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Chuck Baker is the new resident mgr. for Southwest Forest Industries' Flagstaff, Az., sawmill; George Brown for the Eagar, Az., and Reserve, N.M. mills, according to E. D. Penberthy.

Don West is the new stud group sales mgr. at Champion Building Products, Eugene, Or.

Duane Smith is the new mgr. of the Cariboo Pacific branch office in Eugene.

Carl R. Nelson has been named sales mgr. of the Nicolai Co., Portland.

Belden Bidwell is back at Lundgren Dealers Supply, Tacoma, Wa., after a vacation trip to Ca.

John Campbell is the new resident mgr. at Palco's Scotia and Fortuna, Ca. operations. Donald FilbY has been promoted to manager of lumber operations. Claude Perra is now distribution supervisor. RaY D. Evenson is now sales coordinatorlumber and Warren L. MurPhY, asst. sales coordinator. Buzz Savinski is now in sales at Hq. in San Francisco.

E. P. "Woody" Railey, mgr., Scharpf's Twin Oaks Builders Supply, Albany, Or., spent a recent week in San Francisco.

Clint Rygel, Rygel Lumber Sales, Orange, Ca., plans to drift the Rogue River next month.

Joe Martinez and Lary Hemmings are new to sales at Hexberg Lumber Sales, Carson, Ca. New sales mgr. is Tony Renteria. Old pros retiring include Don Gow, Dale Starling and Bob Loucks. Eric Hexberg's new partner in the business is George Coe. Hexberg recently flew to Alaska, after a Baja California, Mexico trip with Harl Crockett, who landed a marlin.

Ron DeWitt has joined Lorenz Lumber Co., Burney, Ca., as sales mgr.

Daryl Bond, president of All{oast Forest Products, Whittier, Ca., reports his son Kent is back from a stint in a Reedsport, Or., sawmill. Mike Tidwell and family vacationed in Louisiana recently.

Bruce Ball, Lancer Lumber SalesrSacramento, Ca., has attended a class reunion in San Diego for students of Mitchell High School, Mitchell, So. Dakota.

Jim Mooney, L-P Santa Rosa, Ca., vacationed recently in Albany, Or. Leonard Mittlestadt, Barnes Lumber, Cloverdale, Ca., visited the Shasta, Or., area for a vacation.

Wally Atkinson is the new pres. of the Los Angeles Hardwood Lumbermen's Club. Charles Bohnhoff is v.p.; Jim Summerlin, treas.; Ken Tinkler, sec. Directors are Tinkler, Ed Slattery, Jack Havens, Bob Sherratt and Jerry Lapin.

Lewis E. Lang is now district mgr. for distribution sales (Rocky Mountains) for Malta windows and doors.

Al Weitz. Marsh-Weitz, Ltd., a hardwood wholesaler in Van NuYs, Ca., savs he iust fieured out that his teiephone no.: 873-3737 sPells out TREE REP.

Richard J. Walters, chairman, Pres, & c.e.o., Diamond Intemational Corporation. is on temPorary leave of absence. Named to succeed him as pres. & c.e.o. was William J. Koslo. James C. Brennan was elected chairman.

H.L. Hardaway is now lumber product mgr. at American Forest Products, Albuquerque; Tom Harris is the new rep for N.W. New Mexico, So. Colo. and Eastern Az. David Ragsdale moves up to inside sales, according to mgr. HarveY Collier.

Mike McKenzie has joined the sales staff at National Forest Products, Vancouver, Wa.

Ross McCutcheon is now working for B. L. Schrader, Inc., Bellingham, Wa.

Peter Gorczyk is the new asst. treasurer of Southwest Forest Industries, Phoenix.

Larry Edwards has been aPPointed marketing mgr., integrated ceiling systems, for Johns-Manville's Holophane div. in Denver.

J. Harold Heaton is newlY named to the board of directors of Nicolai Co., Portland, Or., according to Theodore Nicolai, Pres.