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Kenneth Vrchter, Or. and Wa. regional sales mgr. for Simpson Extruded Plastics Co., Eugene, Or., has been named 1980 Salesman of the Year, according to Jerry Hollander, sales mgr'

John F. McGovern has been appointed v.p. for project financing, GeorgiaPacific Corp., Portland, Or., Harry J. Kane, executive v.p. of finance, has announced.

Jeffrey R. Stafford has been appointed advertising mgr. for Kwikset, Anaheim, Ca., a div. of Emhart Industries, Inc., according to William Tell Thomas, v.p.-marketing.

Jim Groschupf is now in charge of lumber and studs at Plumb Creek Lumber Co., Columbia Falls, Mt.; Bob Owens and Bill Hendrickson are handling all plywood sales.

Tom Dittrick is now Or. sales rep for Oregon-McKenzie Lumber Products, Eugene, Or.

Willard Spies, v.p.-operation, J.H. Baxter & Co., San Mateo, Ca., has retired after 38 years with the firm. He will continue part-time to oversee timber management, according to Alfred X. Baxter. c.e.o.

Larry Hargrave is new to Suncrest Forest Industries, Medford, Or.

Vince Bricher is now a trader at Whitewater Lumber Co., Eugene, Or.

Thomas H. Gonser, associate general counsel and assistant sec. of Boise Cascade Corp., Boise, Id., has been appointed executive director of the American Bar Association.

J.E. "hck" Deger is the new Western region mgr. for W.R. Bonsal Co., City of Industry, Ca.

Asa K. Jennings is western area v.p. of Wickes Lumber, a div. of Wickes Companies, San Diego, Ca., located in Sacramento, Ca., reporting to Richard L. Barker, sr. v.p. and gen. mgr.

John Hull has joined the sales staff at J.H. Blevins Co., Inc., at Napa, Ca., according to Rick Rosa.

George Reinbacher and William Alf have been elected corporate v,p.s of Pope & Talbot, Inc., Portland, Or., according to William A. Whelan, pres. and c.o.o.

Bob Sutton, Fallbrook Lumber Co., Fallbrook, Ca., and fellow lumberman Lowell Kolb "journeyed to San Diego to have lunch on the Boise Boys," according to Sutton.

Nancy Boulware, with the Weyerhaeuser, Co., Tacoma, Wa., and Don Jaenicke, a Seattle, Wa., advertising exec. , and former Weyerhaeuser employee, were . married Mach l, l98l,at the Crystal - Cathedral, Garden Grove, Ca. Congratulations!

Meet the newest members of the APA family of Performance- Rated panels. They're test-proven for residential and other light{rame wall sheathing, roof sheathing and subf loor appl ications. Thesepanels speak for themselves.

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Because your customers main interest is whether it will perform forthe use he has in mind.

So the trademark tells the panel use; maximum support spacing; thickness; what kind of exposure it's designed to withstand; as well as who makes it and its code acceptance.

Performance- Rated panels are available as conventional veneered plywood ; composite panels ; or unveneered panels, includ ng structu ral particleboard, flakeboard, or oriented strand board.

AIIAPA-Rated panels, regardless of composition, are manufactured in accordance with APA's exacti ng end-use standards.

So you and your customers can depend on these panels for predictable performance.

Fred Duchi, the pres. of Siskiyou Forest Products, Woodland, Ca., was recently in Portland, Or., on co. business.

LJlf Jorni has been promoted to corporate controller for The Nicolai Co., Portland, Or,, according to Gilbert N. Miller, v.p./finance and treas.

Gary Robertson is the new dispatcher at Forest Products Transportation, Ukiah, Ca., reports Gary Hartman.

Waldo Tinsley has joined John Williams and Associates in Corona del Mar, Ca., as a manufacturer's rep. He had been with Builders Emporium, in buying, for 20 years.

William M. Fraser has been appointed controller of the building products group, Southwest Forest Industries, Phoenix, Az.

Morrie Tisdsll is the new lumber buyer at Truss-Com, North Highlands, Ca.

C.D. Whitney is now sales 08r., plywood and particleboard; Gregg McKee, panel sales mgr.; Thomas Herion, oriented strand board mgr. assisted by Michrel Mannex and Colleen Harris at Potlatch CorP., Spokane, Wa.

Ted Gilbert, Products Sales Co., Orange, Ca., and his wife, Rosie, are back from a Marlin fishing vacation at Punta Pescadero, Baja, Mexico.

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More to come.

This is only the beginning. APA is testing and evaluating other panel products. Concrete form panels and siding, forexample. In the future they'lljoin Sturd-lFloor@ and Performance- Rated Sheathing.

So stock and sell Performance-Rated panels; and insist on the APA trademark. lt's your assurance that the manufacturer is committed to APAs rigorous program of testing and quality control.

lf youU like more information on APA Performance- Rated panels, write us at Dept. MM-051, P.O. Box 11700,Tacoma, Washington 98411.

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