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1055 Lincoln Ave. San Jose, Ca. 95125 (408) 295,4103 :lli!illillllilliili:il:l::i:i':ililiiii:liilli:.iti,j:i:lil:*il:!ii:;:,r:i:,r:lliiliiL::lllllil+ii l7ou MAY NoT be selling it as dim! ension lumber but the use of wood has doubled in the past two years for use as fuel. Household use of wood for fuel climbed from about 23 million cords to more than 50 million cords per year in I 98 I . That includes all household users of wood from those who rely on it for most of their energy needs to those who use it infrequently.

Wood was the main fuel used in 4.5 million households in l98l, with the majority ofusers found in rural areas. Such households burned 22 million cords of wood last year, with an average use per home of just under five cords.

Total wood use bythree major consumer groups, households, industries and utilities has increased 5690 since 1970 according to the Energy Information Administration.

A California problem exists in that no wood may be taken from a state park. However, wood may be cut from national forests if one obtains a permit from Forest Service Personnel.

Down fall and dead trees are marked for cutting into firewood.

Wood hijackers have been raising havoc with both the state parks and the national forests. Since the geographic areas of many state parks and all of the national forest lands are usually isolated, it is an easy task for most wood hijackers to move into an area with their heavy equipment and remove several hundred cords undetected. The price of cord wood ranges from $180 to well over $230 in the metropolitan areas of California.

As the winter season approaches, stocks of kerosene heaters are appearing in member stores. The past two years showed a boom in sales of these heaters.

The California state law prohibits the use of kerosene heaters for residential use unless they are vented according to codes, but customers are purchasing without regard to codes. It is also required that the seller of these heaters have conspicuously posted a warning to the effect that they are not intended for residential heating unless vented according to codes.

To preclude the possibility of fines and lawsuits, it is strongly suggested that all dealers selling kerosene heaters post such a sign at the point of sale or at the merchandise display.

Customers are going to buy them anyway, but you are protecting yourself.

Coming next month . .

John Newquist, Eel River Sales Co., Newport Beach, Ca., recently returned from a sales trip to Dallas, Tx.

Eric Shelby has been promoted to sales rep. II, John Taylor, to sales service mgr., and Terry Humphrey to senior sales rep at Simpson Building Supply Distribution Center, Santa Clara, Ca.

Charles "Red" Anderson, a newly elected v.p. at Bracut International, is now gen. mgr. of the Arcata, Ca., plant, according to Denny Hess, pres.

Chuck Higgins, district mgr. of The Terry Companies, has moved from Terry Building Center, Simi Valley, Ca., to Hq. in Tarzana. Steve White has moved from purchasing at Hq. to Terry Building Center where Ron Tanner is now mgr. Steven R. Mellem and Chris Mercado are new in the general purchasing dept. in Tarzana.

Mike Herbert has joined Nu Forest Products, Healdsburg, Ca., as sales mgr., according to Mike Parli.

Frank Reynolds has retired from North Pacific Lumber Co., Portland, Or., after 40 years in the business.

Stephan Elliott is the new retail div. merchandise mgr. at O'Malley Lumber, Phoenix, Az., replacing Jerry Hancock who has moved to Chandler Corp., Boise, Id.

W.D. "Dick" Rose has been promoted to gen. marketing mgr. at the GeorgiaPacific Corp. distribution div., Atlanta, Ga., according to Ronald P. Hogan, div, v.p. James D. "Jim" Fulleris now gen. products mgr. of the div.

Bernard Kritzer has been named senior v.p. and group officer in the retail area of Wickes Companies, Inc., according to Sanford C. Sigoloff, chairman and c.e.o., headquartered in Santa Monica, Ca.

Curt Wood is now in sales at Eel River Sawmills, Fontana, Ca.

Paul Robbins is new at Anderson Forest Products, Kirkland, Wa.

Myron E. Bernslein has been elected v.p., industrial relations, and John H. Wimberly, v.p. and exec. assistant to the chairman of the board, according toWalter E.Ousterman, Jr., chairman, pres. and c.e.o. of Kaiser Cement Corp., Oakland, Ca. Arnold B. Brown, Jr., senior v.p. and gen. mgr., international operations, and director, is taking early retirement after 27 years with the co.

Winston "Red" Davison is now sales mgr. at Saginaw Shingle Co., Aberdeen, Wa.

Brent Crosby, Domtar Gypsum America, is the new pres. of the Oakland, Ca., Hoo-Hoo Club; Frank Kinney, Hulbert Lumber Co., Newark, Ca., v.p.; Dwight Currtn, DMK-Pacific, Fremont, Ca., sec./treas.; Dick Madsen, Domtar Gypsum, sgt. at arms; Tom Cole, Weyerhaeuser Co., Tom Fogarty, Osborne Lumber, Ted French, Burton-French Lumber Co., Tom Richert. Richert Redwood, Dennis Hansen, Truitt and White Lumber Co., directors.

Scott "Gater" Gates has joined sales at Chandler Corp., Phoenix, Az.

Max Kinnison has been promoted to comgr. of the 84 Lumber Co. store in San Bernardino. Ca.

Gary R. Taylor is the new district mgr. for Or., Wa., Mt., and western Id. for Minwax Co., Inc., Montvale, N.J.

Tony Merkel has been named sales mgr. for Simpson Building Supply Co. distribution center, Kirkland, Wa., according to Bill Doniels, mgr. of that facility.

Joe Omweg, Omweg's Homecenter, Carpinteria, Ca.; Ed Lowry, Lowry Hardware, Tucson, Az.; Hal Sturgeon, Granada Hills Hardware, Granada Hills, Ca.; Bruce Bundschuh, Myrtle Ave. Lumber, Monrovia, Ca.; Jack Carmichael, Battels Hardware, Whittier, Ca.; Russ Wilson, Koontz Hardware, Los Angeles, Ca.; Jeff Schulein, Crown Hardware, Corona Del Mar, Ca.; Jirn Steenbergen, Martenet Hardware, Anaheim, Ca.; Bob Mohler, Ontario Lumber & Hardware, Ontario,; Alberto Carrillo, Macons Kres, San Ysidro, Ca.; Milt Tuckness, L.L. Smith Hardware, Phoenix, Az., are 1983 District #l directors for the Pacific Southwest Hardware Assn. Bill Griffin, Griffin Hardware, Santa Ana, Ca., is pres.; Bob Hrtcher, Eastern Hardware, Bell Gardens, Ca., I st v.p. , and Bill Meanley, Meanley & Son Hardware, La Jolla, Ca., 2nd v,p. Blake V. Blakey, Anawalt Lumber and Materials Co., Pacoima, Ca.; Ken L. Lenhart, Lenhart TV Hardware, Mesa, Az., and Donald E. Bledsoe, Greenacres TV Hardware, Bakersfield, Ca., aremembersof the 1983advisory board forthe Pacific Southwest Hardware Assn.

Ben Lerny, formerly with Western Woods, Chico, Ca., has joined Ensworth Forest Products, Auburn, Ca., as a partner and v.p., according to Ross Ensworth.

Alfred X. Bexter, pres., J.H. Baxter & Co., San Mateo, Ca., is the new chairman of the forest products political committee of the National Forest Products Assn.

Gus Hubbard will retire from Simpson Timber Co., Seattle, Wa., next month.

Edward H. Tutun has been appointed group executive for W.R. Grace & Co.'s retail group, according to Carl N. Graf, president and c.e.o., following the retirement of Robert H. Anderson, who had headed the group since 1978.

Chuck Wofford has advanced to sales at Higgins Lumber Co., Union City, Ca. Fd Fountain, Jr., Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., has returned from a tour of the No. Ca. redwood country.

John Mayginnes and Steve Ahl report that the '82 Spirit coupe which races in the sedan class under the sponsorship of their All Heart Lumber Co., Ukiah, Ca., placed 3rd overall on the IMSA racing circuit for the year with Irv Pearce behind the wheel.

Lloyd Jones, Ketchikan, Ak., is the newly elected pres. of the Pacific Logging Congress.

Jack McDonald is now at Western International Forest Products,Portland,Or.

George V. Titus has been named a rep for Enterprise Wallcoverings, Inc., based in Fremont, Ca.; Mary V. Drvis, new operations mgr. and Frank J. Roos, new merchandise mgr. at the Torrance, Ca., Hq.

Anson Damon has retired from Navajo Forest Products, Navajo, N.M., after more than 36 years with the firm, according to sales mgr. Joe ShiPman.

Jim Frodsham, president of South Bay Forest Products, Orange, Ca., wants everyone to know that the "S" and "B" letters in the company logo, which were inadvertently transposed in their ad by a printer's error in the December issue, definitely don't stand forwhat "B" "S" usuallydoes. Itwas just one of those unfortunate printing errors that occasionally bedevils the best of them.

James W. Henderson is the new v.p.-gen. mgr. of the Cloverdale, Ca., facility of Rolando LumberCo..Inc., San Leandro, Ca., according to Thomas J. McHugh, pres.

Furman C. Mosely is replacing Gilbert L. Oswald as the pres. of Simpson Timber Co., Seattle, Wa. 0swald has moved to vice chairman, according to William G. Reed. Jr.. chairman.

Mike Dode is a new sales rep for Andersonia Forest Products, Arcata, Ca., according to Ed Andenon.

Harvey Schuman has retired from the Eugene, Or., branch of Lumber Products after 23 years; Gary Graham is now in outside sales.

Billie Gowans is the new sales mgr. of Sound Studs, Inc., Redding, Ca.

Cecil F. Hansen has been named a director at Alpine International Corp., Portland, Or.

Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus have named retired Army officer Major Funding to handle charitable activities at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv.

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