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Joe Segura is the new mgr. of Mutual Moulding and Lumber, Gardena, Ca. Former mgr. Frank Temple is now selling insurance in Van Nuys, Ca.

Roy Gustin, DE Doors, Inc., El Monte, Ca., and his wife Lois, are the proud parents of a baby girl. Sheree Lynn was born March 12, weight: 7 lbs. 12 oz.

Richard DeMarco has joined the sales force at Wickiup Forest Products, Bend, Or.

Steve Norell is specializing in industrial pine sales for Kellogg Lumber, Lake Oswego, Or.

Ten Hansen, Olympic Industries, West Vancourver, B.C., is the new pres. of the Western Lumber Marketing Assn. First v.p. is Ran W. Davidson, Col-Pac Lumber, Vancouver, B.C.; Herbert E, Charnstrom, North Pacific Lumber, Portland, is 2nd v.p.; Terry Upgaard, Vancouver B.C., 3rd v.p. Don Boone, Sunrise Forest Products, Portland, is sec.; John M. Curran, GoId Rey Forest Products, Beaverton, Or., treas.

John A. Robino has been appointed asst. gen. freight agent for the Union Pacific RR at Los Angeles, succeeding Russell D. Hylen, promoted to gen. freight agent (rates) at Seattle.

Ellen B. Taft is now with American Forest Products, S.F., as mgr., product planning, according to James P. Hilferty, director of marketing services.

Don E. Wallace, 37, is WWPA's new field rep.for Or. Wa. and Id.

Jim Summerlin, mgr. of the lumber dept., Robert S. Osgood, Inc., Los Angeles, is back from an extensive South American trip related to the firm's importing of genuine mahogany.

Mahlon Marsh has been named director of sales & marketing for specialty plywoods and Woodstrip, according to George J. Ritchie, v.p., domestic operations, Portland. John Postman and Cal Cox at the Kalamamill will have added responsibilities.

Ron Pulliam is the new gen. mgr. of Pacific Yard Service, a div. of the Palmer G. Lewis Co., Auburn, Wa., according to PGL pres. Bob Peterson.

Beral Kotler, Berkot Manufacturing Co., Sun Valley, Ca., is back from an Associated Surplus Dealers Assn. convention in Las Vegas.

Roger Baer, Cal Pacific Wholesale, Cucamonga, Ca., has returned from a recent sales safari to Western Canada.

Chuck Walton, mgr. of American Plywood Assn's. Div. for Product Approval, was recently honored by APA for his 25 years of service.

Bill Moore, WWPA, and Bud Hoover, -APA, have been honored by W.O. O.D., Inc. Denver, for their contributions to the industry.

Chet Cowan is the new chief inspector for the West Coast Lumber InsPection Bureau, Portland.

Steve Rambo is the new gen. mgr. of Chandler Supply Company's Meridan, Id., div.

Pete Niebling, North American Wholesale Lumber Assn. Western mgr., Portland, recently addressed students at Oregon State Univ., Corvallis.

Jim Fechner is the new mgr. of Ameri can Forest Products' remanufacturing group, Stockton, Ca.

Ralph Lamon, Lamon Lumber Co., San Francisco, recently comPleted his annual Or. and No. Ca. mill survey trip.

Mike Rhoades, Lane-Stanton Vance Lumber Co., City of Industry, Ca., and his wife Jo were recently blessed with twin girls, Trisha Lynn (4 lbs., 13 oz.') and Katrina Dawn (5 lbs, 7 oz.) on March 3. They were born 7 mh. apart.

Mike White has been named mgr. of 84 Lumber's new Sacramento, Ca., store, and Chuck Allen mgr. of the new Citrus Heights (Sacramento) store.

John Osgood, Robert S. Osgood, Inc. Los Angeles, is currently in the Far East on an extensive business triP, his 27th to the Orient.

Paul Wheeler, DE Doors, El Monte, Ca., is back from a New Orleans. La., business trip.

Wally Wolf is new to the sales staff at Parr Lumber, Orange, Ca., according to pres. Pete Parrella.

Bob Aiken is the new lumber sales mgr. for Wood Markets, Inc.. Portland.

Del Lehr is the new pres. of the Western Wood Moulding and Millwork Producers Assn.. Portland. He's pres. of Sacramento Valley Moulding, Crescent Mills, Ca. Roger Marsh, gen. mgr., Continental Moulding, Orange, Ca., was elected v.p. New board members are C. D. McConville, Corning Moulding, and Robert Weiglein, Snider Lumber Products.

Dick Rising is now Northwest regional mgr. for Simpson Building Supply, heading up their Shelton and Kirkland. Wa.. distribution centers.

Doyle Shipley has been named v.p. marketing for Glesby Building Materials, Van Nuys, Ca.

T. J. Lindgren, former pres., United Wholesale Lumber, Montebello, Ca., has moved up to exec. v.p. of parent co. Fruit Growers Supply and vice chairman of United's board. Miles E. Butterfield is United's new pres. J. E. Marshment is now v.p. and mgr., softwood and box div.s.

Ted Smart has joined Dant & Russell, Portland, as accounting mgr.

Karl Drexel, Trinity Forest Products, Novato, Ca., is the proud father of a baby boy: Christopher Whitney, 8 lbs. 15 oz., March 12. Take a bow, Karl.

Pat Ball, Coos Head Timber, Coos Bay, Or., got in a recent week of vacationing, including a day's skiing.

Russ Sturdyvin, American Forest Products, Stockton, Ca., is back at his desk after a honeymoon trip to Canada.

Earl Tatman has retired from Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, after 27 years. No firm retirement plans as of yet, Earl says.

Judy West has been appointed an outside sales rep for AFP, Newark.

Bruce Fitzgerald, Simpson Building Supply, Santa Clara, Ca., has been promoted to industrial sales rep, No. Ca.

Ralph Hagle and Steve Hill, Chandler Lumber, Van Nuys, Ca., are back from a recent Oregon mill trip.

Sam Baskins has joined LouisianaPacific, Red Bluff, Ca., as industrial lumber sales mgr., according to John Schick, L-P sales and marketing director.

Daryl Bond, All-Coast Forest Products, Whittier, Ca., and his wife, Jo, are back from a tour of England and Ireland.

Ted Gilbert, Product Sales, Newport Beach, Ca., got in a recent hunting trip in Mexico with Jerry DeCou, DeCou Lumber, Atascadero, Ca.

Seth Potter, pres., Dant & Russell, Portland, is back after an extended trip to Florida on company business.

C. E, Hinshaw, v.p., Diamond International Corp., Sacramento, Ca., has retired after 4l years with the company, according to R. D. Cushman, gen. mgr., retail operations.

Rick Curb is the new sales mgr. of Little River Lumber Co. of Piedmont, S. D. He has been in sales for L-P's Ukiah Div.

J. R. Salter is the new v.p., gen. mgr. of Kimberly-Clark's California forest products business div., Anderson, Ca. A CPA, his background is in financial management.

Paul Nobmann. Old Adobe Timber Products, Petaluma, Ca., and his wife Linda, were hosts recently at a thank you dinner in Ukiah, Ca., for his good customers.

Michael L. LeBreck is now San Francisco district sales supervisor for National Adhesives.

Lee Durham and Ken Nall, Treated Pole Builders, Inc., Ontario , Ca., are back from Portland after a recent bridge builders conference.

Frank Davis, exec. v.p., Arizona Lumber & Builders Supply Assn. exec. v.p., is taking it easy after a brief session in the hospital.

Thomas E. Brassel is the new v.p.. technical services, and Russell -P. Wibbens v.p., marketing services,of the American Institute of Timber Construction, according to Paul R. Beattie, exec. v.p.

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D-l-Y Solar Kiln Cuts Drying Cost

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HAVING troubles getting small quantities of kiln-dried lumber? s driving you up a tree?

The answer may be a solar-heated, lumber dryer constructed and operated with the help of a handy publication available from the Forest Service.

Because of marketing practices, the price for small volumes of kiln-dried hardwoods is roughly double that for the same amount of green wood. Small operators can save considerable money by drying the wood themselves. Sav-

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D-l-Y solar dry kiln cuts cost of drying small amounts of hardwood . . . savings of $200 per MBF are not uncommon . . . kiln operating costs: 25d, per daVl ings of $200 per thousand board feet are not uncommon.

A retired Forest Service employee built a solar-heated kiln, about l0' long, 7' wide, and 6'high, capable of holding 800 b.f. Built in southern Wisconsin, it dried l" thick walnut from 85% moisture to 8% in under 50 days.

The walnut drying was done in the summer when kiln temDeratures often reached 130o. Kiln temperatures in the winter ranged from 80o90o so drying takes a little longer.

Operating costs are srnall. This kiln has been drying lumber for about a quarter a day, the cost ofthe electri city to power the fans.

The cost of building a kiln will vary according to kiln size and lumber prices. It can be done inexpensively and is sufficiently simple for a d-i-yer to construct.

For further information write to State and Private Forestry, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 5130, Madison, Wi. 53705.

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(Continued from page 22 ) one-half after the annual lumbermen's Golf Tournament tees off at McCormick Ranch Golf Course in Scottsdale.

At noon Thursday, May 5, registration opens in the lower foyer of the Doubletree Inn. That evening at six p.m. the buses leave for Rawhide, a Western Town nearby for an evening of fun, games, dinner and dancing in the spirit of the Old West.

Befitting an organization that has grown in numbers and stature over the recent years, AL&BSA themes their 56th annual as "New Challenges of a Changing Market."

The convention chairman for this year isVirgilHunt, who together with the convention committee and Frank E. Davis, executive v.p. of the association, have put together another excellent annual meeting and program.