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Gary 'lAminski is new to commercial sales at P&M Cedar Products. Stockton. Ca., according to Charlie Moss, national distribution mgr. Gary and Vic Hadley are senior lumber sales reps.

Steve Hoffman is new to sales at Thomas Forest Products, Eugene, Or.

Rick Saunders is gen. mgr. of the newly reopened Gold Beach Plywood Inc., Gold Beach, 0r. Don Martin is sales mgr.

David M. Fbller has been appointed n-ansportation mgr. of Publishen Faper Co. , Lake Oswego, Or.

I-ester B. Karren has retired from Contact Lumber Co., Portland, Or., after more than 40 years in the industry.

Bob krrin, pres., Westem Building Materials Association. led WBMA members to the recent "Conference with Congress'' in WhshingOn, DC. WBMA past pres. Cecil Cleveland, exec. director Chuck Link, national director Gordon Gerretsen and v.p.s Clayton Smith and Joe Orem joined him.

Ron Wheeler will manage the new Umpqua Building and Handware, Florence, Or., according to Mark Balfour, pres.

James Cavanaugh is mgr. of the new Knoll Lumber & Hardware Co., Woodinville, Wa. Tbrry Willey is asst. mgr.

Ken Marson. Marson & Marson Lumber, Inc., Leavenworth, Wa., has been named 4th district rep. to the National White House Conference on Small Business.

Steve Mattson, l,ogan Lumber Co., Seattle, Wa. , has been elected pres. of the Seattle Hoo-Hoo Club. Wesley Sine, Wes-Wood Building Supply, lnc. , is the new v. p. of the Klamattr Falls Winema Club. Robert \'hnde$all, OrePac Building Products, Thcoma, Wa., is pres. of the Tacoma-Olympia club, andLess Sjoholm, Northwest Forest Products, Tacoma, Wa., is v.p.

Jim Roberbon has been making calls for Superior Hardwoods, Missoula, Mt., in the No. Ca. and Nv. areas, according to John Medlinger, pres.

K. Rex Call has been appointed pres. and c.o.o. of Hydro Systems, Inc., North Hollyuood, Ca., according to Alan Steinhardt, founder and c.e.o.

Mike Buza is the new director of operations at Spenard Builden Supply, Anchorage, Ak. Larry Byrd is branch mgr. ofthe Eagle River, Ak., store.

Jame A. 'tim" Gray, lumber mgr., Handyman Distribution Center, Tracy, Ca., has retired after 14 yean with the co. and over 40 yean in the industry.

Mike Parli has joined Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Samoa, Ca., in charge of redurcod sales.

Mir:hael Buchen has been promoted to district mgr. of the eight Lumberjack stores in the Sacramento. Ca., area.

Neal T. Heflin has been named moulding dept. mgr. of Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga.

David Greene has joined Golden State Moulding, Rocklin, Ca., as mill coordinator.

Brent Bouslog, industrial sales mgr., Ganatrl Lumber, Anaheim, Ca., and his wife, Michelle, are parents of a new daughter, Danielle, born April 9.

Kenneth N. Christopher is now exec. v.p. and c.o.o. of Sanline Inc. , Norwalk, Ca. , according to Stanley G. Flahm, pres. and chairman of the board. Lynn HomerQen has been elected to the board ofdirectors and succeeds Christopher as v.p. ofmarketing.

Harvey Rosen, pres., Handyman, Inc., San Diegq Ca., has been named to the steering committ€e of the Home Center l-eadership Council. E.L. Newkirk, Chandler Lumber Co. , \r'an Nuys, Ca., has completed his three-year term. Other committee members include William Gamble, McCulloch Corp., Los Angeles, Ca., and William Fishman, seminar director for National Home Center Show, San Diego, Ca., and a columnist for The Merchant Magazine.

Herman W. Glovet dir. of field services, American Plywood Association, Thcoma, Wa., has retired after 3l years with the association. Philip L. Benfield, with APA for 30 years, succeeds him.

Tucker Smyth is new to Delson Lumber Sales, Olympia, Wa., which sells cedar from Skookum Lumber, Shelton, Wa.

Eric Scott will operate Arix Lumber, Oceanside, Ca., formerly an office for Dier Lumber Co., Sacramento, Ca. Steve Butterworth will remain in sales.

Rick Gates has joined the sales team at the new Maverick Div. of Cedar Lumber Ltd., Denver, Co.

Ira Liberman, pres., Duke City Lumber Co., Albuquerque, N.M., has retired after 36 years with the co.

Jeff Ostrom is new to sales at Red Hawk Industries, Fortland, Or.

Tom Whipple is now at Pacific Basin Forest Products. Portland, Or.

lbd Gilbert, Product Sales Co., Orange, Ca. , and his wife, Rosemary; Bob Mellon, Mellon and Johnson, Fontana, Ca., and his wife, Marie, and Sterling Wolfe, Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Tustin, Ca., and his wife, l,oraine, are back from a l0day yacht cruise in the Caribbean.

Cyndi Ttacy, sales rep., Southern California Lumber Sales, Long Beach, Ca., has retired after 16 years in the lumber business, according to Bob Wells, co-owner.

Kathleen ('Kathy" Miller is now customer service mgr. at Northwest Hardwoods, Fortland, Or., a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Co.

T. Marshall Hahn Jr., chairman and c.e.o., Georgia Pacific Corp., has been appointed to the President's Export Council.

Jerry Hood, v.p., Davidson PWP, participated in the first press conference ofthe Plyuood Paneling Council in Chicago, Il.

Others in the discussion were Peter Geertsen, v.p., sales and marketing, States Industries; T.C. Mamous, design and marketing dircctor, Plyuood hnels, Inc.; Bradford F. Mills, sales and marketing director, paneling products, U.S. Plyuood; Gene Nelson, national sales mgr., paneling producs, Georgia-Pacific Corp. ; Robert T. Renfro, paneling gen. mgr., Weyerhaeuser Co., and Howard Steinberg, pres., Ply-Gem Manufacturing.

Robert D. Rterson, chairman of the board, Falmer G. lrwis Co., Inc., Auburn, Wa., has retired after 4O yean with the co. John N. Anderson, vice chairman and c.e.o., will be his successor. Peterson will continue as a director and remain in a consulting position.

Jim Bilinski has joined Western American Forest Products, Benicia, Ca., as hardwood lumber and plywood product mgr., according to Dick kClair, branch mgr.

Dave Patterson and John M. Dyer, Flagstaff, Az., were two of 150 sixth-place winners in a recent Ace Hardware Corp. national drawing.

Ernest Selmeczki, who has worked since childhood in the store founded @ his father in 1926, Pete's Hardware, Castro Valley, Ca., is turning over the operation to his daughten, Linda and Dorothea, and their husbands.

Bob Starkel has been appointed store mgr. of Copeland Lumber Yard, Madras, Or.

Marty Mohs is now mgr. of Able Building Supply, Othello, Wa., replacing Tom Davis, who has moved to Seattle, Wa.

John Cameron,3-C Trucking, [,ong Beach, Ca., drove a 1932 Mack truck the co. still uses every day to a truck show in Vancouver, BC., and won first place.

John Wayne Smith, warehouse man, Lumbermen's, Redmond, Wa. was voted April ' 'Employee of the Month' ' by his coworkers.

David Boyt has been promoted to lumber mgr. in charge of redwood, pine and harduoods at Georgia Pacific Co1p., Riverside, Ca. Kevin Paldino will manage Douglas fir and related products.

Ilave Lindanger has joined Crestu,ood Forest Products, Bethel Island, Ca., handling agricultural wood products and related items, according to Ron Dybas.

Dick Ketola is the new mgr. at Neil's Lumber, Shelton, Wa.

James Ingram is now v.p. and sales mgr. at Faxport Mills, Thcoma, Wa.

Mike Sullivan is the new mgr. of West Coast lumber sales for Trans Pacific Export, [,ake Oswego, Or.

James R. Batchelder, v.p., Koppers Co., Inc., Pirsburgh, Pa. , has been named asst. to the mgr., treated wood products div.

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Personals

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K.E. "Mac" MacBeath, MacBeath Hardwood, San Francisco, Ca., was married April 26. 1986 to the former Genevieve Maloney. They were last seen honeymooning at the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Assn. convention near Palm Desert. Ca.

Don Reel, Reel Lumber Service, Anaheim, Ca., and his wife, Dorothy, are on a three week vacation in Europe.

Don White, White Brothers. Inc., Oakland Ca. was recently in So. Ca. for a bricf visit.

E.L. Werthman is now on the sales team at DMK-Pacific Corp., Fremont, Ca., according to Dwight Curran, pres.

Dennis Johnston and Faul kndergast, Johhston Hardwood, Inc., Cerritos, Ca., are back after a five day fishing trip to Baja California, Mexico, where they each hooked their first marlin. Guests Russell Mitchell and Frank Rivera also brought in marlins.

James C. McAdoo is now director of corporate transportation and purchasing for Potlatch Corp., Lewiston, Id. R.L. Switzer, director of corporate purchasing, has retired.

Christopher Wolf has been appointed northwest regional architectural rep. for Cooley Roofing Sytems, Inc., Everett, Wa.. covering Wa., Or. , Ak. , Mt., Id. and Wy., according to John W. Smith, pres.

Dean H. Johnson has been named asst. general lumber sales mgr., building products div., for Georgia-Pacific Corp.

John trnburg has retired from Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim, Ca., after working in the hardware dept.

Robert E. Manne has been named v.p. of marketing and sales, at Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. , Seattle, Wa. , according to David D lrland, pres. and c.e.o. Michael R. Carter is now director of domestic marketing.

AMichael Davis is the new regional mgr. for Bostik Construction Products in Ca. Nv., Az., N.M. and Co., according to Joseph S. Amstock, sales and marketing mgr.

William C. Schwingen has been promoted to v.p., research and commercial development, building products div., at GAF Corp.

Craig B. Cameron is the new lumber sales mgr. , building products div., of GeorgiaPacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga.

Gilbert Blea is new to lumber sales at Plateau Forest Products, Albuquerque, N. M.

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Ralph Lulay, Frank Lumber Co., Mill City, Or., has been elected pres. of the West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau. Ralph Wallen, Boise Cascade Corp., Healdsburg, Ca., is now v.p.; Jack Gates, 3-G LumberCo., Philomath, Or., treas., and Eric Schooler, Warrenton Wood Products, Warrenton, Or., a board member.

Arnold B. Curtis, pres., Northwest Hardwoods, Portland, Or., has been elected to the Hardwood Manufacturers Association board ofdirectors.

Miles Butterfield is new to sales at Parr Lumber Co.. Chino. Ca.

Reg Justus, Just-Woods Forest Products Co., Portland, Or., spent spring break at Palm Springs, Ca., and Disneyland with his family.

Jim Schewes has joined Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., as sporting goods dept. mgr., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Paneling Group Off & Running

The Plywood Paneling Council has adopted a new logo and slogan and established a Media Resource Center for plywood paneling in New York City as the first steps in their program of promoting use of plywood paneling.

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Designed to distinguish plywood wall paneling products for retailers and consumers alike, the logo is composed of three overlapping geometric shapes representing the layered quality ofplywood. Diagonally repeating lines suggest the cross grain hatching oflayers and the strength of plywood. The slogan, "Beauty, Strength, Style," is intended to promote the positive qualities of plywood wall paneling.

The seven members of the newly formed group are Davidson PWP, Georgia-Pacific, Ply*Gem, Plywood Panels, Inc., States Industries, U.S. Plywood and Weyerhaeuser.

The primary objective of the council is to develop and maintain a positive image of plywood wall paneling. Activities aim to accomplish the following: o Maintain a public information program to communicate the benefits of plywood wall paneling.

. Create awareness ofnew products, applications and design trends.

Higman Honored

(Continued from page 35) kgion Ball in Rosemead in 1960.

Mrs. Higman loves hunting and fishing and finds time to go to Mexico frequently for some of each. Another activity which she enjoys outside of the lumber business is the gaming tables at las Vegas. Friends have been known to comment that after having been in the lumber business for all these years, she probably sees Las Vegas at times as a sure thing.

Born in Mojave, Ca., on Feb. 14, 1910, Mrs. Higman has lived in Rosemead since 1918 when she moved there with her family. Her father was a contractor in the area. She is a graduate of El Monte High School.

Serve as a central source of information reaching media, consumers, retailers, designers and educators. Disseminate informational materials on decorating with plywood wall panels.

Maintain a Resource Center for the news media where current plywood paneling products can be reviewed.

Work closely with other industry organizations and associations which share its common goal of enhancing and promoting the use of plywood wall panels.

Establish recognition for the Plywood Paneling Council symbol to identi$ members and their products.

P&M Cedar Honors Dealers

For thc sccond vclrr. thc conrrncrcial salcs rlir ision ol l'&l\'l ('ctlrrr-l)t-otluets. Irtt . Sl,rt kt,,rr. ( 1r. . Iurs lrorror ctl its t,r1r lrrc rolrrnrc u(e()ullts l'ol I9135 hr pre \cntinr lhe nt rr illt e oriltttt'tttorlrlir t' plaqLrcs rccognizinq the il or-rtstarttling pcrt()nnancc.

'fhc Goldcn (-crlar uwarcl wus prcscnt cd to Eric Canton. co-owncr anrl vicc prcsidcnt of'Cunton Lunrbcr Co.. Min ncapolis. Mn. 'fhc Silvcr Ccclar awarcl wcnt to Gcorgc McQucstcn Co.. Inc.. North Billcrica. Ma.; thc Bronzc Ccdar au'ard was sivcn to Earl Railirrd Lurnber Co.. Ashevillc. N.C. Awarcls of nrcrit wcrc prcscntcd to All-Coast Forest Products. lnc.. Chino. Ca.. and MiclState Lumber. Branchburg, N.J. Awards werc prescntcd during the Wcstcrn Wood Products Association's spring nrccting in San Francisco, Ca.

San Diego Assoc. Election

Oberlin.l Erenson. vicc prcsiclcrtt ol' Anrcrican Nlill and Martulactirring. is the 1986 president of thc San Dicgo Lr.rnrber and Wrxrd Products Association. Evensor.r succeeds (-arl Poynor. area nlanager firr Frenlrnt Forcst Products. Other ofTicers firr the vear are: Ronald Schat'er. Tinrberline Forest Prcducts. 'u ice president. and Ron LaLrderbach. Ransonr Luniber Sales. treasurer.

The association with the participation of the American Institute of Architects is currently sponsoring the 20th annual Architectural Design Contest fbr architectural students attending San Diego area corlmunitv colleges.

Canadian Lumber Update

In a preliminary administrative ruling, the U.S. Commerce Department may have increased the likelihood of a successful countervailing duty petition against Canadian lumber imports.

The decision on a case involving carbon black feedstock from Mexico represents an evolution in U.S. countervailing duty law that may remove the major legal obstacles encountered in the 1983 Canadian lumber case.

Attorneys for the U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports regard the Commerce decision as promising in the Coalition's attempt to address imports of Canadian softwood lumber.

The Commerce ruling followed an expression of frustration by the Senate Finance Committee over the Administration's request for "fast track" consideration of a free trade agreement between the United States and Canada, the U.S.'s largest trading partner.

The lumber controversy was one of several issues that had reportedly miffed Committee members, according to the National Forest Products Association. A clear majority expressed disapproval of the Administration's request after some members indicated dissatisfaction with current negotiations between the two countries on the lumber issue.

Commerce's ruling on Mexican feedstock, while preliminary, suggests a modification of previous criteria used in deciding the merits of countenailing duty petitions. Two areas have direct application to the lumber petition. First, the ruling modifies the so-called "general availability test." The emphasis has now shifted away from a consideration of those who could use a resource to a wider consideration ofwhether the resource is theoretically generally arailable. Second, the preferentiality test will no longer be rigidly confined to measuring mere differences in price. External prices and specifically, said Commerce, crossborder price comparisons may also be used in certain circumstances to determine the duty level.

In its 1982 rejection of the countervailing duty petition against Canadian lumber imports, the Commerce Department ruled that the benefit of below-market timber prices was not countervailable for essentially two reasons: the provincial governments did not limit by law who could receive the low-priced stumpage, and they charged all producers the same low price.

Grace Home Centers Sold

W. R. Grace's 319 home center stores are included in the sale oftheir retail businesses to GMR Inc., an investor group headed by Harold Geneen, former chairman of ITT Corp., for $500 million.

Handy Dan, Handy City, Channel, Angels, Ole's, Orchard Supply Hardware, House Works, Cashway and Home Quarters Warehouse are included in the sale. Although the home centers and specialty stores achieved a combined after tax operating profit of $11.7 million last year, some of the home centers, especially in the Southwest, have been hurt by increasing competition.

''It's a lot of money to pay for a business that has many troubled parts," notes Gilbert W. Harrison, a managing director with Shearson l-ehman Brothers Inc.

GMR Inc. includes. in addition to Geneen, David Mahoney, former chairman of Norton Simon Inc.. and Michael Rosenthal. a former director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities.

Mahoney declined to say if they plan to sell off any of the home centers. Rosenthal said the group is interested in running the stores, not in getting real estate to resell. The sale is expected to be finalized this month.