The "unconventional convention"

EING a political year, it is one of many conventions, but the last of the "unconventional conventions" took place in the little town of Auburn, Wa. (slightly East of Taconta) where the Palmer G. Lewis Co., Pacific Yard Service (PGL's Oregon division) and three score suppliers put on the fourth annual buying show for building material customers.

Story at a Glance

More than 1000 attend Washington State building material distributor's fourth annual buying show customers arrived from four states to see and buy at 55 product display booths . included wasdinner for all, scores of prizes.

Over 1,000 "conventioneers" from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska attended the one-day show held in the office and distribution center warehouse, September 19.

If you had occasion to drive along "C" Street Northwest that Sunday, you might have suspected by the number of cars parked on either side of the PGL office and warehouse that you must be on "auto row" or that a canlptown meeting was taking place. Rather, it was time onceagain for the popular buying show sponsored by this Northwest and Alaska building rnaterial distributor and major product supplier.

Fifty-five product display booths were in the warehouse and over 100 supplier representatives were on hand attending their exhibits. Many came from the Midwest and Canada in addition to the local sales specialists.

Each booth had merchandise drawing prizes and the grand prize was a $ I ,000 U.S. Savings Bond and 20 shares of PGL stock, which was won by Al Haynes of Haynes Building Supply in Eatonville, Wa.

ATASKA contingent included Larry Calvin and son Eric from Baranof Building Supply, Sitka. Eric found the parking lot ideal for skate boarding. These customers from Montana (R) included George Anderson UBC, Missouia (Jim Grewe PGL Spokane), Bill Bethke. UBC, and Martin Fetveit, Kalispell Lumber. 0thers from Montana included Al Roger, Big Sky Supply, Ronan; W. E. Dickinson, Skyline Supply, Polson, and Jo Peck of Polson.