NNONTANA NtrWS

By R. V. PETERSETI executiYe secretaty

MBMDA members in attendance at the recent Seattle convention of W'estern Building Material Association included: Chan Sorenson, Midland, Inc., Miles City; Roger Walsh, Walsh.Anderson Lumber, Gt. Falls; Fred Robinson, Brooks Robinson and Rudy Harms, Grogan-Robinson Lumber, Gt. Falls; MBMDA president Emmett R. Madden, Miles Lumber, Livingston; Virl Wright, Empire Building Materials, Inc., Bozeman; and Al Kind, Linder-Kind Lumber, Helena.

New personalities on the Montana scene: Terry Soine, Billings, for Mason- ite Corp.; Leon Lowe, Billings, for GAF Corp.; Dean Barney, Bozeman, representing Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance; Bud Barker, Bozeman, for Empire Building Materials, [nc. I Charles Niswanger, Gt. Falls, for Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Harry Bass, traveling out of Billings for Kaiser Cement & Gypsum; Dan Larson, working this area for St. Regis Paper out of Denver; and Ralph West, Billings, for Boise Cascade Corp.

The roster of MBMDA associate members for 1970 has expanded materially during the past month. Renewals have been received from: Andersen Corp.; St. Regis Paper Co.; GAF Corp.; Plywood Distributors, Spokane; Ideal Cement Co.;

Weiser Lock Co.; E. R. Young Co., Billings; Georgia-Pacific Corp., Billings; Vince Davies, Gig Harbor, Wash.; Empire Building Materials Inc., Bozemanl L. A. Hamilton Lumber Co., Missoula; Kyle-Davis Co., Missoula; John Hawkins Lumber Co., Billings; Kalispell Lumber Co., Kalispell; Lumber Yard Supply Co., Gt. Falls; Masonite Corp. i Hellgate In. dustries, Inc., Missoula; Yellowstone Lumber Co., Miles City; The Ceco Corp.; TriJack Mfg. Co., Billings; and Georgia-Pacific, Gt. Falls. Sincere appreciation of the membership is relayed to these good friends for their continued interest and support.

For furtl-rer augmenting the list of as- .t sociate members, we extend the hand of .; welcome to these new members: Simpson n Timber Co.; Van-Evan Co., Missoula; j Timberweld Mfg. Co., Billings; Michotte il Distributing Corp., Billings; Morris Ru. .l dio, Billings; Montana Mercantile Co., 1, Missoula; Hansen-Kinney Co., Gt. Falls; and Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co.