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Dick Gittings, Gittings Lumber Co., Denver, has been appointed to the board of W.O.O.D., Inc.

Ian MacDonald, Cal-Wood Door Co., Santa Rosa. Ca.. is the new softwood div. v.o. of the Nt'l Woodwork Mfgrs.'Assn. Lynn Rabun, Coin Millwork, Prineville, Or. is the new softwood div. v.p.

Fred Hele has been promoted to sales promotion mgr., American Wholesale Hardware Co., Long Beach, Ca., and Bill Gardner has moved up to stores promotion mgr.

O. Howerd Hindele. senior v.o. and gen. mgr.. Umpqua div.. Bohemia, "*ill reiire this'Dec. He will be replaced by Paul D. Triem, who first joined the firm as asst. to the oresident.

Georle diChristina, J. diChristina & Son, S.F.; Al Ebneter, Architectural Wood Products. S.F.: Norm Jackson, Jayar Mfg., El Monte; John Murray, Murray Mill & Mfgr., El Cajon and Charles Walter. Kaufman & Walter. Santa Ana, have been elected to the board of the Woodwork Institute of California.

Roy C. Bolt has retired as pres. and g/m of the Kwikset div., Emhart Corp. No successor has been named.

Bill Painter, v.p.-sales, Gibson-Homans, annouces the naming of Clifford L. Hartung to the Oregon-ldaho territory. G-H makes coatings, sealants and glazings. Rey Knapp, Fremont, Ca., recently won their "Salesman of the Year" award.

Don Stow and Grry Sylvia are new sales reps for States Veneer, Eugene, Or.

Val Haws is the new man for Suoerior Fireolace Co.. Fullerton. Cd.. for the Southwest territory.

Dean Gaston is the new regional sales msr. for the West for Boise Casca-de's Raygold div., which makes kitchen cabinets.

Phil Baker has joined Ultra Value Panel, Longview, Wa., as sales mgr. He had been with Weyerhaeuser.

Hugh Love is now Anierican Plywood Assn's. director of communications. James F. O'Donnell is now asst. director of special services

Bob Brown is now gen. sales mgr., mobile homes, for Bruce Paneling, according to Claude Taylor, director of sales/marketing.

Alan E. Redeker is now mgr. ol Kaiser's cement mfg. plant near Helena, Mt.

William F. Burton has ioined West Coast Door Manufacturers. Mt. View. Ca., directing all marketing. He had been with Seattle Door Sales.

Ben Andrews has been elected president of the Fir & Hemlock Door Assn., succeeding Robcrt Nord, Andrews is with Clear Fir Products, Springfield. Or.

John Lipani will celebrate 36 years as a Weyerhaeuser man this June. He began with the then Boise Payette Co., right out of college.

Jim Webber, Hubbard & Johnson, Mt. View, Ca., is recuperating at home after recent surgery.

Dick Carroll, J.W. Carroll & Sons, Wilmington, Ca., is back from an Eastern business trio. Larrv Wellen. sales mgr., recently -busines. tripped to their Pa. plant.

"Bill" Singer, 20 game winning pitcher for the California Aneels and lumber salesman for -Max Fr',, Lumber Co., Pasadena, Ca., during off season, is off the phone and back on the mound fbr another season with the Aneels. We're rooting for you, Bill. -

James W. Creig, 39, is now v.p. oi DiGiorgio Corp., San Francisco. with full profit responsibilities for 5 of their larger shelter products operations, according to R.C. McCrrken, president.

Mike Gunn is now in sales for Pope & Talbot, Portland. He was 'with Pacific Wood Products.

Dave Gentry, Davidson Plywood & Lumber, Carson, Ca., has returned from the IHPA convention and a sales swing thru the South and Northeast.

Tom Peterson is now asst. mgr. of LongBell's bldg. mtls. wholesale dept.

Chuck Meister, Jr., has joined E.L. Bruce, Inc. as v.p.-financial plannrng.

John T. King will succeed George H. Simanton as gen. mgr. of Southwest Forest Industries lumber sales, upon Simanton's retirement in August. King has been with U.S. Ply. for I I years.

Joe Leitzinger is now v.p., public affairs for Simpson Timber Co., replacing Dave James, who plans to retire in 1975 after a distinguished career. James remains as v.p. until that time.

:,ill Pope, George Vogel, Roger Buffing- ' ton. Len Mills and Gordon Orton have been honored bv KohlerMcLister Paint Co., Denver, for their sales efforts.

J. E. Hande is now asst. gen. sales mgr. in Georgia-Pacifi c's bldg. products div., part of a personnel realignment announced by v.p. Frank V. Langfitt, Jr. J. D. Schreiber now heads sales for all bldg. products from the Portland div.; M. A. Vidan is now also plywood mgr.; D. B. Renwick is now mgr., Western lumber, moldings; ks Diehl is now mgr., engineered board products. Carl A. Larsen is now gen. s/m, Arrowhead Timber Co., Clackamas, Or.

Clyde Seybold, Duke City Lumber; Nick Kirkmire. Fed. Timber Purchasers Assn. and John Bertholf, So. Colorado Lumber Co. are new members of Denver-based W.O.O.D. Inc.

Glen C. Crookston is the mgr. of G-P's new Tucson, Az., wholesale bldg. mtls. distribution center.

Robert C. McBride is the new mgr.-sales, southern section of the Pacific district, for Koppers Co.

John F. O'Connor is now mgr.Jumber purchasing for Evans Products' bldg. mtls. group.

Danell H. Schroederr v.p., Rellim Redwood, Crescent City, Ca., is the new pres. of the California Forest Protective Assn., a landowner and management goup.

Frank Quattrocchi has been promoted to regional mgr. of all of the American Forest Products' distribution yards in Ca. Chuck Clemensen has moved up to mgr., Cerritos, Ca., yard and George Steele to sales mgr. Gene Courchaine has been promoted to mgr. of the industrial div. at Cerritos. Elmar Brock moves up to regional mgr., Southwest (hq. Dallas) in charge of distribution centers in Tx., N.M., & Az.

Nancy Boulware has replaced Bob SteinCamp at Weyerhaeuser's Burlingame, Ca., office. Bob has retired.

Ted Pollard has been named to head uo Fremont Forest Product's newly established wholesale industrial div., located at their Long Beach, Ca., yard. Fremont hq. are in Whittler.

William M. Pearson has been promoted to gen. mgr. of Louisiana Pacific's new Cheney Studs div.

Jerry Jarboe has joined Potlatch's western supplies div. in Portland.

William A. Riedlinger is now mgr. of GP's distribution center at Fresno, Ca., while J.W. "Woody" Clark is now mgr. at Salinas. William G. Seal is the new mgr. at Anaheim and Alan L. Perkins is now branch mgr. in Great Falls, Mt. N.W. Elardo. H.T. Coffman and J.P. Salber, Oakland, Ca.; F.E. Deu Pree, Denver; H.M. Cozby, Albuquerque; W.B. Hodge, Sacramento, Ca.; and F.D. Adkins, San Diego, have won honors in G-P's "Vice-President's Round Table" sales contest.

Frank Davis, exec. v.p., Arizona Lumber & Builders Supply Assn., recently visited San Antonio. Tx.. as a committee member for NLBMDA's marketing and merchandising committee.

Jim Frodsham, South Bay Redwood Co., Orange, Ca., is back at his desk after a visit to Eureka. Ca.