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Eoward Ferguson has sold Ferguson Lumber Sales to Gene O"Ioole and Konrad Nonnenmachor, both formerly with Anaconda tr'o r e s t Products. The galeg ofrce has been moved to MissoulB but will continue operations under the original name. Howard continues on ag salesman.

Lawrence Sealey is the new owner of the former Montana Lumber & Hardware yard at Roundup. Howard Mackey continues as mg". The new operation is known as All Seasons Lumber and Hardware Co.

Carl Yerrips, Permaneer Corp., Sunnyvale, Ca., flew to SL Louis for a sales meeting reeeatly.

Dave McCreary has been hlred as purchasing agent at L-M in Fremon0, Ca., according to Ted Egn8On, gen. mgT, Ilarold Fuerrt, G-P, San Jore, Ca., started ofr the New Year with a one week vacation. Thatts tlre way to do itl

Mort Robineon has returned to Rayberg Lumber, San Carlos, Ca., as an inside saleem6n, according to Joe Aknen.

W. F. Fornes is now th€ big boss of Mid-Valley Irumber Co., Worden. No changes in former yard personnel.

Mick Mickelson is now ort the saleg desk at Allstatc PlWood in San Francisco. He had been with CBS Plywood.

Howard W. Smallridgq mgr.-forest producLs sales, Missouri-KansasTexas RB, has moved to neirr offfces in the lleewt BldS. in San Fra,ncigco.

Frank Qucttrocchi vacationed between Christmas and New Years. Reports indicate he only put on 1 lb. (Frank, is that really true?)

Dennis Johnston, AFP, Cerritos, is the proud father of a baby girl, December 25, at l0 a.m. The baby was born by natural child birth, and both wife and daughter were discharged from the hospital three hours later, at 1 p.m.! Congratulations, papa, you've got some mama!

Sam Preble has joined Ward & Harrington, Santa Ana, as an inside salesman.

Bob lYells, AFP, Cerritos, Reportg that both the lumber business and his golf game have been good. Keep it up, Bob!

Bob Martin, AFP, Newark, Ca., v8cationed at home during December for a week. Earl Dyer hae been hired as a hardwood salesman, according to Gary Stewart.

Morion Snead, North Valley Lumber Sales, Redding, and wife, virited their two daughters in Merced over the holidaya as well as many friends in the San Joaquin Valley.

Merl Tonner, Louisana-Pacific, Ukiah, Ca., keeps busy these days playing tennis with his wife at the Deerwood Swim end Country Club.

Dick Saunders, Forest Fiber Products, Berkeley, is back from a trip to the home ofrce in tr'orest Grove, Oregon. Dick drove back in his new car.

Kranrer Adame, Calif. Redwood Assn., San Fra,ncisco, has received a ra,rely awarded honorary mernberr ship in the Society of American Foresters. Kramer is the author of three books, including The Redwoods.

Ifilliom M. Wachtler is now an advertising and sales promotion asst for G-P, Portland, according to vp. R. O. "Bpb" I^ee.

Joe DeMarie is retiring from AFP altet 42 years of service; he was treasurer and a director of the company. He will continue to serve as financial adviser. W. C. l{itter retires after 46 years of service; Witter $/as gerL mgr. of the American Box div. Chorles "Bud" Cligny, Doors, Inc., Sunnyvale, Ca-, has hired Tom Gardiner and Larry Barneg as outside salesmen Tom is the son of Charlee Gardiner of Roseburg Lumber.

Paul Bauer, Bruce Bauer Lumber, Sen Carlos, Ca., and his wife, visit€d their sons and grandchildren in Medford, Ora, and San Luis Obispo, Ca., over the holidays.

Chuck Drayer has advanced to warehouse mgr. at Rayberg Lumber, San Carlos, according to Joe Aknin.

Bud Smith, Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, travetred up to Scotia to vlsit the mill.

Shelby Chabot has joined G-P, San Leandro, Calif,, as a sales trainee, accordlng to manager Tom IIsIter.

Dick Stone is the new yp.r gen.mg.r Empire Metal Productg L.A., says Deve Stewart pree.

Rolph Bishop, Oakley Plywood, Morgen Hill, Ca-, is recovering nicely after a serious operation. Ralph also was the recipient of a special award at Christmas time from boss Jim Oakley. Ralph and his wife won two weeks vacation in Hawaii that he will take as soon as he is recovered.

Eany J. Sheerin is the new president of the Kimberly-Clark Corp., succeeding Darwin E Smitlr, who continues as chairman and chief exec. ofroer.

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Ralph Doney is now representing Slaughter Bros., Inc., Dallas, for the Rocky Mts. He had been with Boise Cascade, selling redwood.

Ilugo Miller, Boise Cascade, is back to his Arcadia, Ca., base after a sales trip to Denver.

Dick Bullock has been named vp. pub. lic affairs for Potlatch Forests, Inc., San Francisco. He had been exec lrp. of the Ntl. Assn. of Building Manufacturers.

Jack Milliken, Lane-Stanton Lumber, City of Industry, Ca., finally beat off the flu after a protracted bout.

Sarkis A. Kalpakian, San Mateo, Ca., has been promoted to district sales hgr., West Coast, for Borneo Sumatra Trading Co., which has est. a sales office in Seattle headed by Bill Braun.

Terry Mullin, Terry Building Centers, Tarzana, Ca., and current pres. Ntl. Lumber & Bldg. Materials Dealers Assn., was a panelist at the Northeastern Retail Lumbermen's Assn. annual, New York.

Leon Durham, Tleated Pole Builders, Inc., Ontario, Ca., is back from several San Diego business trips.

Jack and Suzanne Kohl, Kohl Lumber Co., Seaside, Ore., visited Dick and Pat Lambert, AFp, Cerritos, over New Years.

Sam Fineman, president, Bel-Air Door Co., Alhambra, Ca,, and his sales mgr., Skip Face, are back from an extensive eastern sales trip, lYalter C. Ehrhorn has been appointed asst. gen. freight agent for the Union Pacific RR at Los Angeles. William L. Petty has been named traffic agent in the road's northern Nev. a,nd northeastern Ca. territory.

Martin Spitzen, Tbhoe City Lumber Co., Lake Tahoe, is recovering from mid-December open heart surgery.

Ed lfughes, Cal Forest Lumber Co., Gardena, Ca., is at home recovering from a heart attack.

Phil Gilbert, Cbos Head Lumber & Plywood, Wilmington, Ca., is retiring after 65 years in the businessl he began at 15 working in a mill at Hume, Ca, \Yilbur "Chappie" Chapman is replacing Phil at Wilmington.

Merle Shantz has retired from Citizens Lumber Co., Kingsburg, Ca., after nearly a half-century with the firm, all at the game location. His successor is Wayne Bennett.

Roy J. Yalk, who runs J&R Builders Supply in Riverside, Ca., has been selling water beds recently and has found them to be good sellers. A story about his sons appears on pag'e 22 of this issue.

Bill Cary has been named asst. director of public information for Georgia-Pacific, Portland. He had been with WWPA. He succeeds Bill Rooney, who is now the pub- lic information mgr. for Louisiana-Pacific.

Bill Bellmore, Ward & Harrington, Garden Grove., Ca., won a Ha!dware Retailing Industry Service Award from Hardware Retailing magazine for leadership in merchandising and customer service.

Clarence "Salty" Saltonstall, Rosemead Lumber Co., Rosemead, Ca., is back on the job after a recent illness.

"Doc" Dachgteiner filled in for Bill Marmion at Marmion Lumber, Azusa, Ca-, during Bill's recent flying trip to Minnesota.

Ken Standage, Discount Builders Sup- ply Co,, El Monte, Cb., recently spent three days in San Francisco on business.

Lloyd rilebb, Lane-Stanton Lumber, has been on two g::ading trips recently to Ft. Bragg, Ca.

Les Neadeau, American Lumber Species, Saeramento, Ca., and his wife, Ruth, visited Pasadena for the Rose Bowl game in addition to getting in some business on the trip.

Promotions at AFP include Frank Quattrocchi to area mgr., southern Calif,; Elmar Brock to area mgr,, northern Calif. and Seth Potter now assumes responsibility for the Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas distribution centers.

Charlie Moss, North Valley Lumber Sales, Redding, Ca., limited out on ducks over the holidays at Richvale. Charlie refuses to tell his secrets, however.