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Pete Diggs, president of Western Miil & Lumber, L.A., took his wife a,nd their 3 kids to Hawaii this month.

Erick Ahlbom has been re-elected as prez. of the Woodwork Institute of Calif.; Ray llejlik, 1st vp.; Harry lfaeussler, 2nd vtr). New treasurer is Edwin Bernauer, Bud Barber was re-elected exec, sec.

Pete McDonald, Savage Wholesale Building Materials, Seattle, won a sales contest and a trip to Europe from Masonite. Good shot, Pete.

Frank Martin has taken over as westem district mgr. from Jim Lewis at E. L. Bruce's Emeryville, Calif., distribution center.

Joe Rumble, formerly of Ray Lumber Co., Phoenix, has joined Arizona Box Co.

Dave Ohman, AFPC's advertising and PR chief, was a recent business visitor to L.A. from S.F.

Yern Nielsen, Castro Valley Lumber, Castro Valley, Calif., solo-vacationed to Alaska and Hawaii.

Ralph and Pat Boshion of the same firm attended daughter Michelle's wedding in San Luis Obispo. Congraturlations, Michelle.

James D. Wilkinson has been pro. moted to lumber sales mgr., Willamette Industries, Albany, Ore.

Milt Gensch has joined Hal Wagner at West Range Corp's. Corona, Calif., office.

OIe Johnston opened his new plant, Coast Wood Preserving, Ukiah, Calif. He was formerly with Pacific Wood Preserving.

Joseph Carney is the new controllermarketing, building p rod ucts g'roup, Evans Products.

Ed Mason is managing the St. Regis fssaquah, Wash., yard reports Henry Hewitt, Jr., gen. mgr.

Edward J. Murphy succeeds Fred L. Morgan as Union Pacific Railroad traffic mgr., Los Angeles.

John Richards, St. Maries Plywood Co., won the low gross golf trophy at the American Plywood Assn. convention. Cleve Ramsey, Astoria Plywood Corp., Astoria, Ore., won low net handicap prize; Mike Oreskovic, Bico - Kinzua, Omak, Wash., won the low net Calloway award.

George DahI, Loucks Lab., Redmond, Wash., earned the trophy for largest fish (18 lbs. 12 oz.\ at the convention. Tom Bentley, Pub-. lishers Paper Co., was runner up with an 18 lb. 2 oz. fish.

J. T. Edelen is now Portland office mgr. for Cal-Ore Machinery Co.

Wendell Davis, mgr., America.n Forest Products, Stockton, Calif., announces that: Glen Thomason is the new shipping superintendent, filling in for retiring Jerry Meyers; Robert Romero is sawmill super.; Edward Walker now heads road construction, replacing retired Bill Strons.

Glenn Berry, Inland Lumber, Colton, Calif., recently became a grandfather for the first time.

Ron Shriner has been nromoted to asst. mgr., AFPC, Phoenix.

David C. Davis has been elevated to western Washington manufacturing mgr., Evans Products, reports Harold Stilson, mgr., softwood and plywood mfg.

Ron Del,islq AFPC, Newark, has taken an A,A. degree from Ohlone College in Fremont, Dave Mensing, with Georgia-Pacific sales in So. San Francisco. business tripped to Seatle and Portland.

Frank and Betty Timmers, hels with Van Arsdale Harris Lumber, San Francisco, has joined the, Audubon Society, an old line nature group opposed (among other things) to cutting any timber. Counter-spy, huh, Frank?

Verlon McKinney, Serventi Hardwood Lumber, San Francisco, recently visited the northern Calif. and southern Oregon mill country. Ron Robbins is a sales trainee at

AFPC, Newark, Calif., under Tim Thompson.

Dick Gebhart, 4 Star Building Sup- ply, San Lorenzo, Calif., made the Lake Tahoe scene recently with some visiting relatives.

G. John Lipani, L.A, area mgr., was recently presented with his Weyerhaeuser 35 year pin by region mgr. Jim Fisher and senior vp. llerrill Robinson at a meeting of Weyerhaeuser mgrs.

Phil Farnsworth, CRA exec. qr., has been recovering from a heart attack suffered in early summer,

Fritz Page, Bob Kincaid, and Bill Streeter opened Balfour-Guthrie Forest Products, Portland, Ore., plylvood product wholesalers, All are ex - American - International, Beaverton.

Francis Arnould, formerly with Georgia-Pacific, Phoenix, transferred to the G-P office in Industry, Cal- if, Carol Rourke, G-P's Industry, Calif., office girl, recently vacationed in Trinity County, Calif.

Mike Gay, George Steel, Pat Reagan and Jack Beritich, American Forest Products, Cerritos, returned from two mill trips. Larry Tay- lor joined the AFPC sales group specializing in aluminum products. Chuck Clemensen has been promoted to sales mgr.

Marc Seidner and new bride, Rita. returned from a seven week business-vacation trip in Europe.

Doyle Norman, ex-G-P, is now with Bel-Air Door Co., covering the Bay Area. and Sacramento area.

John Reed, St. Regis sales rep. in L.A., is the proud papa of a baby boy; third child, first boy.

Iloy Parsons, San Luis Mill & Lumber, San Luis Obispo, Calif., has been recognized by the local papers for the award he won in the LMA-Merchant Magazine ad contest.

Rich Leighton is now covering Marin, the East Bay and San Francisco for Georgia-Pacific.

Les Lowell, L&L Hardwood, San Jose, is busting his buttons over daughter Julie's graduation from Mills Corllege.

Gary Stewart, AFPC Newark, vacationed with his family in the High Sierra for a week.

Dick Kennedy, Geo. W. Kennedy & Sons, Fresno, Calif., enjoyed a visit with his daughter and sonin-Iaw from Spokane.

Il. H. Haunschild, gen. mgr,, Chas. C. Nleek Lumber Co., was a recent visitor to the Tahoe/Carson City, Nevada, areas on a periodic business trip.

Jack Millikan, Lane Lumber Co., L.A., has completed his stint as c.o. of Naval Reserve Intelligence, div. 11-1. Jack had 135 officers in his command.

Carl Poynor has joined the Al Peirce Co., Newport Beach, Calif, Carl was in charge of the wholesale forest products div., U. S. Plywood, L,A., until its recent shutdown.

Keith Swaner, pres. of Swaner Ilardwood, Burbank, Calif., and family, vacationed in Alaska and got in a polar bear hunt.

Donald L. McCulley has been promoted from sales mgr. to vp. of Silver Metal Products, Hayward, Calif., according to president Douglas T. Silver.

Robert D. Peterson, pres., Palmer G. Lewis Co., reports three promotions: J. Cutler Lewis to vp.; Philip R. Harris to vp. and sls. mgr.; O. A. lllosley to vp. and asst. sec. of the Seattle firm.

Emery Brase, is now in charge of sales at Publishers Paper's Everett, Wash., div.

Tom Cavanagh, pres., LPS Research Labs, L. A,, recently returned from a trip to the southeaste,rn U.S.

Robert J. Wolmack is the new prefinished prods. sls. mgr., KimberlyClark forest prods. div., according to Harry llleile, forest products marketing mgr.

Don LaVera, mgr. of remodeled Herr Lumber, Seattle, Wash., reports the firm had a successful grand opening.

Leo Walker is now marketing mgr. for The Flecto Co,. Oakland,