125th Anniversary Celebration of the Michigan Lumber and Building Materials Association on August 6,2014

2. Jeff Daniels
An Evening with Jeff Daniels beginning at 8:30

3. Diamond Sponsors

4. MLBMA History
1889
The Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers
Association was formed mostly by James B.
Ware a lumber salesman.
1891
The association held its second annual
convention in Saginaw due to the number of
mills in the area.

5. MLBMA History
1909
The association was represented at the Lumber
Trade Congress where the code of ethics was
developed to help create fair mindedness within the
trade.
1916
The National Association selected Fred Lowrie of
Detroit as the president for it’s first year.

6. MLBMA History
Did you know?
– Within our history, William and Richard Judd Jr.
have served as president and were grandfather
and grandson. William in 1903 and Richard in
1985.
– In 1948 the Association was the first in Michigan
to receive Insurance Commission permission to
institute an association-sponsored group
insurance program.

7. MLBMA History
Did you know?
– Within our history, the Association has had four
father and son combinations serve as president.
They were:
• Reinhard & Arthur Kleinpell- 1915 & 1936
• Fred & Edwin Westover- 1925 & 1947
• Charles & Edwin Weeks- 1927 & 1932
• Walter & William Peacook- 1951 & 1979

8. Legg Lumber- 1837

9. Judd Lumber- 1859

10. D. Baker & Son Lumber - 1871

11. DeWitt Lumber Co.- 1890

12. Dillman & Upton- 1890

13. Gold Sponsors

14. Mans Lumber- 1900

15. Chelsea Lumber Co.- 1908

16. Preston Feather Building Centers- 1915

17. Somsel Brothers Lumber Co.-1920

18. F.O. Barden & Son, Inc. -1922

19. 41 Lumber- 1925

20. U.S. Lumber Co.- 1925

21. Carson City Lumber - 1928

22. Monsma Marketing- 1930

23. Rycenga Building Center-1930

24. Murray Lumber
(Grant Lumber and Fuel) - 1931

25. Weber Lumber Co.-1931

26. Silver Sponsors

27. Progressive Affiliated Lumbermen, Inc.-
1937

28. Owens Corning-1938

29. Amerhart- 1940

30. Hansen Marketing-1940

31. TAMKO Building Products, Inc.-1944

32. Barry County Lumber Co.- 1945

33. DeLeeuw Lumber Co.- 1947

34. John’s Lumber- 1947

35. Zeeland Lumber- 1947

36. Armstrong Millworks- 1948

37. Lappo Lumber - 1950

38. C.J. Link Lumber Company- 1951

39. Ravenna Lumber Co.- 1951

40. Ravenna Lumber Co.- 1951Ravenna
Lumber Co.- 1951Standale Lumber - 1952

41. Eastern Michigan Distributors - 1954

42. Lumbermen’s Inc.-1955

43. Universal Forest Products- 1955

44. Boise Cascade - 1957

45. Bernard Building Center- 1958

46. National Nail Corp.-1962

47. Honor Building Supply - 1963

48. Biewer Lumber- 1965

49. Big L Corporation- 1965

50. Midwest Timber- 1989

51. Westwood Lumber Sales - 1991

52. Jim Mackie Distribution- 1993

53. Sethco Lumber Company - 1995

54. Entertainment Sponsor

55. Patron Sponsor

56. Corporate Sponsors

57. Board of Directors
Ken Lehman Mike Dykstra Roger Vanderheide
Byron Bernard Doug Rodriguez Seth Middlecamp
Tim Lancaster Steve Marek Bob Baker