GALEN DAR

February

San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9 & Oakland Hoo-IIoo Club 39-February (date to be announced) joint meeting, Nite at the races, Bay Beadows.

Building Industry Assn. of Calif.-Feb. 2-24, second annual modules and mobiles serninar, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif.

Western Building Material Assn.-Feb. l3-March 2, post convention tour and management conference, Costa Del Sol, Spain.

Home Manufacturers Assn., Feb. San Francisco, Calif.

Phoenix Hoo-Hoo Club 72-Feb. gram, place to be announced.

14-18, annual meeting, 16, golf & dinner pro-

Imported Hardwood Products Aesn.-Feb. 18-20, 15th annual convention, Erawan Garden Hotel, Indian Wells, Calif.

Hoo-Hoo-Ette Clubs-Feb. 2O national board of directors meeting, International Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2-Feb.20, Valentine Day Dinner-Dance, Royal Coach Inn, next to Disneyland, Anaheim, Calif.

California Retail Ifardware Assn.-tr'eb. 2l-28, convention and show, Del Webb's Townehouse, San Francisco.

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39-Feb. 22, sports nite, place to be announced.

Building Industry Assn.-Feb. 23-24, "modules, mobileS seminar, Anaheim, Calif.

Lumber Merchants Assn.-Feb. 28-March 2, 6th annual top management seminar, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, Ca.

March

Phoenix Hoo-Ifoo Club 72-March, "St. Pat's Basharoonie,,, place and date to be announced.

Rogue Valley Hoo-Hoo 94-March 3, manufacturer's night, Rogue Valley Country Club.

Western Decorating Products Show-March 6-2, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif.

\Mestern Wood Products Assn., March g-12, spring meeting, St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco.

Pacific Southwest Hardware Assn.-March 12-14, west coast hardware-housewares exhibit, Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif.

American Institute of Timber Construction, March 14-20, annual meeting, Sheraton, Maui, Hawaii.

Mountain States Lumber Dealers Assn.-March 17-21, annual housing'and building products show, Currigan Exhibit Hall, Denver, Colo.

Woodwork Institute of California, March 18-20, 20th annual convention, Hotel del Coronado, Coronado.

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The Key Corporation

WHOLESALE LUMBER

191 No. Lila.c. Box 189 Rialn, Calil.

Teleplnne Area Code 714 875-2060

Mnnufoctured Housing's Growth

A 2OVo increase in the production of factory-built housing in 1971 has been forecast by the National Association of Building Manufacturers, which supplied the chart below and notes that such housing has increased tenfold since World War II when home manufacturins emerged as an industry.

25 Year Growth rate for permanent mfrd. housing*

Crqne Mills Hqs Joined The l. Q. Club

The huge smoke stacks that have towered over the Crane Millst sawmill at Paskenta for years were recenfly taken down. They and the large waste-fed furnaces that provide heat and steam for the dry kiln operation have been replaced with new automatic equipment that is virtually smoke free. Straighter, more uniformly dry lumber fu another plus feature of the installation' which also includes completely new kilns.

A new burner has also been installed that has reduced smoke emission by 7SVo-EOVo in the dfuposal of waste that is unusable.

Cleaner air and better lumber are definitely tte results obtained from joining the L Q. Club O Quit Smoking).

Monufqcturers of Quolity

Douglos Fir, White Fir

Incense Cedor, Sugor Pine

Pondeross Pine

By R0SS KINCAID executive vice president

f\OMPLETE coverage of our big U egth annual convention and exposition will be in the next issue of The Merchant lllagazine. Because of the printing schedule of this issue' the Portland-based event, held the 4-6 of this monfh, will be covered in the March issue.

We had good crowds and good reactions to the two selling skills workshops we held last month in Portland and Tukwila. Co-sponsored by The Western and Owens-Corning Fiberglas, they were under the very capable hand of instructor Bob Jones, a real pro.

Will we have price and wage controls? At this point, it is anybody's guess. The President's position is strongly opposed and yet...

(1) He is more concerned about inflation than ever before.

(2) He does have authority to impose contmls.

(3) Labor unions seem to care less about the guidelines.

(4) Certainly we (the public) are more aware of the threat of inflation. More businessmen are talking about the requirement of controls.

You should consider the possibility of controls. Good record-keeping is important. When controls were aPplied before, prices were based on records of three to nine months before the effective date. We suggest You maintain good records of actual prices and the quality, gtade and sizes to which they apply.

Wage-hour checks are taking place, Some investigations are costlyl we suggest you eliminate problem areas prior to a check up by the Department.

These generally are:

(A) Failure to pay overtime at one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for al overtime hours.

(B) Failure to pay ai' least the minimum wage to part-time or elderly employees-such as students ot persons on Social Security.

(C) Improperly considering certqin employees as exempt from the overtime provisions of the WageHour Law merely because they may be salaried employees or office workers.

(D) Improperly considering that because an employee has a "management sounding" title he is exempt from the overtime Provisions, sey, Lindsey Lumber, KalisPell.

By R. V. PETERSEII executivG seffetary

IOR Montana building material deal- ers. 19?1 started with somewhat more than the usual mid-winter activity, thanks to the convening of the state legislature.

Inevitably, the major problems center around money and taxes.

To help dealers increase sales and so position themselves to meet the anticipated rising tax load, a Selling Skills Workshop was sponsored by MBMDA and Owens-Corning Fiberglas with Bob Jones making the presentation.

Dealers in the Helena area benefited from an explanation and clarification of the new lumber grading rules, new sizes, and revised span tables at a meeting with Chet Cowan of the Western Wood Produets Association.

It is a pleasure to announce the addition of the following new dealer members to MBMDA rosters: L. P. Schoonover, Schoonover Building Sup- ply, Ronan; E. H. Stephanson, Falls Building & Electric Supply Co., Thompson Falls; M. J. Kyle, Polson Building Supply, Polson; Dave Lind-

After more than sixty years of activity in the retail lumber industry' Ed Noble. Noble Lumber Co., Kalispell, has opted for somewhat more leisure and freedom. It is hoped that he will continue his contacts within his wide circle of industry friends. The business operation will continue under the management of Dave Lindsey, the new owner.

Renewals from 1970 associate members was a gratifying 100%. In addition, we are pleased to rePort the following new associate members for 1971: North Pacific Lumber Co., Portland; Viking Industries, Portland; Randy Skeie, manufacturers representative, Boulder, Colo.; OwensCorning Fiberglas Corp., Spokane; Palmer G. Lewis Co., Spokane; Weyerhaeuser Co., Spokane. A hearty welcome to all these staunch supporters of MBMDA.