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Memphis Wood Products Week

Wood Products Week will be celebrated in Memphis, Tn., Oct. 25-30 under the auspices of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis.

Activities for the annual wood promotion will include an informational program for Memphis architects; the coronation of Lumber Ladyfair; and a ball at the Memphis Qountry Club.

E.L. Betz Jr. and David Hagedorn, co-chairmen of the trade promotion committee of the club, are in charge. The committee includes Terry A. Wilson, Jack T. Shannon, Jr., J.E. Rhodes, Jr., William S. Decker III, Randal T. Sharp and Walter M. Fields.

Haidwood Cost Analysis Meet

The Southern Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers Association's annual production and cost meeting will be Octt 26.27 at the Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tn.

Emphasis will be on analyzing and reducing the costs of producing hardwood lumber, according to pres. R. Collins Sullivan, Sullivan Lumber Co., Preston, Ga. New amendments to the OSHA noise standards and an update on the crosstie market will be covered.

Vincent Shurr, J.H. Hamlen & Son, Inc., Little Rock, Ar., 2nd v.p of the association, is chairing the planning committee which includes John P. Price, J.P. Price Lumber Co., Monticello, Ar.; David Williams, Louisiana Southern Forest Products, Inc., Opelousas, La.; J.L. Gray, Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co., Memphis, Tn.; Railey Powell, Powell Tie & Timber Co., Brownsville, Tn.; Rick Hanna, Hanna Manufacturing Co., Inc., Winnfield, La.; Rodger Patterson, Miller Patterson Lumber Co., Inc., Des Arc., Ar.; E.J. Spratlin, T & S Sawmill, Clarendon, Ar.; William Browning, J.M. Jones Lumber Co., Inc., Natchez, Ms.; and Ricky Evans, Calion Lumber, Calion, Ar. The Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers Club. under the direction of pres. William Browning, J.M. Jones Lumber Co., will meet in conjunction with the association.

Dealers Meet in Florida

Central Florida at the Contemporary Resort Hotel, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, is the setting for the 66th annual convention of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, Nov. l8-21.

Following a theme "A Spirit of Partnership," the meeting will have The Honorable Richard Lugar, United States Senator, Indiana, and chairman, subcommittee on housing and urban affairs, and Richard Scammon, director, Elections Research Center, Washington, D.C., as speakers.

In addition to unveiling a new computer program and honoring Ray Harrell, NLBMDA v.p., on his retirement, the convention will feature numerous industry programs including "1983 Will be Better," co-chaired by James R. Magbee, Magbee Brothers Lumber & Supply Co., Scottdale, Ga. Charles Thomas, pres., American Wood Preservers Bureau, Arlington, Va., will discuss "The Treated Wood Industry." '

Hardwood to the rescue

1|lNE of our favorite fall rituals is to troop tTthrough the auto shows and the car dealers' showrooms to see the shiny new models from the world's car producing countries.

One eye-catching feature that is virtually universal for those impractical, fun machines we would all really like to own is the use of genuine, real, no-way plastic, honest-to-God hardwood. From gold-plated replicar to Rolls Royce, one feature that sets apart the head turner from the economv box on wheels is the use of real hardwood.

Gone are the days when hardwood was extensively used, even in the production of high volume cars. When the use of steel bodies became widespread in the early 1930s, door frames, jambs, cowl members and a variety of other hidden parts continued to be made of hardwood. Following World War II, hardwood was relegated, almost without exception, to use in those great looking "woodies" that are still eagerly sought out by collectors. And who could resist a Chrysler Town & Country convertible, top seductively laid back, flanks gleaming with varnished oak, framed by glistening lacquer paint in Forest Green?

But in all this there seems to be a paradox. As hardwoods have become far easier and cheaper to preserve from all the dings and bumps of life, the use of hardwoods has declined to a trim only item for a handful of cars in the economic stratosphere. With a variety of coatings, preservatives, treatments and protective shields giving space age toughness to today's hardwood, it seems odd that someone hasn't seen fit to make another drive on Detroit to try and bring back the beauty and look of quality that only true hardwood can give. In a time when cars are so similar in appearance, the use of a beautiful hardwood would be a striking sales feature in a world of dreary black vinyl interiors.