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George Clough, Tacoma Lumber Sales, Arcadia, Ca., was elected secretary of the Lumber Association of Southern California.

Jack Dionne, founder ol The Merchant Magazine, died Jan.14, 1966, at the age of 84.

Don Crane, Crane Mills, Corning, Ca., recently vacationed with hislamily at La Jolla and Disneyland.

Minton's Lumber & Supply, Mountain View, Ca., was named afinalist in the nationwide Brand Name Retailer ol the Year competition.

Dave Davis was promoted to vice president and a director atVan DeNor Lumber Co.. Eureka. Ca.

Tom Lasorda, a scout lor the Los AngelesDodgers, spoke at a post-golf tournament dinner meeting of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club.

Jack Little, head of Union Planing Mill. Stockton, Ca., and his wife departed on a 45-day cruise through the South Seas.

International Hardwood Products Association held itsSilver Anniversary convention in Palm Desert, Ca.

"Mac" MacBeath spent most of January in Salt Lake City, Ut., tuning up the new MacBeath Hardwood branch there, whileJoe Cortese and Bill MacBeath kept things running in Berkeley and San Francisco.

Don White Sr., head of White Brothers and president ol the National Hardwood Lumber Association, was principal speaker at the NHLA School's graduation.

Frank Bader and Jack Chamberlain, Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., began the year with a tour of the Eureka back country.

Ken Tinckler, Stahl Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., took a flying trip through the South, including a stopover at the Southern Hardwood Lumber Manulacturers Association convention in New Orleans, La.

O'Malley's opened a contractor-distribution yard inTucson, Az.

Ben Ward joined the sales team at Calilornia Sugar & Western Pine Agency, Burlingame. Ca.

Paul and Lillie Penberthy, Sr., Penberthy Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., went on a three-month round-the-world buying trip, one they've taken every year lor more than a decade.

Ray Lopp was promoted to head Babbitt's expanded wholesale hardware division, Flagstaff, Az.

Frank Billings, manager ol CalPacific Sales Corp., San Francisco, Ca., spent two weeks skiing at Sun Valley and Aspen, Co.

Bud Barber, Bernie Barber & Associates, flew to Portland, Or., to address the annual Copeland Lumber convention.

Union Lumber Co. opened retail location Fort Bragg Lumber Co., Fort Bragg, Ca.

Homer Hayward, Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., was elected to National Lunrber & Building Material Dealers Association's National Research Council.

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