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EXPERIENCED TUMBER TRADERS WANTED.

We are Hardwood and Softwood log and lumber wholesalers with offices in the United States and Canada. We're seeking sincere. exoerienced lumber traders who have a view towards the long term. Work INDEPENDENTLY from your part of the country. OR from our offices in the Toronto area. This is an excellent oppoftunity with a well-established company. We enjoy an OUTSTANDING financial and marketing reputation.

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Universal Forest Products is seeking an experienced industrial salesperson for the company's Riverside, Ca., facility. Candidates must have comprehensive knowledge of industrial sales processes. We need a highly motivated, selfstarter, willing to do what it takes to land new business in a fast-paced competitive environment. Generous salary and benefit package commensurate with knowledge, experience and ability. If you are interested in joining what Forbes magazine calls "One of America's best managed companies," please e-mail your resume to Tim Gaffney at tgaffney@ufpi.com or Fax to 951-826-3013. All replies will be kept strictly confidential. Universal is an equal opportunity employer.

z Especially adaptable to customer needs z Scientifically desigined for all types of work r Balanced for ease of handling ln 1979, he became co-owner of Indian Hill Milling, Fontana. After Indian Hill closed in 1998, he worked for Peterman until illness forced him to retire in2004.

Delbert Cole, 89, long-time LouisianaPacific salesman, died April 2 in Cloverdale, Ca.

After several years in the plywood industry, he became a salesman and stockholder of Cloverdale Redwood Co. After the mill closed, he spent 35 years with L-P, then worked in sales at Bowman Lumber Co., before retiring in 1999.

He was a long-time Black Bart HooHoo Club member and director.

Frank Timmers, 82, retired Bay Area lumberman, died March 25, in Lafayette, Ca.

After graduation from U.C. Berkeley, he worked as a lumber cruiser at McCloud River Lumber Co., then spent nearly 40 years in lumber sales with Strable Lumber Co. and Van Arsdale Harris Lumber Co.. before retiring in 1988.

A fighter pilot in WW II, he witnessed the bombing of Nagasaki.

He was a member of the Oakland HooHoo Club, which named him Lumberman of the Year in 1972.

Manuel J. Flores, 69, manager of inventory at Peterman Lumber, Fontana, Ca., died April 4, in West Covina, Ca.

Mr. Flores was general manager at Pine Ridge Lumber, Montebello, Ca., from 1954 to 1974, and mill manager ar Star Lumber, Industry, from 1975 to 1979.

G. Marion Magladry, 84, president of McKinnon Lumber Co.. Hollister. Ca.. died March 4.

He began his lumber career in 1946 with Sterling Lumber, which was later acquired by Hayward Lumber. He purchased McKinnon Lumber in 1972 and stayed on until retiring in 1989.

Donald P. Comstock. 88. one of the Western Wood Products Association's first field representatives, died March 10 in Baldwin Park, Ca.

Mr. Comstock was the second field rep hired by the Western Pine Association, the forerunner of WWPA. After joining in 1947,he spent the next 35 years promoting western lumber from his base in Los Angeles. He retired from WWPA in 1982.

For service in WW II, he was awarded a Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars.

Bob Raymond, 7'7, formerly of the American Plywood Association, died April 3 in Tacoma. Wa.

He joined APA in 1950 as a research technologist and was a leading figure in the association's adhesive research. He was promoted to assistant director of the quality services division in 1969 and helped expand APA's regional qualitycontrol laboratories. He retired in 1989.