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Elmer Kerns, president, La Ltz Lumber, Alamogordo, N.M., has been working hard to remove air pollution probIems around the mill.

Tom M. Butts-Denver district, Arnold Krueger-Oakland district, Jim Rose-L.A. 'No. district and Howell E. Jones, L.A.East district, have all won "Salesman of the Year" awards from their employer, The Celotex Corp.

Charlie Slocum, Pacific Coast Hardwoods, Portland, has completed holding his second semi-annual West Coast Hardwoods grading sholt course. It was held in Longview, Washington about twenty-five attended.

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Gary Stewart, AFPC, Newark, Calif., and his family have moved into a home in Pleasanton. They moved from Napa after living there seven years.

Bob Martin and Tim Thompson, also AFPC, spent a week in Oregon calling on the mills.

Tom Hauptman has become the lumber sales manager at Medford Corp., Medford, Oregon.

Charlie Slocum, sales manager for Pacific Coast Hardwoods, Portland, has been elected president of the Northwest Hardwood Assn., new vp. of NHA is A. G. Powell, Cascade Fibre, Chehalis, Wash.

Dave Grojean has been named warehouse div. gen. mgr. by Oregon-Pacific In- the West Coast from Missouri where he had been general manager of Cape Supply Co. llickey Quade, Geib Lumber Co. mg:r., had a good opening for their newly enlarged Vista, Calif., yard. T. J. Yidaurri is asst, mgr., Russ Fowler, salesman.

Carl Goodman, Goodman Lumber Sales in Whittier, Asst. Scoutmaster for Troop 883, spoke at the Lake Arrowhead winter campout on the BiIl of Rights.

F. Paul McConkey is now div. mgr. of Pacific Building Materials, Portland. PBM is a div. of Glacier Sand & Gravel, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kaiser Cement.

Charlie Dart, K-Y Lumber in Fresno, Calif., was hospitalized with the flu in mid-February.

Ross Haffner, secretary-treasurer of Honolulu Hoo-Hoo f93, flew to the West Coast recently and visited friends in the Bay area.

Dave Mensing, G-P, South San Francisco, called on accounts in Oregon recently.

Bing Crosby saw Bill Johnson; Ilobbs-Wall Lumber, San Francisco, at the Crosby Pebble Beach Golf outing.

Dick Steiger, inside salesman for H & H Supply in Monterey, took first place in the 11 'Western states in'Weldwood's "Good Luck" Paneling Sales Contest.

Ron Delise won a sales contest at AFPC, Newark and took his. family to Meadowmont near Big Trees, where they spent the week-end in one of AFPC's cabins.

Robin Mackay, mahogany importing div.' Potlatch Forest Industries, Los Angeles, recently spent two months in the Pacific Northwest. Marinus Otte has been named asst. to Bill Ifowe of the mahogany importing div. Marinus also recently married Helena Guzman of Calle, Columbia.

Alex M. Chubak, formerly of Hallinan Mackin, has joined 'Wendell Forest Products, Whittier, Calif., as sales representative.

Jack Behr, public relations director for Formica, western region, had a two weeks business trip in Hawaii.

Lloyd W'ebb and Vince Besinque of Lane/ Vance Lumber, Los Angeles, have returned from the WWPA convention, and a tour of several Paeific coast mills.

Byron C. Radaker, corporate vp., Certainteed, now heads up their new div., Shelter Industries.

Paul Olson, AFPC, Newark, is the proud father of number one son. His wife, Donna, is fine.

Larry Taylor has joined the sales staff at Georgia-Pacific's new Industry, Calif., set-up.

George Yan Gundy visited San Francisco recently from his L.A. home-base on Koppers Co. business.

Mike Esgate is a new outside salesman for Nickerson Lumber Co., No. Hollywood, Calif.

Ken Colernan, Eckstrom Plywood, L.A., and his rvife Dolores, recently visited Colonel Ellis Fuller and his wife Phyllis in San Francisco. Phyllis is the sister of Carl Goodman, Goodman Lumber, Whittier, Calif.

Bill Slemp, Jr., has been elected president of the Speedpace Corp., succeeeding Robert T[. Kerr, who becomes chairman of the board.

Curt Byrd has recently joined sales with Hallinan Mackin, Los Angeles.

Douglas K. Guerrero is Kaiser Cement's new sales rep. in the Chico-Redding, Calif., sales area, div. sales mgr, Halold H. Ashton reports.

G. R Hehn is Evans Products' new r & d director for their particleboard div.

Jack L. Whitney is Marlite's new sales rep. in Western Washington for wall and ceiling paneling.

Leland D. Matthiessen, Oakland, has been honored by Weyerhaeuser by appointment to the Pros, their top sales group.

John Ogood visited Singapore and other Asian market spots on a sales trip for Robert S. Osgood, Inc., Los Angeles.

Ed Fednew is the new asst. sales mgr. for Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co.. Los Angeles. He previously was with Inland Lumber Co.

Dwight Curran, Evans Products, Hayward, Calif., is recovering from a nasty bout with flu and pneumonia.

James Cooper is Celotex's new rep. in Washington, Montana and No. Idaho. He lives in Spokane, llubert Smith has purchased Carson Builders Supply, Stevenson,'Wash., from Bill McNee. llugh Pessner, West Coast Timber Products, San Rafael, Calif,, is currently a candidate for the state assembly from his district.

Charlie Riddle has joined Hallinan Mackin's L.A, sales dept. He is serving the So. Calif. area.

Dick Richards, Carter Lumber, L.A., is recovering from a rear-end car crash. Carter mgr. Tommy Poole vacationed recently rvith his family in Calexico, near the Mexican border.

Mel Erland, a top Portland executive for Kaiser Cement & Gypsum, and vp. of Pacific Building Materials, bowed to the Drs.'s wishes and has retired.

Len Floan is nou' senior vp. of Potlatch, Roderick M. Steele succeeds him as corporate vp.-wood products.

Bill Fahs of Cal Panel & Veneer, L.A., and his Kathie visited the recent Pacific Coast Hardwood Distributors Association Convention in Hawaii.

Ken Tinkler of Stahl Lumber Co.. Los Angeles and wife Jo also visited the wholesale hardwood convention in Hawaii.

Dick Yoelzke, Arthur A. Pozzi Co., Orange, Calif.. attended the recent WWPA Convention.

Sterling Wolfe, Sr., Marquart-Wolfe Lunber Co., Newport Beach, Calif., and his wife Lorain had a month's vacation in the South Pacific. Also on the travel circuit was Bob Golding of MarquartWolfe who attended the recent WWPA convention.

Fred Saciffe of Georgia Pacific, Ukiah and Nancy Paolie, also G-P, have announced wedding plans.

Jack Millikan, Lane/Vance Lumber, Los Angeles, has completed another Australia/ New Zealand business trip.

Jerry Senske has joined American Forest Products, Van Nuys, Calif., in sales and service.

Neal Mashburn, formerly bldg. products mgr. at Inland Lumber Co., Colton, Calif., has recently been made mgr. of their Tustin yard. Bob Bothwell has returned to Inland in purchasing & sales. Doug Gendron now reps. the company in the Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Fernando Valley areas.

Wayne and Matt Mattson recently showed 105 members of a touring group of Japanese building materials retailers through their Logan Lumber Co. in Seattle.

Lloyd M. Hurley, founder of the Denver Iumber company bearing his name, has semi.retired. Son John lfurley is acting manager. The elder Hurley served as a board member of Denver Reserve and WOOD, Inc.

Bud Spencer, San Ramon Valley Mill & Lumber, Danville, Calif., won a color TV while at the hardware show in S.F, Ray Hanson, Discount Builders Sup- ply, S.F., won a trip to Disneyland. wheee!

Lew Silvera, Silvera Lumber, Antioch, Calif., has been elected a director of the Calif. Retail Hardware AssnJim Bley is Evans Products'new gen. mgr.- purchasing for their international group, according to,mgr. Walt Jennison.

Lloyd Webb and Dos Morland of Vance Lumber were recent guests of Bill Crawford, Crawford Lumber Co., Ukiah, Calif., who flew them to Yuma, Ariz., for an Angels baseball game.

Jerry Pollock and Max Brown, Handyman store officials, recently showed Miss California, Suzanne Ellen Anton their plans for the new Dublin store at the groundbreaking.

Fay Madison, Pacific Madison Lumber Co.. with wife Katherine and son George, recently trailered to Mexico for six weeks.

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