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and exposition of LAT, April 19-21 in Fort Worth where the BEST begins.

The beautiful Hyatt Regency Hotel again will be the headquarters hotel. The Fort Worth Hilton and the Americana Hotel also will be used by delegates.

The annual championship golf tourna-

172-tt9a ment will be held on Thursday, April 18, at the Bear Creek West Golf Course. Participation will be limited to the first 120 registered. Presentation of trophies is scheduled for the evening during the president's reception.

Over 200 firms had registered to exhibit as of press time. Exhibits in the Fort Worth convention center will open at l0

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Texas

(Continued from page 23) a.m. each day and close at 4:30 p.m. with the exception of Sunday, closing day, when they will close at 12:30 p.m. Orden at the convention will be limited to retail lumber dealers registered at the convention.

John Martin, executive v.p., National Lumber and Building Mat€rid Dealers Association, Washington, D.C., will lead off the contingent of outstanding speakers scheduled for the convention. Joc J. Charbonneau, president, The Performance Group, Dallas; CJrl G. Dill, president, Carl Dill Enterprises, Inc., New Milford, Ct.; Sidney Hicks, Inter-first Bank, f)allas, and Bill Sharp, president, The Percon Group, Excelsior Springs, Mo., will make prescntations.

A full calendar of business meetings including introduction of the ncw LAT officen is slated as well as the traditiond social events for delegates and their spous€s.

Westem Lumber Comes South

Southern states received 1.54 billion board feet of lumber from the west during 1984, making it the second largest regional user of western lumber produciion.

Texas ranked fourth among all the states in the nation, receiving 70 million b.f., according to the Western Wood Products Association Economic Services Department in San Francisco. Ca.