North ern Califiornia Retailers tVill Hold Annual Convention at San Francisco October 16

The third annual convention of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California which will be held at the Palace Hotel, San Franciso, on Friday, October 16, 1942, promises to be the most interesting and important meeting ever held. Problems concerning the individual retail dealer, the industry as a whole, and the activities of the Association for the coming year will be discussed.

Kenneth Smith, president of the California Redwood Association, will not only be toastmaster but will have a message of his own for the dealers.

Captain A. A. Nichoson, assistant to the vice-president of the Texas Association, will deliver the keynote address, "What Are We Defending?"

Col. W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, will deliver an address on the "Sawmills Position During the War Emergency."

Geoffrey F. Morgan, public relations director for the Douglas Aircraft Corporation, wiil discuss the timely subject "Air Power for Victory."

A special meeting of the board of directors will be held Thursday evening, October 15, at 6:30 p.m., and all members are invited and urged to attend.

Ladies are cordially invited to attend all the meetings. The Bal Tabarin has reserved a section of their club for those attending the convention and a fine dinner and splendid floor show is assured.

The Association officers are: president, Ray Clotfelter, W. R. Spalding Lumber Co., Visalia; vice-president, F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno; treasurer, I. E. Horton, South City Lumber & Supply Co., South San Francisco; secretary, Bernard B. Barber, Fresno.

Sacramento Club Elects Officers

LeRoy J. Miller, Burnett & Sons, Sacramento, was elected president of the Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club at a meeting held in Sacramento, September 16.

Homer M. Derr, J. M. Derr Lumber Co., Elk Grove, was elected vice-president, and Russell E. Tracy, Tracy Lumber Co., Sacramento, was elected secretary-treasurer.

Directors elected were Leon Clare, Clare Lumber Co., North Sacramento; Bill Williams, Loomis Lumber Co., Loomis, and Dewey Adloff, The Diamond Match Co., Sacramento.