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Brush Industrial Lumber Co., Division

7653 Telegraph Rd. Montebello, CA 90640

(213) 723-3301 o (714) 994-62a0

930 Ashby Ave. Berkeley, CA94710

(41 5) 843-4390

1576 South 300 West Salt Lake City, UT 841 15 (801 ) 484-761 6

Main Office 2150 Oakdale Ave. San Francisco, CA 94124 (415)M7-0772

Los Anseles Hoo-Hoo ClubJan. ll' transportation nieht] Montebello Country Club, Montebello, Ca.

Paciiic Northwest Hardware & Implement AssociationJan. l3-15. convention, Spokane-Sheraton Hotel' Sookane. Wa.

National Fiousewares Manufacturers Assn.Jan. 141?. national housewares exposition, McCormick Place and McCormick Place West, Chicago' Il'

National Association of Wholesaler-DistributorsJan. 15-19, annual meeting, Ilikai Hotel, Honolulu, Hi.

Dubs Ltd.Jan. 18, lumbermen's golf tournament no' 365, San Jose Country Club, San Jose, Ca.

National Association of Home BuildersJan. l8-21' 36th annual convention/exposition, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nv.

Mountain States Hardware & Implement AssociationJan,20-22, convention, Antler's Plaza Hotel' Colorado Springs, Co.

Oak'land-East Bay Hoo-HooJan. 22, softwood night' Howard Hofmann, speaker. Place to be announced.

Western Wood Products Assn.Jan 15-25' Regional Meetings. Jan. 15, Sheraton Inn-Airport,-?ortland Or', "lan. t6', Ramada Inn-Airport, Spokane, Wa.l Jan' 17, Red Lion Motor Inn, Pendleton, Or.l Jan. 22, Yalley River Inn. Eugene, Or.; Jan. 24, Host -lnternational Hotel-Airport, Sacramento, Ca.l Jan. 25, Registry Resort, Scottsdale, Az' lmnorted Hardwood Products AssociationJan' 29-Feb' 3, annual meeting, Registry Resort. Scottsdale, Az'

Forest Industries Advisory Council Island. Fl.Feb. l3-16, Marco Feb. 14-16,

National Home Improvement Councilexpo/convention'80, Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Fl.

Dubs Ltd.Feb. 15, lumbermen's golf tournament no' 366. Pitchy Selects, Peacock Gap, San Rafael' Ca.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo ClubFeb. 15, Valentine's D-ay Olnnei dance, Luminarias Restaurant, Montery-Park, Ca'

Oakland-East Bay Hoo-Hoo ClubFeb. 19, hardwood night, place to be announced.

Wood" M6ulding & Millwork ProducersFeb. 20-23' annual meeting, Pointe West, Phoenix, Az.

Montana Building Material Dealers' AssociationFeb. 2l-22. annual convention, Colonial Motor Inn, Helena, Mt.

Blacli Bart Hoo-Hoo ClubFeb. 22, industry night, tour (beeins l:30 p.m.) of new Georgia-Pacific mill; dinner 6:5i p.m., Ft.-Bragg, Ca.

California Retail Hardware AssociationFeb. 24'26, convention and show. Brooks Hall, Civic Center, and Golden Gateway Holiday lnn, San Francisco, Ca. Intermountain AisociationFeb' 24-26, convention, Covey's Little America, Salt Lake City, Ut'

WWPA Spring Meeting March 18'21

Western Wood Products Association will hold its annual Spring Meeting at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Ca. March 18-21.

\(/e've grown through this past year, as have the namesakes of DMK-Pacific. That's Michael, "ge 7, on the left; Katie, 4, in the middle; and Dennis, 10 years old, on the right. All of us ar DMK, join the D. and the M. and the K. in wishing you all the best for the Holiday Season and best wishes for a prosperous New Year.

Bob Staunton Dave Walton Hank Aldrich

Eric Everson Linda and Dwight Curran.

T HE MAIN THRUST of Learning

I Resource Center activity for 1980 will be grass roots training meetings in the field.

The first of these were retail selling skills workshops for both new and experienced building material salespersons conduced by Bob Mullen, regional mgr. for Armstrong Cork Co. Others will be held in each district or region during January, February, March and May.

Other regional training meetings coming up are in building material math, reading and estimating, plywood basics, selling lumber and dealing with codes for sales personnel plus Plen- wood System and All Weather Wood Foundation for contractors and building officials.

Additionally, the Learning Resource Center library has l6mm. films and LaBelle audio visual cassettes or slides and audio cassettes for use at the individual store or district level on basic sales training for retail building material sales personnel. These can be conducted by store personnel or the WBMA staff.

American Plywood Assn. has produced a correspondence course on plywood basics.

A wood products seminar, presented by Western Wood Products Assn. and American Plywood Assn. in cooperation with the NLBMDA, will be held twice in Seattle, Wa., in December. "6 Ways to Improve Return on Investment," a seminar conducted by the Pence Brothers, is