THE AR'ZONA SCENE

By FRANK DAVIS SecretaryManager

A VEITY VALt ABI.E st'rri,t udded to f, th" mrrrrl senices ,,f tlrt, .{riz,,rra Re. tail I-umlrt'r arrd Iluildt'rs Suliplr' Associa. tion is tht' association's collection sen'ict-. which uas startt.d in May. 196(r. \Iany of our dealers, r'ho have signed up for thr. sen'ice" irar.e {ound it sut'ct'ssful in coller.ting old accounts and bad debts.

One dealer reports mort' lhan $2,000 collected since he has had thc servict. less than a 1'ear.

To help our dealers, a field r('pres('ntatile for the I. C. S-vstem. In<'.. is bast'd in Ariztxra. He makes reqular calls on our members. to aid them in their credit colIection st.n'ice. I would urgt: all the memhers o{ our association not taking advantagc of this 6nr.senice. to do so. Dir,.cl your <:alls to thc association office and ue rvill put you in louch u,ith thc I. C. Slstcnr's rt'pl',scntativt'.

Anothcr st'rvice. uhit'h is popultrr in ourassociation ofiict'. is our archit.ectural ser'.1'ice. \I'-r receile rnanl' calls lrom architects" uanting information on r'<xrd products and horu to use nood Properly. Wt' also maintain, in tht' association. u u'ood tcchnical library. Manr. architt.cts and t'ngirrr.ers ust' our technical librarr-for a rt'adl rt'[t'renc(' to rr ood lechnilal nrodrr,.ts. 'f his is jusl anolher scrr iee in orrr :lsso(.iutir)n s promotion o{ 'w-ood products in Arizona.

Pqrticleboqrd Hqs Good Yeor

The National Particleboard Association clt'ctt'd a nc,rv slate of officer-,. at its annual mtt'ling in San Francisco. Robert L. Brt'mholst. t,.S. Plr wood. was elected prt'sidentl Robert D. Pauley, Weyerhaeust'r (lompanr'. vict' president and Alan C. Coudl-. Collins Pine Company, secretaryI rt'astt rt'r-.

Outgoing lirt'sidt'nt Ronald G. Frashour said indu.try sales \\,ere up I50 million squar(' fect fol 1966 despite the severe slump in horrsing starts.

Koibob Finishes Move

Kaibab Lumber (lo. has finished movins its r'o4rorate o{ficcs lo Sky Harbor Airporf Phoenix. Ariz. President A. Milton "Mickey" Whiting said Kaibab would continue to operatc its moulding plant in Flagstaff. the formr.r corporatc hcadqua rlcrs.

Bnrce Hunl is thc nerl retail o1x'rations manager and A. V,-. "I)rrb" Saltcr r,r,ill be division manager in Flagstaff.

so'cryOw C'ST

By ROSS KINCAID executive vice president

tfrHE WBMA is continuing its efforts r' along ''grass roots" lines.

At its innual mid-summer meeting July 17-18, the board of directors carefully reviewed the evaluation of association functions expressed by members who attended the 196? spring district meetings. These evaluations will be pariicularly valuable to your association as a guide for future direction.

The four functions which received the greatest number of "important" ratings by members were:

( I ) Legislation.

(2) Education.

(3) Annual exposition.

(4) W,estern-sponsored district meetings.

It is interesting to note that the efiectiveness and success of WBI\{A in each o{ these functions depends directly upon the participation and efiort of its individual mem'bers.

In legislation, the individual member's expression of opinion and contacts with legislators is a most potent force and es' sential to the success of the WBMA permanent legislative committee and each state's committee. In education, WBMA' sponsored educational programs will be effective only to the extent that members can and will implement them within their own organizations.

The annual exposition can be justified only if members support it by their attendance and participation in all events and product exhibits. District meetings will be worthwhile so long as members are interested in exchanging ideas and views and obtaining essential information to operate profitably and efficiently in a highly competitii'e business.

lineor Method Gels OK

By nearly two to ome, 670 lumber dealers said they would like to see linear methods used in selling lumber. The National Lumber and Building Materials Dealers Association took the survey.

Most dealers felt the linear method would help sell the consumer, but wouldn't help dealers buy.