ARKANSASA OKLAHOMA

BOB JOHN aec|ttlve vtce preddcnt

TO MEET the growing needs of ArI kansas and Oklahoma lumber and building material merchants and home centers for professional lumber yard and store update services, the Mid-America Lumbermens Association and five other midwestern lumbermen's associations have purchased Lorimer and Associates of Joliet, Il., and will offer the full range of lumber yard and store update services through a newly formed corporationthe National Lumbermen's Service Corp. with offices in Plainfield, Il.

Shareholders of the new corporation are, in addition to MLA, the Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers Association. the Indiana Lumber and Builders Supply Association, the Northwestern Lumbermens Association, the Ohio Lumbermen's Association and the Wisconsin Retail Lumbermen's Association.

The purchase by the lumbermen's associations is intended to assure the industry of the continuity of this extremely important design, layout and counseling service, not only to those who are members of the purchasing associations, but also to lumber and building material merchants in other regions of the United States who may need this counsel.

In the very near future, additional staff