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Don J. Young has bought the Evans Products' Yakima, Wash., warehouse he used to manage from Evans and will operate it as an independent distributor of their products. It'll be called the Don J. Young Co.

Wayne Gardner, exec. vp. of the lumber association, wins the mileage prize for this month after wrapping up the last of nine area meetings held across southern Calif. Association president John D. Sullivan sat in on some of the meetings. Credit and using credit cards were the main topics,

Lou Massing of Globe International in Los Angeles, was one of eight building material wholesalers in the U.S. named to serve on the Abitibi Corp. advisory council.

Bob Nunnally, Fir & Pine Lumber Co., in Scenic Downtown Burbank, Calif., and his wife Norma have returned from a twoweek sojourn in Mazatlan, Mexico.

Ken Tinkler's been on the circuit; first to the Pacific Coast hardwood distributors Palm Desert Springs meet and then to Atlanta, Ga., for the Southern Hardwood convention, Now it's back to that Stahl Lumber Co. desk in Los Angeles.

Jim Braun has been named manager of Pacific Supply Company's new Concord, Calif., branch on Hookston Road. the form- er location of Contra Costa Lumber Products. Pacific Supply is a roofing and drywall concern with headquarters in Sacramento, Calif.

Lawren Forbes has replaced Shirley Brown as salesmanager of Coast Forest Products at Crescent City, Calif.

Aborigine Lumber Co. partner Jack Tarason recently became the Conrad Hilton of Fort Bagg, Calif., with the purchase of the Pine Beach Inn motel and restaurant that overlooks the ocean.

LMA membership chairman Les Ley, Santa Cruz Lumber Co., has welcomed Home Lumber Co. as a regu.lar member of the northern California lumber dealer association. The Turlock, Calif., based yard is owned and operated by C. V. GilI.

Truckee Tahoe Lumber's Chal and Pat Cross of Tahoe City, Calif,, attended the Junior National Ski Meet at Bozeman, Montana, to watch their pride and joy, Stevie Cross, on the big league jumping hill-Chal with his eyes shut most of the time and Pat with a firm grip on herself and everything around her.

Jimmy Atkinson, head of Atkinson-Stutz Co. at San Mateo, Calif., is back in the harness after recuperating from recent surgery.

Oakland, Calif., wholesal'er Don Coveney and his Sally spent a couple of weeks last month vacationing in the desert sun at the Furnace Creek Inn in Death Valley, California.

Stan Hulett of Willits Redwood Products, Willits, Calif., attended the annual meeting of the National Assn, of Commission Salesmen in Chicago during mid-March.

Art. Williamson of Triangle Lumber Co. and his missus vacationed at Puerto Vallerta, Mexico, the last of March.

Dick Hiscox, former owner of R. G. Hiscox Lumber Co. in Berkeley, a confirmed train buff, is spending most of his waking hours at the California Railway Museum which has a large yard off State Ilighway 12 between Fairfield and Rio Vista. Dick is spending his retirement time helping rebuild ancient trollies and getting rides ready for summer visitors.

Ylalt Bruetter, head of Midway Lumber, has returned home to Portland after enjoying a little Hawaiian sun.

Shirley Brown has joined Michigan-Cali- fornia Lumber Co. as shipping foreman, according to salesmanager Ken Bowes. Shirley was in charge of sales for Coast Forest Products. Prior to that he had been many years with Hollow Tree Lumber Co.

Bert LeBeck, managing partner in Indian Valley Lumber Co,, Corte Madera, Calif., Fremont Forest Product's Pete Speek is currently regaling the troops with tales of his tour on the cruise ship Italia down to Mexico and back, plans an orderly liquidation of his inventory and sale of the property with a target date set for late spring.

Yerlon McKinney, Brush Industrial Lumber Co. ramrod, is back in Los Angeles after a fast sales trip to San Francisco.

Strait Door's Jim Strait looks rested after sneaking in a three-day weekend recently. Jim and his wife Roberta are currently inf anticipating.

Popular lumbergal and past prexy of HooHoo-Ette Club 1, Ilelen Rude, has signed on with Grifrn Forest Products, according to owner Jerry Griffin. Helen was formerly with Harry White and Oregon Pacific.

Roy Harrison has joined North Valley Lumber Sales and is working out of their Sacramento, Calif., branch, according to Roy Dunbar at company headquarters at Redding, Calif. For the past eight years Harrison was with Hedlund Lumber Sales in Sacramento and for 27 years before that he was affiliated with the Berry Bros. mill at Pine Grove, Calif.

Lee Durham is back at his Treated Pole Builders biz in Ontario, Calif., after spending four days in the hospital with the flu.

Tom Hogan has become sole proprietor of Asbury Lumber Co. in Berkeley, Calif. Tommy recently was with Bay City Lumber Co. and Diamond National, but is best remembered from his years with the familyowned llogan Lumber Co. in Oakland.

Mike Maitison. Ziel & Co.'s number one bird dog, has returned from the jungles of Borneo and New Guinea, searching for additional sources of exotic wood products for the pioneer San Francisco import-exporler.

Phil Eicholtz, New Lumber & Hardware in Federal Way, Wash., sends a gift certificate to recipients of building permits. Each is worth $10 on your first $100 purchase. Phil says he gets a forty percent return.

Bill Cofiey says he hopes to move permanently to his ranch on Washington's Chehalis River soon. Bill is the owaer of Lumberland, a shrewdly operated Huntington Beach, Calif,, yard.

Jack Carlow and his Annette report seeing lumberman Roy Stanton, Sr., and his lvife while visiting Palm Desert, Calif. Roy has a home near the club. Jack's firm is Carlow & Co. in Los Angeles.

Dick Hoover, A. L. Hoover Co., San Marino, Calif., is back from a trip to the Palco mill at Scotia, Calif., that they represent.

Rod Earlaru Lakeview Bldg. Mtl. Co., Lakeview, Ore., won the Jr. First Citizen Award from the local C. of C. Bry E. Harlan, Rod's dad, won the award in 1960.

Bob Slettedahl, owner of Lumbermen's of Lynnwood, Lynnwoo4 Wash., has got the whole crew spiffed out in turtlenecks. Customer verdict-A-OK !

Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co. beefetl up its Bay 'Area sales force by adding Don Kelleher, according to Roger and Dave Mackin. Kelleher was with 'Western Pine Supply Co. in Emeryville, Calif., for seven years.

Chorlie Strait, president of the Strait Door Co., So. El Monte, Calif., has again been named to the executive committee of the National Woodwork Manufacturers Associatioru

Charles P. "Chuck" Nelson of Carroll Moulding, Torrance, Calif., shot a hole in one recently at Altadena Golf Course. Shot was a 186-yard drive on the 8th hole with a fB wood. Lowell Kolb of Mullin Lumber was with Chuck.

P. Berna,rd Fleming was appointed publicity manager of The Celotex Corp. Announcement was by John A. Has\ the advertising manager.

Nels 'Abe" Lind'e has concluded an active career with the Nicolai Co., Door Manufacturing Div., Portland; Ore. A native of Sweden, he had with with Nicolai for 51 years before retiring.

Raymond H. Berry, vice president and general manager of Scott Lumber Co., Burney, Calif., has retired. He will stay on with the company, however, as director and con- sultant. Calvin T. Mertin, formerly assistant general manager, has become vice president and general manag'er. Bumor has it that U. S. Plywood is dickering for Scott.

Fred C. Cosper, fonnerly general manager of Portla,nd \Mholesale Material Sup- ply Co., has been appointed manager of Rohen Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.

Lex Taylor, manager, wholesale dept., Pope & Talbot, fnc., recently added William N. Tfise, Jr., to his staff. The staff now has three full-time traders.

Robert T. Borton has been named sa.les and service representative in the north coast counties of California for Calaveras Cement Div. of The Flintkote Co. Barton (Continued. on Page 42)

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frIORE PERSONAIS

(Continueil lrom Page 41) succeeds David W'ade who is now assisting J. R. Casey in the San Francisco territory.

Co-owners Bob Neiman and Bob Reed announced a late spring grand opening for their new Lumber City store in Mission Hills, Calif. This will be the third location for the rapidly growing firm.

Clyde M. Walker, a native of Portland, Ore., has been elected chairman of the Northern California section of the Society of American Foresters for two years. He was vice-chairman in 1967.

Peter If. Koehler, northwest region general manager, Evans Products Co., says Charles H. Martin has been appointed assistant to the general manager.

Wage And Price Conirols

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Materials System is in operation. No further legislation would be needed for an allocation system to be put into efiect along with a priority program.

Wage and price controls are in an entirely different situation, because there is no legislative authority for them and, before they could become a reality, legislation would be necessary.

Many of you will recall, during World War II, the flat freeze on wages and prices and the formulas that were adopted by the government in permitting both wage and price increases.

Regardless of what procedures might be used in setting wage and price controls, there would bq as was true in W'orld War I[, a definite premium to a dealer in knowing his costs.

Records will be needed to justify wage and price increases.

We recommend that you develop records that will identify the mark-ups that you have been using, over costs, in setting your resale prices, so that you will be in a position, in the event of price controls, to justify a definite mark-up on all commodities.

The problem of retaining competent employees under a wage freeze order has always been a difficult one for our indu$try. Therefore, the development of job descriptions and salary ranges for each job is of paramount importance,

The present position of the federal government, as you all know, is that wage and price controls are not imminent. However, with the fast moving events of the past, and with the uncertainties that lie ahead, this could be changed, and we believe that all dealers should put their houses in order and develop the records and information needed to operate, without a loss of efficiency, in the event of the imposition of wage and price controls.

Weslern Deolers Honored

Minton's Lumber and Supply in Mountain View, Calif., was awarded the Retailerof-the-Year Plaque in the building materials dealers category of the 20th annual Brand Name Retailer'of-the-Year awards competition, sponsored by Brand Names Foundation, for outstanding brand name retail merchandising.

Also announced were the four certifi' cate of distinction winners. Th"y are: Westside Lumber Co., Colorado Springs, Colorado; Bonanza Home Center, Campbell, Calif.; M. S. Carver Lumber Co., Peoria, Illinois; and Henderson Trumbull Supply Corp., Trumbull, Conn.

Representatives accepted their awards at the annual banquet in New York City, April II.

Foreslry Center Needs $$

The campaign to finance construction of the Western Forestry Center through contributions of membeis of the wood pioducts industry has been renewed. Approximately $2 million is needed to build the center. One-fourth has been contributed or pledged, leaving $1.5 million needed.

The center will contain a main display building and an adjacent theater building on a 3.5-acre site in Portland, Ore. The building will illustrate wood use in modern construction.