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by BOB McBRIEN execulive vice president o{ the Lumber lrlerchonls Associqtion of Norlhern Colifornio

EW WAYS of building are always of interest to lumber and getting at our series of special educational seminars on glu lams.

I\ b,rildittg materials dealers and those in northern California are no exception. Proof of this is the huge turnout we have been

Glu lams are rapidly iinning the interest of architects and contractors, and, of course' dealers'want to be in a position to handle the sales. The technical data given dealers by a panel of experts will smooth the road to this grolving market.

Over seventy dealers and their associates turned out for the first glu lam meeting we staged in Fresno and advance registration shows that by the end of the series some two hundred dealers and their employees will have been brought up'to-date on glu lams.

Serving as instructors for the clinics are: Tim H. Brooks and L. E. BoYd of Weyerhaeuser ComPanY; Tom Brassell oI American Institute of Timber Construction; Gerald H. Griffin of California Sugar and Western Pine Agency; Bo Shibley and M. H. Mun' ger, Union Lumber CompanY; and Dennis Coombs, Tarter, S'ebster and Johnson. We are planning other seminars for the future which will also aid our members.

MEET B0B McBRltN of LMA, whose monthly column will appear regularly in this space. Bob will be talking about the retailer and the business in general in northern California.

LMA participation at the Dallas convention of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association was greater than in recent years. A contingent headed by President Clair Hicks represented northern California dealers at not only the convention, ,but also the national board o{ directors meeting and a special regional meeting covering specific areas of interest to dealers in the West.

Making the trip to Texas were: Frank Heard, Elmer Rau, Homer Hayward, Art Masters (who is still tasting a special Mexican dish he ordered), Bud Barber, Joe Schram and yours truly. For a special report on activities at the convention, please see our Monthly Bulletin.

We've added a new member to our staff-Miss Janet Johnson. a most able young lady who will handle office correspondence, telephone requests for information . and a myriad of other details which keep LMA humming.

Her immediate impression of northern California lumber dealers is "they certainly use the telephone a lot to keep their businesses running smoothly." It might be added that Janet kept a record one morning and had twenty-five calls in two hours before she gave up keeping score.

ADD END . . . Charlie Cross, Truckee Lumber Company, is beaming these days at the popularity of the new gondolas operating at Squaw Valley. Very few-if any-go to the top oL KT-22 without passengers, and each passenger is sitting on lumber from Charlie's yard. He supplied all the lumber, which required. 4r/z hour round-trip deliveries. Football is vying with golf for Earl Ruth, Reedley Lumber Company. Earl's son Bob played a bang-up game at tackle for Stanford including action in the Big Game. Bob has one more season of eligibility so you'll'be reading more about him next year.

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