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HARRY MENDENHATL execulive vice presidenl

f MA has many prog:rams that have u been set up at the request of the members. These programs cover almost every aspect and are geared to help you improve operations.

A recent program that will have a long term and vital impact on the industry is the Young Westerners'Club. The club was organized as an internal 1. prog'ram of the association to provide * a source of training in management "' for young members of the industry under 35 years of age. The LMA organization is a separate chapter established along the same lines as the Young Westerners' Club of the Western Building Material Associption who were thq the first with the concept.

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The program was enthusiastically approved by the LMA board of directors. The club's first meeting was held in Carmel on February 10-11 where an election of club officers resulted. Harry Reichstein of Hubbard & Johnson's San Jose yard was elected president; Embree "Breezie" Cross, Truckee Tahoe Lumber Co.; and Gary Walter, M&S Building Supplies, Monterey, secretary/treasurer.

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Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning were devoted to round table discussions with the floor open to any and every topic. The enthusiasm displayed by this group would warm the hearts of those of you considered as more senior in the business. As long as we have young men with thig type of enthusiasm and interest we need not fear that the independent dealer will vanish. These young men are vitally interested in the industry. They have a thirst for knowledge, they want to know what is going on, and most of all they need responsibility.

As a result of the two half-day sessions of free ex, changes of information the association will now develop training programs to provide them with information on P&L statements, legal aspects of running a business, marketing concepts, etc.

GP Holding Price line

Georgia-Pacific Corp. announced on February 7, that it would resist increasing prices on plywood and lumber used in construction and would hold them at its levels in late December, 1972.

R. B. Pamplin, chairman and president of G-P. said "the market for building products has become chaotic because of unprecedented demand and high timber costso and despite record production by the industry. We believe prices have become unrealistic in many areas of the market. It is our hope that Georgia-Pacific's action will encourage others to bring their prices to more realistic levels for the benefit of customers and the industry."

Marketing reports recently have been quoting Douglas fi, Yz" exterior sheathing at $I90 per tlousand sq. ft. at the mill. The G-P mill price is $I28.80.

Most 2 x 4 West Coast lumber gtuds were recently selling at the mills at $I57 M board feet. Their mill price is $134.75.

In making the announcement, Pamplin added that 'oit is unfortu- nate that federal regulations have arbitrarily discriminated between companies and between major segments of the industry. Such action can only result in more disruption of normal pricing and marketing."

Energetic Lumbermon Stoges "Jusl For Fun" Golf Meeting

If the lumber and building materials business in the West had an official sport, there is little doubt that it would be golf. Associations and clubs of various stripe are forever staging tournaments for their members.

It isn't very often that an individual organizes a golf tournament, but Bill Doherty, the manager of Mullin Lumber Co., San Gabriel, Ca., has been doing just that.

The 5th Annual San Gabriel Valley Hi Neighbor Golf Tournament, which has long since outgrown its name and now draws entrants from all over the West, was held March 9-I0, in Palm Springs. With B0 golfers and their wives due to attend, "it's just like the L.A. Open,'o guips f)oherty, "but without the celebrities and the TV." Entrants from the lumber and building materials industry comprise about three-quarters of the total.

Doherty is the entire organizing force behind the tournament and spent about I80 hours on this one. He will use some 16 volunteers.

Lumbermon's lifetime Gool

As good a hunter and fisherman as he is a lumberman, John Phillips of Half Moon Bay Lumber, Half Moon Bay, Ca., is justly proud of a record catch recently.

John had spent most of the day hunting in the Redding, Ca., area with rather poor results. In mid. afternoon, he went down to Shasta Lake, where the ground was still cov. ered with snow.

He dropped his line in and trolled for about 20 minutes in less than 20 feet of water when a beautiful Kam. loop trout took his line. When he brought it in, the fish weighed over 5 lbs. and was 21" long.

John's eyes just glow when he sayso o'It was a bie fat fish."

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