LumberMerchants Association o[ Northern Calilornia Holds Three-D.y Convention at Santa Crut

The eighth annual convention of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California. held at the Casa Dei Rey Hotel, Santa Cruz, Calif., October 15 to 17, n'as the best get-together affair that has been possible since the last preu'ar convention at Del Nlonte in 1941. T'he large attendance included many u,ives of members, and everyone seemed to have an eniovable time. 'Ihe sessions were members in the past year, and gained a nttmber of nerv ones, and that he expected to have a steady increase in the membership total as a result of the more central location of the Association's office in San Francisco.

Officers Re-Elected

All the officers rvere re-elected. George K. Adams, Noah Adams Lumber Co., Walnut Grove, continues as president. J. H. Kirk, Kirk Lumber ct Building Nlaterial Co., Santa Maria, remains as vice president. I. E. Horton, South City Lumber Co., South San Francisco, is treasurer, and Robert J. Wright continues as executive vice president.

The executive committee consists of Earle Joht'rson, Watsonville; I. E. I{orton, South San Francisco; Walter Peterson, Bakersfield ; J. H. Kirk, Santa l\{aria; and George Adams, Walnut Grove.

The directors include those alreadv named and thc following:

'rvell attended, and it r,vas agreed that E,xecutive Vice President Bob Wright and his able assistant, Jack I'omeroy, had clone an excellent job in rnaking irrrangetneuts for the convention.

There \\'as al1 attendance of 165 at the opening luncheon at 11oon o11 the l5th. Lloycl Hebbron, I{ebbron-Nigh Lumber Co., Santa Cruz, u,as toastmaster. \V. C. (Bill) Bell, of Seattle, was the speaker. FIis subject t'as "Thc Industry E,ngincered lfome."

At 5:39 p.m. there was a H<lo-Hoo Concat, at rvhich 29 Kittens rvere initiated and 10 Old Cats reinstated. Vicegerent Herb Schaur was chairman at the banquet in the evening, u'hich \vas sponsored by San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9. Full particulars of the Concat appexr orl another page.

The speaker at the banquet u'as I\Irs. I\Iillicent I'}leydell of London, England, organizing secretary of the British FIouse Building Industries Committee, n ho told oi the difficulties being experienced by the irrdependent lruilders in her country in providing desperately needecl housing. The speaker u'as introducecl by \\rayne I. Rarvlings, presiclent of San Francisco Lttmbermen's Club.

Thursday l-'roceedings on Thursday opened u,ith the Olcl Guard Breakfast, attended by those rvho have the rigl,t to call themselves old timers.

J. H. Kirk, vice president, presided at the general business session.

Executive vice president Robert J. Wright gave l-ris annual report in u'hich he statecl that the Association lost no

Frank Baxley, Porterville; Henry Lau's, Santa Rosa; Paul M. P. Merner, Palo Alto; Frank Nfurphr-. Carnrel ; \\rilliam Wright, Stockton; Lloyd llebbron, Santa Crtrz; E. Ii. Schlotthauer, Fresno; Charles Shepard, Sacramento ; -To H. Shepard, El Cerrito; Russ Stevens, Healdsburg; Jan.res Stricker, X{odesto; Homer Derr, Elk Gro'i'e ; Burt Gartin, Turlock; Wendell Robie, Auburn; S. H. Ross, Hanford ; Byron Cannon, Cutler; Robert Cross, Mercecl; F. I-. Dettmann, San Francisco: Frank Duttle, C)akland; Ild i)ohle, San -]ose.

F. Dean Prescott rvas elected a new director, arl<l Ray Clotfelter, u'ho serr-e<l six vears as president, l'as named an honorary member of the board.

Earle Johnson, \\'-atsonville I-umber Co., Watsonville, presided over the speaking part of the program.

John E,. French, Sacramento, manager of the Sacramento Valley Associatecl Industries, spoke on "Labor-Management Relations." The speaker clescribed this subject as one of the most important in the United States today, and commended to tl.re Associati<ln the idea of settir.rg up a program of labor relations. Questioners included Crosby Shevlin, San Rafael ; Charles Shepard, Sacramento; Franl< N{urphy, Carmel. and \\'rarren Tillson, I\{oclesto.

Kenneth Smith, president of the California Redrvood Association, San Francisco, delivered an adclress on the sttbject of "lluman Relations and the Taft-Hartley Act."

Golf Tournament

The success of the golf tournament tl'as interfered u'ith to some extent by the wet weather. Sam H. Nigh, Hebbron-Nigh Lumber Co., Santa Cruz, rvas in charge of thc arrangements.

More than 200 were present at the dinner and floor sho'rv on Thursday evening. The entertainment program, r'r'ith Armand Girard as master of ceremonies, \\'as excellent and received hearty applause.

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