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By PETERSEN executive secretary

F gnXCfS around rhe indusrry \J in Montana continue.

Congratulations are in order for Bob Pope who moves from Great Falls to take over as general manager of Minot Builders Supply, Minot, N.D., and to Don Austin who succeeds Bob as manager of Builders Supply, Great Falls.

MBMDA welcomes new member Randy Kjos, manager of Western Building Center, Whitefish.

Harry Van Sickle returns to familiar grounds traveling the building material circuit for Tri-Jack Manufac turing, Bill- ings, replacing Howard Walter who has quit the tour to become an innkeeper (Nash Hotel, Helena).

MBMDA past president Roger W. Walsh has announced retirement plans to be effective as of l-l-76. Asiuming management reins at that time for Walsh-Anderson Lumber, Great Falls, will be Jordan Benson, a Minot native, formerly associated with Fullerton Lunr ber Co., and more recently with Pack River Lumber. Roger says he will be available as consultant but expects to apply himself seriously to the business of golf and to improvement of his lake cabin.

Fred Knehaus has signed on as manager for Bill Aldrich at Sunset members, and manufacturers. Some topics of Congressional consideration National is active in are land use. consumer protection, tax reform (investment tax credits), common situs, forestry incentive program, railroads. wyo. Inc., himwith

Also, our National office works closely with the government agencies on regulations, etc., such as Truth in Lending which affects the credit practices of many lumber dealers.

Truth in Lending regulations have recently been amended to include additional disclosure requirements on those extending consumer credit. Our Members have been sent a summary.

Of course, on top of the priority list for iobbying efforts is any legisla- tion pertaining to housing. As a guide in this effort, a Housing Policy was adopted at the Annual Meeting.

All dealers should seriously consider the importance of all this activity. It is all for the benefit of your industry. Are you doing your part?

Lumber & Hardware, Riverton, Jack LeFevrg LeFevre Sales, Jamestown, N.D., has established selfin Billings to facilitate contact his Montana customers.

Representing Montana at the annual NLBMDA meeting in San Francisco were Brooks Robinson and wife Eleanor; Roger and Lila Walsh; National Dealer Director L. Dexter Shaurette, and Dick and Vivian Petersen.

Death has claimed industry members W. G. Hopkins, founder of HiWay Lumber, Great Falls, and Dan Flemming, employee of Midland, Inc., Miles City.

MBMDA secretary Dick Petersen attended the organizational meeting of the Western States Lumbermens Council which will comprise the building material trade associations of all Mountain and Pacific states. Purpose of the Council is co-operative development and dissemination of information and programs beneficial to the retail building material industry.