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Chris Jepsen, (;&R Lumber. Cloverdale, Ca., spent a recent mo. visiting relativcs in Denmark.

Andy Macko, Weyerhaeuser, llayward, ('a., vacationed in May "away from the tclephone."

Rich Blinkhorn has joined 'I'ree l)roducts ('o., Lake Oswego, Or.

Alan Swanson is now with Two Ox Traders, ('loverd ale, Ca.

Bob Roberts has joined Oregon I)acific, ('oncord. ('a. in sales.

John Kelly, Wood Markets, Arcata, ('a.. was a recent business visitor to Los Angcles.

Roy A. Bond is now olfice mgr., Amcrican liorest Products. National C'ity (San Diego) Ca., reports resitlcnl rrrgr. H. J. Neely.

Robert H. Cuje is now senior v trldg. mtls.. at Johns Manvillc.

Charles Schuler is now v.p., products group for Medford Corp., Medford. Or.

Paul Nobmann, Old Adobe Timber Products, Petaluma, Ca., and his wife Marianne are back from five days of rafting on the middle fork of Idaho's Salmon River.

Jim Webber is now gen. mgr. of Minton's Luntber & Supply, Mountain View, Ca., according to Herb Eaton.

Robert H. Walker is the new Southern Arizona rep. for American Wholesale llardware, Long Beach, ('a.

Frank Trotto is the trew pres. of the Pacific Lumber lnspection Bureau. 1st v.n. is Don Davidson; Ivan Brown and Henry Sandstrom, vice prcsidents; M. A. Whitman, treas. and George Thompson. sec.-nlgr.

Frank Bader, salesntgr., F.d Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and his wife. Jeanne, are back from a ntonth's tour of Fingland. Spain and Portugal. Ed Fountain, Sr. and his guest Frank Rhoades. Roscburg Luntber, tied with anothcr golf teanr at 9 untlcr at Be l-i\ir ('ottntry Club reccntly.

John McKinney has beett nartted c-e-o ot Johns Manville . in adclition to being p res.

Paul Mackie is now on the staff at Wood Traders, Inc., Eugene, Or.

Craig Kincaid has been promoted to production mgr., American Hardwood, Los Angeles. Robert Kincaid is now selling outside, as well as berng officer mgr.

Mike Dobson is Boise Cascade's new asst. millwork sales mgr. in Portland. Lee Lambach has joined sales at Olson Lumber Co.. San Jose. Ile had been with Redwood Empirc, Morgan Hill, Ca.

Charles Stowe is new to hardwood veneer sales for Alpine Veneers, Portland. Jack Pilgreen recently joined their luntber sales dept. Maryann Petery, pres., Selma Pressure Treating ('o., Selma, Ca., recently took an advanced degree in business rnanagemcnt at l larvard Business School.

Curt Crow. Amcrican Forest Products, Stockton, Ca.. rccently made a mill trip to British ('olumbia.

Bud Robey. Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco. vacationed for two weeks in Va., W. Va., and N.J.

Bill Welsh, Connecticut Mutual, Orangc, Ca., a specialist in lumber rnd lrlilg. nltls. covcra€te. is vacationing at Lake o1'the Ozarks, Mo.

Brad Howell, Oregon-Pacific, Concord, ('a., is the proucl father of Lea Nicole. his new baby girl. Birthday: May l -1, weight 8 lbs. l3 oz.

John McDonald is the new Or., Wa., Id. and Mt. rcp. for States Veneer, I'iugcne, Or.

George Rodecker, 75. a retired Southern ('alifornia lurnberman and his wifc recently visited Australia and New Zealand and are currently scuba diving ( !) off the Virgin Islands.

Don McCann, M&S Building Supply, Monterey, Ca., is back from a Palm Springs honeymoon with his new bride Kay. Congratulations, lovers.

Jeff Lundegard is a new plywood buycr at Scquoia Supply, Wilsonville. Or.

"Hote" Houghton has joined Weaver Forest Products, Medford, Or., reports pres. John Weaver. He had been with Wood Markets. Arcata. Ca.

Bud Cligny, Oakley l)lywood, Morgan Hill, ('a., is back fronr an Orcgon mill trip.

Dan Guerin, (iucrin Transportation (-o., ('ucumonga. Cl.. is recovcring from a bout with pole that belted him when he was helping unload one ol' his trucks.

Mack Giles is back at G-P, Santa Rosa, Ca., after a vacation to ltaly, visiting Rome. Irlorence and Porto Fino.

Jim Bolte, So. ('a. rep for Arizona's Specialty Forest Products, is back after a 6-week vacation spent fixing up their honre in Portugal.

Vince Fergustrn reports in he is enjoying retirement. In the biz since '33, he retired from Beronio Lumber. San Francisco in early Spring.

Jim Brasch has joined Hampton Lunrber Sales as atrader, reportsGordon J. King, pres.

Tim Bader has started the 3rd generation of Baders calling on lunrber yards for [:d Fountain Lurnbcr ('o., Los Angeles. His Dad, Frank, is a partner in the firm and old tinrers will remember grandfather Doyle Bader.

Edward J. Killian, pres. of Gold Bond Building Products, has been elected new pres. of the Gypsum Association.

Ted Gilbert, Product Sales Co., Newport Beach, Ca., goofed off for several recent weeks in Jamaica and New Orleans with his wife. Rosie.

Jack Finnegan is manning Brazier Lumber's new lrvine, Ca. sales office.

Harl Crockett, l{exberg Lurnber Sales, Long Beach. Ca., got tn a recent trip to the Yucatan area of Mexico.

John Simianer is Boise ('ascade's new Denver branch mgr.

Jack Berutich has moved over to sale s for All-Coast Forest l)roducts. Whittier, Ca., frorn AFP('. ('erritos.

Bruce Bergquist and Larry Zitelli are now in sales fbr ('handler Corp.. Boisc. ltl.

David D. Leland has be en elected exec. v.p., building products group, fbr Southwest Forest Industries. Phoenix. ile succeeds Ed Quirk who will re tire in '78. Larry White, Jr. is the new lllgr. of nrillwork sales, according to Ralph Rundle, v.p. wood protlucts marketing.

Chuck Lember has just conrpleted his 25th anniversary with D.C. F.ssley & Sons, Montebello, Ca. Take a bow. ('huck.

Don Gott has been voted an honorary life rnembership in the Ilardwood [)ly wood M fgrs. Assn.

Dale and Carol McAllaster are the ne w managers at Yuba River Lumber Co., Downieville, Ca. Bill Causley, credit nrgr., Ilomer T. Hayward Lunrber ('o., Salinas, Ca., was amonlt those completing the WWPA/APA wood products senrinar. Seattle.

Pete Geertsen is Statcs Veneer's new asst. sales mgr. in Portland, accorcling to sales mgr. Jack Gray.

John Ronten has retired as gen. sales mgr. at Fibreboard's Picke ring operations, after 4l years in the biz. He's succeeded by Jim Murray, reports Jerry L. Bramwell, r'esident mgr.

Jim Summerlin, hardwooti lunrber dept. mgr. at Robert S. Osgood, Inc.. Los Angeles has been elected to the board of directors. as has M. Lyle May, accountant, at the Vancouver office.

Ikua Yamaguchi is the new Tokyo, Japan rep. for APA and WWPA's combined office.

Myrna Pineyard is the new v.p.-administration for VMC ('orp. Woodinville, Wa., according to F. A. Donner, pres.

Harold Cole, MacBeath llardwood, is recovering at St. Marks hospital (1200 F-. 3900 S., Salt Lake City 84 117) after major heart surgery. Get well soon. Ilatold!

Rod Lilly is the new accounting supervisor 1br Champion Building Products (nee U.S. Plywood) at McCloud, Ca., reports Dave Waters, op. rngr.

Joseph A. Marian is now director of nrarketing for Rockwool Industries, Denver. Lanny R. West is the new corporate v.p.