NORTHWtrST NtrWS

By ROSS KINCAID executive vice president

A T OUR recent big Annual Western Ex/ r position held in Seatde we again have elected a strong slate of new officers and directors to the 1970-197I term. (See pages 6 and 7 of this issue.)

Our new president is personable Cameron Kyle, Portland Road Lumber Yard in Salem, Oregon. Providing strong support for our new president are first v.p. A. H. o'Ike" Parker of Parker Lumber Co* Bremerton, W'ash., and Bert Kinzig, Holbrook Lumber Co. in Scapoose, Ore., our new second v.p.

The new executive committeeman is Robert E. Bush, Bayview Lumber Co., El. D&, Wash. New dealer-director to NLBMD,A. is W. F. Scharpf, Scharpf's Twin Oaks Builders Supply Co., Albany, Ore.

Directors-atlarge (l year) are C. Ray Laughlin, Suburban Lumber Co., Aloha, Ore.; Curtiss Kehoe, Lumbermen's of

Lynnwood Inc., Lynwood, Wash., and Jerry Williamq Valley Best'Way Building Supply Inc., Spokane, Wash.

The following are district directors where the district did not nominate and elect their own (3 years): IDAHOz Ontario, Rex Sorick, Capital Lumber Co., Emmett. OREGON : Grants Pass'Medford, Charles J. Kudlac, Valley Lumber Co., Grants Pass. WASHINGTON: EverettLynnwood, Dale Lawrence, Stowell Lumber Co,, Everett; Tacoma, Herman Kleiner. Model Lumber & Hardware Co., Tacoma; Moses Lake, Harold Beckemeier, Quincy Lumber Co, Quincy; TriCity, Joe Vincent, Richland Lumber Co., Inc., Richland; Walla Walla, Robert Brinker, Brinker Bros. Lumber & Hardware Co., Milton-Freewater, Ore.

The following districts elected directors for 3 years: OREGON: Roseburg, Del B. Blanchard, Del's Building Supply, Myrtle Creek; Klamath Falls, Don Ferguson, Swan Lake Moulding Co., Klamath Falls; LaGrande, Ray H. Connolly, Snyder Lumber Co., Inc., Enterprise.

Our sincere thanks to helped us grow. And our kept us on our toes.

The WBMA nominating committeo is composed of Homer W. Greer, Ray C. Blackstock, Jo-es C. Hayeso Ansel E. Hy. land and W. Stewart Orr.

Our thanks to the following companies who donated exhibitor prizes at the 67th Annual: A]lis Chalmers, Howard Manufac' turing Co., Lakewood Supply Co., Palmer G. Lewis Co., Marrufacturers Northwest' Pacific, Olympic Stain, Sakrete of the Pacific Northwest, Schlage Lock Co., Simp' son Timber Co., Warp Bros. and Wilhold Glues.

Next year's Western Annual will be held in Portland, Oregon.

Despite a drop in 1969 productior4 the plywood industry may reach a record of l5.B billion sq. ft. sales total in 1970. This prediction is part of a five-year forecast released recently by the market research department of the American Plywood Association.

Steady increases in sales are predicted for the rest of the five-year period-l7.2 billion feet in I97l; I8.2 in 1972, and 18.9 in 1973. The 1969 total was an estimated 14.5 billion feet-down 2 percent from 1968.

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