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Virgil Nesbitt is enjoying the leisure of retirement from his v.p. post at Eel River Saw Mills, Fortuna, Ca.

Sydney Thompson is the new general mgr. of Kelleher Moulding Sales Co, Rancho Cucamonga, Ca., according to Harry Lyon.

Jim Rams€y, Georgia-Pacific, Ft. Bragg, Ca., recently vacationed in Washington State.

Larry Holquin is the new sales mgr. at H & MWholesale Lumber Co., Rancho Cucamonga, Ca,, according to Ed Feduniw, owner.

Rick Kellso, Andersonia Forest Products, Medford, Or., has been in So. Ca. repping Croman Corp. lumber sales for the McGrew Bros. Sawmill, Ashland, Or.

Bill Cressey, DMK-Pacific, Prairie Village, Ks., and his wife are visiting their son, Sliip, Simpson Building Supply, Santa Clara, Ca., and daughter-in-law.

Richard A. Good has been promoted to director of financial communications for Georgia-Pacific Corp., Portland, Or., succeeding Henry T. Stanley who has left the company, according to Stephen X. Jackson, v.p. for advertising and public relations.

Hal Smith has joined the sales team at Rygel Lumber Sales, Newport Beach, Ca., according to Clint Rygel.

Oscar Furnes recently joined Fremont Forest Products, Whittier, Ca., in industrial sales, according to Coqrad Singsaas mgr. of Fremont's industrial div.

Robert N. Rasmus has been elected chairman of Masonite Corp. with William J. White succeeding him as pres. of the company.

Dave Lewis has been named mgr. of the 84 Lumber Co. store in Colton, Ca.

Pete Rasmussen is working out of Medford, Or. as a trader for MaywoodAnderson Forest Products, Eugene, Or.

Bob Forward has left Brand S Corp., Corvallis, Or., to become national advertising mgr. of Virtue Mogazine. Clay Donne and Don Nelson will continue to handle plywood and stud sales, according to Richard D. Procarione, v.p.-plywood.

John White has been promoted to marketing mgr.-panel products/ doors, Simpson Timber Co., Seattle, Wa., to replace William Ruddick who is now gen. mgr.-distribution, according to Thomas Ingham, v.p.-marketing.

Jerty DeCou, DeCou Lumber Co', Atascadero, Ca., Ray Louvier, Louvier Finish & Supply, Costa Mesa, Ca., and Ted Gllbert, Product Sales Co., Orange, Ca., were recently pigeon hunting in the Atascadero atea.

Leo Jordan, sales mgr., Hudson Lumber Co., Anderson, Ca., hasbeen on a So. Ca. sales triP.

John E. Fox, Arkansas Oak Flooring Co., Pine Bluff, Ar.' is the new Pres. of the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association; lVahl' dean Brunson, Thomson Oak Flooring Co., Thomson, Ga., v.p.; George E. Kelly, managing director, sec.-treas. Curtis Carter, Masonite Corp., Stuart, Va.; Tom M. Cathe , Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co., Memphis, Tn., and Grant Zckgraf, Zickgraf Hardwood Co., Franklin, N.C., were elected directors.

Ben leany has joined the sales team at Western Wood, Inc., Chico, Ca., according to Rick Richter.

Ray Lizotte, R & L Wood Products, Grass Valley, Ca., got in a trip to Yakima, Wa., while Doug Lashmett held down the fort.

Bruce Norlie, Norfield Sales and Service, Chico, Ca., has been in Dallas, Tx., and Miami, Fl., on co. business.

Terry Kuehl, Siena Pacific Industries, Redding, Ca., enjoyed a vacation at Happy Camp, Ca.

BobRlggs,California Western Wholesale, Pleasanton, Ca., has been in Baltimore, Md., and Red Lion, Pa', on Yorktowne cabinet business.

Jim Hammer is now head of Miller Forest Products, Inc., the lumber div' of Miller Shingle, Granite Falls,Wa.

Mike Parli, Clint Colby' Max Corning' Tom Catlow, Knollwood Corp.; Gor' don Martin, Ray TruJillo' Bob Hass' Martin Forest Products; Bud Brun' ner, Tali-Pak; Dave LeBeck, LeBeck Forest Products, and Marion Wrrd' Wardwood, were among those attending the first annual Lumbermen's Christmas party at Larkfield (Santa Rosa), Ca.

Dave Yeazell has joined the wholesale div., Timber Product Sales Co., Springfield, Or., according to Gary Leeper, sales mgr.

Frank Bua has been promoted to mgr. at the 84 Lumber Co. store Riverside,Ca.

Roger S. Eklund has been appointed general sales mgr. and Norman E. Hascall, mgr, of product research and development at The Nicolai Co., Portland, Or,, as announced by Richard S. Reiten, pres.

Joseph J. Petrino, a corporate v.p. of Pay 'n Save, Seattle, Wa., has retired after 34 years with the corp.

Xen Rainey, Setzer Forest Products, Sacramento, Ca., is back from a Minnesota jaunt.

Ron Dybss has joined Inland Forest Products of Clarkston, Wa.' and has opened a sales office in Fremont, Ca. Bob McBride, J.H.Baxter & Co.,is back in Eugene, Or., after a Denver, Co., sales safari.

Jay Dougery has been Promoted from mgr. of direct sales in Eugene' Or., for Champion International to area mgr. in Boston, Ma., with Mike Beard taking over in Eugene with George Hewitt promoted to zone sales mgr.

Darrell Whitsell is now in industrial sales at Olympic Cascade Corp., Eugene.

Mike O'Malley, O'Malley CorP., Phoenix, Az., and his wife, Teri, are celebrating the arrival of their first born, Erin Michelle, on Dec. 13, weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. and measuring 19% inches.

Gene Wolovele, pres., Idaco Engineering, Oakland, Ca., recentlY got in some vacation time.

Lorne Green was recentlY in Dietel Lumber Co., Burbank, Ca. filming a segment of Code Red, a new tv series, reports B€tty D. Moore, Pres. of Dietel.

Nelson Sembach has joined the team at All-Coast Lumber Co., Chino, Ca., according to Daryl Bond, Pres.

Larry Stevens has joined CaliforniaWestern Wholesale, Pleasanton, Ca., as a sales rep for the San Francisco Bay area, according to Bob Riggs.

Jack Munds is the new mgr. of the Diamond International Corp. lumber and building materials store, Springfield, Or.

Scott Fairchild is branch mgr. of the Reno, Nv., operations of Palmer G. Lewis Co., Inc. with the retirement of Les Hayes who will continue to help out a few days a week.

Al Bell, Jr., retired lumberman, past pres. of NAWLA and publisher emeritus of The Merchant Magazine, has been elected an emeritus member of the Forest History Society.

Bob Briand has been named district mgr. for the Pacific Northwest turf sales region of the Rain Bird Sprinkler Mfg. Corp., Glendora, Ca., according to Ed Shoemaker' director of turf sales and marketing.

Jim Moss has joined the sales staff at the Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., according to Ed Fountain, Jr.

Scot Williams has been named co-mgr. of the 84 lumber outlet at Salt Lake City, Ut.

Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus' Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., are forecasting that they expect 2x4s to reach new dimensions in 1982.