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The Merchant Dear Mr. Cutler,

Your cooperation in running our public service ad. during 1966 has been sincereiY aPPreciated. Our efforts to strengthen the remodeling industrY have been materially aided bY Your assistance.

But, more than that, Your magazine has been a, consistent exponent of the home imProvement industry since 1956, our year of organization.

It seems fitting, therefore, to thank you and to recognize Your publication's leadershiP bY a special award which is being sent under separate cover' Cordially, Edgar Y. Hall National Home ImProvement Council. Inc. New York. N.Y.

The award was a plaque mounted, on (hooray!) woodEdinr.

Dear Dave,

I enjoyed the December: issue of your very fine publication, as always, and was particularlY impressed with the article on Page L2 "Dealer's Personnel Problems Called Serious Enough for the Panic Button." I would like to have your permission to reprint this articie in our Publication, THE LUMBER MERCHANT.

Thank you very much and we hope 1967 wiil be a Prosperous year for both you and your nublication.

Vely truly yours,

B. F. Muscheites Editor

The Lumber Merchant

Lincoln, Nebraska

Dear Dave,

I am presently "pinch-hitting" for Lynn Rose of Tarter, Webster & Johnson (on Bandini Blvd.) who is sei'iously ill in Mission Hospital in Huntington Park, Calif. We knorv that ali of Lynn's many friends and coworkers will wish her a speedy recovery.

I receive The Merchant each month and enjoy it thoroughly as always. Sulely am happy to be back temporarily in the lumber industry. It's great!!!

Sallye Bissell Downey, Calif.

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