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Harold Cole, Harvey Koll and the committee has promised a "bang-up" day of h.ppy, healthy action.

It will also be election night to install the new officers for the 1960-6I club year. "The retailers are turning out in

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Globe 9-5516 greater numbers for each tournament, and I would like to see each wholesaler bring a retail guest to our Jlune 24 event," said Snark Harold Cole.

There were prizes galore at Hacienda for the golfers and Cats. The low-gross trophy was won by George Cameron of Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Company. In the first flite, Ken Knbffel and Rex Wall were ihe-winners and, in the second flite, Harold Cole and E,d Difani carried home the loot. And, as usual, Russ Morgan won the retailer trophy.

The "Birdy Balls" were presented to C. Bastian, Lloyd Jorgensen, Johnny Osgood, Kerr Knoffel, S. Fredricson and Rex Wall. Charlie Strait won the guest prize and "Friday" Freeland won a trophy, but they couldn't stay for dinner, so went home empty-handed.

Chuck Lember made fine selections of the door prizes, whicl-r were practical gifts to take home. Winners in this category included Bud Oliver (two yet), Max Krause, Ralph Steffen, Ben Gardiner, Wayne Wilson, George Wallace, Andy Baratelle, Bob Porter, Ray Peterson, Milan Miche, Jim Gladd and Dick Lucas.

New life has been generatecl in Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Cltb 2. Each monthly meeting and tournament has been progressively better and you are the loser when you fail to attend. Be seeing

Lumber Deqlers Reseqrch Council fo Endorse Building Products

In New Nqtionol Progrom

- Washington, D. C.-An unusual new national program for .checking and endorsing building products and 6ome equlpment is announced by the Lumber Dealers Research Council. It is believed to be the first such quality-guarantee program sponsored by a nonprofit research organization. The council, founded in 1948, conducts technical and merchandising research in the field of light construction. Its m_ost widely-known development is the Lu-Re-Co system of component construction,

Products which meet the Council's requirements will be designated "Design-Approved, Job-Tested," and the manufacturers will be given the privilege of using an LDRC "shield of approval" in advertising promotion and on products and product containers as well.

"\Me feel that this will be of benefit to everybody," said Clarence Thompson of Champaign, I11., president of LDRC. "It will help the manufacturer, the lumber dealer and, most of all, the consumer. In effect, the Council will be certify- ing that products measure up to the standards of quality maintained in homes built under the Lu-Re-Co system of licensing."

Lu-Re-Co licensing of lumber dealers, who manufacture and sell house wall panels and roof trusses, was inaugu- rated in May 1958. Each house component supplied by a licensed Lu-Re-Co dealer bears the Lu-Re-Co shield. '

"This new move to endorse other building products follows logically," Mr. Thompson explained. Early in 1958 the council formally offered sustaining memberships to manufacturers. Only products of member manufacfurers will. be considered for endorsement, and each product will be judged individually. A product, to be considered, must have national distribution, and the manufacturer must submit documentary evidence of quality-such as proof that a product meets FHA standards or Commercial standards. Application must be submitted on a form supplied by LDRC, with evidence attached. It then will be considered by a "Specifications Committee."

Members of the committee, all retail lumber dealers, are Patrl Cadwallader, Fred Dill, Phil Creden and Mr. Thompsoni post of a sustaining membership is $500 per year. "it is anticipated that this endorsement program will increase the number of sustaining memberships greatly," Mr. Thompson said. "However, it should be remembered that whatever income results will be used to carrv out the council's program of developing better ways to build better homes less expensively."

The Lumber Dealers Research Council maintains headquarters in Washington. Its members include approximately 1400 leading retail lumber dealers in the U. S.