California Millwork Institute Meet at Los Angeles

The second of the tri-annual meetings of the Millwork Institute of California was held at the Alexandria Hotel, Los Angeles, July 25 and 26. The entire first day was given to a directors' meeting, and all the business was transacted in one day.

President Arthur W. Bernhauer, Fresno Planing Mill, Fresno, operred the business session with an expression of gratitude for the cooperation he had gotten from the officers of the Institute. He especially thanked the vice presidents, J. G. Kennedy, Pacific Manufacturing Company, San Francisco, and A. J. Todhunter, Hammond Lumber Company, rvas not so much argument on how and when things were being done as in the past. Mr. Didesch expressed a great deal of pleasure because of the enthusiastic response he haa gotten in answer to his letters regarding the certification plan. He stated that the book of standards would be ap- proximately 40 or 50 pages and would be published about the middle of August.

Owing to the absence of the treasurer, E. A. Nicholson, Pacific Door ct Sash Company, Los Angeles, Mr. Didesch read the treasurer's report.

Jack Dionne, California Lumber Merchant, was then efforts.

Didesch, Managing Director, for asked to address the meeting and he of the Texas I-umber Association.

Mr. Bernhauer stated that it had taken the members a long time to understand each other simply because it is so easy to misunderstand each other. He said that the Institute was in better condition at the present time, than it had been since its organization. IIe closed his talk by saying that he hoped that everyone rvho attended the meeting would leave feeling that they had learned something interesting and definite, and that their time rvas well spent.

H. T. Didesch, managing director than gave his report, stating that the Institute had hit its stride and that there brief summary

The managing director then issued the license numbers to the members who had qualified for certification. The numbers I to l0 inclusive, were not issued to any plant, so as not to cause any inferior feeling, and the other numbers rvere drawn by each individual representative, in the order in which they had been applied for. Al Koehl of John W. Koehl & Son, Los Angeles, was the first to draw, and he drew No. 40; E. A. Nicholson drew No. 38 for the Pacific Door & Sash Company; the third number, 11, was (Continued on Page 45)