PERS@NAtS

Paul Wein is the new dealer sales specialist for northern Calif., for the Bostitch Co. He's a graduate of Seattle Univ.

David M. Jones, partner in Western Dry Kiln Co., Alameda, Calif., is home after an operation which kept him bedridden for several weeks.

Bill Soper, div. mgr. for Sta-Lube, Compton, Calif., is back from an Ariz. business trip and a sales meeting in Malibu.

Lloyd Webb, Vahce Lumber Co., is back in Los Angeles after a sojourn to the northern Calif. mills.

Peter T. Pope has been named g:en. mgr. of Pope & Talbot by company president Cyrus T. TV'alker. Other promotions included Guy B. Pope to vp., manufacturing; George Folquet, vp. and treasurer and Clark Johnson to vp., sales and marketing.

Ed Hansen, Hansen Lumber Co. in Cloverdale, Calif. is currently recovering from a broken hip, suffered after a fall.

Mrs. Aili Santoro is the new office secretary for the Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern Calif.

Fred B. Smales, vp. Pacific area for U.S. Plywood, has retired after 35 years with U.S. Ply. Freddy, who plans to stay in Hawaii for awhile, had previously been Lewers & Cooke president.

West rn lumber & Bullding Motcriols MERCHANI

John L. Koepf, manager, Peerless Lumber Co., Oakland, spent part of Thanksgiving week looking over homesites in So. Lake Tahoe area with his wife.

Ed Ltoyd, 2O year vet. with Brush Industrial Lumber, spent Thanksgiving at 'Wendover, Utah's, Bonneville Nat. Speed Trials where his son-in-law established a land speed record for battery powered automobiles.

Norman Darsow, formerly asst. Eastern regional s/m., will supervise St. Regis Forest Products Tacoma, Wash., orderprocessing systems. Gerald Rawles. formerly plant traffic manager, Libby, Mont., will be forest products group traffic mgr. at Tacoma.

Peter Johnson, Jr., has been elected secretary-treasurer of the California Redwood Association. At one time, he worked as an engineer for Cal-Pacific Lumber Co.

James R. Batchelder, mgr. of Kopperns forest products plant in Oroville' Calif., has been named a tech advisor at U.C., Berkeley.

"Fitz" Fitzpatrick, a longtimer with Consolidated Lumber wrtil retiring, reports all quiet on the western front.

Paut Beattie has been named director, effective Feb. 1, of promotion and marketing for the American Institute of Timber Construction. He is now Wood Marketing, Inc. mgr.

Frank \M. Welsch is the new Kinkead Showerfold div. rep in Utah and southern Idaho.

Frank Denny, formerly asst. gen. mgr. of Angels Home Improvement Center, has been promoted by Sid Kline, Angels'founder, to general manager.

Charles "Charley" Keich joined Craig Buying Service, Van Nuys, Calif., heading sales in the screen door and related item lines. Prior to joining CBS he was with Academy Screen Door, Alumnite Screen Door and Columbia Mills.

Joe Ilearin, president, Hearin Forest Industries, Portland, Ore., opened a new plywood distribution centet, Kirkland, Wash. Frank Yendermeer was appointed Washington operations mgr. The 65,000 sq. ft. facility carries a complete line of soft and hardwoods.

Gerry Swaner, son of Keith Swaner, Swaner Hardwood, Glendale, Calif., has returned from a four month, 12 countrY tour of Europe.

Jaclyn Rae Johnson, secretary at Swaner's, announced her engagement to Randall Alan Swartz, Glendale, 'Calif.

Walter Carrol joined Inland Lumber Co., Rialto, Calif., as operations manager. Carrol was formerly with Angeles Lumber, EI Monte, Calif.

Jack Mulrooney, exec. vtrl.' NAWLA' will be wielding the gavel at two sessions of the 23rd annual meeting of the National Assn. of Wholesalers.

Jack E. McKenzie has been named hardwood sales mgr, for Kimberly-Clark's lumber div. Robert E. Smith has joined the div. as eastern sales mgr.

Dick Howe, Potlatch Mahogany Importing Div., has returned from the hospital and is recovering nicely,

James F. Pieree has been promoted to national sales hgr.r wood products specialty, by Potlatch's Bill Slemp.

Larry Norby, Builders Supply Co., Medford, Ore., is a board member of the Jackson County Builders Association.

Leo Seidner, president of Summit Lumber, Los Angelea, retuured from a I week trip to Summit's lumber concession in Liberia and to discuss future sales plans with agents in Italy, Spain and France.

Clark E. McDonald,' managing direetor, Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers Assn., has been named to the Plywood Hall of Fame.

John Kirby, Swaner Hardwood, Glendale, Calif., and wife, Betty, spent Thanksgiving vacation in Palm Springs.

Milton G. Ylooley was chosen manager, Gardiner, Ore., and Chelatchie, Wash., operations of International Paper Co. Long-Bell Div., announced II. E. Sandersoq div. mgr. Wolley takes over on the retirement of A. J. '1Cotton" Myers, mgr. of the facility since 1951.

Elizibeth "Liz" Sterling, Sun Lumber Co., San Pedro, Calif., is recovering from a recent illness. Donna Brooks a n d Shirley Clinton have joined the office staff at Sun.

John P. Nelson has been promoted to sales manager, Scott Lumber Co., Burney, Calif., reports Calvin T. Martin, vp and general manager.

Jim R. Scanlan is the new sales manager, kitchen cabinet distributors, for International Papet's Long-Bell Div., announced Henry G. Reents, manager.

Tim Wood and wife, Ruth, left for Hawaii in January. Wood plans to make contacts in Honolulu for his firm, Al Thrasher Lumber Co.

Leo Htrlett, vp,, sales, Willits Redwood Co,, - Willits, Calif., and Mrs. Ilulett, are on a 30 day tour of the So. Pacific. Hulett will meet with lumber men in Australia and New Zealand.

Gage McKinney, son of Yerlon McKinney' gen. mgr. of Brush Industrial in Montebello, Calif., is working part time at the Berkeley yard of MacBeath Hardwood Co.

Dick' Hoover, A. L. Hoover Lumber, San Marino, Calif., joined brother Bob sales mgr. for Pacific Lumber, for a weekts skiing at Idaho's Sun Valley.

Douglas Creek, owner, Two Rivers Lumber Co., Bell Gardens, Calif., hit a double header: he's just bought a vacation cabin in Crestline, Calif., and been elected new president of the Bell Gardens Chamber of Conmerce.

Mrs. Frances Riglesberger, wife of L. F. Riglesberger, owner, Rare Woods, Inc., Los Angeles, reeently returned from a 31 day Pan Am tour of the Orient, featuring Japan, Cambodia. Mrs. Riglesberger said that the Cambodian Airliner she was traveling on at one point during the trip almost crashed over So. Vietnam.

Willis Skewes, Willis Cashway Lumber Co., Montebello, Calif., reports that 20 percent of the staff are off with flu, but fortunately their absences were spread out.

Jeanette Share, exec. secretary of the Lumber Association of Southern Calif. was a member of the home in bed with the flu club.

John Osgood, Robt. S. Osgood, Inc., Los Angeles, attended the recent director's meeting of the Imported Hardwood Products Association.

Fred Wranic, owner of The Woodgmanr, Huntington Park, Calif., has been up north of Sacramento on a walnut buy- ing trip. Fred hauls the logs down south himself and has them milled in San Fernando.

Freil lYood of Wood Lumber Co., Whittier,, Calif. (famous as Dick Nixon's home town) reports that nearly everyone on his staff has the flu, including his drivers and bookkeeper.

Mel Pellman" manager of Harry T. Williams Lumber Co,, Torranee, Calif., tells us that business last year was great. Owner Harry Williams is soaking up the sun in retirement in Palm Desert, Calif. Charley Drachlis, Sunset Builders Supply, Los Angeles, was happy to say that as of the end of 1968 no one at his yard had caught the flu.

Maurice Rotkern, president of Rotko, Inc., Los Angeles, reports a 40 percent increase in business since taking over the yard.

Bill Seers, Seers Lumber Co., Hawthorne, Calif., lost half his staff last month to the flu.

John Dekker, Rutters Lumber Co., El Monte, Calif., had a great Christmas and New Year.

Gale Stafiord, Stafford Lumber Co., Industry, Calif., had a driver out with the flu recently.

Otto Arotik and Jack Hofi of the Edsel Lumber Co., Climax, Nev., do-it-yourself dept. brought in '69 with a bang.