Arizona Assn. Convention

tl-'tHU Arizona Lumber and BuildI (,rs Supply Assrr. started otf thcir second half centuly in operation with a bang by staging the largest convention in their history. l''lore than :150 werc present and activc at tlrt'ir 5lst annual in latc May at Camelbtrck Tnn in Scottsdalt.- Arizoll:a.

Topping tlre slate oI nervly elccted officers i-. presidont Ra1- Lopp of Flagstaf f. Otht'r choserl wele Ro,u Spelts. Yuma" 1st vp.: \{orris 'fulken, Phoenix. 2nd vp. l }Iikc Ray, Phoenix, trelsur('.r: and Frank Davis. re-elected as the exec v.p.

Immedialc past. president is l)t'an l)rake of Phocnir; national dealt'r rlirector-* arc Act' IIason. Scottsdalc and Frank l)avis: altcrnates are

I)ean Drake and Sam Haucrt.

I)ean Willard Pedrick. Collegc of

Lau,. Arizona Slatc L., Tcmpc, op'rr"(l Fr idur's brrsirrcss sessiorr rr,ith an entertrining spccch noting

Story dl d Glonce

Record attendance as Arizona assn. enters second half-century. . . Ray Lopp new president . next year's meet at Mt. Shadows, Scottsda le speeches and panels f illed with everyday-useful info. on management, selling and merchano rs Ing.

that busir-ressm('n ils 'r,r'ell as the tcst. of the commrrnily [a.e in, r'casirrg lrgrrlation. Therr''s no leal wal, to light it. I)ean l'r'rlrick .ounscll,,,i. s,, bc resigned to it and trdjust for it.

NEW 0FFICERS (l) Dean Drake. Morris Turken, Ray Spelts, Ray Lopp and exec vp. Frank Davis. (2) Jay 0'Malley, Ben Boldt, Frank Davis, Ross Kincaid. (3) Charley Mann, Jerry Bruce. (4) Mr. and Mrs. Frank -Eden. (5) Jiri Killen, Larry Gregory. (6) Colleen and John Gyori, Joe Rumble. (7) Bob Large, Jim Hall, Bill Ray. (8) Jack Sullivan, Ron Foreman. (9) Bob and Neva Horr. (10) Merle Horrall, George Rothfuss, Ben Boldt, Mike Medicovich, Wally Pensinger. (11) Pat Simoni, Bob Ryan. (12) Bill Walker. (13) Bob Ramsey, Walt Brooks. (14) John Mullan, Marty Wist. (15) Bob Large, Joe Rumble, Ray Wells. (16) Kay Kahus, Gene York, Don Comstock. {l 7) Cliff Floyd, Don Hossack, Dale Smith. (18) Dean and Helen Drake. (19) Jerry Chelupnick. (20) Ray Wells, Allen Thum. (21-) Cliff Moore, Bob Large.02) Don Lue, Earl Heldt, Mike Medicovich. (23) Howard McDaniel, Loren Pedrick, Roberto Sanchez.124) Jack Gray, Earl Heldt. (25) iohn and Jean Rae Gaskin. (26) Russ Swift, Glen Bell. (27) John Iurner, Barry Disdero.

"Horv to Operate Succt'ssfully in a Controllcd Economy" was the morning pant'l di,scru-ssion and was moder. att:d by Ross Kincaid. excc. vp., Westcrn Iluilding lltrtcrial A,.sn.. Olympia. Wash.

First panelist rvas Bob Slettedahl, Lumbermcn',. of Shelton. Shelton, \\-ash.. u,ho strt'sscd tl'rc need oI tht: small torvn mt'rchant to changc and :r,lupt. Try 1,, lrold tlre line ,,[ pa)r,,ll-to-sales. lrc said. suggesting pay.

roll as half of dircct sales as a good guidc. Fle also lavors profit sharing, cmploying minority group members and ar:tivity in community affairs.

;\rt l{a,sters, King Lumber Co., llakersfield. Calif., stressed that in dealing rvith OSHA inspcctors it 'rr-as fine lor the local manager to talk to the in-spector up to a point, but that it u.as then better to refcr the inspector to thc general officc as they are better ver,sed and have better access to legal counsel" shorrlcl it be needed.

llse of e:rpert advic'c and thc ar.ailable printerl information on OSHA ancl likt: rt'grrlal ious u,ere found to bc helpful to Ace Ma,.on of Scotts-

NEW PRESIDENT and his first lady (1) Ray and Bernice Lopp. Visiting VIP from LMA (2) Art Masters; Frank and Maye Davis. (3) Paul Hershey, Sam Fineman of Bel-Air Door Co. (4) Merle Horrall, John and Jerre 0'Malley.6) Jim Barlow, Cliff lvloore. (6) Al Schectoi. Jim Hall. WBMA s exec vp. (7) Ross Kincaid, Art |!!?9t.il. and Harry Ir4endenhalt, exec. vi. of LIvlA. (8) Frank Rosales, Bart Palmer, Don Lue. (9) Canoll Duncan, Ray Hyer. (10) Bob Silvey, John Mullen. (11) Mr. and Mrs. Les Hills and dalc's Ponderosa Lumber Co. Ron Forcman, O'Malley Building Jlaterials. T,'mpc. r'elaled his erp.r'ir-n, es in u small Iorr'n environmcnl irr cooing u ith government conllols.

"Can the Average Lumbcr l)t'ak'r Successfully Compctc rvith thc Nlass I'Ierchandiser?" was nert morning's panel discnssion, moderated bv

Pat Simoni in mock anger. (12) Les Hills, Jr., Louis Schmidt. (13) Dick Kereny. (14) Fred !gmli1, Joq Harley. (15) Tony Padilla, George Rittich. (16) llerchant XIaguziru: editor-manager David Cutlcr.

Lloyd Bowerman, Jim Spellman. (22) Ace Mason, George Rothfuss, Ray Lopp. (23) Bill Brines, Don Southwick. QAl Marvin Setzer, Paul Decker, Merle Horrall. (25) Scott, Joe Harley.

Jerry Williams, Valley Bcst V-ay I3uilcling Supply" Spokane" Vash., the firsl of an t'xcellent foursome on the Jrancl. {elt the dealers can indeed exlt't'rl tht' mass merchandisers as the biggit's have big problems and ar.(l (Continuad on Page 50)