PERSONALS

Bob Tweed, Denver Reserve Supply Co., Denver, Co., is celebrating his 30th year in the business.

Clint Rygel, Rygel Lumber Sales, Newport Beach, Ca., is back after a month in England that included soaring, sailing, and sightseeing.

Art Reld has joined the sales staff at Louisiana Pacific, Ukiah, Ca., according to Merle Tanner, sales mgr.

Glenn M. Frezier is now gen. mgr. of the Quaker Maid plant, Phoenix, Az., according to A.F. Kimmel, v.p. and gen. mgr.

Ronald J. Pulliam is now a v.p. of the Palmer G. Lewis Co.. Auburn. Wa.

Davld Stearns has been promoted to dept. mgr., hardware div., American Wholesale Hardware Co., Long Beach, Ca.

Greg Gomon is now selling for Rolando Lumber Co., San Leandro, Ca., in the San Joaquin Valley, Ca., according to Owen J. Corcoran, sales mgr.

Jim Peterson has joined sales at Knollwood Corp., based at their new office in Santa Rosa, Ca. Bill Goudge is at the new Portland. Or.. office.

Dan Dickson has been appointed western regional lumber sales mgr., Georgia-Pacific, San Leandro, Ca. He replaces Bob Park who now handles redwood purchasing at Fort Bragg, Ca.

Tom Fogerty, Osborne Lumber Co., Newark, Ca., and his wife, Kathi, have a new son, Patrick Michael Fogarty, born July 4(!), 7 tU. l+ oz.

Ted French, Burton-French Lumber Co., Walnut Creek, Ca., took a recent vacation swing through So. Ca. and Phoenix, Az.

Mlke Rogge, Delson Lumber Co., Olympia, Wa., has vacationed back in Wisconsin.

Dave Walton, DMK-Pacific, Fremont, Ca., had a late July vacation in So. Ca.

Denny Curran, Bendix Forest Products, Cerritos, Ca., has been picked by the kids to be the mgr. of the Northeast Santa Ana (Ca.) Little League All-Star Team.

Bob Handegaard, Georgia-Pacific, Fort Bragg, Ca., was married June 7, 1980, honeymooning at Lake Tahoe and No. Ca.

Walt Bernarde, quality supervisor, Medford, Or., region, Quality Service Div, American Plywood Assn., retiring after 25 years,was honored by APA, with Don Deardorff, Fourply, Inc., Grants Pass, Or., presenting a gift as pres. and chairman of APA's board.

John Wright is .new to sales at Kokanee Forest Products. Bend. Or.

Rick Rosa, J.H. Blevins Lumber Co., Napa, Ca., visited the Olympic trials in Eugene, Or., and then got in some additional vacation at Baker. Or.

Vaughan Justus, Southwest Insulbead, Albuquerque, N.M., is back from a Minneapolis-St. Paul, Mn., business and pleasure trip.

Larry Mead is back at North Star Forest Products, Walnut Creek, Ca., after a Seattle, Wa., vacation.

Jeff Loftus got in a San Diego, Ca., vacation and is now back at work at his desk at Sacramento-Pacific Corp., Sacramento, Ca.

John H. Wimberly is now Northwest Div. gen. mgr., Kaiser Cement Corp., Seattle, Wa., reporting to Walter E. Ousterman, Jr., chairman, pres., and c.e.o.

Jim Brasch is the new v.p., sales, Hampton Lumber Sales Co., Portland, Or., according to Gordon J. King, pres.

John Wilton, California Forest Products, Oakland, Ca., has been up in Hanley, Saskatchewan, Canada, heeding a call from the small praire town to all its native born sons to return for a brief homecoming celebration.

Barbara McCurdy, Rounds Lumber Co., Cloverdale, Ca., spent a week at Lake Tahoe.

William L. Martinell is now pres. and c.o.o. of J.H. Baxter & Co., San Mateo, Ca., according to A.X. Baxter, chairman and c.e.o.

August,1980 nE0W000 lllGllT for 0akland, Ca., Hoo-Hoo Club brought out nearly 100 people from all over the San Francisco Bay area to hear Pete Johnson of the Redwood Insoection Service speak. DMK-Pacific's Dwight Curran received a plaque from Bernie Barber lll in recognition of his work on behalf ol the international lumbermen's fraternitv. l2l Randy Walton, Bill Weber. l3l Hanl Aldrich. l{l Joe Anino with Don White, club pres. l5l Ken DeFrees, Ralph Boshion. 16l Judy West, Sherry Nelson, Dennis Davis. 17l Ted French. Bill McDaniel. Ed M. Barnes. 18l Randy Barnes, Paul Kiernan, Joel Trestrail. l9l Eric Everson, Jim Harrison. ll0l John Enright, Ruth Jane Wood, Myrtle Harwood, Elise Lewis. llll Frank Kinney, Jim Pearson, Don Roche, Charlie Smith. ll2l Ray Haagenson, Bill Peterson, Bill Johnson, John Tallman. llSl Chuck Porro, Rick Rizo, Dan Everett, Jim Doherty.

Craig Kincaid, Robert S. Osgood, Inc., Los Angeles, Ca., mgr. of the lumber dept., and his wife, Toni, have rafted down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in ldaho.

Larry Holguin, Hrrley Hart, Bob Bothwell, and Chip Roepke are new to sales at All-Coast Forest Products, Chino, Ca., according to Daryl Bond, pres. Ron Tipton is retiring and moving to Wisconsin.

O.A. "Bob" Mosley is retiring after l8 years as credit mgr. for Palmer G. Lewis Co., Auburn, Wa. Tom Brynn is replacing him with Joan Edwards moving up to asst. credit mgr.

Dan Fisher is now logging mgr. for No. Ca. counties, according to Robert Bellamy, Ca. reg. mgr., Champion International Corp. timberlands div., Anderson, Ca. Max Ekenberg is now northern Or. region gen. mgr.

George Fox is now in charge ofthe carload and truckload sales dept., Kaibab Industries distribution center, Denver, Co.

Dave Wood, AW Lumber Co., Portland, Or., got in a brief Seaside, Or., vacation.

Curry Felt and Susgn Reichman are new to the sales staff at Simpson Building Supply Co.'s distribution center, Kirkland, Wa., reporting to Bob Cockburn, sales mgr., and working with Rod Haney and Mike Mattson, sales reps.

Peter J. Yan Osting, Glendale Plywood & Lumber Co., Glendale, Ca., has retired after 56 years in the lumber business, 26 ofthose years with E.J. Stanton & Son. He is enjoying visiting with his old lumber buddies, Joe Tardy, Scottsdale, Az., D.C. Essley and Roy Stanton, Los Angeles, Ca.

Bill Hamilton is now a managing partner of Trans-Pacific Industries, Portland, Or.

Howell D. Cobb is now director of merchandising and product development for The Nicolai Co., Portland, Or., according to Leo J. Kobleski, v.p., mktg.

Darrell Smith has joined the sales staff of Preston Lumber Co., Cloverdale, Ca. He had been with L-P, Ukiah, Ca.

Andy Ersek, South Bay Forest Products, Orange, Ca., is back from an early August vacation on the beaches of So. Ca.

William Chenoweth is now marketing mgr. and Peter Dempsey, sales mgr., Simpson Timber Co., Columbia Door Div.. Vancouver Wa.. reporting to Bill Ruddick, plant mgr.

Patrick J. Damon is now selling for the Whittier, Ca., div., BrooksScanlon, Inc.

Douglas J. Reynolds is now mgr. of mktg. services for the No. Ca. region, Kaiser Cement Corp., Oakland, Ca., according to John P. Rohrer, gen. mktg. mgr.

Jerry McDonald is now an industrial sales rep in the San Fernando Valley and Ventura County, Ca., for Simpson Building Supply Co., Cerritos, Ca. Mark McGuire has rejoined the co. as an industrial sales rep and Gene Stone is a new rep in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Dan Tresch is a sales trainee. All report to Mel Rhodes, industrial sales administrator at Cerritos.

Miguel Hernandez is now in sales at Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Orange, Ca.

Victor Czarnowsky, western wood products sales mgr., International Paper Co., Portland, Or., has retired after 40 years in the industry.

Buzz Campion is now in charge of the lumber div., Ridgewood Forest Products. Wilsonville. Or.

James C. Quinn is now operations mgr., Champion International Corp. veneer operation, Mapleton, Or., according to Al C. Smith, gen. mgr., western softwood plywood and lumber manufacturing. Jack E. Morris is the new operations mgr. at the Neal Creek, Or., sawmill.

Fred L. Lennard is the new veneer operations mgr., Nicolai Co., Portland, Or., according to Richard G. Reiten, pres.

Dalton S. "Scott" Hardy has joined Westmark & Assoc.. Costa Mesa. Ca., as sales agent for Futura Home Products in Ca.. Az. and Nv.

Pare Inventory to Save Cash

Paring your inventory to the bne is one of the best ways to conserve cpl.r, an essentr.al ingredient in surviving a recession, says Selwin E. Price, Alexander Grant & Co. certified public accounting firm.

Other steps he advises as well include controlling accounts receivable, reducing overhead, deferring cash payments and maximizing tax advantages.

But the savings of inventory reduction alone are impressive. Price said it costs around 289, to carry $l worth of inventory for a year. That includes 20( for interest, 4& for space,2Q for handling, lQ for utilities and l9 for property tax and insurance. Not included is obsolescence. which could raise the cost still further.

"Since few companies have a 28Vo profit margin, yod're better off not carrying the goods. If you have them, mark them down and get rid of them fast to cut your losses," he recommends.

The tendency of many companies is to have goods on the shelf ready to fill a customer order. But Price says you're better off having to backorder materials or lose an occasional order than you are carrying an excess lnventory.

Here'p what he recommends you do to contrbl your purchasing and keep inventories from building up:

(l) Watch customer back orders. If they start to shrink, curtail production.

(2) Talk to vour customer to find oui how your goods are moving. If the customer isn't moving your goods off his shelf. chances are he won't be ordering more.

(3) If customer delivery dates begin to stretch out, slow down production and delay raw material orders.

(4) Consider switching to the LIFO (last in first out) method of valuing inventory. This raises the costs of goods sold and thus lowers profits and taxes.

(5) Get rid of obsolete goods promptly. If you sell them at distress prices, Uncle Sam helps you recover part of the loss through reduced income taxes. In some cases. the losses can be carried back to previous years.

(6) Re-examine your own longterm purchase commitments and cut them back, delay them or cancel them where needed. Don't get caught with goods you don't need.

(7) If possible, get your vendors to warehouse your purchases at their expense and bill you for goods when shipped.

REDWOOD

PHEtl0lilEllAl. growth of these GeorgiaPacific Corp. redwoods in No. Ca. dwarfs company forester Del Wade (circle), who stands 6'5" tall as he checks current year's growth. Site was clearcut and burned by former owners at turn of the centurv. Natural regrowth was logged again in 1973 with stump roots immediately sprouting new trees (note stump at right). Unlike oldtimers, G-P harvests selectively in such stands ol "shade tolerant" timber (new trees will grow in the shade). Next harvest is due in 1988 with the next of a continuing series in 2003 to keep up with explosive "release growth" and new trees after each thinning. Silt marks extending more than 8' above ground are from periodic floods that make this the best of commercial redwood growing land.

Decking

Clears

Bevel Siding

Benderboard

Fencing

Timbers To 30'

Lath

Redwood Siding