workmen.
"As in recent years, it scenrs prolralrle that kitchen rer-noclelirrg nill be the most popular tvpe of home improvement, follou.ed by re-roofing an<l re-siding, garage and cirrl)()rt building, and insulating.
"'Ihc greater availabilitv of iinre-l,uvnrerrt fin;rncing alsrr h;ts lrecn a factor in tl-re grou,th of the honrc-imlrrr,venrent lrttsincss, tti nl(,re banks and other lerrrliug institriti,,rrs lrirr.e forrrrrl home nrodernization a good t)'pe ()f risl<," he cr,ncluclerl.
Western Consfruction Men
Foresee | 958 os 'Solid' Yeqr
\\restern construction men feel that 1958 rvill be a solicl, if not spectacular, year in a srlrvey published in the January issue oi This Earth, monthly publication of Permzrnentc Cement and Kaiser GvDsum compar.ries. Thr<iugh extensive interi-ieu's n.ith business ancl construction leaclers through- out the \\rest, as rvcll lLs national spokesmen, develol,etl tlrc f,rll,,u'irrg general picture of the nen' year:
Housing starts, r.rationall1., lvill be up over 1957, should hover alrout the 1,050,000 unit mark, could go highcr I{eavy construction rvill holcl its <.,u'n, rvith pultlic lvorks largely offsettir.rg :i r.noclcrate slou'dou'n in private plant expar.rsions It will be a restless year. Efforts r,vill be steplted up to hold, as rvell as incrca.sc, r'n:rrkets. There'1l be harder bargaining in rrrrion-man:rgement negotiations The West rvill again take construction honors, rvith more thttn 22c/a of all types of construction in the U. S. The year will be follorved by a nen' era of grourth.
I)resident George S. Goodyear of the National Association of Home Builders, is quotecl in the issue as saying, "California is on the brink of a serious housing shortage." F.en l3rcx,vnell, manager of retail yards ;rncl stores for Dian-rond NIatch Comuanv in California, saicl, "Figures prepared by -our finance department definitely indicate that more people are unclertaking major homeim-rovement projecti; every month."
Hqrdwood School Feb. t 5
The \\'inter term (the 21st) of the John \\r. NlcClure Inspection Training School of the National Hardu'ood l-umber Assn., will begin February 15. Early registration is turged as tl're enrollment, like all the other terms, u'ill probably be soon filled.
Pcul McCusker Joins SCR.IA
I'aul McCusker, 1 Drumm Street, San Francisco, has joined the Southern California lletail Lumber Assn. as an Associate mcmber in the rvholesale fie1d.
(Tcll them, you, saw it in Tltc Calif ornia Lu,ntber Merchant)
Los Angeles City Building Hirs R.ecord $SOg Million in 1957
'Il-re city of I-os Angeles continued its sensational llostwar gror'vth during 1957 lvith a new constntction record of $509,553,700, according to figures just rele:lsed by Gilbert I:-. Morris, general manager of the 13uilding and Safetl. I)epartmerrt. The figure lvas almost $25 million greater than the record $484.962,719 rung up by the year 195(r. The new 1957 record was set despite the six-u'eek strike in the building trades industries that paralyzed Southern California construction last Summer, and despite thc tight-money conclitions that hit the U.S.
Mr. Morris said that 24,481 housing units were completed in the city in 1957.
The San l-ernando Valley sector registered nearly one-half of the Los Angeles construction total with $234,460,627, compared to $238,387,510 in 1956. The San Pedro area aiso slipped a bit. But the Venice district shorvecl the largest gain-$32,991,938 in 1957 against $21.221,137 in 1956. West Los Angeles climbed from $32,898,6.39 in 1956 to $44,591,489 in the year iust ended.
Construction in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County failed to match the city growth last 1.ear. The 1957 volume was $32(t,426,O37, compared io $397,217,968 in 1956, reported County Engineer Tohn A. I-ambie.
CATENDAR of COMING EVENTS
Jonucry
OAKLAND HOO-HOO CLUB 39 "49ers Night," Guest Speakers and Movie-Bill Johnson, Program director; Fisherman's Pier, Oakland, lan. 20.
,{MERICAN INSTITUTE OF TIMBER CONSTRUCTION, San Nlarcos hotel, Chandler, Ariz., Jan. 20-24.
NORTHWEST HARD\\IOOD ASSOCIATION Quarter- ly Meeting, Congress hotel, Portland, Jan. 25.
REDWOOD REGIONT CONSEI{VATION COUNCIL
Annual Meeting, Flamingo hotel, Santa Rosa, Jan. 25.
SAN FRANCISCO HOO-HOO CLUB 9 Meeting, Leopard Cafe, San Francisco, Jan. 28.
IMPOI{TED HARDWOOD PLYWOOD ASSN. Membership meeting, Sar.rta Barbara IJiltmore hotel, Sarrta Barbar:r, Calif., Jan. 3l-Feb.l.
Februory
INTEITMOUNTAIN I-UN{BER I)I1AI-EI{S ASSN. Arrnual Convention, Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City, Feb. 6-8.
LOS ANGELES I-IOO-HOO-ETTtr CLUB No. 1 annual "Bosses' Night." Itodger Young auditorium, I-os Angeles, 6:29 p.m.. Feb. 10.
MOUNTAIN STATES I-UMBER DEALtrRS ASSN. Annual Convention, Shirley-Savoy hotel, Denver, Feb. 12-14.
SIERRA-CASCADE LOGGING CONFERENCE, FaiTgrounds, Redding, Calif., Feb. 13-15.
DUBS, I-TD., Tournament-Leo Cheim, Jr., host; San Iose Countrv Club. Feb. 14.
NATIONAL -\\TOODEN BOX ASSN. Annual Meetins, San Francisco, Feb. 19-20.
OAKLAND HOO HOO CI-UB 39 Annual Birthday Party and Dinner-Dance-Jim Hendricks, Program chiirman; Claremont hotel. Feb. 21.
WESTERN RETAIL LUMBERMEN'S Convention, Olympic hotel, Seattle, Feb.
SAN FRANCISCO HOO-HOO CLUB 9 pard Cafe, San Francisco, Feb.25.
