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Ed Olson, formerly with Eureka Redwood and Independent Building Materials Co., has joined the sales stafr at Arthur A. Pozzi Co. of Lake Oswego, Ore. Ed will handle the southerrr California territory.

Our YCGRSOYA award (you-can't-getrich-sitting-on-your .) to Key Corp. bossman Stark Sowers who was seen hobbling around on crutches (flare-up of an old basketball knee injury) accompanying his salesmen calling on dealers.

Rialto Lumber's Scotty Mclntyre and his missus Janet slipped away for a weekend south of the border, leaving grandpa Bert Iloldren with the babysitting chores.

Don Michaelson, former salesmanager of Round Mountain Lumber Co. in Redding, has joined Crawford Lumber Company in Ukiah, where he's selling white fir and Doug fir commons and dimension produced at Crau'ford's Ukiah, Potter Valley and Covelo mills.

Ilarry J. Hilgert, for-rner pilot and 23 year veteran of the Air Force and more recently an electronics executive, has been named general manager of Diamond National Plywood in Red Bluff.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Patterson of Central Valley Builders Supply, St. Helena, Calif.

Weslern Lumber t Building lloleriols ,YIERCHANT and Mr. and Mrs. John Castleman of Mill Valley Lumber ,Company, sunned it up at Palm Springs for a week recently. itARcH, 1967

Bob Webber of Tomlin-Webber Lumber Co., Medford, Ore. spent two winter weeks calling on accounts in northern and southern California.

Len RobinsorL owner of Silverado Sup- ply, Calistoga, Calif. has switched his operation over to cash and carry to meet head-on competition from a nearby Wickes operation. So far so good, says dealer Robinson.

Dmory E. Moore has joined Goodrich Forest Products, a Portland, Ore. national plywood wholesaler. Moore is the founder of Fiddes-Moore, a Chicago chain yard distributor and a former Evans vp.

Paul Shover, manager of the Bestway Building Center, Filer, Idaho, had his store entered and robbed last month, sometime after closing. Thieves took $130 cash and more than $400 in checks. Later they found the checks dumped in a mail box.

Mead Kibbey, head of Black Di'amond Lumber Co., Sacramento, recently retulned home after an extensive vacation in Egypt including the traditional float down the Nile with his Cleopatra.

Everett E. Yount, Builders Emporium president, says they are building two new stores. One is in Tarzana, the other is in Chatsworth, Calif., both near Los Angeles.

Lewis Silverberg has received an OK from the Sacramento, Calif., Planning Commission for a yard on Howe Ave., south of Wyda Way. He also has four retail stores in San Diego County. He won over opposition by pointing out that he was selling pre-cut materials.

Morrie Tisilall, fully recovered from recent stomach surgery, has joined Black Diamond Lumber Co. according to Mead Kibbey. Morrie was forrnerly with Cal-Sac Lumber Lumber Sales and R. F. Nikkel Lumber Co., both of Sacramento.

Jim Olson, salesmanager of Diamond National Plywood, Red Bluff, returned to his desk and hung up his snowshoes after spending two weeks in t}re bitter cold East calling on customers.

Bill Crawford has reluctantly announced the retirement of Crawford Lumber salesmanager George Williams. After 14 years with Crawford, George has succumbed to the lure of traveling, fishing and most of aII relaxing and we're sure that George's many friends throughout the country wish him complete fullfillment of all his dreams -albeit with a certain degree of envy. George's big desk at Ukiah will be filled by another seasoned Crawford veteran, Perry Adcox.

Ron Holmwall and Walter S. Dartl owners of Speedway Lumber Co, il Lynnwood, Wash., are now serving builders as well as homeowners.

Dick and Betty Collins have opened D & B Building Supplies in Kearney, Ariz. They are featuring pre-cut lumber, hardware and paint.

R€id & Wright's Bob Reid of Fresno logged a few painful, but nbt serious days in the hospital early last month and he's definitely decided he doesn't want a repeat performance of that act again.

Charlie and Sylvia Cross of the mile high Truckee-Tahoe Lumber Co. spent the month of February at sea level enjoying a warrn and delightful Caribbean cruise.

Rockport Redwood's Chuck Porro played hookey for a week recently and got in a little deep water fishing at Mazatlan along with Jack Harmon of CBS, Ylayne Dovis of Davis Lumber Sales, and Fxl Young of Garehime Corporation.

Jack Butler, former general manager of the Hammond yards in southern Calif., is combining a vacation and a stop 'at the WWPA convention.

Forrest "Frosty' Foster, formerly with Brooks-Dodge Lumber, took the plunge last month and started his own company, Foster Forest Products in San Marino, Calif.

S. W. Wray, in addition to continuing on as Hubbard & Johnson's general manager, has taken over as manager of their new yard and store in Palo Alto. Yard is the former Merner Lumber Co.

"Red" Thompson has forsaken his inside order desk job at California Door Co. of L.A. and taken to the road, calling on dealers in Orange and southwest L.A. counties. Replacing him is John Sasz, formerly with Barr Lumber, Hammond Lumber and Owens-Parks Lumber.

II. J. Lussier got away for a few days from his chores at Sanford-Lussier Lumber. L.A., for a trip to 'Vegas, stopping ofr on the return trip to wet a line in the Colorado River.

Airman 2,/C Ronald Logan, 24-year-old son of Earold Logan of California Door Co., is home on leave from the Air Force a.fter completing an 18-month tour of duty in T\rkey.

Deolers Poy High Woges

Retail wages paid by building material and hardware dealers averaged $2.23 an hour in September 1966, compared with an average retail wage of $1.93.

!(/ages paid by dealers were among the five highest in the retail trades. Weekly earnings totalled fi93.44, with average weekly hours running 41.9 hours, according to the National Lumber and Buildins Materials Dea]ers Association.

Arizonq Club Meeting

The Salt River Valley Hoo.Hoo Club 72 met January I7, holding the regular monthly golf tournament in conjunction with the evening meeting.

Allen Thum of O'Malley Lumber Co. took the honors for low gross and paul Caviness, also of O'Malley, won low net. Fifty-six members and guests heard a program by Howard Hofmann of the Western Wood Products Association who showed their film, "The Mighty Western Forests."

Mr. a^nd Mrs. Clark Bradford of Modesto Lumber Company have returned home after vacationing in Brazil, Peru and Ecuador for three weeks.

George Knight, owner of Knight Lumber Co., Yountville, Calif., has just completed a remodeling of his store with an eye to increased retail and remodeling business.

W'. L. 'Bill" W'iprud, former partner in Tri-\M Lumber Sales Co., Corvallis, Oregon, has been named manag:er. of Boise Cascade's import-export building products division at Portland.

Fred Kuiper is just wrapping up his first quarter in business at the old Hausler Lumber Co. in Scappoose, Ore. Its new name is (of course) Kuiper Lumber. Fred worked for Holbrook Lumber Co. for the last five years.

Dave Borum, president of Intercontinental Plywood Corporation, has appointed John Vanguard manager of their newlycreated export department. He will deal in exportation mostly in the Orient in conjunction with affiiliated companies in Manila, Singapore, Elong Kong, and Djakarta.

Andrew J. Ifonzel has been appointed general mamag:er of the hardwood plywood division of Columbia Plywood CorporationHe will headquarter in Portland. K. R. Cooper, Columbia's president, said. Arin Abst will be their new Klamath Plywood Div. manager.