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(Continued from Page 2) of LMA President Frank Heard. Motroni-Heard Lumber Company of Woodland, are R. E. Cross, Cross Lumber Company, Merced; C. D. Dart, K-Y Lumber Company, Fresno; E. H. Metcalf, The King Lumber Company, Bakersfield; Dukd Rohland, Sylvan Lumber Company, Citrus Heights, and S. II. Ross, Central Lumber Company, Hanford.

The Board also cor-rsidered an electronics business control program as well as the Lumber Merchants Association pension and insurance programs. The employee training meetings which are being held monthly in each region of Northern California were also reviewed and olans made for a series of area dealer meetings which will shortly be announced.

The following directors attended the Board meeting: President Frank E. Heard. Motroni-Heard Lumber Company, Woodland; Vice-President Elmer Rau, Maclera Lumber and llardware Company, Madera; Treasurer I. E. florton, South City Lumber and Supply Company, South San Frar-rcisco; Robert N. Adams, Noal.r Adarns Lumber

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Company, Walnut Grove; Frank Baxley, Brey-Wright Lumber Company, Porterville; Charles Cross, Sr., TruckeeTahoe Lumber Company, Tahoe City; C. D. Dart, K-Y Lumber Company, Fresno; Cloyd FI. Garner, San Joaquin Lumber Company, Stockton; Arthur flanson, General Lumber and Supply Company, Berkeley; Clair Hicks, Hicks Lumber Company, Salinas; Mel Hirsch, Dolan's Building Materials Company, Sacramento'; Earle Johnson, Jr., Watsonville Lumber Company, Watsonville; Hamilton H. Knott, Yosemite Lumber Company, Fresno; Frank H. Kotey, Home Builders Supply Company, Lodi; John L. Mensinger, American Lumber Company, Modesto; Duke Rohland, Sylvan Lumber Company, Citrus Heights; S. H. Ross, Central Lumber Company, Hanford; E. E. Schlotthauer, Willard Lumber Company, Fresno; A. H. Stockton, A. L. Stockton Lumber Company, Daly City, and A. B. Wilson, Noyes Lumber Company, Napa.

Employee Training Meetings

Participation in the monthly Employee Products Training Programs continues to grow as some 400 employes and dealers attended the November meetings devoted to finished builders hardware. The January meetings, which were arlnounced in the last issue of The California Lumber Merchant, were devoted to wood preservatives and yard safety. The February program will feature a discussion of hardboards and laminated wood fibre panels, including many merchandising and selling techniques.

Following is the February schedule and we urge you to have your employes participate-each meeting commences at 7:30 p.m. and concludes at approximately 9:30 p.m.:

SAN JOSE-Feb. 16-Lincoln High School, 555 Dana Avenue

SALINAS-Feb. 17-Hartnell Junior College, 156 Homestead Avenue

SAN LUIS OBISPO-Feb. 18-San Luis Obispo High School Annex

BAKERSFIELD-Feb. 23-Bakersfield College, Science and Engineering Hall

FRESNO-Feb. 2.t-Hacienda Motel

STOCKTON-Feb. 25-San Joaquin Industrial Assn. HQ, 1130 North Eldorado

MODESTO-Feb. 29-Modesto Irrigation District HQ, llth at "M" Street

United Stotes Plywood Acquires Seottle Component Monufocturer

ITAtt BOARDS Custom Millwork lrary unrteo )tates rlywoocl. contlnue as opefbecomes a sub- l\[r. Brewer said United States Plywood acquired Panelbild because "this is a whole new concept of building which has recently gained tremendous momentum. Since we know that long-distance transportation of large components is not economical, we visualize the establishment of additional units coordinated with our present network of 124 branch sales warehouses."

A move into the field of prefabricated building components was announced Jan. 11 by Gene C. Brewer, president of United States Plywood Corp., which has acquired Panelbild Systems, Inc., of Seattle, Wash., a manufacturer of stressed-skin plywood components. He said plans already hav€ been approved to expand Panelbild's Seattle facility, and studies are under way to determine possible location of aclditional units.

Peter Bilder, founder of Panelbild, will ating head of Panelbild Systems, which sidiarv of United States Plvwood. sidiary United Plywood.