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Carl Dupray, at Associated Redwood Mills' office in Los Angeles, has a real triple-threat gal in Billie Grothman. She started as a secretary at Associated's Arcata office, then did the buying and now is in L. A. selling.

Ralph Lamon attended the recent Willamette Valley tourney at Eugene and spent the following week calling on Lamon Lumber suppliers in Oregon.

Dick Edmiston of Rich Brothers Lumber Co. in Visalia came home all smiles after a few days in the southland where he took in the terrific All-Star baseball game in Anaheim.

Don "Sully" Sullivan, South Bay Redwood Co., Ifawthorne, Calif., wife Margaret and son Tim are ona seven country European tour after picking up a new car in Germany. They'll return Sept. E.

Mike Madison of Ziel & Company in San Francisco is currently on a two weeks vacation through the Yucatan territory in southeastern Mexico,

Dave Ohman, pr chief and ad director f_or Tarter, Webster & Johnson, attended the 4th Annual Forest Industries Marketing Conference at the University of Oregon at Eugene, June 14-1b.

Art Wall and Gwen Wall have returned home to the Bay Area following a 2500 Tile vaca lon trip through the Nbrthwest, Victoria, Vancouver and Banff.

John Mclntosh has been named sales manager of Greenwood Lumber Co. at Elk. Calif. John was formerly associated with Tidewater Mills at Eureka.

Mac and Pauline MacBeath left Bill MacBeath and Joe Cortese at the MacBeath Hardwood controls while they soaked up a couple of weeks of Hawaiian summer sunshine.

Michigan California's Ken Bowes has returned to his Camino headquarters after two weeks in the East on business.

Dick Petty, formerly with Norco Distributing and Dolan's in Sacramento. is now managing sales for R.F. Nikkel,s Power Inn Road specialty distribution outlet and moulding plant.

Fred Buckley, F. S. Buckley Door Co., San Francisco, vacationed in the Northwesi and Victoria, , B.C., for two weeks last month,

John Osgood, Robert S. Osgood, Inc. in Los Angeles, is currently on a five week business tour of the Orient. Well. at least John said it was going to be all business.

Ed Thompson has spent two weeks canvassing suppliers in Oregon and Washington for Billings Pacific Inc. of San Francisco.

Win Brown and Phil A. Taylor report good business at Western MacArthur Co., San Francisco. Company has essentially the same personnel and products as the old Western Asbestos Co. They stock and install Johns-Manville industrial products.

Julian Hougen is the new manager of Tum-A-Lum Lumber in Salem, Oregon. He previously had been a manager with Copeland Lumber and had been with them for 26 years.

Forsyth Hardwood's Bob Kahn capped ofr the recent annual convention of the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Assn. at Vancouver, B. C,, with a week in the sun at Hawaii.

Longtime redwoodman Ken Schmidke, most recently vp-sales at IBMC Redwood, Dominquez, Calif. has forsaken the lumber business and is now owner-operator of The Cypress Room, a eocktail lounge and restaurant in Downey. Ken mans the bar nightly.

Bob Kimble and Ernie Stratton report walk-in trade noticeably improved following a receat store expansion and beautiful remodeling job at Sequoia Lumber Company in Visalia.

Gil Bisseil and Ralph Belk, both with Speedspace Corp. (Gil in So. Calif., Ralph in Santa Rosa) are both recovering nicely from recent leg injuries. Get well, you guys!

Reedley Lumber's Paul and Yirginia Ruth spent July vacationing and visiting relatives in the Kansas area.

Former Sacramento wholesaler Glen Butler has been named general salesmanager of Carolina-California's Burnt Ranch (Calif.) sawmill which operated as Moss Lumber Company until its sale last year.

W'alter A. Remak, with 'Weyerhaeuser sales in San Mateo, Calif. took the trip to the altar, June 25, and married Dlsie M. Seligman. Our best wishes to them.

Gordon Schroedel has been named western district credit manager for the Koppers Co., Inc., according to department head H. E. Crawford.

George Tlinter, former manag'er of Kimberly-Clark's millwork sales at Anderson, is now with Les Cody at Red Blufr Moulding.

Clifi Rauch, formerly products manager at Inland Lumber Co., Rialto, Calif., is now director of marketing at Sunset Plywood, Los Angeles, according to bossman Bob Yener. Cliff had formerly served as Vancouver Plywood's western regional manager and as general manager of Evans Products' L.A. distribution center.

Harold Ostin has returned to his David Ostin Moulding Co. desk in Sacramento after three weeks in the East on business, Harold joined his dad, David Ostin, after graduating frorir Fullerton College with a degree in business administration. While attending Fullerton, Harold worked for Continental Moulding.

EarI Ilodgson of Porterville Lumber Co. has returned home after *ttending the big Lion's Convention in the East.

Ed French, Burton French Lumber Co., 'Walnut Creek, Calif. and his bride Clovis spent a week last month vacationing along the cool Mendocino and Humboldt coast.

Put Robbins is ending a successful four year stint as manager of the Wood Products Association of Ilawaii to become manager, wood products, for Amfac, Inc. \MPAH staffer Lois Patterson is staying on.

Harold Wills, co-owner of the Coast Building Supply reports they had a good opening week this summer for their new outlet in Gresham, Ore. Co-owners with Wills are Don McGee, and Yic Landreth. Ed Carr manages the new Gresham outlet.

T\M&J's Jack For4 and Mrs. Ford vacationed in the Northwest after attending the recent National-Ameriean Wholesale Lumber Assn. convention at Banff.

Merle Schantz, rlnanrager of Citizens Lumber Company, Selma, Calif. is just winding up a six weeks vacation which spanned the continent from British Columbia to "Expo 67" at Montreal and a return trip via Washington, D. C.

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fresh of Dallas Lumber & Supply, Dallas, Oregon, vacationed at Palm Springs last month.

Bob Weidenhaft says comments on remodeling the Copeland Lumber Co. branch he manages at Springfield, Ore. have been most favorable. The big display windows were added when they became Norge dealers.

Gene Courchaine, formerly of Jamb Dandy Lumber, Whittier, Calif., has given up the lumber business for the ice cream business, purchasing a Tastee-Freeze operation in \Mhittier which he and his wife manage. Gene invites his lumber friends to stop by fora double-dip cone (31 flavors, Gene?).

Ken Conway, Arcata Redwood,s man in Los Angeles, won a lst prize for his hobo costume at the Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club 6 ,,hard times" party held at the Schlitz Brewery.

When you drive a Deniston TripleI,ock Lead-Seal nail into a metal roof, thedrive screw shank makes it turn and hold like a screw. Its threads are deeper and sharper. It bites in like a bulldog. It grips like agorilla. And it never lets go.

Bulletin No. 750 sent on request

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