Tw@mty-fi=five Yeams Ago

As Reported in the March 1944 lsue of The Merchant, Esr. 1922

Gleorge T. Gerlinger, Willamette Valley Lumber Co., Dallas, Ore., and president of the Nationel Lumber Manufacturens Assn., returned to Portland from visits to San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Mark D. Cempbell, Campbell-Conro Lumber Co., Portland, visited San Francisco and Los Angeles two weeks ago on his way to Phoenix, Ariz., where he will vacation.

Frank Connolly, president, Western Hardwood Iarmber Co., L.A., returned from a month's trip to Washington, D. C.

Ernest H. Bacorq manager, Fir-Tex of No. Calif., S.F., returned recently from a weeks visit to Los Angeles on business.

R. E. 'Bob" Caldwell, Ifammond Lumber Co., S.F., is back from a two weeks vacation spent at Palm Springs.

Albert A. Kelley, wholesale lumber dealer, Alameda, returned from a brisiness trip to the Pacific Northwest. He attended a lurnber auction in Portland and called on sawmills.

Tlarren B. Wood, president, and Ilarry F. Yincent, vice-president and general manager, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., S. F. returned from a visit to their firm's Ios Angeles ofrce.

Gleorge C. Cornitius, George C. Cornitirx Hardwood Co., S. F., returned from an eastern b-usiness trip. He visited Washing- ton, D. C., and called on a number of mills in Virginia.

Q1osb1 II. Shevlin, asst. general manage& The Shevlin-Hixon Co., Bend, Ore., was a recent visitor at the office of the Shevlin Pine Sales Co., L. A.

W. B. Wickersham, Pope & Talbot, Inc., L. A., attended the annual conference of the West Coast Lumbermens, Assn. at portland. Ore.

Ray Larson, Portland office, Wendling- Nathan Co., is stationed at Camp Kohler, Sacramento.

Pat Carroll, formerly a salesman with 4imberly-Clark Corp., L. A, is now Seaman First Class, U.S.N., stationed at San Diego. Carl W. Bahr, president, Calif. Redwood Distributors, Chicago, left San Francisco after visiting his organization's mill connections at Scotia and Samoa, Calif.

Ed Canton, Canton Lumber Sales Co.. Minneapolis, repreeentative in that territory of California Redwood Distributors, called on this organization's connections in Calif. and the Northwest.

Stanley 4. Dixon, manager of the By- Products Division, The Pacific Lumber Co.. N. Y., was in San Francisco.

G. F. "Jerryt' Bonnington, Lamon-Bonnington Co., S. I.., will visit sawmill connections in Oregon.

Lieut. Wm. L. Frese, bombardier, U.S. Army Air Force, is stationed at Langley Field, Va. He's a son of Otto W'. Frese. Martin W. Parelius, Parelius Lumber Co., Portland, Ore., was in San FYancisco on business.

Jemes L. Eall, San Francisco wholesale lumberman, and Mre. Hall are spending three weeks vacation at Chandler, Ariz. *

Paul F. t'Ed" Kent, son of Paul Kent, E. U. Wheelock Inc., Los' Angeles, graduated ae a pilot in the USAF.

Stanley C. Moore, manager of Fir-Tex of Southern California, is back from a business trip to San Francisco and Portland.

Russ McCoy, McCoy Lumber Co., Hemet, Calif., recently visited San Francisco on his wa1 back from Ore.

Paui Orban, Paul Orban Lumber Co.. Pasadena, and Mrs. Orbanr-were recently visitors to San Francisco.

Joe A. Bugley, well-known Los Angeles lumberman, has joined the sales stafr of Barto & Smith Lumber Co., Huntington Park, Calif.

Coptain J. C. Snead (formerly with l{endling-Nathan Co., S.F.) has been transferred from Walla Walla, Wash., to Petersen Field.

T. W. Tebb, Paciffc Lumber Agency, Sumner, Wash., and his daughter, Mary Tebb, are Southland visitors and are spending a month at Palm Springs, Calif.

Tom Ross, The Ross-Terrell-Co., Lafayette, Calif., returaed from a three week trip to the Northwest.

George Gibson, Gibson Lumber Co., Sanr Bernardino, Calif., and Mrs. Gibson, visitcd San Francisco.