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W. H. Hermsen, Schockley Lumber Co., Baker, Ore., was elected presi{ent of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association at the thirty-eighth annual convention held at the Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash., February 20-22. Fred Robinson, Grogan-Robinson Lumber Co., Great Falls, N{ontana, is the retiring president.

Other officers elected were:

Vice-presidents-Idaho-Lawrence Poitevin, Eastside Lumber Co., Idaho Falls. Montana-J. L. Odette, Monarch Lumber Co., Great Falls; A. L. Kind, Linder-Kind Lumber So., Helena. Nevada-Roy M. Cross, Nevada Lumber Co., Reno. Oregon-C. J. Claus, Lakevierv Building Material Co., Lakeview; Leo L. Gorman, City Lumber & Supply Co., Astoria; A. D. Collier, Swan Lake Moulding Co., Klamath Falls. Washington-Morris Kleiner, Model Lumber Co., Tacoma; Charles L. Coffman, Exchange Lumber Manufacturing Co., Spokane; George H. parks, Woodbury Lumber Co., Okanogan.

Directors-Idaho-Tom Gamble, Boise-Payette Lumber Co., Jerome. Montana-E. M. Christensen, Gimble Lumber & Fuel Co., Anaconda; W. B. F{ennessy, Hennessy Lumber Co., Conrad. Nevada-J. R. Coffin, Elko Lumber Co., Elko, Oregon-Ed Alger, Independent Lumber Co., Springfield; F. W. McRae, Burns Lumber Co., Burns. Washington-T. A. Williams, T. A. Williams

Lumber Co., Walla Walla; Harry Stowell, Stowell Lumber Co.. Everett.

Managing Director-W. C. Bell, Seattie.

Secretary-T1s25111s1-Ifarold F. Ostergren, Spokane.

Among the speakers at the convention were: President Robinson; Managing Director W. C. Bell; Stephen F. Chadwick, Seattle attorney and former head of the American Legion ; Stewart H. Holbrook, lumberjack author; L N. Tate, vice-president and secretary of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., St. Paul; Chas. Stuck, C. A. Stuck & Sons, Jonesboro, Ark.; Reno Odlin, Tacoma banker, and Folger Johnson, FHA director for Oregon.

At the meeting of the Women's Club of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, Mrs. Dominic Brace of Seattle, was elected president, succeeding Mrs. A. O. Shedon, of Salt Lake City.

The annual banquet, dance and floor shorv was held in the Spanish Ball Room of the Olympic Hotel, Saturday evening, February 22.

Roy A. Dailey, Western manager of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association and president of the Seattle Lumbermen's Club, was chairman of the general convention committee.