New Zeolqnd lumbermen Study Merchondising on West Co<lst

Completing an eight-stop, two-country tour of the west's lumber industry last month was a blue ribbon dozen members of the New Zealand Timber Merchants Federation. Their main interest was our methods of merchandising.

Stopping first in HonoIulu, the group visited nearly thirty operations, mainly retail, in a fastmoving fact finding tour that took them on to Vancouver. B.C.. Seattle. Tacoma, Portland, Eureka, San Francisco and Los

Angeles' leader Ofiering expert guidE.

McKelvey is at center. ance alJ'g the *uy, among others, were Put Robbins, Wood Products Association of Hawaii. Ross Kincaid o{ the Western Building Materials Association in Seattle, Bob McBrien, Lumber Merchants Association, San Francisco, and Wayne Gardner o{ the Lumber Association of Southern Cali{ornia.

Summing up the reaction of those who came in contact with the visitors, LASC's Wayne Gardner, who even arranged tours of the L.A. art museums and movie studios {or the New Zealanders'wives. said, "we were happy to do it, none of us have ever met a nicer bunch of guys, it really was our pleasure."

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