State Retailers' Annual Convention

Lumbermen from all sections of California will be at the Hotel Biltmore, Santa Barbara, on Thursday and Friday, November 7-8, 1940, to attend thc 21st annual convention of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, and indications point to a record attendance.

Registration will be on Thursday morning,andfor those who want to play golf there are three courses available.

T h e convention will be called to order Thursday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. by President Ray Clotfelter who will report on the activities of the State Association. Other speakers rt the afternoon session will be I. N. Tate, vice-president, Paul, Minn.; represenAdministration, and a Lumbermen's Associa-

Thursday evening, dinner and a Spanish Fiesta will be in the main dining room at 7:00 p.m.

The directors' breakfast and meeting will be Friday morning at 7:30 a.m.

Roy Wenzlick of St. Louis, NIo., noted real estate and construction analyst, will be the speaker at the Friday morning business session. The entire morning session will be allotted to Mr. Wenzlick.

Friday noon there will be a diving exhibition by a troop of diving girls in Coral Casino during the luncheon.

Friday afternoon, the speakers will be Thomas Dixon, Los Angeles, past president of the California Savings and Loan League; George McClellan, noted rvorld traveler; F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Company, Fresno; and representatives of the Federal Wage and Hour Administration Department. The various committee reports will conclude the afternoon's session.

The dinner dance and floor show will be Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. The entertainment will be furnished by Patrick & Marsh, Los Angeles, with seven headliner acts.

The committee has arranged f'or entertainment for the Iadies during the convention.

The Association officers are: Ray Clotfelter, W. R. Spalding Lumber Company, Visalia, president; A. E. Fickling, A. E. Fickling Lumber Company, Long Beach, vice-president; F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Company, Fresno, vice-president, and George C. Burnett, Burnett Lumber Company, Tulare, secretary-treasurer.

The committee arranging for the convention includes: A. E. Fickling, Long Beach; John W. Fisher, Fisher-Swartz Lumber Company, Santa Monica; Frank Gibbs, Gibbs Lumber Company, Anaheim; Paul Hallingby, Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles; E. C. Parker, Patten-Blinn Lumber Company, Los Angeles, and Frank Harrison, Santa Barbara.