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year's Western Building I Material Assn. Convention,/ Merchandise ll'Iart had an evolved format that retained some of the old and added enough of the new to provide an impressive assemblage calculated to appeal to the widest possible range of interests.

The converrtion side of the 69th annual. for instance. featured six Resource Roonrs that simultaneously presented in-depth information to the interested on Flome Improvement Time, NAB, wage/price con-

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Updated format for WBMA annuaf proves very popular more than one thousand attend trols, store display and remodeling, Iiability, fire insurance and OSHA. This while EDP was being demonstrated down the haU by Chet Nortz of the Mountain States Assn. and Jerry Buzzald used videotapes, among other methods. to relate the latest on government affairs as they affect the industry for ldaho, Washington and Oregon.

. "Chuck" Link elected new president for'73. next m,eeting is in Seattle . consensus for business this year is favorable.

The seller's side featured a simil. ar diversity, boastirrg the traditional displays in a large hall while also offerin;; displays in various rooms in a special section of the Thunder' bird Motor Inn. flesh is heir, it nevertheless drove home the long-way-still-to-go to bring an industry into compliance with health and safety laws.

It rvas something for everybody, in the best sense of the term.

Elected nerv president of WBMA was C.B. "Chuck" Link, manager of Boise Cascadeos manpower development and communications, from Boise. Bob Bush, Bayview Lumber Co., Gravs Harbor, V'ash., was elected lst vp. Bob is also president of the Congressional lVledal of Honor winners' society. lt.P. "Woody" Railey, manager of Scharpf's Twin Oaks Builders Supply. Albany. Ore., the convention chairmano was elected second W. (.A complete li^st of directors follmus later in the stor"y,editor\.

A working lunch that noon,. Nov. 13, saw converntioneers picking out the roundtable wilh the topic of their choice and organizing miniseminars to discuss the topic. Salesmanship, marketing, safety and legislative were among topics thrashed out over dessert,

Afternoon saw every one go their separate way to the many venues of information discussed above, i.e, Resource Rooms, displays and the like.

George Milne of Home Center magazine spoke next morning on