25 VEARS AGO fromn the pagcs of 1962

Wayne Gardner and Bernie Barber were among those at the head table for the Lumbermen's Joint Action Committee uood promotion meeting sponsored by the San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club.

Dee Essley, D.C. Essley & Son, was named to co-chair the Los Angeles Committee for National Forest Products Week with Jim Forgie, Robert S. Osgood, Inc.

Former vice president Richard M. Nixon addressed more than 800 loggers, lumbermen and foresters at the l3th annual Sierra-Cascade Logging Conference in Redding, Ca.

Frank Ruggieri, owner of San Antonio Rigid Pole Construction Co., was a spring candidate for councilman in the City of Dairy Valley, Ca., election.

Chuck Williams, Beaver Lumber, was in Arizona on business.

Boise Cascade Corp., the nation's second largest softwood producer, bought the Columbia River Paper Co. for $60 million.

Jim Sullivan. Sullivan Hardwoods, was elected president of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Distributors Association, succeeding Jim Higgins, J.E. Higgins Lumber Co. Al Frost, Frost Hardwood Co., was elected sec./treas.

C. Henry Bacon Jr. was elected president of Simpson Timber Co., succeeding Thos. F. Gleed.

John Osgood, president of the lmported Hardwood Plywood Association, spoke on "Thb Lumberman Becomes a World Trader" at a meeting of the Federal Trade Association of Southern California.

Sterling Wolfe, Los Angeles wholesaler, was among those attending a panel discussion on "The Function of the Wholesaler in Relation to the Bay Area Lumber Markets" sponsored by the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club.

Leo Hulett, general sales mgr. of Willits Redwood Products, returned home after two weeks on business in the Southwest. Stan Hulett left rainy Mendocino County behind for a sleet and snow redwood safari through the East Coast.

Ken and Dolores Coleman attended the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club's annual dinner dance at General Lee's in Chinatown.

K.E. "Mac" MacBeath, MacBeath Hardwood Co., San Francisco, Ca., was presented the Bobbie Burns Memorial Golf Trophy after the tournamenJ at the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association annual convention.

Don Muller, Southern California sales mgr. for Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., announced a new location for their Los Angeles sales office.

John Robins, Simpson Timber Co., was named to the board of the California Redwood Association.

Jim Nelson, retail lumber dealer of Buena Park, Ca., and his family were on an extended trip to Europe, spending most of their time in the Scandinavian countries, but also visiting Paris, London, Rome and other areas of the continent.

Dr. Donald H. Clark was named manager of the Northwest Hardwood Association.