Successful management conference

lA ALLING California the "Bad V Check Capital of the U.S.,"

Ralph Landry told the opening session of the Lumber Association of Southern California convention that there are many ways to prevent "deadbeats from beating you out of your own

Landry is the credit manager of Builders Supply in Palm Springs, Ca., site of LASC's 36th annual management conference.

He said that pre-liens were essen(Please turn t0 page 19)

Story at a Glance

Credit management, the economy, how to effectively price inventory, and stress control addressed at 36th annual LASC meeting... Al Newkirk honored as Lumberman of the Year... Phil Butterfield named new president.

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Ill Bob Sievers, Stan Brown, George Clough, Carl Poynor. (21 Bill Ferguson, John Ganahl. l3l Andy & Marion Ersek, Sylvia & Jim Frodsham. l4l Tom & Russ Mullin. l5l Art & Yvonne Penberthy. (61 Rodger & Sandy Morris. l7l Dennis Kirk, Pete Marshall, Wayne Earley. l8l Rick Learned, Dave Barry. l9l Al Reed, Bob Ransom, Al Martin. (l0l Jim Gilchriest. llll Terry Fischer, Michael Learned. ll2l John Newquist, Jack Butler, Janet & Mark Paletta. ll3l Jamie & Dick George. ll4l John Allen. ltSl Coteen & Bob Porter. (l6l Scott Eilefson, Jack Finnegan, Matt Hallendy.llTlMike Sampson. Il8l Doug Willis, Patric Taylor. Il9l Gale & Jackie McBride, Drew Sasser, Rick 0rlando.

Mr. Comfort says: "TWEK@ is strong, tough. and gives yearround comfortl

Canada has agreed rc impose a l5o/t tax on timber exported to the United States, ending the controversy that Canada had been unfairly subsidizing softwood exports the U.S. willlift proposed duties on softwood imports from Canada

Foorltill Luntber and Hardv,are Co., Int'., Glendora. Ca.. has been remodeled bv new owner Don tsoehm.. A $l.5.million Hayward Luntber Builders Center has opened in Barstow, Ca. Lumbermen 's is building a home improvement center in Silverdale, Wa. ..

Sackett artd Peters, Whittier. Ca.. held a preview of' their recently remodeled store for 200 dignitaries and custonters

. , Haines Lumber, Inc. is A new store opened by Ken and Judith Haines in Albany. Or.

Diamond Lumber Inc., Oroville. Ca., has tripled its size with a $25.000 remodeling and expansion . Vant'e Building Servic't' Center has been opened by Marion Vance in Winnentucca. Nv. ,.

H&E Do ft Yoursell Centerhas opened a 32,000 sq. ft. store in Palnrdale, Ca. Ole's in Upland, Ca., is closing because its lease has been terminated: the city is purchasing the land for redevelopnrent. .

Lumberjack Corp. plans to build a new outlet in Chico. Ca. . . . Payless Lumber C'o., ["lermiston, Or., I-ras been remodeled by its founder, John Richards. who has returned from retirement to manage the store

Mercer Island Lumber, Mercer Island, Wa., has closed with Errsl considering closing its Mercer lsland store by mid-year. according to a co. spokesnran . Edgemont Lumber and Home Improvement Center, Sunnymead, Ca.. h;rs celebrated its l5th Anniversary

Oregon- Willamette Lumbcr Corp., Lincoln City, Or.. has flled for Chapter ll bankruptcy' .\penard Ruilclers ,\npply, has closed its store in Glennallen. Ak.

Walker .Scou is closine irs National City, ('a., unit ancl fivc other San Diego. Ca.. are:l stores, keeping open stores in Escondido and Palm Springs. Ca., Handyman, San Diego, Ca., based chain of -53 Ca. and Az. slores. is completing liquidation with plans to clistribute at least $47.11 a share over an indefiniteperiod...

Coast to Coast ,*ore.s. lnc.Denver, Co.. and Builder Marts o.f Amerit'ct Inc., (ireenville, S.C., are negotiating a merger... I|'ickes Co^s. ended its bid for Lear Siegler which was then acquired by Forstmann Little, a private investment partnership fbr $2.1 billion

Di-rieline Lumber, San Diego, Ca.. has purchascd 5 fornrer Iland,rrman units in their area: Lir Mesa, 75,000 sq. ft.; Kerne,v Mesa,62,000 sq. fl.: Solana IJeach, 42.000 sq. {i.; Ranclro San Diego, 41.000 sq. fi.; and Chula Vista. 60.000 sq. It. The additions to Dixieland's 7 other units are expected to move sales to Sl-50,000,000 a year

Ranser Wholesale Lumber Co. has moved its office to Glendale. Az., from Phoenix ... Paci/ic States Pl.r'v,ood, San Rafael, Ca., has acquired Cali.fbrnia Plywood Co.,Emeryville, Ca. . . Dottgltert.y- Hamma Resource.s, Reno, Nv., has opened an offlce in Columbus. Oh.

Oregon .Strottd Roard Co. has opened a new office in Sacramento. Ca., headed by "Marty" McGinnis .. . Sun River Lumber Co., Inc"., has moved to new ol-fices in Fair Oaks. Ca. .

The Merchant Magazine f:rost Hardwood. San Diego, Ca., has a new 12,000 sq. ft. building. enclosed on three sides, for storage of lunrber and materials ... Baker Hardv+'ood Luntber (b., National City. Ca., has added 10,000 sq. ft. of additional lumber storage to an existingbldg....

,/c w,ett -Ca tne ro n Lu ntbe r Corp., Lake Oswego, Or., has opened an office in San Clemente. Ca., Robert Spry, nrgr. Banks Lumb<,r Co. has sold its Flemet, Ca., div. to Lynn Forest Products, Corona. Ca.

Reel Lumber,9er,-it'e, Anaheim, Ca., has purchased ,tau,dust & Sltavings Hardy'oorl Lumber Co., Riverside, Ca.; Rcd is operating the I4 year-old company. selling hoth retail and industrial. with Tom Tiberi. retail mgr., Don Clark, wholesale nrgr., and Don Best, industrial mgr.

Mike Moseby and Richard Oberl-raus are t he founding l)artners of lYttrtlt('oast Redu'ood & Cedar Co., a new Kirkland. Wa. office wholesaler . . Crtrnet{ Lumber Co.. Central Point, Or., has a new dry kiln on line :rt their Oroville. Ca.. dinrensionmill ...

Georgia-Par'lic has acquired two moulding plants. one in Marysville, C.a., from Challenge Lurnber Produt'ts, lnc. and one in Yreka, Ca.. fronr Klamatlt l,(tttrldin,q tllill lnt'.

We.verhaeuscr is consolidating product lines at two No. Ca. customer service centers with San Jose handling only doors and Ilayward concentraling on building material products . .

Roseburg Forest Procluc'ts, Roseburg, Or., has acquired Paul Bunyan l.umber Co., Anderson. Ca. from Ken Walker for an undisclosecl price. includecl are more than 90.000 acres ol'tinrberland owned b-v- Walker

Hottsittg .starts for Nov, (latest. figs.) dropped 1.8%i to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,598,000 units: multi-fanrily starts were down 6.lVr: single lhmily home starts crept up 0.3(X,; building pernrils rose l.7tth', honre construction in the West \\lts uP 6t'/,,