Southern California Retailers Vill Meet

April 15 -17 at Los Angeles

The Southern California Retail Lumber Association will hold its annual meeting and trade show at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, on Ttresday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 15, 16 and17. The theme of the meeting will be "How You Sell and What You Do Can Profit Well in

Tuesday morning will be given over to registration and visiting the exhibits. The kick-off luncheon will be at noon, and in the evening there will be open house and public showing of the exhibits.

Wednesday morning will be spent visiting the exhibits and viewing the showing of an industrial sound motion picture. At noon the luncheon will be followed by a fashion show, and in the evening will be the annual banquet and entertainment.

Visiting the exhibits and viewing an industrial sound motion picture is programmed for Thursday morning. The noon luncheon will be sponsored by the Los Angeles HooHoo Club, and the dinner dance and entertainment will be held in the evening.

Business sessions will be held on Tuesdav. Wednesdav and Thursday afternoons.

WHEN THE (HIPS ARE DOWN

The ladies are cordially invited to attend and they may register without charge.

The equipment and products exhibits will be a feature of the three-day meeting, and it is expected there will be over 75 displays. Lumbermen are urged to visit them.

The Association officers are: President, E. C. Parker, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Vice president, B. W. Bartels, Peoples Lumber Co., Ventura; Treasurer, C. Gilmore Ward, Ward and Harrington Lumber Co., Santa Ana; Executive Vice President and Secretary-Manager, Orrie W. Hamilton, Los Angeles.

Association directors are: H. Park Arnold, Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale; B. W. Bartels, Peoples Lumber Co., Ventura; Ralph N. Baker, Barr Lumber Co., Santa Ana; A. E. Fickling, A. E. Fickling Lumber Co., Long Beach; Rexford L. Hall, W. D. Hall Lumber Co., El Cajon; Earl Johnson, Johnson Lumber Co., Pasadena; Chester C. Knight, San Fernando Lumber Co., San Fernando; Lathrop K.Leishman, Crown City Lumber & Mill Co., Pasadena; tlerman Loehr, John Suverkrup Lumber Co., Riverside; George Lounsberry, Lounsberry & Harris, Los Angeles; Wayne F. Mullin, Mullin Lumber Co., Los Angeles; E. C. Parker, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Peder J. Pederson, Downey Lumber Co., Downey; R. C. Witter, Witter Lumber Co., Pomona.

Jixecutive Vice President Orrie W. Hamilton says: "The lumbermen's 35th annual meeting will be the largest and best in the Association's history. Some of the nation's outstanding business leaders will address the meeting and take part in the open forum discussions. The entertainment'will be superb. We expect the attendance will be greater than last year when it was in excess of 1600."

New Cut-Up Plcnt lor Fir Cleqrs

The Al Clements Lumber Co. of Eugene, Oregon, producers of Douglas Fir kiln dried clears and mouldings, are completing a new 8,000 square ft. cut-up room for the manu{acture of cut-to-length overhead door stock in both vertical and flat grain Douglas fir clears.

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VVith WesteHr Cuslom precision rnilling the finished iob is exaclly os specif,ed.

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This ne'rv plant will also increase the capacity considerable in rabbetted jamb stock sets and miscellaneous ladder parts. The new production line consists of four new air operated cut-off saws, feeding belt conveyors towards moulders, equalizers, and boring machines. It was designed for a production in excess of 800 M board feet per month of cut stock. This unit will operate in addition to the company's already million feet per month industrial clear section. The nerv building is 40'x 2@/, ,constructed of concrete, prefabricated wood trusses and steel siding. Production is expected to be in full capacity by April.