PERSONAL

Ed Fountain, Sr., Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., married his longtime secretary, Vlvian Dowdall, on May 4. The happy couple is currently honeymooning in Europe.

Mike trlanagrn is new to trading at Norell Forest Products, Milwaukie, Or.

Jim Mundell is now sales mgr. at the Mt. Hood, Or., div. of Mountain Fir Lumber Co., replacing Phil W. Taylor who has retired after 22 years in the position.

John Boardman and Mike Busher have joined the traders at Larius Forest Products, Oregon City, Or.

Don Hudock is heading up an office for Blue Mountain Log Sales Ltd., Mission, B,C., in Eugene, Or.

Greg Lambert is now market development mgr. at Simpson Timber Co., Seattle, Wa.

Alan H. Thielemann has been named director of communications for building products of Georgia-Pacific Corp., according to Stephen K. Jackson, v.p., advertising and public relations. He succeeds Ronald E. "Ron" Perdew who was appointed director of communications for the pulp, paper and chemicals of G-P.

Bill Barr is new to sales at Pacific Forest Products, Fresno, Ca. Robert J. Wright, retired from Reid & Wright, Inc., has been named to the PFP board of directors, according to Ted Matthews.

Lew MacDonald is the new sales mgr.specialty products div. at Medallion Millwork, Marysville, Ca.

John Osgood, Robert S. Osgood, Inc., Los Angeles, Ca., is back from a 6-week South East Asia trip.

Dondd J. Ledbury is now merchandising mgr. at City Mill, Honolulu, Hi.; Ruben J. Perez, operations mgr., and Bob Dusendschon, advertising mgr.

Bill Ankle has joined the Az.-N.M.-Tx. sales staff of Dunlap Forest Products, Inc., of Scottsdale, Az., according to E. Robert Dunlap, pres.

Don L. Carpenter has been appointed sales and distribution mgr. for the Northwest div. of Kaiser Cement Corp.; Lee Aldrich, Brent Barnes and Ross Mclaughlin, mgrs. of sales and distribution for Wa., Ak. and Or.; Jeffrey M. Breitbrrth, senior sales rep, Wa., according to John H. Wimberly, gen. mgr., Northwest div.

Dan Byrne is new in sales at Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, Ca.

Bob Brctz, Erickson Lumber Co., Marysville, Ca., got in a No. Ca. sales trip. Iven Brown, Tahsis Co. Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., is the new pres. of the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau; Henry Sandstrom, Simpson Timber Co., Shelton, Wa., lst v.p. and treas.; James Robinson, Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., IYillirm Lrlimer, Willamette Industries, Inc., Lebanon, Or., v.p.s; George Thompson, Seattle, Wa., sec.-treas.; Brian Jones, West Coast Forest Products, Inc., Arlington, Wa., Edward Vermiere, Pacific Forest Products Ltd., Nanaimo, B.C., new directors.

Milt Johnson, v.p., Home Lumber Co., San Bernardino, Ca., and 2nd v.p. of the Lumber Association of So. Ca., recently accepted two Home Center of the Year awards for Home Building Center, a branch of Home Lumber in Hemet, Ca.

Don Sundstrom is doing a brief stint at Louisiana-Pacific, Samoa, Ca., filling in for Bob Line who transferred to Phoenix, Az.

Fd Evlns, Andersonia Forest Product Huntington Beach, Ca. has been at Andersonia Hq. at Arcata, Ca., for a monthly strategy session.

Randy W. Bailey is now with Merrill Ring, Inc., Port Angeles, Wa., as domestic sales mgr.

Dsn Roads is new to sales at Mallco Lumber & Building Materials, Phoenix, Az., according to Mike O'Malley.

Wayne Benton has been appointed sales mgr. for retail dealer accounts at Chandler Corp., Fontana, Ca.; Tom Armstrong has joined the Phoenix, Az., div. as an inside sales rep.

Perry Steinhoff is the new advertising mgr. and Stan Sterling, the new central merchandising dept. buyer in The O'Malley Co.'s retail div., Phoenix, Az., according to Paul Conley, div. sales mgr.

Bob Washburn and Georgie Zieglowsky are retiring from American Forest Products Co., Cerritos, Ca.

Richard Reid, Reid and Wright, Inc., Denver, Co,, has been asked to present a wood seminar for the Optimists Club of Denver.

Bud Hoover, regional field rep of the American Plywood Association in Denver, Co., has retired.

Larkin Ksliher, Larkin's Lumber and Building Supply, Newport Or., is a new trustee of the Pacific Northwest Hardware Implement Associaion.

Donald R. Caroleo has been promoted to Northwest Regional mgr. for Alcoa Building Products, Inc. His area extends north to Alaska and south to Ca.

William J. Gall has joined Kaiser Cement Corp., Oakland, Ca., as director of purchasing, according to Donald W. Henning, assistant to the v.p., manufacturing / distribution.

The Merchant Magazlne

Robert J. Belikoff has been named Kwikset salesman ofthe year for 1981, according to Joscph Madlgrn, pres. Kwikset, Div. of Emhart Industries, Inc., Anaheim, Ca.

Samuel Gaddis, national sales mgr. of the dealer group, Georgia-Pacific Corp. ; Jay Steiner, v.p., Lumberjack Stores, Inc.; and William Rooney, marketing and sales service mgr., LouisianaPacific Corp., are newly elected members of the Home Center Show advisory board, according to William Fishman, show seminar director and a columnist for The Merchant, Richard C. Caletti, pres., Standard Structures, Inc., Santa Rosa, Ca. is the new pres. of the American Institute of Timber Construction; G. Hilton Quinn, pres., QB Corp., Salmon, Id., v.p.; Pete Martini, pres. Duco-Lam, Inc., Drain, Or., treas. and director; Rob,ert Halford, v.p./gen. mgr., Timfab, Inc. Clackamas, Or.; Warren T. Wier, laminated business hBr. , Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacoma, Wa., and Gary A. Hellwege, mgr., Laminated Wood Products Div., Bohemia, Inc., Saginaw, Or., are .rmong those on the board. Russell P. Wibbens continues as exec. v.p. Glen C. Anderson has been named mgr. of Anderson's Building Material Center in Ogden, Ut.

Diane Parodi, office mgr. with the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, Ca., for l6 years, has been elected sec/treas. of the association, replacing Helen MacDonald who has retired.

Reg Justus and his wife, Jill, Just-Woods Forest Products, Portland, Or., recently returned from a trip to the Far East including Tokyo, Hawaii and the Peoples Republic of China.

Bill Buettner, v.p. and director of purchasing, United Wholesale Lumber, Montebello, Ca., plans to retire this month, winding up 50 years in the industry.

Jim Ramsey, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Fort Bragg, Ca., is recuperating after back surgery.

Jlm Moss, outside salesman for Ed Fountain Lumber Co., I.os Angeles, Ca., recently returned from a ski holiday at Steamboat Springs, Co.

Ken Carter, son of Bill Carter, Carter Forest Products, Ukiah, Ca., has graduated from Chico State with a degree in geology; another son, Tom, owner of Soltice Solar Systems, Bend, Or., recently took a bride in Long Island, N.Y.

Pete Draghi, western regional sales mgr. for Deft, Inc., Irvine, Ca,, has been named layperson of the year by the California Industrial Education Association.

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