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Domestic market for posls, poles, lumber, piling, and crossties. A rapidly expanding export market f or poles, lumber, and crossties. Sales in excess of one million dollars last year and currently showing encouragin g upward trend. On-site management conversant with operations, export market, and finance.

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ARKANSAS legislalive recepli0n was atlended by (top pholo, left to right) Jrm Hayes, Bonsleel Lumber Co., Harris0n. Rep David N4atthews. Lowell, Carole Haves. Reo Graoy Arrington. Ste0hens {center) Al e^ Nixon, E C Barton & Co.. Jonesboro Reo Kel ey Webb Trumann Eo Wiseman E C Barton & Co M rs Kel eV Weoo Dov,e Qoac r Bu, ce's Vate'ra Co ,onesoor(

Arkansas Dealers & Solons

Grassroots, U.S.A. \\'as ne\er more in el'idence than as Arkansas lumber dealers gathered in North Little Rock for a legislative reception sponsored b1' the \{id-America Lumbermens Association, according to Charles R. Goss, MLA regional manager.

Over 60 Arkansas legislators and almost an equal number of Arkansas retail lumber dealers met Nlarch 3 to discuss legislative matters as the 74th General Assembl-v dre* to a close.

Among the legislators attending the reception were Representatives Peggy Hartness and Bill Porter, both retail lumber dealers. Thel rr ere both active in planning and encouraging other legislators to attend.

" Having a reception for legislators is not uncommon. However, most all associations have a reception in the early part of a session," commented Everett Greer, chairman of the association's Arkansas state affairs com- lOwer C a'r 'rCrr"a" 5 lC'aCC Lu"rOer Co E Do'aco Kac{ Cree' Ra cn Rrtcn e ; sc^e- L -e & Ce-nent Co \lorth L ttle Rocr t'la':ra i xscr. Fr xson Lumber Sa es. Prne B u" ieO B ?g.tg' Q72rt !arC\\'00C -.-ce'Cc C a'rs'.'r e E,'e'e:: G'ee' Suc€' o' Ir-rce' Cc ! -lc'ac: 3 \|al'e c Re. ^: cs B-, ce'= S-r: , S-a:,:.e' mittee. "This lear the commitlee decided to hare their reception to*ard the end of the session to sa) 'Thank 1'ou'for their help."

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Emphasize to )'our nerr people that helping the customer takes more than pointing him in the direcrion of the merchandise and taking his monel Advice, information, helpful instruction along uith parient courres) and concern can give a neophltc. or experienced d-i-yer confidence. Remember. a confident customer is a customer willing to spend mone)' because he knows his project will succeed.

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Kenny Peak, Earley Hardware, Port Saint Joe, Fl., Phil Earley, store owner, and Mike Adams, Woodford Plywood, Albany, Ga., were winners of all-expense paid cruises presented by Onduline, U.S.A., Fredericksburg, Va., according to John Adair, pres.

Fred Costello is heading a new dept. for Southern pine and seasonal products for Furman Lumber, Inc. Boston, Ma.

D.S. Blanchard, Atlanta, Ga.; L.A.Daniels, Dallas, Tx.; G.F. Bond, Houston, Tx.; D.H. Glowen, Little Rock, Ar., are new regional sales mgrs. for the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific Railroads.

John Ertz, director of mfg. for Applied Products will become operations mgr. for Rubbermaid's Con-Tact operation at its new Statesville. N.C. facilities; Edwin C. Donaldson, exec. v.p., Con-Tact, will relocate in N.C. to head up marketing and sales. Rod Berry, v.p. of sales for the Western U.S., is moving to Dallas, Tx.

Alan Gray has been named assistant market mgr. for Phifer's Wholesale,/ Hardware div., Tuscaloosa, Al.

Henry Isaacs has been named Employee of the Year at Belknap, Inc., Louisville, Ky.

Mark Balkcom has been named regional sales mgr. for So. Fl. by Genuine Hardware Co., Jacksonville, Fl. Ed Garza is the new program directoradvertising and promotional activities.

Don Underwood is now a senior v.p. at House-Hasson Hardware Co.. Knoxville. Tn. Call manufaeturer specializing ln westem specialty softwoods

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M. Calhoun Colvin. ownerof Holly Hill Forest Industries, Inc., Holly Hill, S.C., died in Charleston, S.C., on March 27 ,1983. He was 56.

A past president of the National Forest Products Association and the Southern Forest Products Association, he had served as president and chief executive officer of the Holly Hill Lumber Co. before starting his own firm.

Mr. Colvin is survived by his widow, Mildred and four children.

William Thomas Albrecht, vice president of the Southern Lumber and Millwork Corp., Charleston, S.C., died Feb. l7 inthatcity. Hewas 42.

Mr. Albrecht is survived by his widow, Helen, his parents, three sons, a daughter, two brothers and a sister.

Forrest A. Phillips, founder and president of Phillips Building Supply Co., Charlottesville, Va., died inthat city on Feb.24. He was 78.

Mr. Phillips is survived by his widow, Clara, a son, a brother, a sister and a granddaughter.

Jrmes Leonides Cemp, Jr., 87, former president and chairman of the board of Union Carnp Corp., died in Franklin, Va., on Feb. Tl He is survived by his widow, Alma, a son, a sister and two grandsons.

W. Royce Kimbrell Sr., owner and operator of Kimbrell-Ruf fer Lumber Co., died March 22 in Meridian, Ms. He is survived by his widow, Glynn, a son, three sisters, a brother and two grandchildren.

Lyon P. Wilbur, veteran hardwood lumberman, died at his home in Memphis, Tn., on Feb. 9. He was 86.

For Good Measure

It was somewhat of a surprise to read your editorial, "When it's metric time up north," in the March, 1983, edition of Bu ild in g Product s Digest.

In the mid 1970s the disciples of conversion to the metric system pushed long and hard to have the U.S. government bureaucrats and fellow travelers force the metric system down the throats of the American public. Thank goodness their efforts failed miserably.

During a two month visit to Australia in 1974 I observed first hand the traumatic and costly effects of that country of 13 million people, being forced by an act oftheir parliament to convert frcm the English to the metric system. The architects, designers, general contractors, builders, manufacturers and building material dealers and suppliers with whom I talked, wished they had never heard of metric. The confusion, frustration and increased costs of goods and services brought about by this conversion, contributed to the sharply increased rate of inflation in that country, and the devaluation of the Australian dollar in the world money market.

You appear to make a big point in your editorial that Canada supplies between one quarter and one third of the U.S.'s lumber requirements and this is one more continuing pressure on us to make the change to metric. l, for one, do not agree or subscribe to that line of reasoning. In a free market situation, the buyer is king, not the supplier. If Canada tries to force the American people and business commuitv to metric. this will have an adverse effect on our trade relations and purchases from our good neighbor to the North.

Let me cite a recent example of this in the U.S. market. The Shell Oil Co. tried to price their gasoline at the pump by the liter instead of the gallon in order to lower the unit selling price. All Shell stations in the U.S.A. were directed by the Shell Oil Co., a division of Royal Dutch Shell, which operates in many countries under a cartel system, to price gasoline by the liter. In many areas of the U.S., consumers sharply reduced their purchases from Shell stations and it didn't take too long for Shell Oil to get the message and change back to selling gasoline by the gallon.

Fortunately for the U.S.A. our Congress didn't buy the metric conversion effort and pressure from well financed lobbyists. The Congress did establish a committee to study the matter and later made funds available for tests to be run in several areas of the U. S. One of these tests included a grant to spend millions of dollars to put up highway signs in several states giving distances in metric. The citizens of these states raised strong objections and the signs were promptly removed by the highway departments. After the committee made numerous reports and spent millions of dollars of federal funds, Congress abolished the committee and metric study.

It appears that a reasonable solution to the question of English or metric systems has been developed by manufacturers and/or suppliers who trade internationally and use both the English and metric designations in labeling their products in order to make it easy for the customer to understand and properly evaluate the weights and measures of what they are buying.

In the business for more than 50 years, he had been a partner in the Frank A. Conkling Co. and was a past president of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis.

Mr. Wilbur is survived by his widow, Blanche, two daughters, two sons, a sister, a brother and five grandchildren.