NEWS BRIEFS

A tetrtative l-year contract between Crown Zellerbach and two wood worker unions was in the ballot courttirtg stage as this issue hit the mails. . .if it proves a pattem setter, the labor troubles feared for this summer as contracts come due may be avoided. however, pulp workers have already struck itr Or. and Wa..

Increasingly, industry experts clo ttot see housing leadirrg the U. S. economy out of the doldrums: builder problems include: a large inventory of unsold hornes (alnrost half in Florida & other Southern states) ; expensive mortgage S$, despite a7% ptine rate; soaring home pricesl consumer reluctance to commit to a major purchase. .

Despite federal efTorts to hypo housing, a strong demographic base of family formations, record amounts of S$ in savings & loan assns., f-ewer demolitions of old homes, .frtrecasts .fctr housirtg slcrls run fiom 1.2-1.4 million for "75. . .April starts moved up to 990.000 from March's 974,000, butstill were the lowest ever recorded for that mo. . .bldg. permits jumped liom 706,000 to 897,000; a year ago they were 1.3 million.

A S5 million fire. May 19, burned an estimated 8-10 million bd. ft. of logs at Ericson Lumber Co., Marysville, Ca.; flre was confined to the log deck, production & shipping remained in opera- tion. .Mauk Lumber Products has moved into a new 20,000 sq. ft. plant in Maltby, Wa., firm is in distribution as well as prestaining of wood products. South Bay Redv,ood, Orange, Ca., has a new dry kiln, capacity is 400.000 bd. ft. monthly. sidings, patterns and finish lumber.

Natir-tnal Lumber and Buildinp Materiul Dcaler.t .4ssru. will votE at its Fall meeting in San Francisco whether to change its name to National Lumber Dealers Assn. John H. Stender, chief of OSHA since'73, has beert fired by Labor Sec. Dunlop for giving too many speeches. spending too little time managing OSHA.

John V. Drurn is now pres. of llicltes Corp. ('74 sales: $ 1.12 billion) succeeding E. L. McNeely, who moves to chairman while continuing as chief exec. officer; former chairman D. M. FitzGerald has retired. but remair"rs on the board. . H. O. SeiJfert Co., Everett. Wa.. has closecl af: ter 7B years in business; general economic conditions, market changes and tight $S were blamed.

Ed Evanshas been elected new executive v.p. of ltrernortt Fctrest Prc,ntct.g, Whittier, Ca.; Ted Pollard is the new v.p.. .William Baugh, current president, North American Wholesale Lumber Assn., has been elected to the board. along with Ed Miller, an attorney, according to Pete Speek, who remains president and treasurer. Daryl Bond, former v.p., and Art Milhaupt, who had been sec.. have left the company.

Alltoods Home lrttDroyentent l,/orthgate Lurnbcr, Corvallis, Or. lost 5591 worth of electrical tools to burglars recently; Builders Entpctrium has a closed circuit tv in its hardware dept., Van Nuys, Ca., to help prevent daytime rip-offs.

Catt tar is a new 5 7.000 scr. lt. store in Murray. Ut. lSllt Luke City) opened by Clashway Building Materials, El Paso, Tx.. Miller Lttmber is converting its Redmond. Or.. store to a home improvement center; completion set for late Fall. .Lurnbennen's o.l' Washington has remodeled its old Shelton store into a home center.

Br.tise Cascude continues active at the retail level, earlier acquir- ing the Happy Hammer store. Oceanside, Ca., with an Aug. opening set for their 25,000 sq. 11. Orem, Ut., store which replaces a smaller unit in Provo; B-C has units in Co., Wa., Or., Id. and Mt.. as well as Ut.. .

Peters Honte & Gardert, Chula Vista, Ca. has remodeled and All Anterir:un Home Center, Downey, Ca. rernodeled their 150.000 sa. ft. operation this Sprirrg. Cedar Crest Hardtyare. Cedar Crest N.M., has put the final touches on their recent spruce Llp.

Coluntbia C'uliJ'onia Lurnber Sa/c,s, Sacramento, Ca.. is a new whlse. firm l-readed by Ken and Stan Rose and Jim Bowes; they're selling Ca.as well as shipping East. ?uhrter G. Lewis Co. is constructing a I 1.500 q. ft. warehouse addition at their Spokane, Wa., service center.

A m er ican For e s t Protl uc t s' parent company, Bendix, is ltow marketir-rg a line of aluminum siding. accessories and rain-crrry ing products under the Bendix name; they had been soldunder the name of Nu-Aluminunr. .FTC rules now state radio-tv cabinets which are non-wood must be tagged "plastic", "vinyl", "imitation wood"...

Bntnswit'/; Tirrtber Prodttcts, Placerville. Ca., has won a S 100.000 lawsuit from Pacillc Gas & Electric over a fire that destroyed their Mosquito rnill in '7 | . .despite reclassifying of inside employees at home centers from outside employees, new workmens' comp. rates may be several years off says the IIome (lertter Institute.

June

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club - June 9, meeting, (place to be anr,ounced).

Northwest Hardwood Assn. - June 9-10, spring meeting, Salishan, Gleneden Beach, Or.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumbermen's ClubJune 12, meeting, Velvet Turtle, Los Angeles.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club - June 13-15, annual family weekend, Knocti Harbor Inn, Clear Lake, Ca.

Society of Wood Science & Technology - June 15, annual meeting, Thunderbird Inn, Portland.

Western Housewares Conference & Exposition - June 15lT,Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Ca, Forest Products Research Society - June 15-20, annual meeting, Jantzen Beach Thunderbird Motor Inn, Portland, Or.

North American Wholesale Lumber Assn. - June 16-20, 83rd annual meeting, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Va.

San Francisco Hoo-Hoo ClubJune 18, meeting, The Storyboard Restaurant, San Francisco.

American Plywood Assn.June 30-July 2, annual meeting, Thunderbird Jantzen Beach Motor Inn, Portland.

July

Rogue Valley Hoo-Hoo Club - July 9, Concat & election of officers, Red Lion, Medford, Or.

San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club - July 16, meeting, The Storyboard Restaurant, San Francisco.

Hoo-Hoo Club f,181, July 25, l8th annual BBQ, Jack Frank's, Ukiah, Ca.

National Retail Hardware Assn. - July 27-31,16th annual Congress, Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, Ca, Western Packaging Exposition - July 29-3 l, Convention Center. Anaheim. Ca.

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First, the board-,meeting started with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. instead of lished and a lot of time has been spent the usual l0 a.m.; and attendance was withlegislators arguing over committee THE La Costa meeting of Lumter just as normal as it could be. A11 the appoinlments andwh6 should have the I Association of Southern Califor- business was accomplished prior to the majority. nia was a new concept in meetings for l0 a.m. general interest meeting.

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Chuck Jenkins, of Boyd Lumber I Co., was elected president to fill the f unexpired term of Seth Potter, who I resigned from American Forest ProdI ucts to take a position with Dant & by-laws were revised to be more

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I applicable to the times and the com- f mittees were commended for their l I Progress.

The concurrent sessions were: "store layout & design" for the consumer yards and "competing with the direct sale" for the contractor oriented yards. Both meetings were extremely successful.

The format was so good that it will be used again at either the quarterly meeting or the Palm Springs conference.

The next meeting for the members ol' LASC will be September 18-19-20 at The Del Coronado Hotel, Coronado.

All members of LASC should mark their.calendars now. "Credit & collec- tion" will be the discussion.