\(/estern Retailers Meet at Portland

Carl Blockstock Re-elected President---Recommend Extension of Title 1 of NHA---Endorse Grade-Markins

Carl Blackstock, Blackstock Lumber Co., Seattle, Wash., was re-elected president of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association at the 33rd annual convention held at the Multnomah Hotel, Portland, on February 20, 2I and 22. Other officers elected were:

Vice presidents-(Idaho), John Poitevin, East Side Lumber Co., Idaho Falls, Ida.; (Montana, Western Div.), Earl W. Brown, Brown Bros. Lumber Co., Helena; (Eastern Div.), Charles E. Brown, Midland Coal & Lumber Co., Miles City; (Nevada), Ray Peterson, Home Lumber & Coal Co., Reno; (Oregon, Western Div.), Charles Cooley, Three C's Lumber Co., Grant's Pass; (Eastern Div.), Paul Van Petten, Van Petten Lumber Co., Ontario; (Washington, \Mestern Div.), W. C. Deering, John Dower Lumber Co., Tacoma; (Central Div.), Erling Helliesen, Helliesen Lumber Co., Yakima; (Eastern Div.), E. L. Rowles, McGoldrick Lumber Co., Spokane.

Directors (3 years)-Ray Beil, Baird-Naundorf Lumber Co., Spokane, Wash.; Albert W. Gates, Montana Lumber & Hardware Co., Lewistown, Mont.; F. H. Robinson, Grogan Robinson Lumber Co., Great Falls, Mont.; W. H. Hermsen, Shockley Lumber Co., Baker, Ore.; L. C. Scharpf, Twin Oaks Builders Supply Co., Eugene, Ore.; Earl LeValley, Columbia Valley Lumber Co., Bellingham, Wash.; Henry J. Nelson, Nelson Lumber & Coal Co., Arimo, Ida.; D. E. Smith, Smith Bros. Lumber Co., Logan, Utah.

D'irectors (2 years)-J. R. Coffin, Elko Lumber Co., Elko, Nev.; C. H. Crawford, Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co., Walla Walla, Wash.; F. S. Dickinson, Colby & Dickinson (Inc.), Seattle, Wash.; E. B. Gabriel, Gabriel Powder & Supply Co., Salem, Ore.; C. S. Kenyon, Kenyon Noble Lumber Co., Bozeman, Mont.; J. E. Olinger, J. E. Olinger & Son, Milton, Ore.; John lJglem, Ilome Lumber Co., Lewiston, Ida.; C. F. Ullman, Ullman Lumber Co., Big Timber, Mont. Directors (1 year)-C. M. Coddington, Citizens Lumber, Coal & Supply Co., Yerington, Nev.; A. D. Collier, Swan Lake Moulding Co., Klamath Falls, Ore.; C. M. Harmon, Hyak Lumber & Milhvork Co., Olympia, Wash.; J. Earl Healey, Neihart Lumber Co., Belt, Mont.; George Kisling,

Ridenbaugh Lumber Co., Boise, Ida.; F. C. Kendall, Potlatch Yards (Inc.), Spokane, Wash.; A. O. Sheldon, TriState Lumber Co., Salt Lake City, Utah; H. F. Woldenberg, Great Northern Lumber Co., Wenatchee, 'Wash.

Home financing under Title II of the National Housing Act and the ethical practices of lumber distribution were among' the outstanding subjects discussed at the meeting. Resolutions were passed recommending the extension of Title I of the National Housing Act for at least eighteen months beyond the present expiration date ofApril 1, 1936; endorsing the program of lumber manufacturers in grade-marking; and the retailers' desire to co-operate with the manufacturer and wholesaler associations in the agreeable solution of any problems that may come up.

In his address to the convention, President Blackstock discussed merchandising, salesmanship, advertising, lumber distribution, and other problems affecting the lumber industry. Ben H. Hazen, Benjamin Franklin Savings & Loan Association, Portland; Ray W. Beil, Baird-Naundorf Lumber Co., Spokane; Clifford C. Anglim, district director, Federal Housing Administration, San Francisco; and C. J. Clauss, retail lumber dealer of Lakeview, Ore., talked on the Federal Housing Act.

F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno, Calif., and a number of the executive committee of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, discussed "Industry Organization for Sales Promotion." W. C. Bell, managing director of the Association, Seattle; Ralph Brown, assistant secretary of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle; S. V. Fullaway, secretary of. the Western Pine Association, Portland; Roy Dailey, Pacific Northwest district manager of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, Seattle; and Alfred D. Collier, retail dealer of Klamath Falls, addressed the meeting on "Ethical Distribution." Ernest Woods, secretary of the Southwestern Lumbermen's Association, Kansas City, talked on "Old Fashioned Ethics." Roy Brown of Spokane, secretary of the Association, made the secretary-treasurer's report which covered Association activities.

Among the feature attractions were the showing of the moving pictures, "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," produced by the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, and "llarvesting the Western Pines," produced by the Western Pine Association. Before the showing of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau picture, Robert Ingram, E. C. Miller Cedar Lumber Co., Aberdeen, \Mash., discussed the Bureau's trade promotion program

The "Old Guard" dinner rvhich was originated by Roy Brown was an enjoyable party. Portland lumbermen provided an excellent entertainment program for both the ladies and men in attendance. Harry W. Aldrich of the Aldrich-Cooper Lumber Co. was general chairman of the Portland convention committee. Mrs. Earl LeValley of Bellingham was elected president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association.

Lee Smith of Spokane won the special attendance prize, a diving board, donated by the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company. Other cash attendance prizes were also awarded.

Many of the dealers visited the plant of the Fir-Tex Company where they were the guests of D'ant & Russell, Inc., of Portland, Fir-Tex distributors, on Saturday afternoon. Seattle was chosen for next year's convention.

TransferredFrom Los Angeles

Ray Canady, salesman been transferred from the cisco, and is now covering for Coos Bay Lumber Co., has Los Angeles office to San Franthe Sacramento Vallev territory.

New Company Organized to Serve Aviation Interests

Organization of a new associate company for the purpose of better serving aviation interests in Southern California, has just been announced by members of the California Panel & Veneer Company.

The new company, to be known as the Baker Steel and Tube Company, will act as distributors for the Pittsburgh Steel Company, manufacturers of Pittsburgh seamless steel mechanical tubing, and the Summerill Tubing Company, manufacturers of seamless aircraft and mechanical tubing.

R. Mulholland is president of the new company and also retains his position as general manager of the California Panel & Veneer Company. Fourteen years' active contact with the aviation industry in the latter capacity assures able direction of the nerv Baker set-up. Other officers of the company are Geo. R. Stratemeyer, vice-president; W. F. Fahs, secretary-treasurer; Howell N. Baker, Jr., director, and Maude J. Baker, director.

A new warehouse is being built adjacent to the present warehouse of the California Panel and Veneer Company at 14th and Alameda Streets in Los Angeles, to accommodate the extensive stock of mechanical tubing which is expected to arrive immediately.

The parent company has long been Los Angeles' recognized distributor of aircraft tubing having been Summerill's representative on this commodity for many years. The. new company will take over their stock and this portion of the business.