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ili,i Oscar Pittman, formerly with Shelton t: ' .Ilardwood, Shelton, Wash., has signed on at 1".i1', C""""al Hardwood in Tacoma' ;, ,:" " The gang at Koppers Co.'s Wilmington, jili:r,, Calif. plant had their big chance to get Ili,,, r'.ldiscovered" by Hollywood recently. Seems , the plant was used as a set in the filming it,,ii' of the weekly tv show "Felony Squad," \;',''.8. L. "Bud" Adams, managpr of Weyerhaeuser's Tacoma, \ilash., distribution centef, is retiring at his own request June 30, after 38 years with the company.

Hamman.McFarland Lumber Co. hag opened a brand-new store and yard at 3060 Airway East in Kingman, Arizona, replacing an older facility on East Route 93. Now located in the growth area of Kingman, the yard is owned by Larry Ifamman and managed by llarold l)unn.

Jack Rowe of Foxworth-Galbraith, Casa Grande, Ariz., moves to the Mesa yard. Tommy Lopez from Florence to Casa Grande and Fred Telling from the Gilberb yard to Florence. Hernandez moves up to manager at Gilbert.

John Kincaid is the newest sales staffer at Tarter, Webster & Johnson's Bandini yard in Los Angeles. John was formerly with Marmion Lumber, Azusa, Calif., and Pacific Lumber's Scotia mill.

Ilugh N. Cry, Edsel Lumber Co., Climax, Nev. reports he has,a Uig supply of 6/4 x 36 to 44 wide drainboard stock (A graAe,Z0' and longer) ready for the summer upturn in building. Hugh's also particularly proud of his white bark pine inventory.

Sidney Wine, owner of Ajo Electric Co. and Builders Supply, has purchased O'Malley's Building Materials Co. at Ajo, Arizona, and has named Gregorio Cruz mamager. Former O'Malley manag'er Earle Smith has been transferred to O'Malley's general office in Phoenix.

John Polach, salesmanager of trIobbs WalI Lumber Co., has announced the addition of Gary Simmen to the Hobbs \Mall sales force. A native of Sacramento and a graduate of Sacramento State, Simmen will cover the Sacramento Valley and RenoTahoe territory,

Norb and EIma Glynn recently celebrated their 23rd weddirig anniversary. Norb is with Evans Products Co.'s Boise operation.

Keith Poor has joined Chip National as dealer service manag'er, Keith has an extensive background in building materials and is working out of Chip's Covina, Calif. HQ.

Jim Weber is back at his Hubbard & Johnson Mt. View desk after some cutstanding heroics which cost him some nasty and painful burns on his face, arms and hands. Jim was returning home last month with two companions when a gust of wind tipped their camper over near Merced, Calif. and immediately burst into fire. Jim was riding in the camper part of the truck and was able to escape almost immediately, but his companions were trapped in the cab and it took what must have seemed an eternity for Jim to free them. Although both men were severely burned it is reported that they will recover-thanks to Jim's personal disregard and fast action.

Ron Lee of Cotati, Calif., took over management of the Diamond National lumber yard and store in Point Reyes Station, Calif. IIe replaces Dale McCoy.

Bruce llunt left Foxworth-Galbraith, Mesa, Ariz., to join Kaibab Lumber as manager of their cash and carry lumber company in East Flagstaff.

Dale L. Capp is Simpson Timber Co.'s new door div. sales manager, gen. mgr. John Seim reports. Jack R. Ifaney was appointed asst. sales mgt.

Travelin' Tim Raker of Raker Hardwood in Los Angeles, was off to the East again (his third buying trip this year), stopping off in Memphis. He recently visited Costa Rica and Hawaii.

Sheron Underwood, secretary to Jim Collins, manager of Wagon Wheel Lumber in Oxnard, Calif., and Joe Tidwell, who covers the Santa Barbara area for Inland Lumber Co. were married April 29 in Las Vegas

Paul Ruth, owner of Reedley T.umber Company, has purchased Orange Cove Lumber Co. at Orange Cove, California. Vernon Pauls, formerly at Reedley Lumber, will manage the newly acquired yard.

William G. Seol has been promoted to mamager of Georgia-Pacific's Pasco, Wash., wholesale building materials distribution center, Ifarold Eu Sand, vice president, has anurounced.

Mr. and Mrs. Dli Destruel of Mead Clark Lumber Co., Santa Rosa, have left for a six weeks vacation in the Orient.

Tom Bretell, Denver, ,Colo,, has been named the new manager of Big Jo Lumber Co. in Farmington, New Mex.

J. D. (Bud) Groom of Myrtle Creek Building Supply announced the closing of his store in Myrtle Creek, Ore.

Willits Redwood's Stan lfulett is current- ly on a one month vacation trip through Italy, France, Denmark and Germany. Stan plans to retura to the States the middle of this month, according to his dad, Leo IIulett.

Del Pugh, manager of CaI-Sac Lumber Sales of Sacramento, spent a mid-May week calling on inland mills in Idaho.

Aurelio C. Lagman has been elected president of Findlay Millar Timber Company in the Philippines. He succeeds Jackgon Beaman who has retur.ned to the U.S. Lagman, for many years, was general manager of Santa Clara Lumber of the Philippines. He is a pioneer in the Philip- pine plywood industry and is a veteran of the tsataan Death March.

Ciro De Mercurio, Olaf Thorsen and James Carroll recently opened a new 1?,000 sq. ft. lumber and building materjals store, Frontier Builders Emporium, in Stockton, Calif.

C.A. 'Cliff" Evans has purchased three lumber yards from Boise Cascade. The yards will be operated under the name of Evans Building Products. Wiley Dyer, formerly with McCaslin, Boise, Idaho takes over the Ontario, Oregon yard, Willis Linzy, former manager of McCaslin, will manage the Meridian, Idaho yard and new owner Evans will manage the third yard in Eagle, Idaho.

Charlie Fowler, owner of Builders & Consumers Lumber Co. in Grass Valley, Calif. is busily clearing ground and finalizing plans for a new storne and yard layout to replace his old facility which was destroyed by fire cr May 9. The spectaeufar blaze, which leveled Fowler's big stord and all connecting' buildings, was brought under control before it spread to his adjoining sawmill and lumber storage area.

Larry Whittaker, formerly with Cal-Sac Lumber Sales in Sacramento, has signed on w.ith Oroville wholesaler Fred passmore.

Lumbergal Doris Anderson, who formerly headed-up the Los Angeles office of Shelton Hardwoods, Shelton, Wash., has joined the sales stafr at Angelus Hardwood, according to bossman Eill Smith. She'll specialize in alder.

Leon Cohn was released from U.C. Medical in San Francisco during mid-May after successf,ul hip surgery. Leon and his brother, Earold, operate City Builders Supply with yards at l62L Mission St. and 38 Otis in San Frzncisco.

Al and Therese Stockton of San Bruno Lumber Company have just returaed from a first-class vacation outing at Hawaii.

"Mac" McAlister, formerly vrith Oregon- Pacific Lumber in Montebello, Calif., has joined Anno Willlison at American-International Forest Products in Temple City.

A sun-tanned Sterling Wolfe has rejoined t,l'e Wolfe-pack at Marquarb-Wolfe Lumber following a month's Caribbean cruise with the missus, Lorraine. Itinerary included Trinidad, Martinique and Puerto Rico.

Marmion Lumber's Bill Marmion and his Lucile are off to Europe for a monthlong tour, where they'll play in the ,,People to People" golf tourney.

"Stu and Bill Ingram, owners of Westwood-IngTam Co. in Oakland, have added Hank Monje who will assist Bill in covering the Bay Area. For the past 8 years Hank had been w.ith Evans Products and its predecessor, Harbor Plywood, in San Francisco.

Art Mosters, president of the Lumber Merchants Association, has extended the welcome hand to Jim Hennesgy who joined LMA. Hennessy Lumber Co. maintains headquarters at Mount Shasta and operates a branch yard at nearby Weed, California.

Jack Ferri flew to Medford recently to meet Paramino Lumber's Bob O'Neill from Portland for a two week mill trek through Oregon.

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