Arizona Retail Dealers Meet at Tucson

Wm. C. Ketchersid, Arizona Mining Supply Co., Prescott, was elected president of the Arrzona Retail I-umber and Builders Supply Association, fnc., at the annual convention held at the Pioneer lfotel, Tucson, on April 24,25, and 26. The attendance topped all previous records.

Other ofEcers elected lvere : Vice Presidents, E. H. Petty, Petty's Builders Emporium, Tucson; Emron T. Wright, Valley Lumber Co., Phoenix; and J. Knox Corbett, J. Knox Corbett Lumber Co., Tucson; Treasurer, llenry Galbraith, Foxn'orth-Galbraith Lumber Co., Phoenix; Secretary-Manager, G. R. Michaels, Phoenix.

Directors elected were : Ralph Bell, Yuma; R. L. Bond, Mesa; Sam Beecroft, Phoenix; Earl Cox, Phoenix; Jay Nt. Gates, Kingman; Charles Ray, Pl-roenix; Adolph Schwarz, Miami; Charles Roach, Safford; Floyd B. Olson, Phoenix; Mike S. Medigovich, Cottonwood; Jim Olds, Winslou,; Don McCaughey, Phoenix; S. A. Douglas, Tucson ; H. Cline Schweikart, Douglas ; James L. Lervis, Prescott; Bill Beal, Tucson; Ambrose Halstead. Phoenix. National dealer director, James C. O'Malley, Phoenix.

Thursday

The convention got under u'ay rvith the annual lumbermen's golf tournament at the Ill Rio Golf and Country Club, Tucson. The golfers started teeing off at9:00 a.m. Emron T. Wright was the winner of the rvoodpecker for the year.

Registration in the lobby of the Pioneer Hotel began at 9:00 a.m. The exhibits and displays on the Mezzanine Floor of the hotel were open all day from 9:00 a.m.

At 5:D p.m. a Hoo-Hoo Concatenation was held in the Varsity Room of the hotel under the direction of Earl Cox, Phoenix, State Deputy Snark of Arizona; and Vicegerent Snarks Carl Hornbake of Phoenix, and Tess D. Stervart of Tucson. 11 Kittens rvere initiated.

Friday

President James C. O'Malley called the convention to spreading as he did order at 9:00 a.m. Father Don H. Hughes, pastor of Saint Ambrose Churcl.r, Tucson, gave the invocation. Fred A. Emery, Mayor of Tucson, and Nlundev Johnston, President of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce. made addresses of l-elcome, and Vice President Wm. C. Ketchersid responded for the Association.

President O'\'falley sounded a rvarning to dealers in iris annual report rvhen he pointed out that the construction industry, second only to agriculture as an emplol'er in Arizona, had but one man in the Legislature last session r,vho understood our problems. The passage of just one or trvo pieces of legislation could do irreparable damage to onr industry ancl cost us plenty of money, he said.

President O'N[alley then appointed the follor'ving committees: Convention (time and place), resolutionS and nominations.

Frank Emerv Cox. Sales Research and Business Development Analyst, Tire Kanneer Cornpanv, Berkeley, Calif., gave an interesting and constructive talk on "N'[ain Street Ilodernization." This was follorved bir a Panel Discussion u'ith questions from the floor. Wm. C. Ketchersid acted as moderator, and sitting on the panel l-ere Francis J. Ryley, attorney at larv; Jerome N[. Kelleher. labor consultant, and G. R. Nlichaels, the Association's secretary-manager. This \vas an open forum discussion of retail lumber merchant problems.

At the a{ternoon business sessiorr. .\rthur S. Goldman. The Nlagazine of Building, New York City, discussed "The Open End Mortgage." At 3:30 p.r.n. the delegates entered busses in front of the Pioneer Hotel for a trip to the Arizona Portland Cement Co. plant at Rillito u'here they had an opportllnity to see at first hand the making of cement. \\talter Coleman and Hal Sayre, representing the company, u'ere in charge of the tour through the plant.

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