THE AR'ZONA SCENE

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rftHE ANNUAL convention plans lor the I Arizona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply Association have been completed, Chairman Bob Horr has announced. The convention will be held at the King's Ran' som Motel in Sedona, May II, 12 and 13, 1967. The convention schedule has been changed this year with Thursday, May ll, designated as a free day.

A golf tournament opens the meeting at the Montezuma Country Club in Rim' rock, Arizona. A steak fry follows the golf for Thursday evening's social event.

A full program with nationally prominant speakers has been arranged {or Fri' day and Saturday with the convention theme of Selling Better . . '67 through wood promotion, advertising, sales tech' niques and merchandising.

The business session opens Friday morning with a breakfast. Keynote address is being given by Boyce Price, president o{ Wood Marketing, Inc., who will speak on wood promotion. That afternoon, sessions will include talks by Howard J. Miller, Jr., manager of the advertising and promotion dept., Armstrong Cork Co., explaining advertising; and the Hardwood Plywood Manufacturing Association will present a

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The Saturday morning business session will feature a talk on merchandising by O. R. Braun, vice president sales, Masonite Corporation.

The convention business session closes Saturday afternoon with a talk by James M. Shedden, president of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association. A social event closes the con' vention with a banquet Saturday evening. Ray Wells, director of industrial relations for the O'Malley Companies, will be master of ceremonies.

New Mexico Club Meets

A Black Cat dinner dance-held on Fri' day, Jan. l3-was the feature of the central New Mexico Hoo Hoo Club 69, Frank Seeclub secretary disclosed.

Proving to be one of the most popular parties in years, more than 150 attended the dance, held in Albuquerque.