Dicrmond Mqrch Co. Enrolls lts 60 Retqil Yqrds in Lunrber Merchqnts Assn. of Northern Cqlifornio

The T.umber Merchants Association of Northern California has enrolled the 60 Northern California retail lumber, yards of the Diamond Match Company into active membership with the progressive dealer issociation. The affiliation, which became effective.July 1, is best reported through official announcements made by both Hamilton H. Knott, the current president of th,e LMANC, and C. E. Hinshaw, general manager, Retail division, The Diamoncl Match Company.

President Knott's announcement is as follorvs:

It is with real pleasure that we welcome The Diamond Match Company as members in the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California. This Association, representing hundreds of retail lumber and building material dealers, is rapidly expanding its activities, services and benefits and, consequently, its membership for the over-all good of the entire industry.

Any Association is only as strong as the support given il by the members of the industry or profession it represents. and we feel that we have a strong Association and are be-. coming increasingly stronger. Our membership may well feel proud of the progress we have made, as a group, in such. important fields as legislation, employee training, improving,inanagement techniques, information, group insur-. ance, public relations and better merchandising of the products we sell. But the job is far from complete as new problems_ arise, new products appear, increasing compeiitiort for the consumer dollar from other industries, and t6e everimportant legjslative representation. It is only through an Association that we can solve many of our mutual prob, Iems and protect our businesses and the industry 'frorn which we make our living.

- _Our congratulations to the management of the Diamontl Match Corn_pany for_ their forward-lboking, progressive decision to join with the members of the Lumber- Merchants

SCRTA Plons Junket to Boston,

NRLDA's Big Exposition

Because quite a few members of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association have indicated a desire to attend this year's Exposition of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, which will be in Philadelphia, Novernber 4-7, SCRLA Executive Vice-President -Orrie W. Hamilton.is expecting to organize another planned trip for those of his dealers who are interested. Those who profited by the meeting in the Hawaiian Islands earlier this i'ear. as well as those who had to hear of its advantages ,.second!'and," will be interested in these details coicerning the !9gr_ 4ays of unparalleled dealer opportunities aT the NRLDA's annual "big show" (CLis/.,-r/t/57) |

The SCRLA has reserved 50 double rooms at Philadelphia's New Sheraton hotel for the iunket from Southern California and rvould leave L. A. Oitober 30 at 9 a.m. via United Airlines for Boston, .rvhere the dealers would spend two days on an educational tour of the city's historv- and culture; arrival in "Beantown" would be at'9:25 p.-i Oct. 30, with transfer to the Sheraton-Plaza hotel ther-e.

The dealers'tour of Boston would include Paul Revere,s home, Old North Church, Bunker Hill, the frigate "Constitution" and Museum of Science, site of Bost6n Massacre, Old State lfouse, Back Bay area and other historical sites j lobster dinner at Union Oyster House during its 130th anniversary; second day: 4-hour motour to hoile of Longfel- low, Glass Flower Museum at Harvard, Lexington -and Concord battlegrounds, Boston IJ., Harvard diadium, advancement o{ our industry.

-Hamilton H. Knott, President Lumber Merchants Association.

, General Manager Hinshaw issued the following statement:

We feel that the Lumber Merchants Association, in ac-. cepting us as new members, is entitled to a brief statemenl: of. our fundamental philosophies which prompted us to af- filiate. Now that we are members, we intend^to devote our.

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\{.I.T., Old North Bridge and Emerson's home; prime rib dinner at Durgin's Park near Fanieul Hall.

The dealers would leave Boston via American Airlines, ].trov. 2, at 8 a.m., arriving Philadelphi a l0:2I a.m. and check in at the New Sheraton.That afteinoon is to include a tour of historical Philadelphia to Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross's home, Christ ehurch and Fairmont pari< in a 3fu-hour tour.

The clinics, building materials displays 4nd social events of the 1952 NRLDA Exposition wbulh be attended Nov. 4-5-6 and, on Nov. 7, the-party would board UA flieht for Los Angeles at 8 a.m., arriving home at 3:3O p.m. For the (Continued on Page 67)

Hommond Retoil Ycrrds Sold By Georgio-Pqcific Corp. to Johnson Coshlyoy of Omcrho

.The eight.retail .lumber yards in the Los Angeles area *-ttigtr Georgia_-Pacific Corporation acquired in the purchase of Hammond Lumber Company have-been sold to^Johnson Cashway.T.umber Company, Omaha, Nebraska, it-was announced jointly August 7 by Robert B. Pamplin, executive vice-presjdent of Georgia-Pacific, and Larry johnson, presi- dent of Johnson Cashrvay Lumber Company. Cost of the transaction was not revealed but has been r-eported in several area newspapers as $2 million.

The retail yards, located at Arcadia, Pasadena, Fontana, North Hollywood, Bellflower, Riverside, Santa Monica Bav, (Continued on Page 27)