Arizona Dealerg Hold Annual Convention at Mego

More than 4O0 delegates registered for the annual convention of the Arizona Retail Lumber and l-]uilders Supply Association Inc., held at the Maricopa Inn, Mesa, Arizonir, on Thursday, Friday ancl Saturday, April 20, 2l and ?2. This was an all-time record attendance and the well attendecl business sessiotts retlected the serious n<lte that permeated this convention.

Cyrus ll. Sweet of Longvierv, \\Ia-sh., president of the National l{etail Lumber Dealers Association sounded the keynote when he stated: "The American public is becoming alarmed about the dangers of 'extravagant federal spending.'"

The new officers elected for the coming year are James C. OMalley, O'Malley Lumber Co., Phoenix, president; W. C. Ketchersid, Arizona Mining Supply Co., Prescott. H. C. Schweikart, Bassett Lumber Co., Douglas, and Knox Corbett, J. Knox Lumber Co., Tucson, vice presidents; I-eslie Childers, Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co., Phoenix, treasurer. Gus Michaels, Phoenix, was reelected secretarymanager.

Members of the new board of directors are Ralph Bell, Yuma; D. L. Bond, Les Kuck, I\{esa; Sam Beecroft, Earl Cox, Don McCaughey, Phoenix; J. M. Gates, Kingman; A. M. Schwartz, Miami; Tom Wentworth, Nogales; Mike Medigovich, Cottonwood; Ji- Olds, Winslow; E. H. Petty, S. Douglas, William Beal, Tucson; J. H. Wood Jr., Bisbee ; and Frank Tutt of Prescott.

Next year's convention will be held at Grand Canyon. Election of officers and directors and a banquet at the

Maricopa Inn concludecl ing. the Association's three day nreet-

Thursday

The registration started early Thursday, in the hotel lobby. The golfers flocked to the new Mesa Country Club Course for their annual tournament and as usual the turf flew far and wide, and when the firing ended, Roy McGoffin, of Foxworth-Galbraith, Benson, had the "Woodpecker" as first prize as well as low net. Howard Morris, of Lumber Distributors, Tucson, won second prize and H. Spotts, O'Malley Lumber Co. Phoenix, third prize.

The Hoo-Hoo Concatenation at 4:39 p.m. Thursday and the opening of exhibits rounded out the first day.

Friday

The convention was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by S. A. Douglas, president. After an invocation by Rev. Oliver Werner, pastor of the Methodist Church of Mesa, His Honor Frank Benedick, Mayor of Mesa turned the city over to the delegates. Innes Robson, President of the Chamber of Commerce also welcomed the delegates. J. C. O'Malley then thanked the mayor and the chamber head, and the meeting then heard the president's message af ter which the various working committees were appointed. The delegates then listened intently to Arthur Hood, editor, American Lumberman & Building Products Merchandiser, who spoke on "Maintaining of Satisfactory Volume and Profits in 1950."

After the luncheon recess Virgil Peterson, assistant manager, of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, \\rash-