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Lloyd Wattenberg, Wattenberg Lumber, Bakersfield, Ca., is back from a B.C. hunting expedition where he bagged a 55" moose and a six point elk.

Donald Weixelnfan has been promoted to exec. director of marketing and Jack Gray to sales mgr. by States Veneer Co., Eugene, Or.

James J. Tracy is the new v.p. and treasurer for Johns-Manville. reports George W. O'Dair, senior finance veep.

Jack Purrington is Champion Building Products' new capital project contract administrator at Eugene, Or., and Ken Strong mgr. of the computer center. Lewis C. Foster is now in charge of purchasing and materials mgr. at CBP, Anderson, Ca.

Norbert Edwardsen, Georgia-Pacific, recently transferred from Billings, Mt., to Spokane, Wa.

Alvin W. Luhr, Floyd D. Pitts, and Eugene R. Kinder, all of Colville, Wa., and Daryl Zanck, William J. Anderson, Robert J. Kuzman, Alvie R. Marcellus and Robert Sloan. all of Spokane, are new members of the Spokane Hoo-Hoo club.

Robert N. Rasmus is the new president and chief operating officer of Masonite Corp.; Samuel S. Greeley moves up to chairman and chief exec. officer. John M. Coates, former chairman and pres., now heads the exec. committee.

Charlie Klebenow is now with Ferguson Lumber Sales in Missoula, Mt.

Dave Swartz has joined the sales force at Portland's Penn Pacific Lumber.

Bill Mocsi and Harold Logan have joined DE Doors, South El Monte, Ca.

Curtis R. Hedding is now Peavey Co.'s retail director of marketing and Robert J. Ilstrup director of administration.

William F. Nelson is now Champion Building Products' business mgr. at McCloud, Ca., according to Daye Waters, operations mgr., while at Silver City, Mt., Ken Smithson moves up to production mgr. for the sawmill and planer.

Jim O'Donnell is the new exec. v.p. of the Northwest Pine Assn., Spokane, Wa., according to assn. pres. Charles Shotts.

William H. Rogers, a longtime salesman for J. H. Baxter & Co., San Mateo, Ca., has retired, according to Al Baxter, pres.

Jim Frodsham, South Bay Redwood, Orange, Ca., and his wife, Sylvia, celebrated their 9th wedding anniversary by joining the group departing on a Lumber Association of Southern California study cruise along the Mexican Riviera.

Warren Jimerson, exec. v.p., Western Wood Moulding and Millwork Producers, is back after leading a group of members on a two week tour of European woodworking facilities.

Harley Willis is the new exec. v.p. of Brand S Corp., Corvallis, Or.; R.D. Procarione, v.p., is now in charge of the plywood div.

"Duke" Elder is now with Hirt & Wood's wholesale department, Eugene, Or.

Les Karren is now a member of the trading staff of Portland's Contact Lumber Co.

C.William "Bill" Stevens has been promoted to Pacific Lumber's gen sales. mgr., based in San Francisco.

M. J. "Gus" Kuehne has been appointed asst. director-forestry for American Plywood Association, Tacoma, according toW.D.Page. He replaces James F. O'Donnell, who recently resigned to become pres. of the Northwest Pine Association. Spokane, Wa.

Ifilliam M. Agee, 38, pres. and chief operating officer of Bendix, parent company of American Forest Products Corp., has been elected to the additional posts of chairman and chief exec. officer. He succeeds W. Michael Blumenthal, who was named Secretary designate of the Treasury by President-elect Jimmy Carter.

Lyle Shafer, a longtime light in Northern Ca. retailing is now owner-operator of Ace Hardware in Napa, Ca. He is a past pres. of the LMA.

Bill Anderson is thd new asst. mgr. at Palmer G. Lewis Company's Spokane, Wa., branch. He replaces Ray Bell to join a family business in Ohio.

Pete Parrella,Parr Lumber Co., Orange, Ca., plans a Manzanillo, Mexico business/pleasure trip this month.

Sam Fineman, president of Bel-Air Door Co., Alhambra, Ca., is back from an extensive Far Eastern business trip.

Don Simon has returned to Lake Grove, Or., after a Southern Ca. business trip for Simon, Crabtree & Ryan, Inc.

Mahlon Marsh and Al Weymiller are now veeps in VMC Corp.'s international sales dept. Firm is the parent company of Z-Brick.

Walter E. Ousterman. Jr. is the new president and c.e.o. of Kaiser Cement & Gypsum, Oakland, Ca. He succeeds Peter S. Haas, who continues as vice chairman of the board and exec. committee member. Carl R. Pagter moves up to v.p., sec. and gen. counsel, succeeding Totton P. Heffelfinger II, who plans an early '77 retirement.

Ed Evans, Fremont Forest Products, Whittier, Ca., plans a business trip this month to Coos Bay, Or.

David E. Stahl is the new exec. v.D. of the powerful National Assoiiation of Home Builders, replacing Nathaniel Rogg, retirin g after 23 years as top NAHB staffer.

Dwight Curran, Oregon-Pacific, Con-' cord, Ca., is back from a Fort Bragg, Ca., mill trip.

Dick Shattuck has joined LouisianaPacific's Santa Rosa, Ca., plywood and panel sales office.

Gene Courchaine, American Forest Products, Cerritos, Ca., and his wife are back from a two-week Hawaii triP.

David Rollason has fssn prsmoted by G-P to sales mgr. of their bldg. products div.

Don Huston, a former Californian, has been promoted by Minneapolis, Mn. based Peavy Co. to v.p.-gen. mgr. Peavy has 186 retail outlets in 10 states, including Montana's Thunderbird Home Centers.

Tom Murdoch has joined the Eugene, Or., office of Fremont Forest Products, according to pres. Pete Speek.

Richard Warden is now v.p.-marketing for C.H. Tripp Co., La Jolla, Ca., according to Carver Tripp, pres.

Ron Hope is now establishing a softwood export program for Boise Cascade in Portland.

C. Mark DeWinter is now product line mgr.-doors for Masonite's hardboard div. Thomas J. Jordan succeeded him as director of communications, according to J. L, McMaken, v.p.-marketing.

Dave Contreras has been given the additionpl responsibility of mgr., custom products div. for Willamette Industries, Albany, Or.

WEST'S newest 84 Lumber Co. store opened recently in Sparks, Nv. Warehouse style, no frills steel building has cement floor, oiled yard. Situated in an industrial park,84 uses flyers, other promotions to bring consumer. trade, as well as builder trade. Manager is Howie Clark, asst. mgr. is Mike White.

TUCKY SEVEN new members of Hoo-Hoo International, the lumbermen's fraternity, seen here were initiated recently by the Ukiah (Ca.) chapter at a well attended meeting at Vichy Springs Resort. From left: Don Van Fleet, John Rhoades, Randy Lee Farmer, Bud Lee, Andy Longcrier, Bob Handegard and Jim Lake.

Particleboard Use Up

Particleboard floor underlayment has become an important product for most building supply dealers with builders using it more widely than ever before. Research by the National Particleboard Association on particleboard's acoustical properties has led many builders to adopt particleboard floor underlayment for multi-family units. Single family homes remain, however, the largest market.

Its market price has been consistently below alternative materials and this has spurred its use in shelving applications. NPA recently produced a Builder's Bulletin on Shelving which describes various particleboard products that can be used for shelving and the deflection thal takes place with different spans and different construction. methods.

Another new product entry from the particleboard industry is stepping. NPA has been conducting a series of tests on particleboard stepping and recently HUD-FHA issued a UM bulletin on it for 30" spans.

Manufacturers are stressing however, that particleboard stepping is for interior use only and must be covered with carpeting or resilient flooring.

M0DEBIU TREND: Showmanship and smallness combine in contemporary approach to shopping malls, as seen at Lumber Yard, Laguna Beach, Ca. 0ld World design concept distinguishes center's 31 little shops in 39,000 sq. ft., all leased in advance of completion. $1.5 million, multilevel development features red-cedar-shingle roof pressure treated by a Koppers Co. process for fire retardancy. Abundant use of wood, both as heavy timbers and siding, served as dominant design element, with red cedar shingle roof.

Carefully kiln dried. All knots inspected. Permifused where necessary.

Beautif ully natural appearing waney edge.

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