PRE.STAINING of rumber

January 1988

Rick Johnke has been promoted to sales mgr., building materials div., at Building Material Distributors, Inc., Galt, Ca., according to Steve Ellinwood, pres. and c.e.o. Mike Garrison is now No. Ca. sales mgr. for millwork products; Vern Miller, mgr. of product specifications, and William Matthews, director of marketing.

John Breedlove has joined Home Depot as special projects mgr.

Richard K. Hinz is the new director of marketing, Hardboard Group, at Masonite Corp., according to James Morrison, Hardboard Group v.p.

Bill Rowland has been promoted to asst. sales mgr. of the in-house sales team at Ponderosa Products, Albuquerque, N.M., according to Dave Dudley, pres. Dick Goodman is now sales coordinator and Park Brownell, traffic mgr.

Reg Justus, Just Woods Forest Products Co., Portland, Or., and his wife, Jill, were on a 10-day Far East buying trip, visiting Singapore, Jakarta, Borneo and Bali, stopping in Hong Kong for some Christmas shopping.

Mel Jaffee, pres. and c.e.o., National Lumber & Supply, Inc., Fountain Valley, Ca., has been honored by B'nai B'rith International at a testimonial dinner.

Steven W. Mulholland has joined Sequoia Supply, Inc., lrvine, Ca., as product mgr., panel products.

Harold Bogert is now sales mgr. of ITTRayonier's sawmill in Hoquiam, Wa.

Dave Miller is handling sales for Bald Knob's lumber div., Longview, Wa., through Perry H. Koplik & Sons, Portland, Or.

Steve Wilcox and Sharon Sykes are new traders at Alpine International, Eugene, Or.

Larry Shoemaker has joined Sawtooth Lumber Sales, Meridian, Id.

Merl Tanner, Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Samoa, Ca., has retired after 40 years in the industry, the last 18 with L-P.

Tom Blackwood is now in purchasing at Vancouver Manufacturing Co., Washougal, Wa.

William G. Goudge, Perry H. Koplik & Sons, Portland, Or., has been elected pres. of the Portland Wholesale Lumber Association. Leonard Larson is v.p.; Rick Suchecki, sec./treas, and Sherrel Andrews, exec. sec.

Ed Mazzolini is the new gen. mgr. of the Georgia-Pacific lumber trading unit in Eugene, Or.

Bill Luke, Crestbrook Forest Industries, has been named board chairman of the MSR Lumber Producers Council, Spokane, Wa.

Sherm Griffith has been named gen. mgr. of Weyerhaeuser's customer service center in Fontana, Ca., according to R.E. Lundgren. Ron Camp is now gen. mgr. in Sepulveda, Ca., and Scott Quisenberry in Los Angeles, Ca.

Mel Rhodes, industrial sales rep, Weyerhaeuser Co. door & millwork, Cerritos, Ca., has retired. He joined the facility in l97l when it was owned by Simpson Timber, having worked the six previous years for Simpson in Indiana.

Darrell Robinson has joined the sales force at RSG Forest Products, Kalama, Wa., according to Greg Mobley, sales mgr.

Jesse Hall is the merchandise mgr. of the new Dixieline Lumber in Solana Beach, Ca. Mike Browne is yard foreman; Mike Catalino, branch mgr., and Alan Galvez, retail sales mgr.

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Personals

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Donald S. Hendrickson is pres. and gen. mgr. of BMC West Corp., Boise, Id. Management for the 20-unit, former Boise Cascade retail chain includes Robert Becci, Dick Blackwood, Ellis Goebel, Steve Pearson and gen. mgr. Stan Bell.

Randy Marquardt has been transferred flrom Armstrong World Industries' Northwest ceilings rep to asst. mgr. of the Southeastern region in Atlanta, Ga.

Jim Runkle has been promoted to mgr. of Square Deal Lumber Yard, Silverton, Or., replacing Terry Richards, who has left to pursue other interests. Carl Hashenburger is now asst. mgr.

R. Scott Berg has been named American Forest Council v.p. for forest policy and research, according to AFC pres. Laurence D. Wiseman.

John Weyerhreuser has been promoted to sales mgr., inland markets, at Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacoma, Wa., according to Richard E. Lundgren, marketing mgr. Rick Schlehofer is now national accounts marketing mgr. for the Pacific Northwest region.

Mort Tishan and Paul Bearah are handling casket stock for Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv.

Train Collector Survives Shipping Less Lumber

As more lumber is shipped by truck, traditional users are deserting the railroad lines. But one man is still banking on the rail, Willis B. Kyle, president and majority owner of Kyle Railways Inc., San Francisco, Ca., and its nine separate lines.

Kyle, whose holdings include the Yreka Western Railroad, Mendocino Coast Railway, Idaho Western Railroad, and San Francisco's Port Railroads, isn't surprised by less lumber by rail. "The marketing distribution has changed drastically," he explains. "Economically, trucking can meet the needs of speed, smaller order sizes and widespread delivery."

Still, Kyle says his lines offer "generally lower freight rates, larger quantity capability, better care and more control for a more satisfactory way to get the job done."

Lumber is delivered straight from the mill on bulkhead flats, boxcars and now a three-sided car, less one side wall for easy transport of long lengths of lumber, But no new lines are cropping up, due in part to no new logging operations.

Patience has long been a necessary virtue for 73-year-old Kyle, ever since he purchased his f,rrst line, the Yreka Western, in 1956. "This is a low yield business where you've got to wait a while for the profits."

"Railroading is a heavy capital business," Kyle continues. "I think some of the bankruptcies today are because people don't realize the cost. Maintenance is very expensivetrack, bridges and locomotives."

Kyle's other railroads are a Midwest regional line and four other short lines: tourist lines in Hawaii and Colorado/New Mexico, and two predominantly forest products railroads in Tennessee.

Financial Help For lmporters

Tropical Forest Products, Inc., San Rafael, Ca., an importer of tropical hardwood lumber, will offer a new financial service for importers of wood products. According to president James Oliver, they will offer the new service primarily to plywood, lumber, veneer, door, wood furniture and furniture parts importers.

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