PERSONALS

Dave Miller. Publishers Forest Products, LakeOswego, Or., hasbeen in So. Ca. on business.

Bob Mosby is now sales mgr. for Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Intermountain Div., Coeur d'Alene, Id.

Mark Lofland, Capital Lumber, Chino, Ca., is back from a No. Ca. mill trip.

Jerry Lapin, RGL Lumber & Investments, Los Angeles, Ca., has been in Japan on a trip for his new hardwood export business.

Bill Adams, Adams & Co., Chino, Ca., is back from an equipment buying trip to Louisville, Ky.

Robert W. Gamm has joined Wickes Co., Inc. as director of public relations, reporting to Michael Sitrick' v.p.-corporate communications, Santa Monica, Ca.

Sterling Wolfe, Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Tustin, Ca., and his wife, Loraine, are back from a 15 island Caribbean tour and a jungle cruise several hundred miles up Venezuela's Orinoco River.

Frank Quattrocchi is the mgr. of the new industrial div. established by South Bay Forest Products, Orange, Ca. Working with him is Gene Courchaine. I)enny Curran and Ken Kaiser are handling moulding and millwork sales, according to Jim Frodsham, pres. The four are ex-American Forest Products. Cerritos, Ca., men.

"Bud" Byard has rejoined Fairway Lumber Co., Garden Grove, Ca,, in retail sales, according to owner Ed Bell.

N.F. "Nifty" Gay, American Forest Products, Stockton, Ca., has retired after 40 years with A.F.P.C. and its predecessors.

Joe Purcell has joined the sales force at Toal Lumber Co., La Mirada, Ca., according to "Woody" Toal.

Bob Bonniksen has just retired from Louisiana-Pacific's Samoa, Ca., office after 32 years with the company and its predecessors. Guy Bush, for whom Bob worked when he joined the then Hammond Lumber Co., retired in Dec. after 35 years with the firm.

Burrie Elmore has been named exec. editor of Random Lengths Publications, according to Lester E. Anderson, publisher of the Eugene, Or., forest products information service; Jon Andenon, business mgr.; David S. Evans, director of product development; David Bartel, editor, Random Lengths Export; Jodi Kilcup, marketing director.

CliNrk "Van" Bacon has been appointed Western regional sales mgr. for Therma-Tru, Toledo, Oh., according to Richard Duke, v.p., sales and marketing.

John Newquist, Eel River Sales, is the new pres. of 2nd Growth of the Lumber Association of Southern California: Jim Taft, Ganahl Lumber Co., v.p.; Pat Hawthorne, Northridge Lumber Co., treas.; Bill Sullivan, Golding Lumber Co., sec.

R. Burnett Miller, Burnett & Sons Planing Mill and Lumber Co., Sacramento, Ca., has been elected interim mayor of that city.

Mike William, Honsador, Inc., Maui, Hi., has been promoted to v.p. after serving as mgr. in Maui for four years.

Matthew Reilly, Medford Corp., is the new pres. of the National Particleboard Association; Michael A. Vidan' Georgia-Pacific Corp., v.p.; Donrld W. Earls, Union Camp CorP., treas; John Le Fors, Willamette Industries, Inc., and Wolf Gericke, Weldwoodof Canada, Ltd., members-at-large. William H. McCredie was named executive v.p. to replace Robert E. Dougherty who is retiring.

Ted Gilbert, Product Sales Co., Orange, Ca., and Ray Louvier, Louvier Finish & Supply, Santa Ana, Ca., are back from a Baja Mexico bird hunting safari.

Bob Greenwell, who is retiring from A & G Lumber Co., Culver City, Ca., after 30 years in the business, is moving to Palm Desert. He and his wife took their family to Mazatlan, Mexico, for Christmas.

Dayton VanSlyke has joined D. Brown and Associates, Portland, Or., as a forest product recruiter based in Vancouver. Wa.

Mark Majors is now handling the incense cedar program at Sierra Pacific Industries, according to Ron Hoppe, gen. sales mgr.; Bill Wessner has resigned to move to the San Diego, Ca., area.

Jack Dudrey has retired after 32 years with Dant & Russell, Inc., Portland, Or.George R. Griswold, v.p., suf fered a stroke and remains hospitalized.

Dick Hinz is the new mgr. at Lumber Products, Eugene, Or., replacing Leonard Clearwater who has retired after 27 years; Paul Johnson is now assistant mgr.

John Nero, buyer; Gene Rusakiewicz, traffic mgr.; Roger Meakins, sales, have joined Champion International Corp. in the lumber sales central div., Eugene, Or.

Keith Kenell has joined the San Francisco, Ca., office of The Pacific Lumber Co. as mgr. of technical services and promotion.

Steve Runge is new in sales at Berkley Forest Products, Redmond, Wa.

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Sam Fineman, pres. Bel-Air Door Co., Alhambra, Ca., and his wife, Bayla' spent Christmas in London, England.

Linda Ulvedrl, pres., Wood Master Wholesale, Lakewood, Co., is the new pres. of W.O.O.D., succeeding Walt Kellogg III, Kellogg Lumber Co., Denver, who will remain on the board as past pres.; Richard Reid' Reid and Wright, Boulder, lst v.p.; Dick Wiggins, Hast Lumber, Commerce City; 2nd v.p.; Ed Kraich' Alpine Lumber, Louisville, treas.; Mike Cundiff, ABZ Lumber, Denver, sec.; Don Cameron, Cedar Lumber, Denver; Dale Doyle, J.W. Metz, Arvada, Rick Pott, R-W Specialties, Commerce City; Brian Zuhse, Trus Joist Corp., and Jeff Mills, Idaho Springs Lumber Co., Idaho Springs, directors.

Bruce Norlie, Norfield Manufacturing, Chico, Ca., is back from a Boston, Ma., sales trip.

Larry Fleming has been appointed mgr. of all Simpson Building Supply distribution centers nationwide, according to Bill Ruddick, gen. mgr. of distribution; he will be headquartered in Seattle, Wa. Mike Moseby has been Promoted to sales supervisor for redwood lumber marketing.

George W. McConnell, Jr.' has joined the sales team at Nu Forest Products, Healdsburg, Ca.

Mitch Boonehas joined the staff at Navajo Forest Products Industries, Navajo, N.M., in millwork and lumber sales, according to Joe Shipman' general sales mgr.

R. Hunter Morin, v.p./director of marketing and asst. to thepres. at Benchmark Door Systems, Fredericksburg, Va., is the new pres. of the Insulated Steel Door Systems Institute; Gerald L. Stutz, v.p./gen. mgr., Johnson Metal Products, Richmond, In., lst v.p.; Richard O. Duke, v.p., sales & marketing, Therma -Tru, Sylvania, Oh., 2nd v.p.

W. David Chambers is the new v.p of finance and corporate administration at Anderson Lumber, Salt Lake City, Ut.; William G. Zickgraf, v.P. of operations; Robert E. McHale, v.p. of merchandising. Lynn Sawyer has been promoted to asst. mgr. at the Anderson Building Material Center in Ogden.

Robert F. Matthies has joined the sales team at DMK-Pacific Corp., Fremont, Ca., according to Dwight Curran, pres.

Brad Nutting is now a sales trainee at Hampton Lumber Sales Co., Portland, Or,

Jack Gianni is now in Denver, Co., for the American Plywood Association, transferring from Brussels.

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