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t Douglas Fir in sizes to 24" x 24" t t

Redwood in gizes to 12" x 12" - lengths to 24'

Planer capacity for surfacing up to 24" x24" t

Remanufacturing facilities for resawing up to 34" x34"

Doors

Grace Beardslel' made the comments, and Emmeline Snively was in charge of the presentation.

Entertainment $.as furnished bv the Colgate Thirteen, singing ambassadors from Colgate Universitv of Hamilton. N.Y. Bernice Fay presided at the Hammond organ.

\\,'ayne F. Nlullin, Mullin Lumber Co.. Los Angeles, officiated at the lrusiness session.

The speaker lrias Dr. Kenneth llcFarland, Educational Consultant and Lecturer for General Motors, Topeka, Kansas. lle talked on "Fathoming the Fifties."

"-{merica's greatest sin todav is indilTerence." he told the lumbermen. "\\'e should not be afraid of Communists, left-n'ingers, crackpots," said Dr. McFarland. "\\'e have them prettv u'ell catalogued. \\'e can flush them out l'hen we want to.

"The people u'e should fear are the good people. those rvho believe in the right things, belong to the right thingsbut never do anything about tl.rem.

"It is becoming increasingly clear that technical and economic gains are not enough. Never ltefore have s'e had so much wealth per capita. Never have n'e been so physrcally comfortable. Yet u'e have never lived under such tensions. Never before have so manv people occupied hospital beds for the mentally ill. Ner-er have u'e felt so insecure.

"Too many people believe that solving the nation's economic problems rvill solve evervthing. To sav people have no other problems is fantastic."

Dr. I\[cFarland said: "One of the curses of our time is the insatiable desire to have fun. Too manv people are having fun in bars ever-r' night. never knorving the happiness oi saving for a nes' home. Thev prefer the fun of being the best dancer on the floor to the happiness of being the best salesman on the floor."

The ansu'er. he continued. is not an,\' economic revision but "education of the heart" so that people can distinguish betrveen happiness and fun.

Executile Vice I'resident Orrie \\-. Hamilton, s'ho made all the arrangements for the convention. \\'as asked to stand and he received a fine round of applause.

At each business session attendance prizes rrere as'arded to the ladies and men holding the luck-v numbers.

I\Irs. Carl Laughlin of Santa llonica rvon the exhibitors' prize donated b1' the \\'estern Pine -\ssociation. a patio chair, and Harold Fay. Ojai Lumber Co.. Ojai. rvon the prize donated b."* the I[asonite Corporation. a Selling Plan for Utility I'anels of l\Iasontie Products.

Thursday Evening-Dinner Dance

The dinner dance s'as held at 7:30 p.m. in the Pacific Ballroom l'ith about 250 in attendance. Excellent music u'as provided for dancing until midnight. and there rvere several entertainment numbers during the evening.

Exhibits

The follol'ing firms had exhibits at the Trade Shos': Arrorvsmith Tool & Die Co., The Black & Decker Co., Blue Diamond Corporation. The Celotex Corporation. Douglas Fir Pl-yrvood Association. Encvclopaedia Britannica. Inc., Fastener Corporation. Fir-Tex of Southern California. Forest Fibre Products Co.. Ed Fountain Lunrber Co.. Harbor Plvu'ood Corporation of Southern California, Heatilator, (Continued on Page 26)