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We're n'Widely Resd in Arizono"

Gentlemen:

In behalf of my Association, I want you to know how deeply we appreciate the. very fine write-up you gave our convention in the June lst issue.

For many, many years The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MEIRCHANT has been widely read by folks in Arizona who make their living in this field. Many. of the young men taking over the leadership in our industry are second and third generation, and in your columns of 25 Years Ago they read reports on things that their dads and grand-dads did at that time.

We again thank you for your splendid presentation.

Yours very truly,

ARIZONA RETAIL LUMBER & BUILDERS SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, INC.

G. R. Michaels Secretary-Manager

Leadbetfer Buys Vqn Nuys Retoil Ycrrd, Plqns Moior lmprovemenlsi

Twohy Hondles Sole for Cronin

C. Gordon Leadbetter purchased the Cronin Lumber Co. in Van Nuys, Calif., on June 20 from Jim Cronin. Leadbetter is originally from Detroit, Mich., where he owned the Leadbetter Coal & Lumber Co. He has been in Southern California for the past 18 months and was employed by two local retail yards, the California Lumber Co. in Montebello and, most recently, with the Carter Mill & Lumber Co., Los Angeles, whose employ he just left in mid-June.

Jim Cronin had owned the Van Nuys yard for 27 years, having bought it in 1928 from Alley Bros. Lumber Co. His future plans are indefinite. The sale of the yard was handled by Art Twohy of the Twohy Lumber Co., making another addition to the large number of retail vards he has sold during the past 40 years.

Gordon Leadbetter will take over operation of the yard. immediately after the July 4 holidays. He plans to make major improvements to the property at 14423 Calvert St., Van Nuys, where the retail site is located in the center of the city's business activity. Leadbetter will change the name of the yard to the Van Nuys Lumber Company and plans to start building at once a modern merchandising store with attractive salesroom and office space in order to cash in on do-it-yourself trade and boost the retail business. The physical improvement of the yard and installation of salesroom will be made during the balance of this year.

Associated with C. G. Leadbetter in the retail yard will be his son Richard "Dick" Leadbetter. He is a university graduate and has worked with his father in retail lumber part time in Detroit.

Oronge County Building Rqfe Doubles

Rural building in Orange county, California, showed a 143/o increase this April over April 1954. Building activity the first four months this year doubled last year's at $50,336,627.

USP Elects Fred Smoles Vice-President In Recognition of Cqliforniq Gqreer

Fred Smales, western region manager of U. S. Plywood Corp., with headquarters in Los Angeles, was named a vicepresident of the national concern last month. Prominent in lumber, plywood, fraternal and civic affairs in California for many years, Fred Smales started his career with U. S. Plywood in 1933, following his graduation from John C. Fremont High School, Los Angeles, as an honor student.

During his 22 years with the firm he held practically every job fro'm office boy through the operations department to sales and administration. In 1949, following six years as sales manager in San Francisco, he was appointed Pacific Coast division manager and returned to Southern California to make his home at Nervport.

Smales is strictly a home product in the wood and allied materials distribution field who made good in a big way. During the 22 years of his business career he has grown with the .company and watched its development from a staff of five employes to its present commanding position. Ever alert to the changing conditions in California, he has been a guiding factor in the outstanding progress of United States Plyrvood in the western territory.

An ardent yachtsman, Smales has entered and sailed his craft in the California-Hawaii race and is rvell known in seafaring circles throughout the west. He is interested in all sports and shoots a good stick of go1f. This prominent young executive presently makes his home in Fullerton with his wife and children.

'Deqler Monogement Workshopt to Be Gonducted by TMANC July 24-28

A four-day Workshop for owners and top-level management of LMANC member yards will be held at Rickey's Studio Inn, Palo Alto, July 24 through 28, according to Jack Pomeroy, executive vice-president of the Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California.

The Dealer Management Workshop will be a work-study, lecture-discussion get-together not a convention or regular school session, Pomeroy states. The Workshop has been organized in response to a recognized need for conducting a conference on the problems retail lumber dealers are facing today in the field of Financial Management, Operating Techniques, Competitive Pricing, and Shrinking Profits.

Arthur A. Hood, editor of American Lumberman, Chicago, will be discussion moderator and director of the Workshop sessions. He has conducted similar seminars over the country for many years.

Enrollments rvill be limited to 30 persons, with only one representative per firm, to insure maximum group participation and benefit, Pomeroy explained.

Rockport Is The Word For Redwood

That's what so many of our dealer friends have kindly told us. Certified Dry Redwood Bevel Siding and Finish are Rockport's specialties-the kind of lumber that pays off for everyone concerned with its production, sale and use.

Round's Lumber C om'bany is exclusiae distributor f or Rock\ort Red'wood and sales agent f or otherleading Redwood mills. Round,s also represents producers ol top qualitl, Douglas Fir, White Fir, Ponderosa Pine andSugar Pine.