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with portable hose connections to protect against back-siphonage of impure water into the main potable water Iines.

It will close where a pressure loss causes vacuum conditions or backflow resulting from backpressure. Restoration of proper pressure automatically shuts off the vacuum relief and reopens the valve, permitting normal hose operations.

It screws directly onto the hose threads of the sill cock and the hose, in turn, threads onto the breaker. The unit can be hand-tightened for later removal or, for permanent installation, hand-tightening is followed by torquing the set screw until the head shears off.

Bulk Nail Hammer

The Aerosmith 2 lb. Bulk Nail Hammer can drive three penny thru 70 penny spikes.

It can be adapted to provide exacting control of the depth of drive. Nails can be countersunk or left standing to a predetermined height. Models are also available to drive bulk finish nails.

It has no finger actuated trigger, and cannot be accidently fired. Tool stops cycling when nail is set as desired.

Rack'Em, Stack'Em

Mini-Modules, prefabricated rack units that assemble into a storage system for pipe, bar, tubing and structural materials are new from Jarke Corp.

They require no labor to assemble.

In minutes a tailor-made storage pattern is ready for loading, and in minutes a change can be made to accommodate a new height, length or width.

Each unit is a rigid heavy duty allwelded rack member, and no bolts, fittings, or tools are needed in setting up or taking down units. They are available in four basic compartment sizes, including several multiple arrangements.

Shell Liner

Rubbermaid's new cane pattern shelf liner comes with a variety of merchandising vehicles. The new 2' wood crate display shown also comes as a 4' unit to merchandise the firm's complete line of decorated and solid color shelf liners and shelf and drawer liners. Both displays have removable bases to allow placement on gondolas.

Other displays include a gravity feed 2' wood crate display, a modular, stacking wire rack system for horizontal or vertical displaying, and shelf packs for in-and-out merchandising.

We invite your inquiries for truck & trailer or

Lma Convention

(Continued from page 9) dustry Development Division.

Directly supported by individual dealer dues, IDD has wide ranging programs for retailers to help them better market, merchandise, and manage their businesses. Some of the programs involve liaison between manufacturers and suppliers; research and development; store layout; advertising and promotion ideas; audio visual aids; transportation and materials handling; a fork lift driver's training program; safety programs and a num- ber of other management guides. Bill Oberholser, in one of his last acts of office as current president,gave the annual president's report, noting that a vigorous attempt to recruit 25 new members would be pushed in the forthcoming year; that LMA had established a credit union (see above) and that their political action program had drawn well in terms of contributions and that it would be continued next year.

A husband-wife workshop on "Team Work" was presented by guest moderator Troy Bussey, who has pre-

The Merchant Magazine sented talks to a number of audiences at lumber and building material dealer and wholesaler conventions in the West.

Bussey urged husbands and wives to work jointly to solve business problems, stressing the need for communication and understanding to maxi mize cooperation.

A new award, the Annual Presi dent's Award, was presented to Bob Butcher, San Lorenzo Lumber Co., for being the dealer who "provided the greatest amount of betterment for the industry and the association."

New officers elected at the meeting, which was held at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nv., (where the chief attraction certainly didn't seem to be the lake) included:

President, Herb Eaton, Minton's Lumber and Supply, Mountain View. lst v.p., Clyde Strouss, Fairfax Lumber, Fairfax.

2nd V.p., Don McCann, M&S Building Supply, Monterey.

Treasurer, Merle Mensinger, American Lumber Co.. Modesto.

Insurance Trust chairman, Bruce Pohle, Southern Lumber, San Jose.

The meeting in 1979 is scheduled to be held at the new MGM Grand Hotel in Reno, Nv.