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GALENDAR
June
Inland Empirc Hoo-HooJune 10-12, 30th annual Palm Springs weekend, Marriott Rancho Las Palmas, Rancho Mirage, Ca.
North American Wholesale Lumber AssociationJune 12-17, annual wood marketing seminar, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Or.
American Plywood AssociationJune 13-14, annual meeting, Thunderbird Motor Inn, Jantzen Beach, Portland, Or.
Black Bart Hoo-HooJune 17-19. Knocti Weekend, Knocti Harbor Inn, Kelseyville, Ca.
ARII{/W.O.O.D. Inc.June 24, "The Merry Widow," Country Dinner Playhouse, Denver, Co.
July
National Housewares Manufacturers Association-July 10-13, International Housewares Exposition, McCormick Place plus McCormick Place West, Chicago, Il.
National Retail Hardware Association-July 17'21' 84th annual congress, Marriott Inn, New Orleans, La.
Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo ClubJnly 21 ,2nd annual grading seminar, South Bay Forest Products, Orange, Ca. 4:308:30 p.m.
August
National Woodwork Manufacturers AssociationAug. 7-10, mid-year meeting, Silverado Resort, Napa, Ca.
Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers - Aug. 17-19, summer meeting, The Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Co.
September
Western Wood Products AssociationSept. 10-13, annual meeting, Registry Resort, Scottsdale, Az.
California Redwood AssociationSept. 13, annual meeting, Eureka Inn. Eureka. Ca.
American Ladder InstituteSept. ll-14, fall meeting, Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, Ca.
Truss Plate InstituteSept. 14-17, building components manufacturers show, Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, Ca.
Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssocistionSept. 15-17, 90th annual convention, Sheraton Denver Tech Center, Denver, Co.
Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake BureauSept. 16, annual meeting, Sea-Tac Red Lion Motor Inn, Seattle, Wa.
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Millikan ls President Of IHPA
Jack W. Millikan, joint owner of Lane Stanton Vance Lumber Co., in City of Industry, Ca., is the new president of the International Hardwood Products Association (rHPA).
For the past 35 years, he has been actively involved in the hardwood lumber industry and during the past l2 years, his company has been active in imported lumber species, particularly Philippine mahogany and teak. More recently, Lane Stanton Vance became a representative of Fij i Forest Industries from whom theY distribute lumber and veneers from the Fiji Islands.
Millikan is president of Custom Mills, Inc., the largest custom milling operation in Los Angeles. He has served as president of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Lumber Dealers Association. and is a member of the National Hardwood Lumber Associ- ation. He is a retired captain in the Intelligence Division of the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Lane Stanton Vance Lumber Co. is well known throughout Southern California and is operated by Millikan and by his associates, Vince Besinque and L.B. "Skip" Gregg. Besinque is chairman of the board of Lane Stanton Vance and a long-time supporter of IHPA activities. Gregg, president of Lane Stanton Vance, also is well known throughout the national hardwood industry.
TheInternational Hardwood Products Association, headquartered in Alexandria, Va., represents some 250 companies throughout the world. The principal activity of a majority of member companies is the export and import of tropical forest products.
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