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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1955)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1955 IIERALI) AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE FIVE Golden Building Ideas To Be Shown At I(F Jubilee OPERATING A GLUE SPREADER for the cold press at the Kalpine Plywood plant, these mill workers stack the layers of veneer after it passes through the glue spreading machine. Herbert Bigby, left, feeds the machine and Willard Brookshire, center, and James Sudbury, right, stack . the sheets with the glue applied. The day Herald and News photographer Don Kettler was tour-' ing the plant the men were making Vi inch interior plywood. The stacks of plywood are taken to the cold press from the glue spreading machine. re i en auiicn, pioneer Grays Harbor lumber and logging man, bought into the Portland Manufacturing Co. a short time before the first fir panels were made. Fun, Exhibits Slated For KF Caliope music and waving ban ners, a carnival atmosphere and industrial horse sense, entertain ment and information: all of these are built into the Fir Plywood Ju bilee free show which comes here on Tuesday, October 25. The show, which is designed to attract every member of the fam ily, will be located at the fair grounds exhibit building, hours 2 to 9 p.m., during its stay here. This traveling showpiece for fir plywood is part of the year-long promotional program of the Doug las Fir Plywood Association honor ing the West Coast industry's 50th anniversary. Displays cover the most dramat ic elements of the "Fifty Golden Ideas" for fir plywood construc tion unveiled during the industry's annual meeting at Portland, Ore gon, in mid-June: a plywood mo bile telling the story of industry promotion through DFPA, the story of markets and snipping, a sound color movie showing how plywood Is manufactured, and a fir plywood menagerie: colorful circus animals built from the versatile panels. The entire show is accented by the circus format, complete down to the big red caravan wagons em blazoned with jubilee announce ments. Two. themes dominate the dis plays: "You Can Build Anything With Fir Plywood," and a mes sage to people in plywood mill towns of the Pacific Northwest and Northern California where the show will visit: "Fir Plywood is Made Here Sold Everywhere." The best of the western fir ply wood industry's "Fifty Golden Ideas In Architecture" will be shown in dramatically lighted color exhibit in the Golden Jubilee ndustrial show Tuesday, October 35. It's a free show with all the color and drama of a carnival. It runs from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Fair grounds Exhibit Building. The display of Golden Ideas will be of partic. liar interest to home owners, home buyers ana others who are interested in things that set the pace" in architecture Some of the ideas are radical and possibly controversial. Others are do-it-yourself items ranging from an imaginative boat bed to an un usual set of triangular tumbler blocks. The ideas in the exhibit showing here are the most dramatic of those unveiled at the plywood in' dustry'a historic Golden Jubilee an nual meeting in Portland in June. The 50 ideas honor the 50th an nlversarv of the west's fir ply wood industry being celebrated with a year-long promotional ef. fort for 1955. This program of which the traveling show, to ply- w o o d mllltowns of tne pacinc Northwest and Northern California is Just one part is expected to spark an Increase of 10 million feet a week in plywood sales. In the "Golden Ideas" are some brand new ways to use fir plywood in home design that arc expected to find their way into general use because of practical' lty and artistic merit. These in elude an adaptation of a Japanese bouse which almost eliminates the need for furniture. It uses, instead, island platforms defining traffic patterns in the home. , Designed by Chris Choate, l.os Angeles architect, the plat forms are incorporated in a four way plan containing new ideas for a small home. The island units in. elude a conversation platform sep arating seating and traffic circu lation, and substituting for an en tire furniture - grouping: living room furniture In the living room and bedroom furniture in that ele ment of the house. A platform consists of 'i-lnch plywood surface raised six inch es above tne lioor. its main sec tlon is covered with thick carpet ing. On that platform, a further elevation (also of plywood: of from four to seven Inches is topped by a low foam rubber cushion to form a divan without arms or back ronqhahjdatwnA Adjoining the divan Is a raised plywood surface about level with the cushion serving as an i end table. The whole element in the pilot model is 12-leet square, mounted on a conventional trame which is concealed by one-inch hor izontal louvers which make the platform appear even lower. Another of the "Golden Ideas" on display in the traveling show Is the indoor-outdoor kitchen devel oped by Anshen and Allen, a team of San Francisco architects. ' This is Dart of an overall con cept for indoor-outdoor living areas in keemnK wun me irenu wwwu blending house and landscape. In this plan, an open central pauo garden is closed off by glass. Ar ranged around tnis in a -u snape is an indoor barbecue area, an all-purpose space (variously a TV room. piayroom, a witucu and a breakfast area. The entire concept is accented by a five-foot high indoor stone barbecue directly nncHu ui uic hnm entrance. The wnoie raea makes a garden setting out of the living - dining - working area. Also amonir the "Golden Ideas riisninved in the show is a new way of using the currently wasted wlthln-wall space. This design by Choate breaks away trom tne con cept that a wall is a flat plane. By widening tne joist space anui- lv. volume within tne wan is con into directly usuable stor age space. The idea memoes lei down leaves, shelves and flat areas of glass which break the wall Into an attractive visual pattern. This nnnnnnt lis Texture One-Eleven (grooved fir plywood) to provide supports for movable shelves. Another of the ideas is a dramat i. i,,,hor.ni. tble built around a Japanese habachi cooker. This de lightful piece of furniture is built of a fir plywood specialty product that, was first conceived as a panel for concrete forms. These are pan els surfaced with a high density resin fiber which Is glass smootn, agate hard, tough and wear reslS' tant. cithers of the "Golden Ideas' are expected to stir the lmagin tions of designers and home own' ers to the possibilities Inherent in the big. easy-to-use modular pan- All of the ideas on display are presented in full color, in large color transparencies or in model form. TO THE Plywood Industry ON ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY The business of manufacturing fir plywood is SO years old this year, so we are happy to ioin the Nation's salute to this $370,000,000 West Coast industry. And we have faith that as new markets . . . new uses . . are developed for fir plywood, our region will continue to grow and prosper. May your next 50 years show as much progress! Be Sure To Attend the Big Fir Plywood Jubilee at the Klamath County Fairgrounds Tuesday, October 25, 2 to 9 p.m. . . . and for Engine Repairing and Rebuilding, Be Sure to See . . . MT R achine Service 7416 Moin Street Phone 8153 Hi QonqhahjdaixDnA TO THE PLYWOOD INDUSTRY On the Celebration of PLYWOOD'S GOLDEN JUBILEE Be Sure To Attend The Big Free Show Tuesday A gigantic circus-type exposition will be at the Klamath County Fairgrounds Tuesday. There's something of interest for every member of the fam ily. And, be sure to attend Kalpine's open house Tuesday afternoon. You'll become better acquainted with one of the West Coast's largest industries! We Are Proud of the Part We Have Played In the Plywood Industry Klamath Iron Works has just completed buildinq a new "Barker" for Kalpine Plywood. Be sure to see it during Kalpine's open house. And for heovy industrial machinery of any type, be sure to see . . . KLAMATH - IRON WORKS 1905 n M J"- 1955) 833 Spring Phone 7721 Your Klamath Theatres Salute The Lumber Industry YOUR MEN WORK HARD IN THE WOODS AND MILLS TO BRING US THE MATERIALS FOR BETTER LIVING .. . We Try To Provide For Their Entertainment With The Finest Products Of The Movie Industry 50 YEARS OF PROGRESS We salute the Fir Plywood industry which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and urge you to attend the Fir Plywood Jubilee FREE SHOW at the Foirgrounds Tuesday, October 25. TVi 1905 ' """a" 1955) '. . . With Douglas Fir Plywood Build, repair, remodel . . . with Douglas Fir Plywood, the modern building material for today's modern homes. We'll be glad to give you tips and show you how. We stock Fir Ply wood in all thicknesses at competitive prices FREE FIR PLYWOOD "DO-IT-YOURSELF" PLANS For Christmas Gifts, Toys, Decorations! It's easy and fun to make useful and inexpensive Christmas gifts, toys and decorations with Fir Plywood. These simple cutting and . assembly instructions, plus ordinary woodworking tools, are ell you need to complete the project of your choice. -- Home Improvement Loans - NOTHING DOWN - 36 Months to Pay! Your One-Stop Building Supply Headquarters South 6th at East Main . Phone 8167 - , .'fit: - 4?! , lty I ,m 1, 4 I'M Will J.fi fi; Congratulations on FIR PLYWOOD'S 50th AI1UIVERSARY We salute the great plywood industry on its 50th anniversary. Plywood repre sents an important forward step in our forest, products industry. It has created new jobs and new payrolls along with a great variety of appealing and usable products which find wide distribution. The future of fir plywood holds rich promise of even greater growth. To the management and workers in this important industry we extend our eon gratulatwng...and pledge continued sup. port of "an Oregon bank serving Oregon." KLAMATH FALLS BRANCH - OREGON'S OWN STATE-WIDE BANK
