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New Orleons NBMDA Spring Convenlion Sife

The board of directors of the National Building Material Distributors Association selected New Orleans, l.ouisiana as the site of its Ilth Annual Spring Convention, announces NBMDA President Lewis H. Jenkins, president, Jenkins Wholesale Supply Co., Inc., North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

o'Locating our Spring Meeting in the South in '63," explains Jenkins, "is in agreement with our policy of spotting our osecond' annual meeting about the country. Last Spring we met in San Francisco and the year before, in New York City."

The convention hotel will be the Roosevelt and the dates are NIay 5 thru 8, 1963.

For more information, contact NBMDA National Headquarters, 22 West Monroe, Chicago 3, Ill.

Sqles Tox ond the Consiruction Induslry

Richard Nevins, Southern California Member of State Board of Equalization, announces that a new pamphlet outlining current sales tax procedures applicable to the construction industry is now available to interested parties.

The principal change from procedures previously in effect concerns the subject ofooDelivery Charges.o' These charges are covered under the new Sales Tax Ruling Number 58 which became efiective on July 3, 1962, and was further amended on August B, 1962,

Your copy of this pamphlet, 'oSales and Use Tax as Applied to Construction and Building Contractors", may be secured by writing to Nevins at his Fourth Equalization District Headquarters, 333 East Walnut Street. Pasadena.

Morket Week to Theme "Mony Uses of Leisure"

o'The Many Uses of Leisure" will be the theme for the 1963 Vinter Market (Jan. 20-25) at the Los Angeles Home Furnishings Mart.

In announcing the theme, Eddy S. Feldman, Mart managing director, observed: "For generations only the very wealthy had leisure time. Today the persons in the lorver and middle income bracket are fast-becoming the 'leisure class.' Shorter-hours week and numerous time.savine devices are among factors contrihuting tonard more, time on cntr hands.

"The average homemaker- for example.

not only has fine appliances to take the load off housekeeping, she also has home furnishings which require less time for proper upkeep. Drip dry fabrics, man-made fabrics, for carpets, plastics, wood finishes developed in recent years take little care. And of course, the new cleaning materials. waxes and polishes are the 'instant' kind nowadays. Another time saver is frozen food, packed all ready for fast cooking. Thus Mrs. Homemaker finds herself with more and more leisure time right along with her husband. And each day something else is discovered or invented to ease the load for the average person at home. at the o{Iice or at the factory," NIr. Feldman continued.

He went on to say: "For too long. however, most of us looked at leisure time as a time for swimming and sunning, tennis and golf, bowling and skiing as well as spectator sports.

He added: "So encouraging people to use their leisure time for cultural activity should become an important project of the home furnishings industry. Tahe Time Out lor Culture can be built up into fine promotions for stores. Or use the theme. Leisure Time is Cultur" Time. At the Los Aneeles Home Furrrishings Mart we selected ;?n/r,, Many Uses ol Le.isure' as our W'inter N{arket theme and we are working out ads. direct mailing pieces. posters an.l ,li.play. suggesting that leisure time is time out for