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but two lveeks before it started we had 20 u'aiting over that enrollment; the night before we started, contractors, t:abinet-makers. etc.. came to enroll. We boosted the class to 54 members but some are still r.r'aiting for the next fall classes.

u'Not a member has dropped out and they come from as far as Idyllwild and Palm Springs every Monday night to attend. The class is supposed to break at 9 p.m. but some have run as late as 10:25 p.m. BECAUSE THE GROUP ASKED US TO CONTINUE."

The subjects being covered in this splendid course have already been mentioned but a lnore definitive story on the rvhole course is planned for an early issue.

The March 16 meeting adjourned shortly after 10 p.m. Sorrow was expressed in the recent death of one of the club's most ardent members, A. D. White, 34691. of Cresmer Manufacturing Co., Riverside.

t 2OO Attend Hordwore Gonvention

The 55th annual convention of the California Retail Hardware Association at the Fairmont hotel recently vi'as attended by 1,200 dealers. Delegates from central and northern California, southern Oregon and Nevada, heard a consumer credit expert urge broader use of credit extension on major hardware items.

"You have lost part of your market," he told the retail hardware men, "by not taking full advantage of installment selling. Get rid of the notion that people who buy on credit are the dregs of American life-it's outmoded."