ARKANSAS a OKLAHOMA

BOB JOHN execudve vice

storage room the other da,v". As it turned out, one of the more dusty ones happened to be a book we received a few years ago containing all of the articles written by Jessie Gilstrap of Bentonville. Ar.

For over three decades Jessie's "Lumber Lou" articles appeared as a regular monthly feature in MLA's Retail Lumberman magazine.

In skipping through the copy, I ran across the Christmas message she wrote ,30 t'ears ago this month and because what she said is still true todal'. we could think of no better wav to sat' Merr.v" Christmas to all our members and friends than to reprint it for 1ou one more time.

I'm sitting on an old nail keg.

Thanksgiving's come and gone ln spite of communistic threats l:or our dear t .S..-\.. lior all the things rre have and are.

.\nd soon it '*ill be Christmas as The days speed swiftll on.

\4e have so much for *hich ue should (iive grateful thanks this !ear.

To ideals *e hold dear.

\\'e're thankful for this land of ours.

\\'e're thankful everl' da1.

Iror all that C hristmas means to usThe spirit of good nill.

And that the Star of Bethlehem Remains to guide us still.

.\lthough the "Times s€em out of joint." .-\nd cries multipll.

\f,'e can keep Christmas in our hearls. .-\nd la*lessness defr.

\la1 *e tet realize our dream r* hich *as proclaimed bl angel choirs

Of "Peace o'er all the earth."

I pon the Christ Child's birth.

Instead of "\lerrl Christmas." l'-riends. \tl greeting mosl sincere. ls "Peace be unto each o[ y-ou. $'ith blessinrgs and good cheer."

Lumberinglv.

JESSTE GILSTRAP

150 Join Flooring Association

More than 150 retailers. installers. manufacturers. distributors and others related to the hard*'ood flooring industry, hare joined the neu'I1'organized National Wood Flooring Association.

Charter members u'ill be accepted through April 28. 1987. according to Virgil Hendricks. Locku'ood Flooring. uho is president. An oak plank floorin-g plaque is being presented to each neu member.