Southern California Retailers Will Meet At Los Anseles

The annual meeting of the Southern California Retail l,umLrer Association r,vill be held at the Riltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, on Xlonday and Tuesday, April 2l and 22,1947.

Starting at 9:0O a.m. on \{onday registration n'ill be held in the Galeria of the hotel.

The meeting r,r'ill begin ryith a Iuncheon Nlonday noon at rvhich Jack Dlonne, publisher of The California Lumber X{erchant. r'i1l deliver the keynote address.

Among the outstanding speakers u'ho u'ill be on the prog'ralr are : Norman P. Mason, president, and H. R. Northup, secretary-manager, National Iietail l,umber Dealers Association; Kenneth Smith, presider-rt, Califori-ria l{edwood Association; S. V. Fulla'ivay, Jr., secretirr)'-manager, Western Pine Association; H. V. Sintpson, executive vice president, West Coast Lumbermen's Association; C. E. Devlin, managing director, Douglas Fir I'lvn'oocl Association; W. W. Woodbridge, manager, Red Cedar Shingle Bureau ; E,dn'arcl G. Gavin, cditor, -\merican

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lJuilder; Charles B. Keys, r'ice president of the Periseal Co. of New York and director of building industries relations of the Paint Manufacturers Association of America; and Upton Close, nationally kno*'n radio commentator.

Business sessions rvill be held Monday afternoon, Tuesrlay morning and afternoon. Monday night there .ivill be a dinner and entertainment, and Tuesday night a sectiorr of the Biltmore Bou'l n'ill be reserved for dinner and dancir.rg, for the members, exhibitors, guests and their ladies. Tuesday noon the luncireon 'will be sponsored by the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club. The ladies are invited to attend all sessions, and arrangements are being made for their entertainment.

There 'rvill be ar-r equipment and products exhibit in tlte ioyer of the ball room and the dealers can expect to see lxany new products and fine displays of merchandise.

Officers of the Association are : president, H. Park Arnold, Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale; vice president, George Lounsberry, Lounsberry & Harris, Los Angeles; treasurer, Gerald V. Curran, Curran Bros., Pomona; secretlry-manager, Orrie W. Hamilton, Los Angeles.

"This is going to be the largest and best annual meeting that has been held by the Association," Secretary Manager I Iarnilton state.-s.