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OBITUARIES

OBITUARIES

By FRANK DAVIS

a $I43 outlawed account included in the collections.

The first visits started with a five-day trip, January 16, with an area luncheon in Tucson. On January 19, a convention planning committee meeting was held at the King's Ransom Motel in Sedona.

ii*; the trip will be visits to non-member dealers, soliciting their membership in the asso-

A lot of planning has been put into the , visitations, as we wish to keep the mem- 'bership. informed on all the services rendered by the association. We will be bring, ing them up-to-date on wage and hour laws as well as our two new services. added to the association the past year. They are the association credit, collection service and group insurance plan. We will also be distributing up-to-date literature on wood ,products to all the yards.

The collection service, which has only been active since June, 1966, has had one dealer reporting over $1000 collected, with

President Charles Mann stated that he is enjoying the trip and particularly visiting with all the members.

Redwood logging Meet Upcoming

Redwood national park proposals, timberland use regulation and taxes, young growth timber harvesting methods, efiect of different logging systems on forest practices, and government timber sale road construction requirements will highlight the program of the 29th annual Redwood Region Logging Conference, according to Al Rueger, conference president. The conference will be held March 9-10 at the Del Norte County Fair Grounds in Crescent City, Calif.

Evons Advonces Perry

Evans Products Company has appointed Robert B. Perry national account executive for their building materials division. In his new positiono Perry will develop and coordinate industrial sales of plywood products on a nation-wide basis.

Since 196I, he has been manager of Evans' distribution center in Oakland, Calif.

Perry has been active in the industry since 1948" and has held kev sales and distribution management positions with Evans and other building products companies.

.Robert B. Perry

Perry has been succeeded by A. J. "Al" Mury. A veteran of nine years service with Evans, he has been a sales representative and has held promotional posts.

Albuquerque Eleclions

The Albuquerque Lumber Merchants' Association held elections January 16 and named new officers. They are Frank See, president; Kenneth Mount, first vice president; Jack Cheshire, second vice president, and Mary Chapel, secretary-treasurer.

by BOB McBRIEN executive vice president of lhe Lumber Merchqnts Associqtion of Northern Colifornio

FVERY MAN has his day and for California retail lumber ! dealers that day is February 27, when the California Retail Hardware Association will welcome Lumber Merchants Association dealers to their show. Through arrangements with CRHA officialg we have bebn promised that the welcome mat will be out for you.

This year's hardware show will be held February 26-28 at Brooks Hall, Civic Cen ter, San Francisco. More. than 500 manufacturers of hardwarer painto housewares and garden supplies will be on hand to display their newest lines. Dealers will have the opportunity of placing orders at the show which will entitle them to enter contests for awards such as trips to Hawaiin Mexico, Las Vegas or prizes of Color TV sets, merchandjse, etc.

Admission is free to LMA dealers. All you need do is register at the door to-obtain your identification badge, program and otl-rer materials. Show hours on LMA Day will be from noon to six p.m. We'll be looking for you there!

Looking closely at my desk calendar, I find that I'll be on the road almost constantly the next couple oI montls. Our special dealer training program mentioned here Iast month has been completed and is now in full swing. Already dealers are making this program available to their entire stafi and the efiort can be expected to benefit all involved.

At press time, I was scheduled to conduct the training program not only for dealers, but also for a large group of manufacturers who are interested in understanding -o." about the dealers' problems. These are the people who want to help us, and frankly, it's our job to show them the help we need.

Several of our members will be in attendance at the Annual Western Exposition of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association February 3 and 4 at Seattle. All members are invited and WRLA's Ross Kincaid has promised us the usual fine show.

Following the convention, our insurance committee will meet in Fresno February 6, and our convention committee will be at Monterey, February l0-ll to make plans for the April 23-25 gathering. Be sure to set aside these April days and plan to be with us.

On March 9 and 10, officials of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association will be in San Francisco to conduct an EDP seminar for our members. There is growing interest in electronic data procesing and this program is just the one to answer your questions and ,bring you up to date on what's happening. More details will be forthcoming in the LMA Newsletter.

tMA Distributes Money

When the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern Califor. nia distributed returns on State Fund workmens compensation premiums, they found that for an amazing 69 out of a total of 73 member firms, the refunds paid their complete annual dues in LMA. Total distribution *^i 8OZ.ZZZ.ZZ.

Even more astounding, 26 yards received funds equal to more than three times their annual dues. Two member companies got a windfall return of eight times dues, while eight more receivld four times the amount spent for dues.

. Anybody have any more questions about the value of belong- ing to an association?

Governmenl Wtrr Purchoses

The Defense Supply Agency will buy $85 million worth of lumber -and wood products in fiscal 1967, the largest annual defense lumber purchase since the Korean War.

_-By {ar the largest share of this business will come frorn the West t{rough the Defense Department,s procurement agency in Portland.

The forecast for Portland buying is 510 million board feet of untreated softwood, 55 million bf ol treated softwood, 215 million sq. It.- of goftw_ood plywood, 90,000 poles and piling and gO,0O0 treated railroad ties.

Mergers Remoin Populor

The building products.materials field again ranked high in Tgrger activity as overall corporate consolidations soured "to a' all-time peak, W. T. Grimm,s annual survev reveals.

^_Of the 1e9or{ high 2377 corporate consolidations in 1966, 87 occurred in the building products-materials category.

The industry ranked s&inth in activity behinl ih" fir,"r,""_ bank-insurance, food, electronics, wholesall and retail, machinery-equipment, and service companies groupings.

Western Womon Wins Wig

A Chatsworth, Calif. ygman won a first prize gift in a contest sponsored and conducted _bf Neiman Reed -Lumblr City- Betty Breitenbach toolc home u fashion wig, block and carryinecase and a promise of free wig styling. The"hrm, ,fri"f, ,p"iui!. a store in- V1n- Nuys as well as in Chatsworth, *na,r"t"a th" contest at both locations.

Presenting the rrig prize to Miss Breitenbach was Joe Jacklett, manager of the Canoga Park-Chatsworth store.

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