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Earle Johnson, Sr., Watsonville Lumber Co., Watsonville, Calif., and his wife are on the steamer "Monterey" visiting ports in South America.

Tom Melin, new president of Owens-Parks Lumber, L.A., has been on several No. Calif. mill trips recently.

Floyd Shockley is the new mgr. of Bowman Lumber Co., Artesia, New Mexico.

\Mallace L. Kiger has moved the NFPA field office to 5819 Poinsett Ave., El Cerrito, Calif. M530.

Terry Mullin, Mullin Lumber, Tarzaaa, Calif., visited the recent Montana Assn. convention.

Dave Mackin, Ilallinan Mackin Lumber Co.f S.F., has been a frequent Southland visitor, getting their ,new Orange, Calif., facility ready for opening day.

C. Dave Thomas has opened his new Havasu Wholesale Hardware and SuPPIY in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. J. D. Sims is the yard mgr.

Jack L. Whitney has won Marlite's "Salesman of the Year" award for the firm's Northwest div.; Leroy D. Johnson won in the Pacific div. Ken Kettertng is Marlite's new sales rep. in the Los Angeles area.

Bob McHugh, Sakrete of Pacific Northwest, has moved his Portland downtownwarehouse to 400 S.E. Div. SL Guy Hamilton, a 6th grade student in Glen Ellen, Calif., won lst place and $50 in the Redwood Region Conservation Council's fire prevention contest.

George Cheek is the new exec. vp. of the American Forest Institute, washing' ton, D.C. Brent A. Stienecker is the new director.

Walt Baker, office mgr', Sun Lumber Co.t San Pedro, Calif., will celebrate 45 years with the company in July. Congtatulations, Walt.

Franl See, Duke City Lumber Co. Albur querque' N.M., recently made a business trip to Los Angeles.

Jim Boyd, Southwest Forest Industries vp' is recovering nicely from the rec-ent amputation above the knee of his left leg.

Dick dstling has recently joined the sales stafr of Carlow Door Co', Los Angeles' and will HQ in the Pacoima waidehouse' Rob€rt E. Johnson is Celotex's new rep' for California's Riverside CountY.

Bill Gregg has been named the new managing director of the Calif. Building Material Dealers Association. He replaces Leon Caldwgll.

Bernie Hartung has left NFPA's careers program. Dr. Donald L. Crews of Colorado State takes over as director.

Edwin "Etl" Stratton, exec. vp. of Modem Materials, Los Angeles, recently returned from vacation.

Mildred Dutton, Penberthy Lumber Co., L.A., was elected national president of the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes at their San Diego convention.

Carl Goodman, Goodman Lumber, Whittier' Calif., was an active guitar-playing participant in the La Habra Kiwanis Club Show. Ken Coleman, Eckstrom Plywood, and his Dolores, cheered him on from the audience'

Bill Marmion, the major'domo at Marmion Lumber in Azusa, -Calif., escaped recently for a golf session at Bonsall.

W. C. "Bill' Soper, mgr., P.H.I. div. of Sta.lube, Compton, Calif., recently returned from a business trip to Phoenix.

John A. Elorriaga recently resigned his position as exec. vp,, fiberproducts group, : at Evans Products.

Jon F. Kerl has been named manpower development mgr, for G-P's distribution div., according to mgr. Jack Samper. Louis Joaquin and Jack Rexelle are trying to get an OK from Alameda CountY, Calif., officials to build a bldg. sttpply center in Ashland.

Joseph H. Walton is Kaiser Ceme'nt & Gypsum's new director of safety and training.

Paul L. McMurray is Vanply's new g:en' mgr, of their prefinish plant at Vancouver, Wash.

J. S. Harper, for four years mgr. of Masonite's hardboard plant in Ukiah, Calif.' has returned to their Laurel, Miss., plant.

Richard W. Middleton is the new president of the Western Forest Industries Assn. He is with Anderson & Middleton Lumber Aberdeen, Wash. Hollister A. Larson, Plum Creek Lumber, Columbia Falls, Mont., is vp. and Jack R. Gateq ThreeG Lurnber, Philomath, Ore., sec.-treasurer.

Robert A. Lowes is Formica's new western regional sales mgr. Robert N. Power, former S.F. district sales mgr. now heads the newly-created position, builder sales mgr., West.

Jeanette Share, exec. sec., Lumber Association of Southern C'alif.. is back from vacation.

Ifarry McCall, formerly with Arthur A. Pozzi Co., Orange, Calif., is now vrith Kaibab Lumber Co. in their Phoenix ofrce.

Sam Fineman, president of Bel-Air Door Co., Alhambra, Calif., rece,ntly attended the Pacific Builders Show in San Francisco.

Dick Carlson, adv, mgr. of Roberts Consolidated Industries, City of Industry, Calif., also visited the builders show in San Francisco.

Lizabeth Dutton has been appointed mgr., promotion dept., in the American plywood Assn's. information services div.

Tom Madde,n is now mgr. of acoustical ceilings systems for Johns-Manville.

W. Neal Buxton is the new asst. to the gen. mgr., Frank B. Leasman, in Evans Products westerrr div., prefinishing group.

Max _Ifill, Max Hill Lumber Co., pasadena, Calif., loaned part of his home for use as a polling place in recent state elec_ tions.

Dan-Brown, American plywood Assn., has been appointed to the Washington State factory-built housing advisory board.

Jim Forgie, vp., Robert S. Osgood, fnc., Los Angeles, was a recent visitor to Har_ rah's Automorbile Collection in Reno. Nev.

Ealey Bertain, Simpson Building Supply uo., was a recent business visitor to San Francisco.

Bbtty Shoener, Far West Fir Saliis, Glendale, Clalif., vacationed recently with husband Ilerb in the East and Middle 'West.

Bill MacBeath" gen. mgr., MacBeath Hardwood, San Flancisco, made a recent tour of LA. hardwood yards.

Les Lowell, president, L & L Hardwood Lumber Co., S,an Jose, attended son Pete's graduation from UCLA.

Donald Ilesimini has been elected an asst. treasurer of Evans ProducLs. Michael Zipes has joined Evans as project mgr.marketing research.

Yince Besinque, president of Vance Lumber, Los Angeles, has been elected president of the Rotary iClub of nearby Vernon.

Dick Ferrell has been promoted to merchandise manager of So-Cal Commercial Steel and is working with retailers in the So. Calif./Anzona area.

Jerry Bowlus of Crystal Lamp Parts, Los Angeles, has returned from a 2 weeks trip to the East.

Bob Pallo, AI Peirce Co., Newport Beach, Calif., had a good fishing trip in the High Sirerras; catch was terrific.

Harold M. Frodsham, chairman of the board, South Bay Redwood Co., Orange, 'Calif., recently completed another round-the-wbrld flight, terminating in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Bob Bliss, Bliss Lumber, L.A., was a recent business visitor to Portland.

Arnold Nutter, formerly qf Owens Parks, Los Angeles, and Glenn Barry, Mdson Supplies, L.A., have joined lnland Lumber Co., Colton, Calif., in sales, Frank Quattrocchi and son Tom, 8, are tearing up the Little League circuit in a mgr.-player combo this season. Frank works at American Forest Products,' Cenitos,'Calif.

Lloyd Jorgensen .has moved Southwest Machinery Corp. to a new Sa,nta Fe Springs, Calif., locati,on. Jack Cummings has joined the firm.

Jim \ililson now heads Hainpton Lumber Sales' wholesale plywood dept. Stephen T[ade is the new traffic mgr. at the Portland firrn and Jack Minion has joined up a lumber trader.

John Paust is the Salem, Ore., branch warehouse mgr. for the Palmer G. Lewis Co. of Seattle.

Dick Freeman, So-Cal Commercial Steel, got out of L.A. for a weekend at Lake Arrowhead recently.

Abe lVillis, Charley's Fence Co., Baldwin Park, Calif., attended the international fence convention in Puerto Rico.

Dwight Curran, Evans Products, spent a mid-summer week in Los Angeles.

Tony Pappas is the sales vp-westera region, for U.S. PIy, replacing Wallace Williams who moves up to vp-sales relations. Pappas will HQ in San Francisco.