Restructure

D ESTRUCTURING was what it l\ *u. all about at the NLBMDA's annual meeting in San Diego, Oct. 24-28, as the group changed its organization charts so that it now consists o{ two separate wings. The changes were the price demanded by dissident former member groups before they would return to the fold. At presstime, it appeared probable that the move was successful and that the national dealer group would again be really national.

Briefly, national continues as one organization, with one board and one set of officers, but with two divisions: legislative and government agency affairs div. and the industry development div. Each is headed by a supervisory committee responsible to the board through an executive committee. There is a complete separation of funds between the two divisions.

The first division is funded through member associations on a sliding scale based on membership. The industry development division's money will come from direct dealer dues, manufacturer council dues and related sources.

Dr. George Cline Smith, the noted construction economist, told the group at a luncheon that the wage,/price controls were ttthe Goddamnedest Rube Goldbers structure that has ever been work"d out by any government," but allowed that it might work out in Phase 3. Root cause of the problem is the federal deficit, said Dr. Smith.

Westerner Terry Mullin, Tarzana Lumber Co., Tarzana, Calif., was elected Ist vp. The other officers are from the south and mid-west.

ln Memoriom: Cqlvin D. Wood

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We are saddened to announce the death of our friend and representative Calvin D. Wood of a heart attack in Portland, Ore., October 27. For over three years, Cal *wed The Merchaw in northern California and the Pacific Northwest' President of his own company, Calvin D. Wood & Associates, he had a comprehensive caree-r in publishing, and advertising. He began as editor oi tt " Daily at Stanford University, where he sraduated in L929. At various times, he worked fir Miller-Freeman Publishin g, McDonald-Thomp' son and established his own advertising firm of Wood and Grace, which later became C. D. Wood Advertising, Inc.

Pqrticleboqrd Assn. Officers

Gene Tower, International Paper Co., has been elected president of the National Particleboard Assn. George Swindells, Duraflake Co', was elected vp., and Harold Maxwell, Temple Industries, treasurer. Winston Purifoy, Georgia-Pacific Corp., and Don Stow, Cascade Fiber Co., were named to the executive committee'

In his first act as president, Tower named the following chairmen: technical committee, Robert Pazina, Weyerhaeuser Co.; promotion committee, Al Gillespie, Mexwood Products, Inc"/Duke City Lumber Co., Inc.; production management, Jim Garrett, Cgllins Pine Co.

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