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G00D CHEER abounded as Shasta-Cascade Hoo-Hoo Club members gathered in Redding, Ca., to honor Dan Brown, Snark ol the Universe, and Kevin Kelly of Sydney, Australia. (1) Earl Moore, treas., Don Frank, v.p.; Claude Scott, sec.; Owen McKanney, pres. (2) Glen Dietz, Al Kerper. (3) Bruce Main, Don Porter. (4) David Jones, Kelly Brown. (5)Wayne Murphy, Lanny0wens. (6) Bob Bretz. (7) Mark Rix, Greg Passmore. (8) Bud Frank. (9) John Crane. (10) George Rogers, Don Cherovsky. (11) Ron Dewitt, Carl Dryphout. (12) Bob Reagan. Five men, Dan Butler, Joe Hatrup, Greg Keller, Tom Bonner and Rix, were welcomed into membership.

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Palos Verdes, Ca., and John Andl, New York City were appointed to the board of directors.

The IHPA also elected five regional vice presidents: Robert E. Less, Tacoma, Wa.; James R. Summerlin; C.W. Robinson, New Orleans, La., and Russell Stadelman II, Memphis, Tn.

O. Keister Evans, executive vice president, presented his annual report at the opening general sessions. Gerald E. Gilbert, general counsel of the IHPA, gave an update on bills currently before the Congress that would effect U.S. trade policies. Gage McKinney, author of a lumber history, from Seal Beach, Ca., spoke about the life of Robert Dollar, a pioneer hardwood importer.

In his lively address McKinney re- counted how Dollar had overcome a childhood of sorrow and poverty to become one of the giants of world commerce and industry. While holding fast to the strict tenets of his Scottish upbringing, Dollar struggled his way to manhood in a northwoods logging camp. At the peak of his career Dollar owned sawmills on the Pacific Coast and lumberyards in China. He organized the Dollar Steamship Line and inaugurated the first around-the-world freight and passenger service.

Although Dollar was best known as a lumber exporter, he was also a pioneer hardwood importer. In 1906 he became the first lumberman to offer Japanese oak logs and lumber for sale in the U.S. After l9l0 he was largely responsible for the development of the Philippine mahogany trade in the U.S.

Other speakers at the convention included Walter Benning of the

Manufactured Housing Institute who spoke on "Manufactured Housing-the past, the future, and today."He noted that although housing starts across the country had (Continued from page 5 I )

Personals

Glenn C. McNeil has been promoted to v.p. at Nugget lndustries, Rogue River, Or.

Ken Vise is now with Sunrise Forest Products, San Clemente, Ca.

Sterling Wolf e, Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Tustin, Ca., and his wife, Loraine, are back from a respite in Hawaii.

John C. Hart, treasurer and controller since 1973 at Louisiana-Pacific, Portland, Or., has been elected v.p., finance, and to the board according to Harry A. Merlo, chairman and pres., replacing Donald R. Kayser who has resigned to join The Bendix Co. although he will remain on the board of directors.

Frank Gilchrist, pres. of Gilchrist Timber Co., Gilchrist, Or., is recovering from injuries received in a collision during a snowstorm near LaPine, Or. Messages can be sent to St. Charles Medical Center, 2500 N.E. Neff Rd., Bend, Or., 97001.

Steven Plummer is now at Chandler Corp., Boise, Id., as a sales rep for wood products.

John Resing has been elected chairman of the board of directors of Dant & Russell, Inc., Portland, Or.

Loren E. Bullock is the new mgr. of Anderson Lumber Co.'s store in Salt Lake City, Ut.

Llli Heimerdinger is the new gen. mgr. of Lignomat USA, Ltd., Portland, Or.

Steve Johnson, son of Dick Johnson, sales mgr. at Michigan-California Lumber Co., Camino, Ca., has been named Officer of the Year by the Stockton (Ca.) police dept.

Pat Patory is new to the industrial dept. at Fullmer Lumber Co., Tigard, Or., according to Judy Sinton, office mgr.

Jim Bridges, son of Doy Bridges, personnel mgr. at Michigan-California Lumber So., Camino, Ca., is directing his first motion picture musical.

Sam Fineman, pres. of Bel-Air Door Co., Alhambra, Ca., and a longtime director of the NSDJA is back from an association meeting in Las Vegas, Nv.

Don Kelleher, Kelleher Lumber Sales, is back at San Rafael, Ca., Hq. after a Hawaiian vacation.

Mike Parli has joined Precision Redwood Manufacturing Co., Cloverdale, Ca.

Mike O'Malley, Mallco Lumber & Building Materials, Phoenix, Az., and his wife, Teri, vacationed last month in So. Ca.

"lYoody" Fritz has joined Burns Lumber Co. as a sales rep in their National City, Ca., branch office. He recently retired from American forest Products after 30 years in the business beginning with the old American Products Inc., San Diego, Ca.

Dsve Rolfe has been promoted to senior sales rep for Simpson panel products in Seattle, Wa.

Bob Reid, Reid & Wright, Inc., Arcata, Ca., has been in Co. where brother Richard Reid heads up their Rocky Mountain office.

Henry Berry has joined Search Northwest Forest Industries Group as a recruiter based in Santa Rosa, Ca.

Dean Matthews, Simpson Timber Co., Seattle, Wa., has been in So. Ca. and Az. on a business swing.

Mark Nizic is new to sales at Continental Forest Products, Inc., Lake Oswego, Or., according to Dan Bohrer, mgr., import/export division.

Jerry Hancock has been named gen. mgr. of the Phoenix, Az., division of Chandler Corp., Boise, Id.; Bob Rosendahl is now plant mgr. there; David Jones has returned to the Wood Products Group as a sales rep; Loran Polete has been promoted to plant mgr. at the Woodland operation; Bob Spagnolo is a new sales rep there.

Steve Schmitt is new in sales at Stimson Lumber Co., Forest Grove, Or., reports John Dimeling, sales mgr.

Steve Garrlson, Mallco Lumber & Building Materials, Phoenix, Az., and his wife are parents of a baby girl born April 5. Samantha Emily weighed in at 8 lbs. even.

John Mayginnes, All Heart Lumber Co., Ukiah, Ca., and his wife, Barbara. are back from India.

Henry K. "Hank" Ricklefs has been named marketing mgr. of the Columbia Door Div., Simpson Timber Co., Vancouver, Wa.

Bill Hayes, Delson Lumber Co., Olympia, Wa., and his bride, Patricia, honeymooned in Hawaii following their Mar. 27, marriage.

Bruce Brogden, treas., Rolando Lumber Co., Inc., San Leandro, Ca., and his wife, Jeanne, are new parents ofa son, Craig; Dave Trybom, salesman, and his wife, Joyce, a son Brian; Jeff Howard, trader, and his wife, Janet, a son, Christopher, causing Helen D. Osborne, office mgr., to comment "good news comes in 3s at Rolando. "

Dennis Hembd has been named v.p. of manufacturing and Joann Clements, purchasing mgr. at Standard Structures, Inc., Santa Rosa, Ca., according to Richard C. Caletti, pres.

"Bob" Roberts. Western Wood Products Association, is back at Portland, Or., hq., after a trip to New Orleans on association business.

Mike Maehara has joined the international div. of Boise Cascade, Portland, Or., as export lumber mgr., according to Max J. Buxton, div. mgr.

Kingston McKee, Forest Lumber Co., San Marino, Ca., is back after a Portland, Or., trip.

Chris Lynch has joined the sales staff of Reid & Wright, Inc., Boulder, Co. James L. Capponi has joined the Palmer G. Lewis Co., Auburn, Wa., as corporate product mgr. of wire and steel products, according to Richard E. Lundgren, pres.

Janet P. Cunningham is now a sales rep. for J.H. Baxter & Co., San Mateo, Ca., in No. Ca., Co. and Nv. Erich A. Helfert has been appointed staff v.p., corporate planning, for Crown Zellerbach, San Francisco.

Craig Larsen has been named liaison between the Western Wood Products Association and the structural truss industry in the West, according to H.A. Roberts, WWPA exec. v.p.

Larry Knudson, pres., Lumbermen's of Washington, is heading up the new div. formed by Lanoga Corp., Seattle, Wa., when they acquired the home center units.

Laura Cornett has been working at Andersonia Forest Product's Huntington Beach, Ca., office reports Ed Evans.

Buck Melton, former Angels/Ca. pres., is now working for W.R. Grace corporate, New York, N.Y.

Dwight Curran, DMK-Pacific, Fremont, Ca., is back at it after a vacation.

Tom Conway has joined Hampton Lumber Sales Co., Portland, Or., as a trader, according to Gordon J. King.

Rob Huetter is a new sales rep for Dataline in So. Ca. He had been with American Forest Products. Dean Tyree is also new in sales, based in Bakersfield. Ca.

Carl Hakenson has been promoted to v.p. of forestry and government affairs at Duke City Lumber Co., Albuquerque, N,M., replacing retiring Yale Weinstein, according to Frank C. See, v.p.-marketing.

Allan Bakerhas been added to thetrading staff at Suncrest Forest Industries, Medford, Or.

Dinny Waters, Dataline Corp., Sausalito, Ca., has been on a Bakersfield/So. Ca. sales swing.

D. Omer Buttars is retiring from Anderson Lumber Co., Ogden, Ut. after 40 years.

Dave Perez has been named co-mgr. of the 84 Lumber store in Ventura.Ca.

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