Sequoia Supply Meeting

1Q EQUOIA Supply recently gather9ed 33 manasers from their 33 branches in 2l stites for their annual meeting. In all, more than 90 attended.

In an interesting addition to the usual meeting, two sessions were held that included Sequoia Supply vendors. Representatives from these companies were positioned at separate tables in a large meeting room. At l5 minute intervals during the meetings, Sequoia managers moved along to the next vendor's table so that at the conclusion of the meetings, every manager had had the opportunity to communicate with every vendor.

Because the company/vendor gatherings were so well received, it has been decided to repeat the sessions on next year's agenda. Representatives from both groups also spent time together golfing and fishing one afternoon.

The meeting was held February l7-18 at the Marriott Hotel, Newport Beach. Ca.. near their lrvine headquarters.

SE0U0lA EBASS: lll Hal Huff, Paul Hylbert. 12l Larry Baugh, Dick Passaglia. l3l Rick Kost, Hal Holden. l4l Mike Bowler, Roy Polachek, Bob Riggs. ltl Frank Courtney, Tom Ponthieux. (61 Jack Green, Ron Wilson, Charles Klabzuba. l7l Gary McCoy, Bruce Blackledge, Rob Lee. (81 Mike Cellura, Ed Jarvis. l9l Don Sorenson, Tom O'Brien. ll0l Dick 0lano, Brian McAwley, Jim Johnson. llll Anna Aricer, Buddy Pope.

Personals (Cr,tntinued from page 3 t)

Alex P. Bormann, Boise ('ascade Corp., Boise. ld.. has been elected a director.

Mike St. John has been promoted to v.p., western operations for Design Master Corp., the wood window div. of TJ International, lormerly known as Trus Joist.

George Wood has joined the trading staff of Cascade Forest Corp., Shelton, Wa., according to Allard R. Johnson, pres.

Terry Runkle has joined the office staff of Product Sales Co., Orange, Ca., working in the areas of finance and computers, according to Ted Gilbert, pres.

Paul McKay is the new pres. of Contact Lumber Co.'s Contact International Division, Portland, Or., succeeding the late Warren Jimerson.

Jim Barham has been named mgr. of Copeland Lumber Yard, Hillsboro, Or.

David Comer has been appointed national sales mgr. for Weslock, Los Angeles, Ca. according to v.p./gen. mgr. David Norris.

Ken Turnbull has joined Fort Vancouver Plywood Co., Vancouver, Wa., as plywood sales mgr.

Jerry Gates is pres., gen. mgr. and handling sales for the newly reopened Cress Ply, Inc. plant in Creswell, Or.

Robert f,arle has been promoted to gen. mgr. at Economy Building Materials, Greeley, Co.

John Allen has left the Pacific Lumber Co., Costa Mesa, Ca., to start his own patio cover and deck building firm. Cheryl Bahneman has been promoted to fill his Palco sales position.

Kristy Funkhouser is new to Teresa Swick & Associates, Federal Way, Wa., as salesperson and oflice mgr.

Jack Mclaughlin, SCR, Inc., Lake Oswego, Or., is recovering from a heart attack. John Gregor recently spent l0 days vacationing in Palm Springs, Ca.

David T. Still has been promoted from Weyerhaeuser western responsibilities to vice president, marketing, sales & distribution, Southern region, based in Hot Springs, Ar.

Ron Bernatow has been transferred to Bloedorn Lumber Co.'s Torrington Lumber Co., Torrington, Wy., as mgr., succeeding John Herbst, who moves to headquarters as an officer trainee. Mike Leischner replaces Bernatow as mgr. ol subsidiary Powell Lumber Co.. Powell, Wy.

Ed Balfour, owner, Umpqua Building & Hardware, Reedsport, Or., was elected to the local city council as a writein candidate.

Rich Copeland, pres./gen. mgr., CA Co., Spokane, Wa., and Lewiston, Id., has been installed as pres. of the Associated Building Material Distributors of America.

Sid Voorhees, Eugene Planing Mill, Eugene, Or., has been elected pres. of the Springfield, Or., Chamber of Commerce.

James R. "Bob" Penin, Capital Lumber Co., Boise, Id., has been appointed to the dealer services steering committee of the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association.

Hal Olson, Armstrong Ceilings, Littleton, Co., has retired after 32 years with the firm.

Idan lverson, Kingsley Lumber Yard, Portland, Or., is celebrating his 50th year in the building material industry. Carla Grimm is the new mgr. of the co.

Joe Orem, Bellingham Sash & Door, Bellingham, Wa., has been appointed to the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association's strategic planning committee.

Cora Nanie has been assigned by the American Heart Association to conduct EKG and treadmill tests at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy I'ungus.

Fighting False Lawsuits

Settling nuisance lawsuits may not be the best way out, claims Standard Brands Paint Co., Torrance, Ca. They are fighting back against undeserving claimants.

Nuisance suits include those without merit which cost more to defend than to settle. Yet Standard Brands has adopted a new "no pay" policy for frivolous claims in light of rising liability insurance premiums.

"We wanl to encourage other corporations to adopt similar policies and fight these things," says Vince D'Acchioli, vice president of corporate services at Standard Brands. "lt may cost more in the short run, but it's worth it in order to hold back the tide of nuisance lawsuits."

The company recently countersued a man for "malicious prosecution and fraud" for filins a nuisance lawsuit against them, and won the case.

Unfortunately, corporate insurers have a reputation of almost always paying claims under $10,000 without question, to avoid costlier litigation and possible adverse publicity.

TIMBER SIZER PRE.FABRICATION

0PEil house: Maple Bros., Inc., Brea., Ca., united customers and suppliers Feb. 16. lll Rob Maple, Lew MacDonald. l2l Matt Tuttle, Tommy John. l3l Roger Kidd. Tim Maple. l4l Connie Whipple, Scott Peringer. l5l Tim Thompson, Don McCulley. 16l Howard Cornell, Mel Maldonado. l7l Gordon Wyatt, Jay Rupp. [8] Earl & Barbara Maple.

D.F. GRAPE STAKES REDWOOD & D.F. LATH

Timbers

From cutting a wedge to pre-fab'd crane pads or mine shafts. Angle cut, cross cut, drilling, dapping-We'll do them all to customer specification.

Railroad Protest

We the undersigned intend to show discrimination by the railroads against the small lumber sawmills and the small lumber wholesaler. This is causing many sawmills and wholesalers to be forced out of business as they can no longer be competitive.

Special contracts to "the big boys" is the cause. The railroads are publishing non competitive rates which must be used by the small independents. The rates also restrict the areas ofthe country we can ship into.

Published competitive rates are the answer. We understand that some railroads have the intention of publishing competitive rates and not signing private contracts.

We need your assistance in assuring that all railroads in both Canada and the U.S.A. publish competitive rates.

William M. Hanrahan

Gabbert

Lumber Sales, Inc.

P.O. Box 161448

Sacramento, Ca. 9581 6-0448

Eel River Employee Buy Out

Eel River Sawmills Inc. employees, Fortuna, Ca., have established an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) with owners Mel and Grace Mclean selling 46% of the outstanding shares of the company to them.

The 475 employees in five company operations will own the company outright within a decade. Although no figures have been released, the three sawmills and timberland held by the company are said to be worth millions. The Mcleans will maintain control of the company as majority stockholders until their deaths.

Funds to make the purchase were borrowed by the ESOP. "This ESOP is designed to distribute in cash the value of all shares owned by employees at the time of their retirement," company vice president Dennis Scott said.

Employees at Pacific Lumber Co., a neighboring operation, also have attempted to purchase their company, but the present ownership reportedly is unwillingly to sell.

Insulation Fails Flame Test

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. warns that loose-fill insulation materials distributed nationwide by InsulMor Cellulose Mfg., Ltd., Oregon, Il., bear an unauthorized reference to UL.

Distributed through building supply stores, the materials are packaged in 30-pound bags identified as "WeatherKing" cellulosic fiber insulation. Tests conducted by UL have shown this product does not meet their requirements.

Lumber- like Polyurethane

Imaginative Materials Group has been formed by Millard P. Thacker and a group of local businessmen in Norco, Ca.

The manufacturer's first product is Billee Bord, a flexible polyurethane material available in standard lumber sizes used in radius windows and other arched areas of construction. The product, which can be nailed into, sawed and painted like traditional lumber, has the flexibility to be bent into a tight 2 ft. radius.

Court Rules For Loggers

Huffman & Wright Logging Co., Canyonville, Or., has been awarded $30,000 in a lawsuit against environmentalists who shut down their operations by chaining themselves to logging equipment.

The Douglas County jury fined the six Earth First! protesters $25,000 in punitive damages and $7,165 in compensatory damages for their acts in the Siskiyou National Forest two years ago.

The jury rejected a counter suit by Earth First! seeking $500 in damages for insults and rocks thrown by loggers.

Association Gets Graphic

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, the Washington, D.C.-based trade group representing the merchant wholesale distribution industry before the federal government, has adopted a new logo.

NAW is composed of l2l national wholesale distribution commodity line associations and direct member firms, which collectively total more than 45,000 companies.

New logos have also been developed for NAW's Wholesaler-Distributor Political Action Committee, Distribution Research and Education Foundation.