Wholesalers try to psyche out market in 1975

fDI Sl\ESS must I'e prt'llr good. cunD .i,l,.ring lhat crowd of t,5 ,rho paid $I2 a heatl to attend the National-American's first regional {all meeting. held recentlf in Los Angeles. NAWLA membership is also aheatl of last year arrd last year was a rccorrl. Thc three syreakt'rs at the evcning tlinner meeting voit erl moderated confi(l('nce.

Er,cinomic forecaster Sanford Goodkin t'ar.rtioned that housing starts may tlrop to U00.000 per year iI interest rates don't decline. The t oming mobile horne and aDartment 'booms still lear.e lots oI room for lumber wholesalers, he fet'ls. Lumberman John Weston of l-ar West Fir Sales Co. foresaw wholesalers as a still vital part o[ the market in 1975 as did fellou' speaker Ed Boies. TW&J. San l)iego, who urgt:tl wholesalers to tr\- a lint' o[ specialty produt:ts.

N ONE of the most beautiful golf courses in the W'est, urider a bright and beaming sun.on a cool'October day, the northern California lumbermen put on their sixth annual Shasta Lumbermen's Golf Tournament with the same zeal and all out effort of preceding events.

Prizes totaling more than one thousand dollars were awarded and nothine but highest praisc was heard from the -many guests. :

One hundred seventy five stalwart and able golfers teed off, topping last year's entries. More than 206 sizzling steaks were served at the evenings banquet.

George H. Sisterhenm of U.S. Plywood, who was pinch hitter as chairman last year, again handled the event flawlessly, aided by a capable committee. His right hand man was Bob Korn, also of U.S. Plywood. A virtuoso with the bull horn, Dutch Wiseman of Wisconsin California Forest Products was the voice of the starter for most of the tourney, being backstopped by Tom Beeson of Union Pa-