Modular housing opportunities stressed by N-AWLA

'THE ?8th annual meeting of National' I American Wholesale Lumber Associ' ation drew well over 400 industry people from all over the U.S. and Canada to the renowned Greenbrier spa in White Sul' phur Springs, W. Va.

The board formallY aPProved the merger of the Forest Products Wholesal' ers Association into National'American. Agreements had been reached with FPWA thiough a meeting of principals of both organizations along with the respective "*"". op.., "Bud" Wittenberg of FPWA and Jack Mulrooney of NAWLA.

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N-AWLA board approves FPWA merger into N-AWLA . . industrialized housing studied business economy analyzed . new pres. Bob Wells leads group into 7fth year.

An entire day was sPent looking at modular construction, mobile homes and other types of industrialized housing. (See Edinrial, p. 4). Led' by Professor Carreiro, head of the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University, six knowledgeable leaders addressed the general membership. Interesting methods of factory housing construction, the prob' lems of building codes and how the wholesaler can relate to the supplying of this in' creasing market were all covered in depth.

Following the formal presentations' the audience was broken into smaller groups and each speaker performed a round' robin visit to each group, accompanied by a NAWLA member. The result was a very lively question and answer session that in' volved both the speakers and their audi' ence.

Next day, tlre main address was bY James Downs, a former banking executive' now in the real estate consulting field. He spoke on the business economy for the remainder of 1970. His remarks were so well received that NAWLA is reproducing his talk for their membershiP.

Distribution yard members held their meeting, with the various area group chairmen moderating a give'and-take ses' sion. The group came up with specific recommendations on how NAWLA might as' sist their type o{ distribution.

At the final night banquet toP golf awards were presented. A special presen' tation by outgoing president Robert Can' ton to the five sales representatives selected for the President's Council of Forest Products Marketers was a highlight of the ceremonies.

President Canton then formally handed over his office to new NAWLA president Robert S. Wells. Tarter, Webster & Johnson div., American Forest Products, Cer' ritos, Calif. Wells will be assisted in the coming year by lst vp. C. M. o'Chris" Snavely, Germain Lumber Corp., Pitts' burgh; 2nd vp. W. W. W'ood, John C.

PRESIDEIII'S gavel, symbol of continuity of leadership lor 78 veari is' fbrmallv passed from president Robert E. Cariton, to Robirt S. Wells, new I{AWLA president, left.

Shepherd Lumber Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; and treasurer James K. Bishop, Plunkett' Webster Lumber Co., New Rochelle, N:Y.

Bob Wells, director of distribution for AFPC, was born in Los Angeles in 1923 and worked part-time during his school years for Tarter, Webster & Johnson. A Navy veteran of World War II, he gradu' ated from the University of Southern Cali' fornia in 1950 with a degree in indus' trial engineering and started in sales witJr TW&J and moved into his present posi' tion with that firm a few years ago.

He is presently serving as chairman of The Lumber Employers' Council and is a past director of the Lumber Association of Southern California.