LMA NE\MS

EADED I new president Embree B. Cross, LMA members elected new officers at the general membership meeting in l,ahaina, Maui, Hi., on May 19. Cross, known more commonly as Breezie, assumes the position vacated by L. Ron Silvera. Breezie and wife Ruth operate Truckee-Tahoe Lumber Co. in Truckee and Tahoe City, Ca.

Other officers elected at the same time are: Dale Winslow, first vice president; Neil Keefer, second vice president; Bud Spencer, treasurer (2nd of3 yean); DonJohnson, chairman, insurance trust (2nd of 3 yean). Newly elected board of directors members are Greg Fowler (second term), John Shelton, Gary DeYoung, Bob Patterson and Jim Merchant. New trustees on the insurance committee are Becky Hibbert Gale and Bob Jessell. Appoint ed to the executive committee were Bruce Pohle, Joe Mayfield and Jim Leonard.

The convention, our 47th annual, began with the Dangerous Divot Diggen golf toumament on Sunday, May 18. For those able to find their way out of the jungle rough of the Kaanapali golfcourse and back to the Hyatt Regency Hotel, our convention center, the annual associate member cocktail reception and buffet luau awaited.

On Monday, May 19, the aforementioned elections were held and we were welcomed to the Islands by Maui mayor Hannibal Tavares. Later, David Ramsoner from the Bank of Hawaii discussed the Hawaiian economy with us. In late afternoon we were treated to sunset cruises on two large catamarans.

Tiresday brought on the main program, with discussions of the Hawaiian industry by Wyman Williams of Honsador, Inc.; sugar plantation operations by Francis Morgan, third generation sugar plantation owner, and ar- chitectural use of wood in Hawaii by Elmer Botsai, Hawaiian architect. At noon, awards to safety contest winners, golfers and outgoing officers were presented. Incoming president Embree (Breezie) Cross was also installed. The evening concluded our meetings with the president's reception and dinner dance. The highlight ofthe evening was the presentation ofthe president's award, honoring this year's most outstanding LMA dealer, to Merle Mensinger of American Lumber Co., Modesto, Ca.

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