EDITORIAL

So it was doubly gratifying to all of us connected with'the magazine that your response was so solidly in favor of the changes we had made.

Thanks again.

NewArizono Column

TN THIS MONTH'S issue we are pleased to bring I vou for the first time a new column on soutl*".t".r, retailers that will be appearing on a regular basis.

It is called The Arizona Scene and is being written by Frank Davis, the secretary-manager of the Arizona Raail Lumber & Builders Supply Association. Frank Davis took over the reins of the Arizona asoociation moro than a year.ago from GusMichaels, who had been head man with the Phoenix-based group for many years.

Frank's first column, appearing on page 42, tells of the plans of the Salt River Valley HooHoo club in Phoenix and how they pla4 a Forest Products Fair to tie in with National Forest Products Week which runs from October 16-22 this year.

Frank has a good source of news in that Phoenix club, as they are one of the best and most active in the country, not to mention the rest of his area.

The Arizona Scene joins the columns that two other retail association bxecutives write monthly for The lflerchanr. They are Bob McBrien, executive vice president of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, whose group covers northern California and Nevada, and Ross Kincaid, executive vice president of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association which covers Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska from its Seattle, Washington office.

To Frank Davis, a hearty Welcome Aboard!