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15 remains P. O. Box 28, telephone 3-3611, and teletype MF-09. This expansion will offer Western's suppliers and customers a more complete medium through which to market and procure their supplies of lumber. Western Lumber, Inc. distributes practically all grades and sizes of Douglas Fir, ponclerosa and Sugar Pine, Incense Cedar, and Port Orford Cedar. Shipments include retail yard items, industrial clears, plywood, crating, pallet stock, dunnage, and other items of industrial lumber.

Reinhordt to Wqshington

SCRLA Pushing Grode Nqmes

Erik Flamer, now with the Soutl.rern California ltetail Lumber Assn. to acquaint building officials, lenders, architects and others rvith the new Grading Rules No. 15, and Carl Ramstrom, local West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. representative, were guest speakers last month at a meeting of dealers in northern San Diego county. It r,vas also attended by building officials and inspectors from the Building Departrnents of Oceanside, Escondido and Carlsbad. Flamer rvill be available to attend dealers' meetings over Southern California if given sufficient notice through the SCRLA offices: TUcker 6108.

of the 6th Army Headquarters, Presidio, joined the timber management staff of in the U. S. Department of Agriculture SUGAR CEDAR PINE DOUGI.AS FIR Manufacturer and Distibutor PAUL BUNYAN TUTIBERCO. SUSANVIIIE, CALIFOR,NIA ANDERSON, CAIIFORNIA

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Trede Mrrl Regirtcrcd SATES OFFICE AT SUSANVILIE, CALIF.

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Paul Merner, and A. F. Stevens l-ur.r.rber Cornpany in Healdsburg, Russ Stevens.

Because of the increasing costs and complexities of all the various types of insurance a retail lumber merchant must carry, the association is presenting a complete and thorough discussion of the various insurance coverages during a Business Insurance Panel to be conducted by representatives of the well knorvn insurance consulting firm of Johnson and Higgins.

On the fun and relaxation side rvill be a ladies luncheon beside the beautiful srvinlming pool on the Inn's grottnds, a conducted tour for the ladies of the interesting and entertaining features of the Palo Alto and Peninsula area, ancl :r "Get Acquainted and Friendship Hour" cocktail party cach of the three evenings, either beside the pool or in the beautiful Rose Room.

There rvill be a dinner party on Tuesday evening followed by an outstanding shorv, and then on Wednesday evening is the annual dinner-dance and floor shorv rvhich will be headlined by The Sportsmer-r from the Jack Benny Show' The annual LNIA golf tollrnament rvill l;e held on Wednesday, April 25.

An honored guest of the Lumber Merchants Association rvho rvill appear on the convention program is E. G. (Dave) Davis, l{oo Hoo's Snark of the lJniverse and sales manager of the Simpson Redrvood ComPanY.

A tremendotls amount of dealer interest in this 1956 con-