PETiJSONALS

Dwight Curran. Georgia-Pacific. San Jose. Ca.. is the pror-rd papa of a little girl. Catherine Aileen. his 3rd cliild. 1st girl. I)riight says he's "going ior a quartet." but ri,e'll have to rvait till we hcar from his rvife, Linda, before we confirm thet one.

Smokey the Bear, long-time s-vmbol ol thc tISFS's fir.c-prcr entiorl cflorts, has movcd in honorable retircment to Carson National Forest near Sa'rta Fe. N.M. A young rvhippersnapper of a bear. u'ho wiil also bc named Smokel'. rvill replact' him. Hang tough. O1d Smokey

Robert E. Harriff has joineil Nllrlite's Quarter Centr.rry Clr,rb atter conlpleting 25 yerrs rvith the firnr.

W. A. Franke has bcen elected president ol Southwest Forest Industries. Phoenix, Az., according tcr R. E. Baker, chairntan lnd chief exec. officer. Bakcr had previously helcl both slots.

Gene Zanck, Iloo-Floo Suprente Ninc rlenrber. recently travellcd to Anchorage, Ak., to address the local cluh.

John Wales is back in Spokane. Wa.. after a business trip to Chicago lor Wales Lumber (-o.

Glenn E. Wilson is thc trerv lrrcs. ot the Gypsum Assn. Ile lives in Lake Oswego. Or.

Western Lumber and Building Materials MERCHANT

Al Bell , I he l\Ierchanr Mlgazinc's ilch)'- foolr'd publisher. is just back in our Sln Francisco office al'ter a trip to [: urope

Larry Mollner is norv rvith fhonrson & \lcKinnon Auchincloss Kohlrneyer. Inc. Los Angeles. ts forcst products analy'st, ntgr.. comtllodily de pt.

Carl Hellman is ncirv repping Andcrson ('orp. rr-r ( u.. Az.. unrl \\'. \v. end Alan Godfrey in N.\V. \\'a. and Ak.

Jerrl'Epstein is thL'nc\v pres. ol I)yna \{tg. ( o.. Los.\ngt-lc:. I)1nl': parcnl conlpan)' is []elnililrn C orp.

Art Mlsters, King Lumbcr. B.rkc'rsficld, Ca., is irack trorn Rio I)c Juneiro. Brazil. uftcr a lrip therc rvilh the ('ertain-tcecl pcople.

Gene G. Elam is thc new v.1.r. linance for 'l he Plcific Lunrber Co.. S.rrr Francrsco. Robert C. Halvorsen has joinctl the cornprlr)'as ass1. trritsurrr.

J.J. "Julie" Apostolou. Selttle. has be c-n appointcd ne"v rngt.. [tlrlnter (1. L-ervis ('o., Ancltoragc brlnch. accorcling to Bob Peterson. pres. lle rr'places Schell Harmon. rvho n)ovcs t() P(l I-'s ,\uhrrrn. \\'a., distribulion ccntor.

Pete Dempsey'hls hctn prontotrLl to salesrnan ancl Lee Ann Wilkerson to salcs proclucl ion coordinator al Simpson 'l imbcr's Columbie I)oor Djv.. Vancour,cr. \\'a.. according to Bill Chenoweth. div. sale s nrgr.

Leo Kobleski is thc new'salcs ntgr. for T'he Nicoliri ('o.. I)ortllnd.

William Hallstrom rs thc ncw pres.. l'acitic l.umber lnspcction Bureau: []rlnk Trotto is lst v.p.

Don Lee Davidson is thc ncrv pres.. Industrial Forrslry Assn.. W. L. Robinson. v.p.: Marvin W. Coats. src.. rnd Ra1' Luthy. lreas.

Jack T. Ash*orth is nor'" dircctor of nrarkcting tor N{arlitc. reports L. L. Funk. g/m.

Roger Erickson, American l)lywood Assn. scnior ficld rrp.. Srattlc. hrlped presenl lr se ries o1 mcelings rccentl)' \\'tth tlnited I Llmbcr ('().. Anchorage, Alt.

Robert S. Homyack ts thc nerv purchrsing agcnt for Tyre Mt'g. ('o. and Alhamhra l\1etal Producls. r\lhanrbra. (la.

Ecl Magarian is se ttling into hrs new jolr as pres. and chief cxec. officcr of Lurnbermens \lerchandising ('orp., \Vayne, Pa. lltr hucl been v.p. rvood protlucts salcs tor Weyc'rhacuser.

Wayne Gibson is the gen. mgr. ot ('handler Lunrber's ncw,homt centrr rn Var) Nuys. ('1.

Robert Schrnidt. []orcst ( onrponcnts. Inc.. l.os Angcles. is repping I)lunr ('r'eek Luntbtr s n.\\' nrcdirrnt rlcnsity fiberboarci.

Mike Kenyon and Ray Nelson are now selling for Chandler Supply, Boise, Id.

Sterling Wolfe, Jr., Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Orange, Ca., has lost his swinging bachelor status. He and his beautiful, blonde bride, Cinda, were married April 5.

Joseph Shopmeyer is now handling plywood sales for Portland's George E. Miller Industries.

Glenn Parker has joined Virginia Hardwood Co., selling in California's Orange County.

Ted Gilbert, Product Sales, Co., New- port Beach, Ca., is one of many Western lumbermen sporting th-e bumper sticker: "Sierra Club. Take A Hike!" They were printed up (some 15,000) by Fred Holmes, Fred C. Holmes Lumber Co.. Fort Bragg, Ca.

Dave Opgenorth has joined Humphrey Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wa., in lumber sales.

Dan McKeon has won the Virginia Hardwood Co. award as "most improved salesman 1974:' Jim Dorsher, for the 3rd year in a row, won "Salesman of the Year 1974."

Harvey Warnaca, v.p. and gen mgr., Simpson Building Supply, has retired after 25 years; Jack Haney succeeds him.

Rudy Langer has joined W.C. Stripp Lumber Co., Seattle, Wa.

E. Ronald Erickson and Calvin Hendricks have been named exec. v.p. of Pay 'N Save, Seattle, Joseph Christie, has moved up from controller to treasurer. J. Kenneth Green, Walter Guidinger, Tom Lawrenson, Joe Petrino and Paul R. Ross were named v.p.s.

Stan Bauer, Lousiana-Pacific, Samoa, Ca., has been elected pres. of the California Lumbermen's Accident Protection Assn. Andy L. Miller, Crane Mills, Corning, Ca., was named v.p.; Emmons McClung, sec.

David Dailey has joined the sdles staff of D.R. Johnson Lumber Co.. Riddle, Or.

Richard J. Harrison is the new exec. v.p. and director of Davidson Plywood & Lumber, Sacramento, Ca. J. Robert Howard is now v.p. and director at the Carson, Ca,, Hq.

Max C. Harker is now senior sales rep. for Simpson Timber in Hawaii, replacing Michael Durga who moves to Seattle Hq. as sales rep., softwood lumber.

G. Thomas Spiva has won March "Salesman of the Month" for Marlite's Western region, according to gen. sales mgr. Robert E. Harriff.

Bob Marks was recently promoted to district sales rep. for Weyerhaeuser's San Gabriel Valley, Ca. district, working for John Lipani.

Carl Hatcher has joined Arthur A. Pozzi Co., Portland, as a plywood buyer.

Bruce McAllister has joined Atkins, Kroll & Co., San Francisco. as a sales rep. in their lumber/plywood dept., according to R.C. Osmundson, v.p., mgr. of the dept.

Jim Frodsham, Ken Schmidke and his wife Rosalie, got away from South Bay Redwood, Orange, Ca., for a few days to attend the NAWLA annual in Virginia.

Charles Connaughton has retired from the Western Wood Products Assn. He had been v.p., resources.

Hugo Miller, G-P redwood, Arcadia, Ca., recently acquired a 27' Ericson sailboat; inboard engine, galley, head, all the comforts of home.

Fred C. HOLMES

Frsd Holmes o Carl Force o 0ary 0hleyer Alan Swanson o Hed Thompson