Southern Coliforniq Wholesole Lumbermen Tolly First Yeor; Heor Notionol Speoker ond Elect Cloy President

Election of new officers and directors of the Wholesale Lumbermen's Association of Southern California is announced by the one-year old organization of wholesalers. Charles.E. Clay, president of Clay Lumber Company (Forest Products Sales Company), Inglewood, was elected presi- dent of the wholesale trade group succeeding John F. Hanson, partner in Gulf Pacific Lumber Co., Ini.. Encino. who served as the first president of the association.

^ James W. Newquist, president of James W. Newquist Company, _Pasadena wholesale firm, was elected vice-piesi- dent. Ted Roy, president of Roy Forest Products Combany, Van Nuys, was elected by the board of directors to serve a new term as secretary. William J. Hanen, California manager of Al Peirce Co., Long Beach, was elected to the post of treasurer.

New directors elected to three-year terms by the membership _were William _E,. Baugh, president of Iiaugh Bros. & Co., I-e5 Angeles;O.D. (Bud) Burger of Pacifii Fir Sales, now headquartered in San Marino, and Carl E. povnor. president of Wholesale Forest Products Co., Beverlv Hills. Other directors continuing in office, in addition to the elected officers mentioned above, are Iohn F. Hanson. and Stark Sowers, vice-president and geneial manager of Inland Lumber Company, Bloomington, one of the foiinders of the trade group.

Retiring directors whose terms of office recently expired were_James W. Co_oper, _formerly of W. E. Cooper WholeIlle Lumber Co.; B. B. Hoover, A. L. lfoover Co., and A. C. Penberthy, Jr., Tacoma Lumber Sales, Inc.

The Nominating committee of the wholesaler organiza_ tio.n_consisted of Jim fotg,9, associate in Robert S. O"sgood; Fld Fountain, partner in Ed Fountain Lumber Co.: Cirl E.

Poynor; Peter V. Speek, president of Fremont Forest Products, and Fred S. Thompson, president of Inland Lumber Company.

Election meetings for the board of directors and officers took place following the first annual membership meeting held in the Sheraton-West hotel's Terrace Room last month. Principal speaker at the annual meeting was Donald R. Meredith, president of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, who spoke on "What It Takes to Be a Real Wholesaler."

Following the appearance of the well-known national wholesale association official, who had journeyed from the East coast to speak before the Southern California group and also sit in on the organizational meeting of ttre National Wood Promotion Committee at Palm Springs before emplaning to Hawaii for a vacation, the local organization had the pleasure of hearing a special report on Pacific coast activities of the National-American by Donald R. Andrews, western manager of the N-AWLA.

Of considerable interest also to the large gathering of wholesalers attending the annual meeting was a very informative discussion by Roy C. Pender, assistant freight traffic manager of the Southern Pacific, who reviewed both the background and current developments in the rail freight-rate situation. President John F. Hanson presided at the gathering.

At the annual meeting the following wholesaler member representatives were in attendance: Robert P. Baugh and William E. Baugh of Baugh Bros. & Co., Carl W. Baugh and Bob Male of Carl W. Baugh; Mike Walsh, Fairhurst Lumber Co.'of California;Harry H. Selling, R. F. Kreisler, Jack SeCoy and John P. Weston of Far West Fir Sales

I Co.; Walter W. Kuck, Charles E. Clay and Cornell Norby of Forest Products Sales Company (Clay Lumber Company) ; Ed Fountain, Frank Bader and Dick Lloyd of Ed Fountain Lumber Co.; Peter V. Speek and Daryl Bond of Fremont Forest Products: Tohn F. Hanson ancl Edward G. Karst of Gulf Pacific Lumblr Co.. Inc.: R. B. Hoover, A. L. lloover Co.; H. E. Whittemore, Los Angeles Lumber Co.; Herb Meier, llerb Meier Lumber Company; James W. Newquist, James \A'r. Newquist Comparry; Dennis Gilchrist aud O. D. Burger, Pacific Fir Sales; Ted Roy and Jim Russell, Roy Forest Products Company; W. T. Smith and Dick Voelzke, Smith-Robbins Lumber Corp.; A. C. Penberthy, Jr., Tacoma Lumber Sales, Inc.; Seth J. Potter and Alan \,Vetsel of Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., Los Angeles; W. E. Bright and Ed Difani, Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., Van Nuys; Carl E. Poynor, Bob Pallow and Chan Mahoney, Wholesale Forest Products Co., and Richard Fenton and William G. Bralev. Wholesale Lumbermen's Association of Southern California.

Guests present included Arlow Squires, Golden West Lumber Co.; A. W. Neth, A. W. Neth Lumber Sales; John Vertin, Sierra Lumber & Plywood, Inc.; James W. Cooper, Standard Lumber Co.. Inc.. and Stanton Swafford. E. T. Stanton & Son.

A. K. Wilson Wins Appeol

Arthur King Wilson, wealthy Reno lumber operator convicted of evading payment of $118,078 in employes' withholding taxes, won a new trial in an opinion March 10 which set asicle Wilson's federal district court conviction and was written by the retired Appellate Judge William Denman before the jurist committed suicide March 9. Associates said the judge finished writing the ruling the afternoon of March 9 and it was filed March 10, by Judge Barnes, who concurred in it with Chief Judge Pope.

In August 1956, Wilson was found grrilty by Federal Judge Goodman of evading payment of income-tax deductions for employes at his Samoa, Calif., lurnber mill. Wilson appealed and the U.S. Court of Appeals sent the case back to determine if there was sumcient element of "wilfulness" in the finding of "guilty." Judge Goodman again found Wilson guilty on July 29,1958, and sentenced him to 18 months in prison. Again Wilson appealed. The late Judge Denman's opinion chided the federal judge.

Dingemon Heqds Peoples Yords

A. J. Dingeman was re-elected president of the Peoples Lumber Company, Ventura, California, at the stockl-rolders and directors meeting held February 28. Other officers tramed were : Elliott Blanchard, vice-president; L. D. \Alillis, second vice-president, and Robert Dallmun, A. A. Milligan, R. B. Gould and Robert X{artin, directors.

Noted Dqte

"Who can tell me," said the higtory teacher, "what was the most important date in all Roman history?"

"I know," said Wise Willie, "it was the one Cleopatra gave Mark Antony."

Modesiy

When every pool in Eden was a mirror That unto Eve her dainty charms proclaimed, She went undraped without a single fear, or Thought that she had need to be ashamed. 'Twas only when she'd eaten of the apple

That she became inclined to be a prude, And found that evermore she had to grapple

With the much-debated problem of the nude. Thereafter she directed her attention, Her time and all her money to her clothes, And that was the beginning of convention, And modesty as well, so I suppose. Reaction's come about in fashions recent, Now the girls conceal so little from the men, It would seem that in the name of all that's decent, Someone ought to pass the apples round again. Author Unknown.

Gircus Wisdom

She had just been hired for a job in the sideshow of the circus. and she said to the boss:

"Is there any particular advice you'd like to give me before I start to work?"

"Yes," he said, "don't ever undress in front of the bearded lady."