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Gordon Knott

presidenl of fhe Lumber Merchonls Associotion of Northern Colifornio 4546 El Comlno lcl, Sulfr 0 lot Altor, Co. 91922 (1r5t 91r-1617 f T'S ALMOST convention time .] aeain for LMA. This vear it's our 24th-Annual Convention *hich *ill be held at the ever popular Silverado Country Club in Napa.

Date for the convention is May 5-7. with the golf tournament schedul6d for Sunday the 5th.

In spite of the gas shortage.we expect the usual large turnout. Most of our members plan on arriving Saturday to avoid gas-less Sunday and maybe even squeeze in an extra nine holes of golf.

For those of you who are not members of our association, we also welcome you to Silverado. It's located in the heart of Napa wine country, with two l8-hole golf courses (the home of the Kaiser Open) and several tennis courts.

'I-he accommodations consist of privately owned condominiums which are rented by the day through the country club.

We have a great ladies program planned with golf, tennis, patio bridge and even a gardening session called 'iDig it with Albert" featuring TV personality Albert Miller.

Write our association office today for a resistration form and plan on taking 3 days in May torelax, hav-e fun and meet with other dealers.

Downtown Redwood Grove?

Redwoodsan entire grovein the heart of bustling San Francisco?

The only such plantingin any major city on earth, the forest monarchsnature's own skyscrapersare beginning to lift their cathedral spires at the foot of Transamerica's Pyramid Building.

Newest and most dramatic of The City's landmarks, the $34 million, 853-foot tapered structure soars almost twice as high as the loftiest of Egypt's ancient pyramids.

The trees, expected to grow up to eight feet a year, distinguish a half-acre pocket park providing a verdant framework of wilderness-like greenery for the innovative architectural geometry.

Three levels of underground parking, providing space for 300 vehicles, are located beneath the building, and to protect the subterranean area from water seepage originating at the park or other sources a coal-tar pitch waterproofing system, developed by Koppers Co., was chosen.

The pocket park, boasting a decorative fountain and walkways paved with irregular stones curved around benches and gently sloped earth moundso has been developed at one side ofthe structure. A colonnaded esplanade of wide landscaped sidewalks takes up the other three sides beneath outer columns of the lower floors.

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