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Appointment of a new secretary-manager for Western Lumber Manufacturers, Inc., is announced by Robert Grimmett, Fresno, president of the asso'ciation. George A. Craig (left) of Sacramento will replace Perry A. Thompson, who retired March 1. Western Lumber Manufacturers, Inc. is an association of lumber rnanufacturers who are dependent on publicly owned timber. It has encouraged a closer working relationship between the public- timber-disposing agencies andthe dependent-operator customers.

Grimmett, who heads the Pine Logging Co. of California at Fresno, said, "WLM's work does not duplicate but supplements the programs of other lumber associations." \Mestern Lumber Manufacturers, Inc. was organized in 1952 with Thompson as secretary-manager. He took the assignment following his retirement from the U.S. Forest Service as Regional Forester in California after 35 years with the Forest Service.

Craig has been associate editor of The Timberman. He was also California district forest engineer for the Western Pine Association, forest technician for the California Division of Forestry, and an investigator of forestry problems.

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The 56th annual convention and show of the California Retail Hardware Assn. was held at the Fairmont hotel, San Francisco,Feb. l7-N. One of the speakers, Richard Oddie, assistant vice-president, Bank of America, called for more realistic thinking in the retail field. "No amount of wishful thinking will do away with mass merchandising," he declared .. "low margin, high volume selling, brandname impact, shopping centers, trading stamps, discount houses and scrambled selling cross traditional trade lines."

Walter Mayer, account manager of Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, stated that 8O/o of housewives questioned save trading stamps or other premium credits in reporting on a BBD&O trading-stamp survey made in the Syracuse, N. Y., area.

Newholl Yord to Open

Newhall, Calif.-The Newhall-Saugus Lumber Yard, located on Valley street, was about ready to open here last month after late January rain, sleet and snow softened the site, prevented the blacktopping of the yard and slowed the moving in of stocks. Aiming to get the yard ready to open as soon as the weathman gave them a break was the syndicate establishing the yard, three of the township's top businessmen : Dave Nemback, manager; Don Guglielmino and Otis "Red" Andrews.

Two Rerqil Yords Join SCRTA

Two more retail lumberyards have joined the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. as Active members. They are the Van Nuys Lumber Co., 14423 Calvert St., Van Nuys, of which C. Gordon Leadbetter is the owner, and the Sun Lumber Company's branch yard at 1532 W. Anaheim, Long Beach.

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