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Shingle Manufactu rers to Increase Trade Promotion Activities

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At the annual meeting of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau held at Seattle, Wash., June 28, Leo S. Black, Seattle Cedar Manufacturing Co., Seattle, lvas re-elected president. H. J. Bailey, Saginaw Shingle Co., Aberdeen, Wash., was elected vice president; W. W. Woodbridge, manager, and Grace Jones, secretary-treasurer.

The board of trustees include: D. H. Lowery, Bellingham, Wash.; S. S. Waterman, Tacoma, Wash.; Nick Jerns, Bellingham, Wash.; P. H. Olwell, Everett, Wash.; H. J. Bailey, Aberdeen, Wash.; Leo S. Black, Seattle, Wash.; Jess Schwarz, Kelso, Wash.; R.P. Arkley, Raymond, Wash., and E. H. O'Neil, Snoqualmie Falls, Wash. Trustees from British Columbia: Geo. Kidd, Vancouver, B. C. ; Chas. Plant, Vancouver, B. C.; Earl McNair, Vancouver, B. C., and Aird Flavelle, Port Moody, B. C. Logging representatives are R. C. Richardson, Vancouver, B. C.; R. D. Merrill, Seattle, Wash., and C. H. Kreinenbaum, Shelton, Wash.

President Black presided over the business session. R. C. Kimbell, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, talked on conditions in the consuming territories, sales methods and the efflcient distribution of shingles. W. W. Woodbridge, manager of the Bureau, discussed trade promotion and asked that the membership dues be doubled to provide a larger fund to carry on this work. President Black announced that Mr. Woodbridge's recommendation had also been presented to the board of directors, and the board had recommended that the dues be quadrupled. More than 75 per cent of the members present voted in favor of the larger appropriation as recommended by the board.

A sketch. "Mrs. Gilroy Buys a Roof," written by Mr. Woodbridge, manag'er of the Bureau, which gave the members an idea of what happens when a person is buying a roof covering for his home, was presented by the Burton Iames Players of Seattle.

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C. C. Campbell, for many years manager of the Van Nuys Lumber Co., recently died at his old home in Woodstock, New Brunswick. Following a nervous breakdown, he went to Woodstock with the hope of recovering his health. He was 57 years of age.

Mr. Campbell first came to Van Nuys when the town was founded in 1911. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Ida Orrell Campbell.

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