Dealer's national is reorganizing

The National Lumber and Building N{atelial I)ealers Association, meeting in Williamsburg, Va., recommended enhancing the image of building material dealers befort: Congress, federal agencies, industry groups and the consuming public.

Presiding thloughout the alrnual meet' itg was President James Nt. Shedden. There rvere 320 persons at the {our'day fall meeting.

Prt'sident Shcdden remarked that the National's internal problems had been interpreted and solutions for them worked out by a €lroup o{ dedicated dealers who participated in the N[ay Congress in Washington, D.C. "With this task now complete," he said, "the association will commit its thoughts and devote its energies to serving its members in a manner they expcct and deserve."

Election o{ a new executive vice president, in addition to other officers, saw Loren F. Dorman selected by a special committee appointed by President Shedden. Prior to his appointment, he was director of plans and programs for the National Forest Products Association.

Other officers elected {or 1968 were:

Western Lumber t Building Mo.tericls MERCHANI president-D. C. Dawkins, Jr., Jackson' ville, Fla.; first vice presidenl-(llalsnss

A. Thompson, Champaign, Ill.; second vice president-Earl S. Robinson, Jr., New Or' leans, La.; third vice presidenl$a65on Wiener, Dallas, Tex.; treasurer-Villiam E. Norman, Gaithersburg, Md.; vice president-Raymon H. Harrell, W'ashington, D.C.; secretary-Edward H. Libbey, Washington, D.C.

Five western associations sent represen' tatives.

Representing the Arizona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply Association was its executive manager Frank Davis; Jay O'Mal' ley, The O'Malley Companies, Larry Ham' man and Jack Sullivan.

Ross Kincaid of the Western Building Matt:rial Association represented that group along with Mel Bettis, Irrigators Lumber Co. The Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California was represented by their exec. vp. Bob McBrien, Bob Rutcher. San Lorenzo Lumber Co.; Homer' Hayward, Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co. who replaced Terry Mullin as executive committeeman for District 7 (Calif. and Nev.) ; and Art Masters, The King Lum' ber Co.

The Lumber Association of Southern Cali{ornia's exec. vp. Wayne Gardner represented his group as did Kingston McKee. Forest Lumber Co.; and Terry Mullin, Tarzana Lumber Co. The Montana Building Materials Dealers Association sent Bill Ogle, Kenyon Noble Lumber Co.; and J. Brooks Robinson, Grogan-Robinson Lumber Co.

Standards Report

A report on the current progress in de' termining a new voluntary industry standard for softwood lumber was given by Wayne Gardner, one of the two retailer' renresentatives on the American Lumber Standards Committee. Gardner, exec vP. of the Lumber Association of Southern California reported a ncw standard is expected to be issued during December by the Secretary o{ Commcrce.

I)ucs lor mr:mbership will now be paid on an equitable graduated scale, based on an individual yard's sales volume ratltt'r than on a straieht fee.

The Arizona Retail Lumber and Builder's Supply Association gave a short briefing on results of a cooling and heating study spon' sored by thcir association (See The llIerchant, Oct. p. 12).The study revealed that an all wood home is 42 percent more economical to heat and cool. Two identical sized wood and masonry structures were built and tested in the study, each containing 188 thermocouples-a temperature sensing device-placed at various positions in the structures.

President Shedden announced that the annual meeting next year will be held in New Orleans- La.. at the Roosevelt Hotel.