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by BOB lYtcBRlEN executive vice president of the Lumber Merchonls Associotion of Norlhern Colifornio

HEN IT COMES to celebrating a Golden Anniversary, I'm told you look around for the nicest spot you can find. That's iust what has happened with our National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association they have selected Lake Tahoe as the site of their 50th annual meeting, October 28 thru November 1.

We are delighted that the national looks upon the Golden State in such a {avorable manner and we know that dealers and manufacturers from every state in the union will find our locale of great interest and attraction. But what about our Cali' fornia and Nevada dealers?

meeting at Lake Tahoe are re-lated this month Franklv. this is one of the best reasons bv Bob McBrien' 1 can thi;k of for planning a trip to Lake Tahoe, It has been a number o{ years since t-he last national meeting was held in San Francisco and thus our dealers haven't had such an excellent opportunity to participate. Now's the time!

It's part of my job to attend all NLBMDA annual meetings and I can report to you that it is most interesting to observe the ac' tivity. Mo€t of the work sessions are handled committee style cov' ering such topics as legislation, marketing, research, industry relations, etc. Attendance is excellent and participants greatly increase their knowledge of the subject matter.

Aside from the meetings, there are numberless opportunities to meet in even smaller groups with dealers from other areas and "chew on" common problems. As any convention or meeting-goer will tell you, these "bull sessions" often pay for the trip via solutions and new ideas which add to the profit picture.

The Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California is most anxious'to have as many California and Nevada dealers as possible attend the NLBMDA annual meeting In fact, we are even holding our board of directors' meeting in conjunction with the national meeting on Sunday morning, October 30.

Full details on the meeting have been sent to mernbers via National Neps. The agenda looks like a good one and we hope that we will find you there taking part. Use this opportunity to Iearn more about your industry representative in Washington.

Req to New Offices

J. J. Rea, who will soon celebrate his 50th year in the lumber business in the West, has moved to new offices on Hancock Ave. in Los Angeles.

Rea got his start in l90B at the old Slade Lumber Co. at l0 Market St.o San Francisco. During the past 48 years he has represented a number of leading mills in southern California. He is the brother of Leonard Rea. who was for more than 40 years secretary-treasurer of Hammond Lumber Co.