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(Continued from page 12) states. Area office for the l8 Western centers is located in Santa Clara, Ca., with l3 operating in southern and central California and five in Colorado. Shelter systems area office is in Apple Valley, Ca. The Reno. Nv.. area office is responsible for centers at Mammoth Lakes, Ca., Reno, Nv., and Tucson. Az.

Sequoia Supply, Inc., with main offices in Wilsonville. Or.. wholesales building materials to lumber dealers, industrial accounts, cabinet manufacturers, mass merchandisers and home centers. Located in 21 states across the country, they have Western distribution warehouses in Fairfield, Ca., Orange, Ca., Phoenix, Az., San Francisco, Ca., Tacoma, Wa., and Wilsonville, Or.

Wickes Forest Industries. Dinuba, Ca., operates a highly integrated forest products operation, producing a variety of wood products including dimensional lumber, millwork, moulding and particleboard products. Eight facilities are located in California: Auberry, Chowchilla, Lindsay, Lodi, Orange, and Oroville. with others Evanston, Wy., Grangeville, and Townsend. Mt.

Wickes Wood Products, formed in 1978 to purchase wood products for the operating divisions, is based in Wilsonville, Or.

Another division with manufac- turing facilities in the West is Yorktowne which produces kitchen cabinets, vanities, and specialty furniture for marketing through Wickes Lumber centers, Builders Emporium stores and independent distributors. It operates a plant in Riverside, Ca.

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Santa Fe Railway v.p. Robert E. Welk said that regulation had driven down the railroad's share of the transportation industry over the years and that highway and waterway competition was subsidized through government road and waterway construction. It was an advantage the rail carriers do not have. he said. and stressed that what the railroads want is a chance

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James R. Walker of the Burlington Northern said that present rate setting methods were unfair and that the roads needed to be relieved of the utility funtion that government had forced upon them. He felt that the final form of deregulation would not be as far reaching as some expect.

The Past Presidents' luncheon set a record for the greatest number of former chiefs in attendance (fifteen); the period represented covered 1937 to the present. Entertainer Louis Nye was the luncheon speaker.

Other speakers included Robert Herbst of the Western Wood Products Association who presented that association's audio-visual show on the plen-wood system called, "The 200/o Difference." He urged the more than 500 dealers present from all parts of the country to sell it to their contractor dealers. PlenWood is the system that promotes the use of wood joists in residential foundations, utilizing the crawlspace as the conditioned-air distribution chamber, instead of metal ductwork.

Dr. C. Jackson Grayson, of the American Productivity Center, and the former chairman of the U.S. Price Commission, noted the decline of productivity in America, contrasted it with certain foreign economies and noted that this country must strive to regain its productivity so that it can be more competitive.

National Football League referee Arthur J. Holst, who has two Super Bowls to his credit, used humor during his motivational address to make the point that teamwork was essential for any successful enterprise.

The new slate of officers elected includes Lee S. Briggs, president of Crane-Johnson Co., Fargo, N.D., as president, succeeding W. Calvert Brand, who moves up to chairman of the board. Others are lst v.p. James R. Magbee, Scottdale, Ga.l 2nd v.p. Earl T. Carpenter, South Hadley, Ma.l and treasurer Doug Ashy, Lafayette, La.

AUSTRAIIAI{ lumbermen on British Columbia, Canada and U.S. West Coast industry tour recently visited South Bay Forest Products, 0range, Ca. Aussies were talking up .1982 Hoo-Hoo lnternational convention, set f or Melbourne, the f irst time ever the lum- berman's fraternity will have convened outside North America. Greeting group lllwas South Bay pres. Jim Frodsham, and Boger Braniger,; Aussies Rod Abel, Harry Walker, Doug Howick. l2l Looking up are Kathy and Jon 'Wilson, Chuck and Audrey Lembdr l3l

Joe Schwallie, Ken Coleman, Jack 0uinn, Brian Page. l4l Kari Schick, Doug Willis, John Hollstein, Andy Ersek. l5l Andy Pocock, Dennis Richardson. 16l Pat Parkinson, Doug Howick, Dolores Coleman, Rod and Thel Abel.