PERSONATS

Jlm Spangler is new to sales at J€wettCameron Lumber Corp., Portland, Or.

Mike trlrnegan is now with the lumber div. of Hearin Forest Industries, Inc., Portland, Or.

Richrrd T. Winemiller is now v.p. after being re+lected to the board of directors of Houston Lumber Co., Clovis, N.M.

Inga Yrlr, National Marketing, Lake Oswego, Or. was recently at the roofing contractor's show in So. Ca., according to Al Wellcr, pres.

Glenn Prrker was named "Salesman of the Year" and Bruce Glelen, "Most Improved Salesman" at Virginia Hardwood Co., Monrovia, Ca.

Ed Duquesnel is now senior v.p., stores, at Ole's Home Centers, Pasadena, Ca.; William J. Lawler, senior v.p., administration; Gary L. Schaugaard, senior v.p., finance; Robert E. Stutz, senior v.p., marketing; James C. Poon, corporate controller; Al Yochum, v.p,, personnel; Ron Farris, v.p., northern operations.

Robert Haimsohn is now director of imports at Handyman, San Diego, Ca.; Paul Stubbs and Dave Kosler, div. mgrs.; Bill Crayton, Barry Friedman and Jim Heys, senior merchandisers.

Dde Mahlum, Coast to Coast store owner, Missoula, Mt., reports his bull, Coast to Coast, is a top contender for the national rodeo finals in Ok.

Judy Frrmer, Boise Cascade Building Materials Center, Bellevue, Wa., has qualified for regional body building championship competition.

Bob Day, mgr., Economy Lumber and Hardware Store, Pueblo, Co., is recovering from a heart attack.

Don Clark, owner and mgr. of The Clark Lumber Co., Frederick, Co., is making plans for retirement.

Don Northrup, Lost River Lumber Co., Arco, Id., has been appointed to the board of directors of the Mountain States Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association to fill the unexpired term of Dave Mclelland, Pocatello, Id., who has resigned for business reasons.

Al trilemming, Art Parrish, and Ken Vise have joined sales at Western International Forest Products, Beaverton, Or., reports Dave Gambee. Bard Brown has returned to the staff.

John Schick, Louisiana Pacific Corp., Los Angeles, Ca., was recently in Chicago, Il., on business.

Vince Besinque, Lane Stanton Vance Lumber Co., City of Industry, Ca., and his wife, Margeltt, have just returned from Vancouver. B.C., where they visited friends and business acquaintances.

Ilill Jecobson has been on a 2-week sales trip for Reid & Wright, Inc., Arcata, Ca., in Hawaii.

Karl Mosher, McCormick & Baxter, San Francisco, Ca., is back from a vacation that included sailing off the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.

Bob Britt, Britt Lumber Co., Arcata, Ca., has been in Az. on a business trip.

Phil Mathews is new to sales at Rio Grande Forest Products, Albuquerque, N.M.

lrtne Harter has retired after more than 30 years with Hemphill-O'Neill Lumber Co., Chehalis, Wa.

Vern Gregg is now a trader at Consolidated Lumber, Eugene, Or.

Bill MacBeath, MacBeath Hardwood, San Francisco, Ca,, made a recent business swing through So. Ca.

Larry Price, Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, Ca., is retiring after 22 years with the big redwood firm.

Frank Quattrocchi retired April l, from the management ranks of American Forest Products, Cerritos, Ca., after spending 27 years with the co., beginning back when it was still called Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc. Frank plans to do some traveling and serious loafing.

Dave Walton, of Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco, Ca., pres., Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club, Dave Mensing, Redwood Empire, Morgan Hill; v.g. snark; Brent Crosby, Domtar Forest Products, Walnut Creek, v.p.; Dwight Curran, DMK-Pacific, Fremont, sec.-treas.;Dennis Hansen, Pruitt & White Lumber Co., Berkeley, sgt. at arms; Bill Barr, Ted French, Frank Kinney, Dick Madsen and Tom Richert, directors, are formulating the spring program for the club.

Dick McClure, is a new outside salesman for the Central Valley and Reno/Tahoe areas for Union Forest Products and Union Planing Mill. He replaces Bob Ridgley who is retiring from the company he joined 'way back in 1943.

Dave Wright is now a trader with AIIwood Industrial, Portland, Or.

Dave Gambee is back at his desk at Western International Forest Products, Beaverton, Or., after a Hawaiian vacation.

Ron Robbins, Sequoia Wood Products, Elmira, Ca., and his wife have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a vacation trip to Nashville, Tn., and New Orleans, La.

The Merchant Magazlne

Don Comstock, Western Wood Products Association, Los Angeles, Ca.' is retiring after 35 years. He began work in Portland, Or., in 1947 andtransferred to L.A. in '49 on a "temporary basis." He has been there ever since, the longest record for field service.

Fred Pueringer is now regional/sales mgr. for System Transport, Clayton, Ca.

Joe Shipmrn, Navajo Forest Products, Navajo, N.M. has completed a 2 week sales trip through Tx. and La.

lVill and Xltty RieSel, Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, Ca., are parents of a son, Willtan Byrne Riegcl' born Feb. 20, weighing 6lbs47: oz. He is their #l child.

Bill Buettner is retiring from United Wholesale Lumber Co., Montebello, Ca., in the late spring to do part time consulting work. He has completed 50 years in the business.

Cordes Langlcy, Redwood Coast Lumber Co., Ukiah, Ca., hasvacationed at Hana and Kaanapali on Maui, Hi.

Georye C. Fisher has been ntrmed product mgr., distribution div., GeorgiaPacific, Portland, Or., according to W.D. Rose, general products mgr.

John T. Casey Jr., Sierra Mountain Mills, North San Juan, Ca., pres. of the Western Wood Products Association, was among industry leaders meeting recently with presidential counselor Edwin Meese in the White House.

Frank "Bud" Perkins is now sales mgr. for Setzer Forest Products and McKuen Moulding Co., Sacramento, Ca., John Campbell' assistant sales mgr., is supervising production and sales coordination.

Delbert Niebaum is the new sales mgr. at C & D Lumber Co., Riddle, Or., according to Phil Johnson.

Bill Finetti has transferred from No. Ca. to the Rancho Cucamonga facility in So. Ca. as a sales rep for Kelleher Lumber Co., San Rafael, Ca.; Ken Bowlin also is coming south to operate out of Rancho Cucamonga, according to Jeff Barnes, sales mgr.

Ellen Caruso has been appointed executive secretary of W.O.O.D., Inc., Denver, Co., according to Wdter Kellogg III, pres.

Jay Steiner, v.p., Lumberjack Stores, Inc., Sacramento, Ca., and Samuel D. Gaddis, national sales mgr., GeorgiaPacific, Portland, Or., are new to the advisory board of the National Home Center/Home Improvement Congress & Exposition.

Polly Esther has joined the fabric sales dept. at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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