Pcrcific Cocrst Wholesqle Hordwood Distribufors

At the best-attencled meeting er-er held by the asst.rci;rtion, the l'acific Coast Wholesale Hardu.oo<l Distributors Association met in Ojai, California, for their 34th annual, June 23-26, and elected Hamilton von Breton of Tropical & Western Lumber Co., Los Ar.rgeles, the 1957-513 president to succeed \\rilliam F. Fahs of California Par-rel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles.

Other ofljcers elected at the gather.ing, u,hich u'as held at the beautiful Ojai Valley Inn, u,ere :

1st Vice-President-Gordon Frost, Frost Hardn-oocl Co., San I)iego, succeecling Nlr. von Breton ; 2nd Vice-Presi- dent-NIilt'f:renzer, American Harclu.ood Co., Los Angeles, suc,ceetnq N{r. Frost, and Secretary-Trea.surer-Jim Cooper. \\'. E. Cool>er \Vholesale Lrrmber Co., Los -\ngeles, srrcceecling I-eltor.Stantor.r. Jr.. of Ii. J. Stantr,rr & Sr,n, Los Angel&.

The 1957-58 slate of directors is Larrv Clulter. llrrd lladitz, Jack Higgins, Louis Serr-elte, Don -\\'hite. Stan Sir.af{ord and Jim Sullivan. They srrcceecl these 1956-57 dircctors: B. XI. X{clean, Dallas l)onnan, I,. R. Kahn, K. E. N{acBeath, LeRol' FI. Stanton, Sr., R. J. Sullir.an ancl C. R. Taenzer.

The J'CWHDA, l.hich conrprises .11 lcading n'cst coast