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Other olficers installed l.ere Charles \\,'. Getchell and George N{. l)ardee, Jr., first ar-rd second vice-presider-rts; Milton J. l3rock, Jr., secretary, and John D. Grilfith, treasllrer. More than 500 builders ar-rd government officials attended the dinner.

Toastrnaster ]Jrock, Sr., lifetime member of the NAHB board and a former NAHB president, said southland delegates u'ould go to the convention u'ith a record of one million nerv homes completed in the past 15 vears. Retiring HBI Presiclent \\ralter \\r. Keusder reported a n.rembership gain tfi 92 tn the year.

HPrincip:r'l speaker at the installation \\.as Frank Crirtright, another past executive <lirector of the National ancl norv an active C:rlifornia builder. "In other large cities .n'hcre builders are proucl of a total of 7,000 r.rcu, homes a year, they are nnbeiieving u'hcn thcy hezrr Los Angeles builders constructecl 107,000 neu. dwelling units in 1955," he sairl.

"Within the next 30 yearrs, at our lrrcscrrt rate oi growth, \\,e can expect to har.c one-fifth of the national popu!:Ltion living in California," he declared.

Servente on Committee

Louis Servente of the Serverrtc Hardn'orxl Company, San Francisco, has been appointerl to the NHLA Lrspection Rules conrmittee ior 1956, made up of 12 experience<l harcln'oocl men of the various districts ancl species. Together rvith the chairman, the1. n'ill pass upon Rules suggestions, if any, for presentation to the 1956 convention.