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(Continued from Page 16) they are independent, all logs and lumber must pass Bureau of Forestry inspection, and properly handled this could be an excellent thing for the buyers on the mainland. F'or instance, up to the present time in a period of four months we understand that the Bureau of Forestry has turned down some 800 M feet as not qualifying because of miscut and poor grades. In two cases, this experience was so discouraging to the outfits running the sawmills, they sold out to new people who are experienced in sawmill operations. This type of protection to the export trade should be welcome."

Vice Presfdent Don White presided at the Friday morning session.

Officers elected for the coming year were: President, Don White; Vice President, Bruce Mclean ; SecretaryTreasurer, Don Braley.

Directors elected were: Gordon T. Frost, E,. G. Reel, Alex Gordon, Fred Ahearn, Dallas Donnan, and Lar,vrence B. Culter.

Hal Von Breton announced that he and Don White have arranged for a two-week Hardwood Grading Course for hardwood yard personnel to be held in Los Angeles and San Francisbo. during the month of August. E,leven members of the'Association in Los Angeles and seven members in San Francisco are sponsoring the course. The course rvill be given in Los Angeles the first trvo u'eeks of the month, and in San Francisco the last,two weeks. Inspector Swartzbough of the National Hardwood Lumber Association rvill be in charge.

The first rveek of the course will be given over to class room studies, while the second week will be spent on practical grading work in some of the hardwood yards. The course in Los Angeles is open to the personnel of the Southern California hardwood dealers, and in San Francisco it 'ivill be available for the hardwood dealers in the San Francisco Bay Area and Pacific Northwest.

The Association members were highly in favor of the grading courses.

The members were in favor of trying to get some lectures on hardwood lumber included in the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association educational program which covers the 30-day training course for retail yard personnel sponsored by the regional associations.

It rn'as also recommended that the wholesale hardwood distributors send in quotations on bids received from the government.

President Don White lvas authorized to write to the National Wholesale Hardwood Distribution Yard Ass'n., giving the viervs of the members on both these matters.

Davidson Plyrvood Co., Los Angeles, and Harbor Plyrvood Corporation of California, San Francisco, were elected to membership in the Association.

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(Continued from Page 18) was enjoyed Friday afternoon by the ladies attending the convention.

The ,banquet was held Friday evening followed by dancing in the Patio. Mrs. K. E. MacBeath won the drawing for the ladies prize, a crystal bowl, and Stanton Swafiord was awarded the golf prize, a sterling silver pitcher.

Adolph Wanke was pleasantly surprised at the banquet when the waiters brought in a large birthday cake with lighted candles, and with the orchestra playing the gathering sang "Happy Birthday To You." It was Adolph's birthday.

Attending the convention were:

Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Baum, B. W. Byrne & Son, Long Beach

Ed Bauer. .....Atlas Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Clarence C. Bohnhoff.

Bohnhoft Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bond

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American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles and Mrs. Don Braley, U. S. Plywood Corp., San Francisco and Mrs. Jack Brush, Brush Industrial Lumber Co., Los Angeles and Mrs. B. W. Byrne, Sr.,

Nelson Jones. .Jones Hardwood Co., San Francisco

Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Kahn. Forsyth Hardwood Co., San

Mr. and Mrs. K. E. MacBeath, Gordon-MacBeath. Hardwood Co.,

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mclean, General Hardwood Co., Tacoma

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Mclellan

White Brothers, San Francisco

Ralph Mannion.J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San Francisco

Ed Martin, The California Lumber Merchant.

Mr. and Mrs. William Moore. American Hardwood Co.,

James B. Overcast....Strable Hardwood

Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Reel, Reel Lumber Service.

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Radditz. Wanke Panel Co., Portland

Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Sawers, J. Fyfe-Smith & Co., Ltd., Vancouver, B. C.

Floyd Scott, Tropical & Western Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Walter G. Scrim Scrim Lumber Co.; Los Angeles.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Smales, U. S. Plywood Corp., Los Angeles

Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy H. Stanton, Jr.,

Mr. E. J. Stanton & Son,

B. W. Byrne & Son, Long Beach and Mrs. George C. Byrne,

B. W. Byrne & Son, Long Beach

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carey, Owens-Parks Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Connolly and daughters, Diane and Sheila, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cooper, W. E. Cooper Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Culter, J. FyTe-Smith & Co., Ltd., Vancouver, B. C. Dallas Donnan. .....Erlich-Ifarrison Co., Seattle

W. F. Fahs, California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles

Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Frost and daughter, lfelen, Frost Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego

Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Frost, Frost Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Grill, J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San Francisco

Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy H. Stanton, Sr., E. J. Stanton & Son,

Mr..and Mrs. S. L. Stofle and son, Roderick, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Bob Sullivan.Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co. San Diego

Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Swaftord, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles

Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Taenzer, American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles

Mr. and Mrs. Hafnilton Von Breton, Tropical & Western Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Wanke and daughter, Alice, 'Wanke Panel Co.. Portland

Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. White, \,Vhite Brothers, Oakland

Mr. and Mrs. Don F. White, White Brothers, San Francisco

Mr. and Mrs. W. T. White, Jr., White Brothers. San Francisco