FOR TUITITTARY FOR TIIDUSTRIAIS FOR DEALERS

land for memlrcrsl'rip in the Association n-as r-otecl uporr ancl this conrpan\' \\-as acceptecl into membership. The nltme of the City Lun.rber Compzrnr. o{ Tacoma, \\rashington, wzrs suggestecl for membership but u'as ltut or-er until r.rext vears n1eet1rlg.

At the trriciay er-enir.rg r-r-reeting, Tecl Higgins acted as toastnr:rster and after a "r'ery lengthv introcluctiorl" prcsentecl the speaker c,f the evening, Ilenry Su'allor<I, u-hr-r spoke in great detail of his "purchase of \rancouver Island." Kenneth Smith spoke on cooper:rtion among the lrrmlrcr people. llr. S. H. Thomas g'ave a talk on the benefits of thc local Association.

Tl-re follorving olficers l'ere unanimouslr- electe<l for the follorving -r'c:Lr r

President : Jerr1. Srrllir-an. Jr., San I)ieg<r

Vice-President : Roger Sands, Seattle

Secretarv-Treilsurer: I{obert Taerrzer frorn Los Angeles

I)irector.s: J. t--v-fe Smith, \-ancr.,rrr-er ; I,l. E. Hall, iiortland;George I[. Brorvn, Oakland;1,. H. Stantorr, Los Angeles; \\'. T. \\'hite, S:in Francisco, ancl A. H. F'rost, San Diego.

Iiirst (lolf prize u'lts presented to Rav Anderson of General Plyu-ood Con.rparr)', Seattle. Second prize to H. Baker of the C:rlifornia Panel & \/eneer Company.

At the Saturclay morning meetirrg the report n.as made by the committee appointed to consider the advisability of empkrying an executive secretary. They stated that inasmuch as the Pacific Coast Hards'ood Flooring Association u'as {ormed for the mutual benefit of l.rardu'ood flooring in general on the Pacific Coast there \\'as a possibility that the secretary miglit be employed by this organizatior-r ancl that tl-ris secretary r.r.right also be altle to serve the Pacific Coast Hardu'ood l)ealers Association. Consequently, no action rvas taken.

Henry Kirchmann spoke on the Philippine Mahogany case. Roy llarto s1>oke on the I'hilippine hardrvood production. R. E. Ford of Cadu'allaclar-Gibson Cornpanv discussed the grades of Philippine Mahogany

After a decisi<.ln l.as made to hold the follorving year's convention at Del Monte sometime in the Spring of 1930, the meeting rr'as adjourned.

Respectf ully su,bm ittecl, Don F'. \\'hite and Charles B. \\rhite

Dovis Hqrdwood Nqmed Distributor for Northern Lqmin-Art Cqliforniq

General Monoger Dunccn Pell (right) signs the conlrocl which mqkes Dovis Hordwood Compony, division of Thompson & Holmes. lrd., exclusive Norlhern Colifornio distributor for lominArt decorqtive lominotes. Looking on is Normon Crowford of Fobricon Products. Los Angeles, monufccturers of lominArt

Davis Hardu'ood Company, division tif Thompson & Holmes, l-td., has acquired exclusive Northern California distributor rights for Lamin-Art decorative laminates, annotlnces l)uncan I'e11, general nranager of Davis Hardt'ood, 757 lleach Street, San Francisco. l)ell said the firm will stock the complete Lamin-Art line, inclucling 75 patterns in 20 sizes. Delivery to all Northern California points rvill be made from the company's San Francisco and Sacramento locations.

Lamin-Art plastics are manufactured by Fabricon Products of Los Angeles, the only mannfacturer of clecorative lanrinates n,est of the Mississippi. The I-amin-Art distriltutorshio bv Davis Hardn'ood is a further move in the diversification of services by tire parent company, Thompson & Holmes, u'hicl.r is also expzrnding its sales organization to handle nen' lines, Pell said.

Six ner,v Lamin-Art n.ood patterns and four travertine r.narble patterns I'ill be intr,rduced lty Thompson & Flolmes in the near future. it n.as a.nnounced.