Bock Re-Elected President Of Hordwood Associotion

Bernard Bock of Montreal, Que., was re-elected president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association for-a second ore-year term at the 62nd annual meeting of the organiza- tion, held at the Queen ]ilizabeth hotel, Montreal, dctober 6-8. Elected a vice-president was Donald F. White of Oakland, Calif. M. B. Pendleton, secretary-manager of the association, was reappointed for the ensuing year.

The three-day convention of the hardw-ood men was one of the best attended meetings in the history of the Association. Social high spots included a ladies luncheon attended by nearly four hundred, and a banquet and entertainment which attracted over 1200 members ind guests.

In President Bock's annual message-, l-re stressed the growing influence of National gradiig' rules in foreign countries and pointed out the greit benEfits to be founclln their.use, providing mutual understanding which is of great value to buyers and sellers of hardwood limber every*Trere.

Secretary-manager M. B. Pendleton announced ihe past year had been one of the biggest in the Association,s history, and National inspectors certified to nearly 270 million leet of hardwoods. Business was reported to 6e generally goocl and the members were optimistic toward a coirtinuing aEtive demand for hardwoods.

The 1960 convention will be at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, October 3-6.

Colifornio Business Surge Predicfed

California is a "giant on wheels" that will soon lead the rest of the nation in the greatest surge of business growth tl-ris country has ever seen. This was-the .otr..nrt-ts"of t*o vice-presidents of B. F. Goodrich Tirc Company. Guv G_undaker, Jr., and Johr-r T. Callahan, who predicteA inat tt-,e 1960s lvill be a period of "unprecedented continuous growth" for the entire American economy.

"And California's business outlooli is even rosier. Here the later years of the next decade will probablv be known as the Soaring Sixties," said Gundaker.

A big factor in California's coming "economic exDlosion" is tl.re tremendous increase in the stite's young aduit popu- lation which will occur in the late l96Ois. 'ftiis will ^b.ir.g nbout a staggering increase in the state's commercial anii industrial markets, Gundaker said.

Callahan pointed out that California is leading all other states in car registrations and in motor truck relistrations and use-two reliable indicators of industrial ac"tivity and economic potential.

O'Molley Remodels in Arizono

The .O'lVlalley T,um6.. Co. yard in Scottsdale, Arizona, nrarkecl the complete remodeling of its store at 4g1 N. Scottsdale Road with_a one-day Home Improvement Fair, October 24. A special sale, prizes, rou.rerir. and refreshj ments were included in the celebration.

The. remodeling increased the retail floor space of the ll.or.. by.2.000 square feet toa total of 6,000 iquare feet. I lre_ lumberyard size has been doubled and a cluick_service Iumber_department has been added, according'to fUu""g"i A. C. Mason.

Morinq for Richmond Hqrbor

Plans for the proposed development of a $1.5 million marina on the Santa Fe channel in the Richmond harbor are announced by R. J. Naylor, a Richmoncl industrialist.

-According to Naylor, the marina will have facilities for 150 boats ug to 65 feet long and will be built on the east side of the channel, taking over accommodations "or" "o.r_ ated. as a yacht,harbor. A restaurant and bar, boat "iiet service, gas dock and boat sales will be inclucled in the operation, he said.