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WIC Directors Meet Aprll 27

The Woodu'ork Institute of California presented a panel on millwork Nfarch 23 at the regular meeting of the San Francisco Area Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (story in the next issue). The WIC board of directors will meet in Fresno Apr|l 27, r,vith President Bvron 'Iaylor presiding.

Dubs Ploy 9O h ot Sqn Jose

The 90th Dubs, Ltd. tournament and get-together was held March 16 at the San Jose Golf & Country Club. 1)ro Eddie Duino's guarantee of "No Rain" proved as good as gold. More than 50 Dubs members ancl guests attended the ever-rt, n'hich was sponsored by Jim Pierce, Leo Cheim,

Jr., Del Travis, Bob Cheim, Lloyd Swiger and Leo Cheim, Sr.

Class "A" lo'r,v gross winner for the day was Chet Dennis rvith a 77; low net r,vent to Jim Rossman. Class "8" lon' gross rvas taken by Leo Cheim, Jr., with an 85; Bill Freeland took the lorv net. Class "C" lou' gross was tied at 92 by Bill Ingram and Leo Cheim, Sr., and Jim Ramsey u,on lou' net honors (handicap committee please note).

Winner of the guest flight low gross was Ernie Pieper, Jr., with a 71, and lon' net went to Jim Moore, J,r., (son of "Old Jim Moore, Sr.," Long-Bell Lumber Company).

The next Dubs meet r,r'ill be at the Mira Vista Country Club, located in the Berkeley hills, El Cerrito. A1 Boldt nill sponsor the tournament to be held Fridav, April 20.

NRTDA Plons Third Exposition

An impressive brochure announcing the third annual Building Products Exposition of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association has been mailed to all past and potential exhibitors. Manufacturers' enthusiasm over plans for the Exposition, r','hich *,i11 be held December 10 to 13 at Chicago's huge International Amphitheater, has already reserved one-fourth of all listed exhibit space by telegraph or telephone within six days after the brochure was placed in the mail. After revierving the response from manufacturers and dealers, NRLDA's ner,v Exposition Committee, of which Phil Creden is cl.rairman, reserved an additional 1,000 rooms ir.r Chicago's leading hotels to be sure of accommodating all comers.

The opportunitv of finishing up Christmas shopping in

Chicago's famous department stores and specialty shops is expected to attract a tremendous crowd to the Exposition.

The Conrad Hilton hotel is offrcial headquarters for all NRLDA functions anci r,vill be the scene of the board meeting which will precede the exposition. Attendance at Chicago will be restricted to the trade only. All invited guests from the building industry will pay the $15 registration fee, covering admission to exhibits and dealer clinics, which has been established for dealers and their employes.

NRLDA's President R. A. Schaub announced an association Theme Center, similar to that arranged at Cleveland, is being planned again this year and will be utilized to describe in an appropriate way the steady advancement being made by the lumber industry in its merchandising and operating techniques.

SCRTA Enrolls Five More

Orrie W. Hamilton, Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. manager, has enrolled five more members-tr,vo active and three associate-in the SCliLA. The ne'rv Actives are Dichter Lumber Sales, Inc., Beverly HillsLeon Dichter, president ; and Peery Bros. Lumber Co., Los Angeles-J. E. Peery, Jr., president-manag'er; J. E. l'eery, Sr., vice-presrdent; R. A. Peery, secretary. The three newly signed Associates are The N{artin llrothers Box Co., Compton-Oval A. I':rul, plant manager; Morgan Davitlson Lumber Co., Dor,'"'ney-Russ Morgan, E,drvarcl J. I)avidson and Bernard Dubno'w', partners; Stahl Lumber Co., LosAngeles-B. Floyd Scott, president; Milarr A. Michie, vice-president and general manager; Kenneth W. Tinckler, secretary-treasurer.

Womqn Nqmed FHA Director

For the PLYWOOD you need when yov need iI mll,ke it your habif lo -

For the first time in the Federal Housirtg Administration's history, a \\roman has been appointed director of an FHA district insuring office. Commissioner Norman P. Mason announced that Mrs. Faye Hartman of San Diego has been named head of the office there effective April 9. Mason said the appoi4tment is consistent rvith the increasing role women are playing in public life. For the past two years, Mrs. Hartman has directed the disposition of government-owned defense housing in San Diego county, greatest concentration of any area in the country. She succeeds Walter L. Forward, Jr., who resigned April 6 to join a firm in San Francisco.

Venlurq Builders Elect Officers

Ventura, Calif.-James'Woodstock, Jr. has been re-elected president of the Ventura County Building Contractors Assn. for 1956. Other ofllcers are Theodore Holt, vice-president; Harold Matthews, treasurer, and Ted Flesher, secretary.