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Fred C. Cosper is the new mgr. at Rohen Lumber Co. in Portland. He had been g/m of Portland Wholesale Material Supply Co.

Charles E. Young, WWPA's former director of economic services and marketing reseatch, has opened an office in Portland, Ore., as an independent business economist.

Kent Johnson, Everitt Lumber Co., Ft. Collins, Colo., was one of the flrst dealer employees in the U.S. to start the selfteaching Programmed Learning course from the national dealer association. NLBMDA.

R. A. Johnson, of Tacoma, Wash's. A. J. Johnson & Co., has won a sales performance award for his firm from Arrnstrong Cork.

Ted Anderson of Savage Wholesale Building Materials in Spokane, Wash., has been named to the Armstrong Cork wholesaler policy advisory committee.

Dick Hayzlett is the new mgr. of Copeland's Tigard, Ore,, yard, one of the old Mcready yards. Dick was with Copeland in Portland before his promotion.

Robert H. Bryan has sold his interest in the Guy L. Munson Lumber Co. to Guy llunson. Bryan is retiring after 20 years with the firm.

Peter B. Wilharm has sold Benson Lumber Co., Benson, Ariz., to Bill Anderson and Dick Blaase, who will also continue to operate their construction business,

Don Kesselring recently announced his retirement after 30 years with U. S, Plywood Corp., but will remain on a consultant basis according to western division veep Wallace Williams. Don managed U. S. Plywood's Oakland, Calif. warehouse for many years.

Joe Wilson, head of Tarter, Webster & Johnson's big fencing div. at Newark, Calif., is reported on the mend after surviving a severe auto accident in Fresno, Calif.

Marshall Schmidt, former salesmanager of King's River Lumber Corp. at Sacramento, Calif., has signed with Edward Hines Lumber Co., Chicago, IlI. Marshall will be missed by his many friends from his years with Sacramento Box, Ostrom Lumber and King's River, the latter recently acquired by Sequoia Forest Industries.

Santa Fe Lumber Co. partner Bob Smith made a recent mill safari through northern California and souther"n Oregon.

One of Stockton, Calif.'s older retail yards closed Easter weekend after 30 years of service to custom builders and homeowners. Ruse Lumber Co. was started by O. D. Ruse and Don Blair and later was owned and operated by Ruse and his son Dale.

John C. Mclaren, former salesmanager of U. S. Plywood's Los Angeles warehouse, has been named manager of the company's Oakland, Calif., branch replacing Don Kesselring, who retired. Mclaren, with U. S. Ply for 12 years, will be replaced in L.A. by Miles E. Butterfield, former outside salesman,

That pleasant voice of Ruthie Wood is again heard at Knute Weidman's wholesale office in Palo Alto, Calif. She became ill on a Caribbean cruise two months ago with hubby Tim Wood, salesmanager of Al Thrasher Lumber Co., Calpella, Calif,

Gunter Silmar has returned to his Silmarco International offices in San Francisco after an extensive business trip through western Europe. Silmarco Interrrational is a division of American Forest Products.

Rich Stanley of American Timber & Trading, Portland, Oregon, spent a recent week in the S, F. Bay Area on business.

Arcata Redwood's Ken Laudenschlager recently spent two weeks in the Midwest and East on Arco business.

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Norris of Van De Nor Lumber have returned to Eureka, Calif. after vacationing in Palm Desert with Twin Parks Lumber's Jim Franke and his wife.

Greg Allen has replaced E. L. "Rif' Rifenrath as manager of Georgia-Pacific's Berkeley, Calif., warehouse following transfer of Rifenrath to Cleveland, Ohio, where he will be in mill sales for G-P. Allen was formerly manager of G-P's San Fernando warehouse, He was replaced in San Fernando by Bob Shelver.

Dahle T. Porter is now rep'ing: Walter N. Boysen 'Co. in the San Francisco Bay area.

Among those attending the recent WWPA meeting in S.F., was Frosty Foster, owner of Foster Forest Products, San Marino, Calif.

Dale Grabe has been assigrred the Ha*'aiian territory for Simpson fimber Co. Previously he had worked out of Portland for' ;$ippse11.

Emory E Moore has been named vp. and gen, mg'r. of Vancouver Plywood Co. A pioneer in the plywood business, Moore was formerly a vp. and director of Evans Products Co.

Bob and Dolores Gaylord took an Easter vacation to Acapulco and Mexico City with their kids, Bobby and Karen. Kristin, the ll'ee one, stayed home. Bob is bossman at Burbank, Calif.'s Fir & Pine Lumber Co.

James A. Reed is the new northern Calif. and Pacific Northwest manager for Abitibi, according to western states mgr. John Bates. A former teacher, Reed used to sell out of San Diego, Calif., for Owens-Corning.

Ed Fountain, president of Fountain Lam Loc Co., Los Angeles, has been re-elected to the board of directors of the American Institute of Timber Construction. Ed is a former president of the group. Joseph L. Heinz, Timber Structures, Inc., Portland, rvas elected vp. of the association.

Jim Williams of the Chip National proglam has wrapped up another successful home improvement school course. It was held at Build 'n Save's Lakewood, Calif., store. Jim also found time to speak at the National Lenders Conference.

Lyle Schafer, general manager of Minton's Lumber & Supply, Mountain View and Saratoga, Calif., got a much-deserved free trip to New York City last month rvhere he was presented with the Retailer of The Year award by the National Brand Names Foundation.

Larry Owen and his Fern vacationed at Waikiki Beach and met with Bill Striker of Counter Tops Hawaii, Inc. and Ross Hafiner, head of Wood Products Assn. of Hawaii, to plan for the International l{ooHoo convention in Ifawaii in '71. Larry is on the Supreme Nine and Bill is chairman.

John Beckstrom has moved his Beckstrom & Co. ofrces from Los Altos to Menlo Park, Calif. John originally started Beckstrom & Co, in Portland and moved the business to the San Francisco Peninsula area in 1958, and continues a long association as representative for Brookings Plywood and Nicholai Co.

Stan Eznekier has returned to his Lafay- ette, Calif. ofrces after a "mighty cold', 3 weeks in Hawaii on E, L. Bruce & Co. business (and a little pleasure) worked in between unseasonably heavy rains.

John D. Sullivan, Lumber Association of Southern California prexy, was a panel member at a discussion held during the recent West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau eonvention in Portland.

Retailer Gale Stafiord, Stafford Lumber Co., City of Industry, Calif., has been participating with local businessmen in establishing a Junior Achievement center in the Los Angeles area.

Louise and Frace Fleager have filed with the State of Calif. to open a retail and wholesale lumber company in Escondido.

J. J. Robinson, Marlite's g/m, says their new $1 million plant in Modesto, Calif.' will open in August. It'll turn out plastic-finished hardboard and ceiling paneling.

Charles Kenward had a successful opening recently of his Redlands Lumber Co. yard in Redlands, Calif. William Aiker and Stewart Capehart, formerly in business with Kenward in Pasadena, Calif., will join him shortly.

Ernest J. Hodges is the new president of the American Forest Products Industries, the education/information arm of the forest products business. Hodges is an award winning pr/advertising man, author and former State Dept. advisor.

Bill McCurdy is the manager of the newly-opened Horneowners Lumber Co. in Petaluma, Calif. Homeowners has branches in Santa Rosa and Cotati.

Frosty Foster, owner of Foster Forest Products. and his wife are back with all bones unbroken after a week of skiing at Mammoth, Calif.

Ralph E. "Bud" Steffen is the newly appointed sales representative for the Southern Califomia area for Forest Fiber Products Co., according to F. M. Hughes, vice president and general manager.

Sy Rodakowski was appointed to the newly created position of sales manager of Pope & Talbot's three lumber mills announced Clark A. Johnson, director of sales and marketing. Sy has more than 25 years experience in lumber production and sales.