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Norman O. Brendle is now mgr. of the new hollow metal door and frame dept. at Cal-Roof Wholesale in Portland.

Ray Nelson is now merchandising mgr. for the bldg. products div. of Boise Cascade, Balph Rodlum, the ad. mgr. has announced.

Pat Sweeney, Portland, Ore., has been honored by boss Robert Y. Hansberger for doing an outstanding selling job for Boise Cascade.

Joe D. Chisholm has joined Alpine Veneers, Portland, as a representative trader, Del Daley, din mgr. says.

Kurt Gelbanil has been in St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada, recently, seeing what can be done about the Robert S. Osgood goodies tied up by the dock strike.

Bob Kincaid has been named southern pine plywood sales mgr. for American International Forest Products by Hal Saltzman, president.

Tl'illiam J. Hasselbach is now consumer sales rep. for Serendipity,@ the leisure home div. of American Forest Products Corp.

Richard F. Jackson, Novato, Calif., has won the coveted Monsanto master salesman award. He works out of their Santa Clara office.

Fay Madison, owner of Pacific Madison Lumber Co., visited the Los Angeles offices with wife Katherine and son

George on the way from their home in Eureka, Calif., to a Puerto Vallarta' Mexico vacation.

Gary Stewart of TWJ, Vallejo, Calif., took a well-earned week's vacation at Christmas. Gary, his wife and children spent the time in Firebaugh, Calif., visiting Gary's folks.

Phil Roberts, president, Home Equipment Mfg. Co., Westminster, Oalif., Vic Nyssen, gen. mgr. and J. Scott Yan Enger III, director of marketing, are back ' from a successful stint at the NII'MA show in,Chicago.

Robert Smith is now the eastern sales manager,for Kimberly-Clark at Anderson, Calif. Bob was associated prior to that with Diamond National in Red Bluff in a sales capacity.

Glen Piper is the new plywood sales manager at Diamond National Corp. in Red Bluff, Calif.

.Al Wahl, gen. sales manager for Consolidated Lumber Co. prior to his retirement" hbs moved to a nice new apartment in Torrance, Calif.

Edwand H. Libbey, secretary of the National Lumber & Building Materials Dealers Ass'n. 'from 1949 until 1968, is cunently enjoying his retirement.

Bob Wells, TW&J, Los Angeles, played in the pro-am at the L.A* Open golf tourney, shooting a 78. His partner, pro Ken Still, shot a ??.

Don Moreland, Lane Lumber Co. salesman and his wife Pat, spent a white and very chilly holiday season in Spokane.

Yerlon McKinney, gen. mgr., Brush Industrial Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spent

Wcslcrn Lumbcr & luilding llqteriolt AlEiCHANl the holidays with his family in the S.F. Bay Area.

Bill Howe, sales manager at Potlatch's mahogany importing div., is back in L.A. after a business trip to the Northwest.

Robert O. Beatty, pr. & advtg. director for Boise Cascade, has named "Pete" Ilidy co4t. publications mgr.; J. Eldon John' son forest information mgr. and Dave Hedges as press relations mgr,

Mabel P. Stas€r is now with West Coast Timber Products, San Rafael, Calif., working with mgr. Ilugh Pessner. Mabel for many years had worked with Max Hill, O. M. I'Iill Lumber Co., Pasadena, Calif., until moving north.

Leo lVofford and Jay Ludlow are ovrners . and partners in Fremont Lunber and Building Materials in Fremont, Calif. , Jay formerly had an interest in Warm - Springs Lumber; Leo was employed as warehouse foreman by Evans hoducts in Oakland for several years.

Relph McClure, president of Union Planing Mill, Stockton, Calif., has been named to succeed the late Jack Little as president of Union Forest Products. Jim Pask of.Lumberman's Mercantile, Fremont, Oalif., is handing out cigars. Born on November 5 (his father's birthday) was Kevin Pask who crossed home plate at 8 lb. 9a/z oz.

'Wes Mitchell of TWJ, Vallejo, Calif., vis. ited hardwood mills in Oregon and Washington in late fall.

Ifarold Miller of Miller Redwood Co., Crescent City, Calif., is the new president of the Cralifornia Redwood Association.

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, hogany importing div. of Potlatch in Los Angeles.

John Egan, Tyisconsin lumberman and Rameses 46 of Hoo-IIoo visited Gertrude LeMastcr, widow of the late C. D. LeMaster at her home in Sacramento.

Jill Carlow, attractive daughter of Jack Carlow, Carlow Co., Los Angeles, has announced her engagement to Sgt. Stephen C. Marks. After Army duty, Steve plans to go to law school. IIis prospective father-in-law is also a lawyer.

Harold M. Frodsham, president, South Bay Lumbe'r, flawthorne, Calif. visited the International Fence I.ndustry Assn. meet in New Orleans. Other westerners , there were Abe Willie, Charley's Fence, Baldwin Park, Calif.; Mahlon Kilgorg Arrowsmith Tool, L.A.; Robert O'Donnel, Master Fence Fitting, La Habra, Calif.; George Lyman, Albrite Fencel San Berdoo; Arthur Anderson, A & A Fence, Torrance, Calif., and Herb Kol. ler, Willamette Valley Mfg., Eugene, Ore.

Lloyd Webb of Vanee Lumber, Los Angeles, has returned from a 2 week trip to Calif. and Oregon mills and a floo-floo meeting in Redding, Calif.

Mal W. Sherman, vp., director of marketing, Townhouse Industries, Montebello, Calif. attended the National Ilousewares Show in Chicago.

W. C. 'Bill" Soper, p.h.i. div. mgr., StaLube, is back at their Compton, Calif., plant after going to the decorating show in Seattle and the S.F. hardware show.

Eussell E. Spicer is now Los Angeles area sales mgr. for llyster, replacing Phil Ifil[ Jro now assistant mgr. of Hys- ter's Portland sales office.

Phil Kelty, Simonson Lumbe,r, Smith River, Calif., says the rain is the big news where he is, too.

Frank Yendermeer has been named mgr. of Ilearin Plywood Industries, new Kirkland, Wash., distribution center by boss Joe Eearin.

Jim Bangr is the new warehouse foreman at Carlow Company,s Pacoima, Calif., facility. He is an ex-T. M. Cobb man.

Bill Howe, Frank Rawolle, Pat Young, Lou Ilanes and Robin McKay of potlatch's mahogany importing div., attended a sales training meet in the Grand Bahamas.

Robert 0. Lee, a public relations and advertising executive with Georgia-paci- fic was selected from 82,bfi) employeec to receive the G-P president's award for outstanding service to the company.

Skipp Gregg, Yance Lumber, Los Angeles, and his Jean have returned from L receht busineis trip in the paciffc Northwest.

George Sisterhemn, of U. S. plywood's Shasta operation, got knocked down by the flu bug.

Bill Po_rnell, Sta.nge Lumber Co., Redding, CaUf., has also been a flu victim, according to Stange's Earl Nordtveldt.

Pete Lone Wisconsin-California Forest Products reports they are moving to new offices Mar. l.,New Address: Suite , (P.O. Box 2125) 2466 Athens Ave., Redtling, Calif. Pete's partner is Jim ItcIndoo.

Earl Moore, astt sales mgr., Diamond National, remanufactured wood products div., started out married life the right way. Ife was married tran. 26 in Paradise, Calif.

Dave Davis, 45 year redwood and fir sales vetetan, has joined Noble Lumber, Inc., according to Charles Noble, president. Davis, a past Hoo-Hoo Snark, was with . Van De Nor Lumber Sales until their recent liquidation. Noble Lumber is in . San Rafael, Calif.

Paul Penberthy, Sr, president of Penberthy Lumber Co., tos dpgeles, has completed a 2 month business trip to the Orient visiting Japa4, the Philippines, and Malaya.

Louise,Eayes, Rosamond Hatch and Mildred Dutton journeyed to Burlingame, Calif., recently on Hoo-Hoo-Ette business.

Ken Colemcn, Eckstrom Plywood, I,os Angeles, is currently at home recuperating from an appen'dicitis operation. Heal up in a hurry, Kenny!

Carl and Betty Goodman, Goodman Lumber Sales, Whittier, Qalif., left our new president's home town to see him inaugurated in Washington, D. C.

Vic Calvo, Bickell Bros. Lumber &' Bldg. Supplies, Mt. View, was recently elected supervisor of the 6th district of Santa Clara County, Calif. Good going, Vic. Marie Stanton of Palm Avenue Lumber Co., Alhambra, Calif., has retired after 12 years with the company. She will be replaced by Joyce Boswell.

Mead Kibbey, president of the Black Diamond Lumber Co., Sacramento, Calif., held a sale at his yard to raise money for the Crocker Art Gallery Assn.

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