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A. C. "Ace" llason, plesident and manager of The Ponderosa Lumbel Co', Scottsdale, Arizona, was hospitalized last month, but fortunately the problem proved not serious and Ace retulned to his busy yard in less than a rveek.

Doyle Sewell, former manager of Foxworth-Galbraith's I{esa, Arizona, branch, has switched places with Bruce Hart who up until now had been manager of the company's Wickenburg, Arizona, branch,

Frank Moloney, lumberman in residence at Crown-Zellerbach's building materials terminal at the Long Beach harbor, took a sales trip to his hometown of Vancouver, B.C., stopping off at Portland on the way.

C. O. "Chet" Rrown, forrnerly with Halstead Lumber in Phoenix, has replaced Don Taylor as manager of Mullin's Kingman Lumber Co., Kingman, Alizona.

Jesse Provencio, former assistant to Tony Padilla at Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co. in Yuma, has been promoted to manager of the company's Winkelman, Arizona, branch, He replaces Jim Hughes who moves to Deming, New Mexico, as manager of FoxworthGalbraith's yard there.

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O. R. "Dick" Braun, general sales manager of Masonite Corporation since November, 1964, has been 'elected vice presidentsales, John M. Coates, plesident, reveals.

Bohnhoff Lumber's Harold Cole vacationed in Idaho, stopping off on his leturn trip in Salt Lake City *'here he visited with Bill MacBeath and toured MacBeath Hardwood's distribution center.

Paul Sink of Mason Supplies took in the Califor-nia Building Materials Dealels Association meeting in PaIm Springs.

Simeone-Williams veep Larry Owen and his wife Fern spent the Christmas Holidays following the sun in Mexico, Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara in particular. An active Hoo-Hoo campaigner, Lary is currently serving Jurisdiction VI as Supreme Custocation and is also president of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9.

George A. Mattingly is the new Celotex man for the Santa Rosa. Calif. area. according to J. T. Nelson, the Oakland district manager.

Dale Grabe, of Grabe Lumber Company, Globe, Arizona, recently joined Simpson Timber Co. at Portland, leaving his brother Earl Grabe to manage both their Globe yard and White Mountain Lumber Co. at Pine Top, Arizona.

If you saw Perry Como's Thanksgiving Show on TV, you'll probably recall the singing group called "The Kids Next Door". One of the youngsterc is Gregg Barnett, 20-year-old son of lumberrnan Max Barnett, general manager at IBMC Redr,vood. Next for the group is an appearance u'ith Tennessee Ernie Ford at Houston's Astrodome.

Pacific Wood Products president Jack Davidson has appointed Fred Geiger as director of customer relations and administrative assistant for the western division.

Jack Allenby jetted back to Atianta, Ga., then on to San Juan, Puerto Rico for a hun'y-up, five-day redwood sales trip for Independent Building Materials Co., Compton. Calif.

David E. Hart has been named to succeed William Suiter as director of Evans I)r'oducts Company's international department. Hart joined Evans about a yeal ago. He had been with Pacific Wood Products.

Aurelio Lakman, considered by many the "father" of the Philippine plywood industr:y, has been elected executive vp of Findlay Millar Timber Co., firm president Jackson Beaman has announced. Jack Davidson was elected a director and chaiunan of the executive commitee at the same time.

Stan Nlago, formerly of TW&J's Bandini yard in Los Angeles, has moved over to Mt. Whitney Lumber, Santa Fe Springs, as mill rep for the finn's Johnsondale and Tule River mills. He replaces retiring Hal Weber, who promptly took off on a vacation in Hawaii.

California Door's Art Parkins visited relatives in Detroit on the return trip from the National Association of Home Builders Show in Chicago.

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