Woodwork Institute Hits High Points in L.A. lleet

Perry Acuft of Western Lumber Company of San Diego was elected president of the Woodwork Institute of California at the group's general membership meeting held in the Statler Hilton hotel, I-os Angeles, May 9. Jack Little of Union Planing Mill, Stockton, was elected first vicepresident; Ray Dreps, Watson-Dreps Mill and Cabinet Co., El Monte, second-vice-president, and Rex Sporleder, Hollenbeck-Bush, Fresno, was elected treasurer. Bernard B. Barbor, Jr., Fresno, is the secretary.

Following the luncheon, retiring President Jim Pierce reviewed the activities of the Woodwork Institute during the past year, and Secretary Barber, Jr., reviewed the financial highlights of the past two years, noting that the WIC's financial condition was improving.

Sherry Karns, chairman of the WIC Technical committee, reported on the activities of his committee during the year and advised that in its opinion there was considerable work to be done in the future regarding quality control of manufactured millwork.

President Pierce then turned his gavel of office over to President-elect Acuff, who presided over the balance of the meeting.

R. Redmond Coghlan, architect and president of the Southern Californii Chapter of C.S.I., National Director of C.S.I., National Chairman. Technical Research committee of C.S.I., gave a very enlightening discussion on why quality control of millwork is necessary from an architectts viewpoint.

Richard Anderson, regional manager of the Douglas Fir Plywood As_sociation, Jhowed slidef and gave a iery interesting talk on what the D.F.P.A. is doing about inspec- tion and quality control of the plywood thit the member mills manufacture.

Harold Ford, vice-president of American Forest Products and past president of Ponderosa Pine Woodwork, delivered a very interesting discussion regarding quality control of manufactured products and the necessity of maintaining and improving manufactured products if woodwork is to retain its place in the construction field and not lose to competitive products.

Bob Herbst, assistant manager, Ponderosa Pine Woodwork, and director of American Wood Window Institute Program sponsored by Ponderosa Pine Woodwork, showed some very interesting slides and led a discussion on the American Wood Window Institute's Seal of Approval program and explained how the promotion of the A.W.W.I. was working in the midwest. He went into detail on the promotional efforts they are using to try and improve the quality of wood windows and also get the builders interested once again in using wood windows.

George F. Lamb, the new Architectural Services director for Woodwork Institute, was introduced and gave a brief outline of the goals and objectives he has set for his department, among which will be to continue to educate the architects in the proper use of the Manual of Millwork as prepared by the Woodwork Institute and to strive for a quality control program.

Following Mr. Lamb's talk a reception was held in the hotel and the 1958 Southern Membership Meeting adjourned.

An excellent turnout of members, as the accompanying pictures will prove, was on hand for the annual meeting. A cocktail party, where the members were shown displays of the activities of the Woodwork Institute during the year, preceded the luncheon meeting in the hotel's Garden Room. Also displayed were the various WIC grades of finish lumber and doors.

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