Your Fellow lunher Dealer ls Worhing for YOU...

Since early January of this year, your fellow lumber dealers have been planning the greatest Buildins Materials show ever staged for the 7th Annual NRLDA Exposition, to be lield in- San Francisco, Califomia, November 13-16, 1960. The ffrst full committee meeting was held in the Citv bv the Golden Gate. March l0 and ll, under the chairmanship-of Dealer Tom Fox, the general chairman of tlie i960 Exposition. et that time, the photo above was taken in front of the San Francisco Civic Auditorium, in which. w:ith adiacent Brooks i{all. the gigantic building product exhibits are now being instelled. Studying a'floor plan-of the ttill and Auditorium, the group above includes ( left to right ) :

F1ank p. HEARD, Woo{land, Calif.; R. C. fiLANDER, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Jack F. POMEROY, executive vice-presidcnt, Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California, San Fiancisco; Oertell COLLINS, Qq"lql{t, _Ggl P_aul _ELY, North Platte, Neb.; Paul DE VILLE, NRLDA president, Canton, Ohio; H. W. BLACKSTOCI(, Seattle, Wash.; Robert J. McCUTCHAN, Lebanon, Ind.; H. R. NORTHUP,'executive vicepresident, ryRLDA, Washington, D.C.; W. B. OLDHAM, Dallas, Texas; Thomas J. FOX, Santa Monica, Calif.; James C. O'MALLEY, Phoenix, Arizona; and Henry'HULETT, Corie lvladera, CaUf. -

Are YOU Proftting from the Countless Advantages of Trade Association Membership in One of These Western Retail Lumber Dealer Organizations?

Arizona Retail Lumber & Builders Supply Assn.

4740 N, Central Avenue

Phoenix, Arizona

(Gus R. lvlichaels, Executive Secretary, Manager)

Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northem Califomia

24 Califomia Street

San Francisco 11, Califomia

(Jack F, Pomeroy, Executive Vice-President)

Montana Retail Lumbermen's Association

326 Fuller Avenue

Helena, Montana

(Robert f. Lawrence, Manager)

Mountain States Lumber Dealers Association

( affiIiated with lntermountain Lumber Dealers Assn. )

432 S. Main Street

Salt Lake City, Utah

( C. W. Nortz, Executive Secretary; Field office: Denver, Colo.; Henry Thiele) lll West 7th Street

Southern California Retail Lumber Assn.

Los Angeles 14, California

( Orrie W' Hamilton, Executive Vice-President)

'Western Retail Lumbermen's Association

333 First West Seattle 99, Washington

(Ross G. Kincaid, Managing Director)

- fed.erateil associntions of the National Retail Lunrbet Dealers Association -

First Deoler to Register for The Exposition

The ffrst lumber dealer to offfcially reglster for the NRLDA ?th Annual Bullding Materlals Expositlon rn'as Ed H. Cha,mbers (rlght), president, Chambers Lumber Company, Gainesvllle, Ga. Oertell Colllns, a member of the Exposltlon Advisory commlttee, ls shown presentlng Dealer Chambers with his Exposltlon credentials. Dealer Colllns ls president of the Forest City Lumber Company, Savannah, Ga. The blg San Francisco show ls expected to draw more dealers than any prevlous show ln the slx-year history of the annual Exposltlons.

Housing Stcrrts in September l96O

Work was started on 103,400 housing units in September 1960, according to preliminary estimates of the Bureau of the Census, U,S. Department of Commerce, in comparison with the 129,900 units started in August, and the 140,000 units started in September 1959.

Privately owned housing starts totaled 97,800 units, representing a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,077,000, down almost 17lp from the estimated annual rate of 1,295,000 in August, and,297o below the September 1959 seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,509,000.

Nonfarm housing starts in September amounted to 101,300 units, down 27qa from August and,26Va below September 1959. Privately owned nonfarm starts numbered 95,700 units, representing a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,054,000 units, down L77o frorn August and 28/o below the September 1959 estimated rate of 1.468,000.

Fee Scheduie For Convention

L lOEo discount is allowed by NRLDA for registrations received by November 2nd. Advance registration forms, also giving a list of hotels and motels are available from NRLDA Exposition, Suite 302 Ring Building, Washington 6, D. C.

Dealer registratlon ------- $15

Full four-day registration, admits bearer to Exhibit area at any time; all management meetings conducted by NRLDA and action demonstrations.

Daily dealer registration

Good for one day only. Admits bearer to Exhibit area, any NRLDA management meetings and action demonstrations scheduled for that day.

Employee and guest reglstratlon

Applies to employes, wives, guests and others with related industry interests. Admits bearer to exhibit area only; does not include admission to business meetings. Dealers attending Sunday only may use this registration form.

$2

$2

Speclal component constructlon cllnlc --.-----.-.. $5

This fee is in addition to any other form of registration. Ladles reglstratlon ..-.. $10

Full four-day registration. Covers all planned entertainment for ladies-fashion luncheon, tour, visits to exhibit area and any NRLDA management meeting or action demonstration.

NRIDA Dinner dance, per person .......---...-...-..-..... $11

Tuesday at 7 p.m. Entertainment by University of California Glee Club.

Pre-Cllnic breakfasts ---$4.20

Limited number of reservations for Top-of-the-Mark.

Tustin Avenue Plywood Co. Opened

A grand opening was scheduled October 2l-23 for a new do-ityourself lumberyard, the Tustin Avenue Plywood Co., at 13862 Tustin Ave., Santa Ana, Calif, Owner of the firm is Richard S. Snyder. One of the first pieces of equipment installed on the site was a Bennett 2-Way Panel Saw, and the California representative of the manufacturer, Wayne C. Ervine, Atascadero, Calif., was on hand to show the trade the yard's special cut-to-size serwice.