Set Your Sights ofr UALITY

April

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club - April 16, Railroad Nighr, Manor lnn. Ukiah. Ca.

Western Building Material Assn. - April l6-17, Key Person Developnrent workshop. Learrring Resource Cbnter. Olynrpia, Wa.

Hardw_o^od Plywood Manufacturers Association - April l6-18, spring convenrion. Mills llouse, Charlesron. S.C.

Woodwork Institute of California - Apr. 17-19, 29th annual convention, Newporter Inn. Newport Beach. Ca.

Dubs,Ltd. - Apr. 18, Iunrbernren's golf tournantent No. _ .169, Contra Costa Counrry Club, Pleasanr Hill. Ca.

Buil_ding Elergy Performance Standards hearings - April 2l-2-i, Convenrion Cenrer Holiday Inn, Los Angeies, _ Ca.; Apr. 24-25. Federal Building, Seartle, Wa.

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 --April 22, dinner, pleasanton Hotel, Pleasanton. Ca.

West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau - April 24, l2th annual meeting. Benson llorel. portland. Or

Forest Products Safety- Conference - April 24-25. 46th annual nteeting. Jantzen Beach Thunderbircl Motor lrrrr, Portland. Or.

National Building Material Distributors Association - April 28-30, The Breakers, Palrrr Beach. Fl.

Western Building Material Assn. - April 29-3tf, Six Ways to Intprove Return on lnvestnrent senrirrar. Arrchorae-e. Ak.

May

Arizona Lumber & Builders Supply Association - May l3. convention, Doubletree Inn. Tucsorr. Az.

Los Angeles Hardwood l,umbermen's Club - Mav 3-8. annual convention, Princess Cruise to Mexico.

North American Wholesale Lumber Assn.Mav 5-8. 88th annual nteeting, Canrelback Inn, Scottsdale, Az.

We.stern Dry Kiln Clubs - May 8-9, annual rrreeting, Sheraton-Portland, Portland, Or.

Building Industry Credit Assn. - May 9. eclucational senrinar, Chanrber ol Conrnrerce Building. Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club No. 2Mav 9. solf rournanrcnt. Costa Mesa (Ca.) Country Club.

l,umber Association of Northern California - May I l -13,

^ annual nreetJng. Hotel del Coronado. San Diego, Ca.

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 - May 16, 49ih annual reveille, golfing. dinner, entertainnlent, Willow park Country Club, Castro Valley, Ca.

National Hoo-Hoo-Ette Clubs - May l6-l{i, l8rh annual convention. Queensway Bay llilton, Port of Long Beach, Ca.

National Particleboard Association - May l8-21, annual spring nreeting, llilton Riviera llotel, Palnt Springs. Ca.

Dubs Ltd. - May 23, lunrbernren's golf rournantent No.

_- 369. Diablo Country Club, Walnur Creek, Ca.

Western Building Maierial Association - May 25-26, all industry ntarketing conlererrce, Arrchorage, Ak.

June

American Plywood Assn.June 2-3, annual in<lustrv

__ nreeting. Jantzen Beach Thunderbird, Portlancl, Or.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club No. 63June 5, Bay Blast, Eureka. Ca.

Northwest Hardwood Assn.June 5-6, spring general nleeting, Marriott Hotel, Portland. Or.

Lumber Association of Southern CaliforniaJune 6-8. Second Growth annual weekend senrinar. Rancho Bernardo. Ca.

Dubs-Ltd.June 20, lunrbernrerr's golf tournantent No. 370, Pasatienrpo Counrry Club. Sania Cruz. Ca.

ALBSA Meeting Looks Ahead

The '80s. the Decade o./ Opportunities is the theme of the Arizona Lumber and Builders Supply Association's 59th annual convention. May 1-3 at the Doubletree Inn. Tucson. Jim Stewart is chairman.

The first day, Thursday, will stress fun before settling down to serious work on Friday. The annual lumbermen's golf tournament will tee off at 8:30 a.m. on the Randoloh Park North Course. Tennis players will begin tournament play at l0 a.m. In the evening a poolside cocktail party will precede a Hawaiian luau with dinner and dancing.

The 8 a.m. business session on Friday will be followed by Dr. Gunther Klaus, Institute for Advanced Planning, Beverly Hills, Ca., who will reinforce the convention theme in his keynote address. Next morning speaker will be Mickey Whiting, president of Kaibab Industries. Phoenix. Az.. and president-elect of the National Forest Products Association. His topic will be Lumber in the 80s.

The afternoon will be devoted to inventory management with Bill Schoolman, Bohemia. N.Y. directing the sessions.

On Saturday, Ralph Lewis Jr.. coordinator of corporate communications. Gulf Oil Corp.. New

Orleans, La., will discuss Energl,Yesterday, Toda-r- and Tomorrov'at 9 a.m. following a breakfast session.

President of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, Lee Briggs of Fargo, N.D., will report on National Progress - 1980. The annual nreeting will convene at I I a.m.

In the evening the annual banquet and awards recognition will follow a poolside cocktail hour. Dancing will conclude the evening and the convention.

Special events planned for wives include luncheon at the Universitv of Arizona campus with a planetar- ium presentation AII About the Heevens.

A Builder Group's Warning

The government's attempt to curb inflation with record high interest rates is stealine the dream of owning a home froni nrillions of young Americans and is pushing the housing industry into its deep- est recession in modern times, according to Merrill Butler, pres. of the 125.000 member National Association of Home Builders.

He also warns that the housing slump now being forecast will pre- cipitate a much deeper national recession than previously anticipated and, in the long run, generate more inflation.

NAHB now forecasts about Ll million housing starts for 1980, a drop of almost 5006 from the more than 2 million units built annually in 1977 and 1978. Following the latest credit tightening moves. mortgage interest rates have disqualified millions of potential home buyers.

"The loss of 900.000 housing units in 1980the difference between the NAHB forecast for 1980 and the 2 million units needed annually merely to meet this nation's basic shelter needswill result in the loss of more than 1.4 million jobs, the loss of almost $25 billion in wages, the loss of more than $6.7 billion in tax revenue. and higher government deficits as lax revenues decline and expenditures increase to aid the unemployed," said Butler, a home builder from lrvine. Ca.

Furthermore. he said. "demand for housing of all types will back up, ensuring even greater inflationary pressure on prices and building costs during the next recovery when too many buyers chase too lew units."