North American wholesalers in transition r

ESPITE a year most would prefer to forget, the North American Wholesale Lumber Association staged its 88th annual (with a theme of "Preparing for the '80s") in good humor and optimistic about the balance of the decade, if not the balance of the year.

The first convention completely under the aegis of new exec. v.p. H. M. "Pete" Niebling, who for many years was Western manager of the association, based in Portland, Or., the gathering reflected the transition through which NAWLA is now proceeding. Among other changes: clos- ing of the Portland and Clifton, N.J., offices to a single, central office in Arlington Heights, (Chicago), Il.; the addition of Doug Ross as director of services, retirement of Western staffer Maxine Niebling after 25 years; the hiring of a complete new (Please turn to page 66)

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