ANGELUS HARDWOOD COMPAIIY,

search division, California, was also heard at the Friday morning session on "llow Hardwoods Shrink." His talk on drying hardwoods and the industry's problem in reducing drying costs was in Mr. Smith's usual excellent style ancl well received by the audience. He said the industry may find that it can imprefJnate green lumber with certain-chemical solutions that may either speed the drying process or assure a more perfect drying of the lumber.

Well-versed in the technical aspects of this subiect, Speaker Smith further pointed out that there i's much ihat is still not known about the drying of lumber and that under even the best of circumstances problems will arise that will affect the final condition of the lumber and which cannot always be controlled. The future, he believes, promises that many of these problems will be solved and thus provide the hardwood industry with a more perfect product. NHLA Secretary Pendleton's talk, reported above, was heard at this point, followed by additional committee reports. Clarence Bohnhoff offered a resolution to be entered into the minutes of the meeting expressing the Association's loss and extending sympathy to the member families bereaved in the past year by the deaths of Mrs. J. William (Cecelia) Ilack, Charles M. Cooper and Alex Gordon.

The officers of the successful 1958 convention were President Hal von Breton, First Vice-President Gordon Frost, Second Vice-President Milton Taenzer. and Secretarv'I-reasurer Jim Cooper, who covered and reported the convention activities in a manner most helpful both to those attending and those who would read of it later in the industry's trade journals.

The Friday afternoon and all-day Saturday activities were mainly social, with the usual outstanding events of interest to the convention crowd. Much enjoyed were the surrounding-area scenic tours planned for the convention,