PERSONAIS

Robert E. Ridgeway, assistant director of the financial & administrative services division; David R. C-ountrymrn, mgr. research services; Thomrs E. Batey, Jr., mgx., standards services, and Ralph II. Sundberg, Tacoma regional mgr., quality services division, have all taken early retirement from the American Plywood Association, Tacoma, Wa.

Edward C. Evans is heading the new Andersonia Forest Produsts, Inc., Arcata, Ca., So. Ca. sales office in Huntington Beach, Ca., according to G.E. Anderson, pres.

Lyn Rabun is new to sales for lumber, particleboard and millwork at Navajo Forest Products, Navajo, N.M., according to Joe Shipman, gen. sales m8r.

Willis Phel, pres. of the cedar panel division of Shakertown Corp., Winlock, Wa., also has been named pres. of Wood Specialty Products, Moutlake Terrace, Wa., according to Craig Buker, board chairman of the parent Shakertown Corp.

Gary Simmen has retired from GabbertSimmen Lumber Co., Sacramento, Ca., for the life of a rancher, raising sheep and rabbits on his spread at Wilton, Ca., (south of Sacramento).

Bruce Ingram, Product Sales Co., is back in Orange, Ca., after a No, Ca. sales triP.

Doug Willis, "Sully" Sullivan, and Dennis Richardson, South Bay Forest Products, Orange, Ca., are back from a week off for "attitude-adjustment."

Gene Burnett, Pacific Madison, Downey, Ca., is at home recovering nicely, his wife, Diane, is pleased to report, from a triple by-pass heart operation.

Jerry Witt, Afco Industries territory mgr. in So. Ca., has been named salesman ofthe year for his company, according to David G. Bancroft. asst. to senior v.p., marketing and corporate development, Diboll, Tx.

Richard Rising has been named national sales mgr., wood preservative products, for Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., Tacoma, Wa. He was northwest regional mgr. for Simpson Building Supply Co.

Bob Abbott is now a buyer at Far West Fir Sales, Huntington Beach, Ca.

Roger Plath has joined the trading staff of Simon,Crabtree and Ryan, Inc., Lake Grove. Or.

George Throop Jr., George L. Throop Co., Pasadena, Ca., his wife Nancy; son Gcorge Throop trI, his wife Mrrshr; and son Jelf were recent winners on the Family Feud, an NBC game show, taking home $10,563.

Willirm TY. "TYdly" St. Clairhas joined Preway Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, Wi., as So. Ca. zone sales mgr.

Murray Pdlrt is managing the newly expanded Fife Lumber & Hardware, Fife, Vy'a., according to Al Meier, pres.

Michael Clauscn is now production mgr. at States Lumber Industries, Eugene, Or.

Tom Walsh has opened Rio Grande Forest Products, a new wholesale co., in Albuquerque, N.M.

Thomas P. Barnum has been named national accts. mgr. and PeterJ. Draghi Western regional sales mgr. at Deft, Inc., Irvine, Ca.

Mfte Johnson who has been appointed gen. mgr. of ldaho Timber Corp. of Texas is relocating in Fort Worth, Tx.; Jim Virgil has been appointed gen. mgr. of production and commodity sales, and Brad Bower, gen. mgr. specialty wood products, according to Larry Williams, pres., Idaho Timber Corp., Boise, Id.

Cliff Smoot, Masonite Lumber Div., Calpella, Ca., vacationed in Tucson and Phoenix, Az., in early Feb. Betty Foster got in a late Feb. vacation in So. Ca. and Az.

Gordon King, Hampton Lumber Sales, Portland, Or., is back from a recent Princess Cruise in Medco.

Steve White has transferred from the Terry Building Center, Northridge, Ca., to the general offices of The Terry Co., Tarzzrra, Ca., as a member of the purchasing dept. according to Steve Mellem.

Dick Smallridge, Dier Lumber Co., Sacramento, Ca., and his wife, Rebecca, had a baby on Feb. l, Garrett Richard, weighing 7 lbs., 3 oz.

Frank Doepker, C-E Morgan Building Products, Oshkosh, Wi., was elected pres. of the Fir and Hemlock Door Assn. at the annual meeting in Eugene, Or. Ed Young, Simpson Timber Co., Seattle, Wa., moved to v.p.; Dennis Hill, E.A. Nord Co., Everett, Wa., sec.; Robert H. Hunt, Western Wood Products, Portland, Or., re-elected executive sec./treas. Craig Agee, Nicolai Co., Portland, Or., is the retiring pres.

Jim Faust has been named co-manager of the 84 Lumber Co. store in Albuquerque, N.M.

Frank Gilchrist, pres. of Gilchrist Timber Co., Gilchrist, Or., is recovering at St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, Or., from injuries suffered in a cartruck collision Jan. 22.

The Merchanl Magazlne

Robert Huffman, paint mgr., Corona Lumber Co., Corona, Ca., and Don Rolf, Capitol Brush Co., received color televisions from Peter J. Draghit western regional sales mgr. for Deft, Irvine, Ca., as winners in a recent contest.

Dennis Larson is new mgr. of the Palmer G. Lewis Co., Inc. warehouse operation at Spokane, Wa., replacing Walter Maes who will be servicing special branch accounts. Scott Fairchild, outside salesman, has been promoted to Reno, Nv., branch mgr., replacing Les Hayes who has retired.

Judd Webber is now with Olympic Cascade Corp., Eugene, Or.

Dean Drake, The O'Malley Companies, Phoenix, Az., and Frank Davis, exec. v.p., Arizona Lumber and Builders Supply Association, Phoenix, Az., were recently on a business survey trip in Ca.

William Powell is the new advertising and promotion mgr. for States Industries, Eugene, Or.

Terry Patterson and Chuck Thompson are now traders at Continental Forest Products, Lake Oswego, Or.

Peter French has joined Ponderosa Products, Albuquerque, N.M., as a marketing consultant.

Jim Wallace and Terry Shaffer have joined the marketing staff of ldaho Timber Corp., Boise, Id.

Dale McCodmick,' Eugene-Willamette Lumber Co., Santa Ana, Ca.; Steve Koontz, Randall Lumber Co., Huntington Beach, Ca.; Jim Julian, Home Lumber Co., San Bernardino, Ca.; Harold Schuh, American Forest Products Corp., Rialto, Ca.; Ralph Crabtree, Rim Forest Lumber, Rim Forest, Ca., and Ken Snare, Chandler Corp., Fontana, Ca., are taking part in a third annual Death Valley motorcycle trip, March 26-28.

Vince Besinque, Lane Stanton Vance Lumber Co., City of Industry, Ca., and his wife, Margaret, have returned from Acapulco, Mx., where they visited friends.

Lloyd Olson, Crenshaw Lumber Co., Gardena, Ca., and his wife, Beth' recently visited Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and Brazil.

Steve Grieb and Charlie Schweilzer' dimension sales, Louisiana Pacific's Sierra Div., Red Bluff, Ca., were in So. Ca. on a sales trip. John Hale, moulding sales mgr., has been in Texas on a sales trip. Claude Scott' his wife, Marta, and two boys are planning an Easter vacation stay on Catalina Island, off the So. Ca. coast.

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