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Iriright Currrn, DMK-Pacific, Fremont, Ca., vacationed at the Alisal Ranch, near Santa Barbara, Ca.

John J. Stephens is the new pres. and c.e.o. of Roseburg Lumber Co., Roseburg, Or., according to Kenneth W. Ford. chairman of the board.

Chrrles Schrumbury has been appointed director of the World Trading Group of Search Northwest, Portland, Or.

Pete Llwson is now a trader at Colonial Cedar Corp., Seattle, Wa.

Pete Speek, Fremont Forest Products, Whittier, Ca., and his wife, Phyllis' plan a country inn hopping tour of Ca.'s North Coast in Sept.

Bill Wellman, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, has been named transportation person of the year in Portland, Or.

Berl l)ennis, Wickes Forest Industries, Dnuba, Ca., is recovering nicelY from a recent stroke.

Russ Adair is a new inside salesperson at Mariner's Forest Products, Santa Ana, Ca., according to Pete Bower.

Jim Miller has joined the Woodwork Institute of California in charge of activities in several So. Ca. counties, following an indoctrination period with Arnie Conwell, according to Bernard B. Barber, Jr., exec. sec.

Gary Hoorman has been named director of services of North American Wholesale Lumber Association, replacing R. Douglas Ross, according to Pete Nbbling, exec. v.P.

Dick Shuneson has been appointed v.p. of sales for Home Hardware, Cerritos, Ca., according to Mike Hrmmitt, pres.

Jim Grogan is now pres. of Bonanza Building Centers, San Jose, Ca., replacing Stanley Nrthanson who has resigned.

William R. Walters has been elected v.p.-Micro-Lam lumber operations for Trus Joist Corp., Boise, Id.

Steven D. Hill, v.p., Hagle Lumber Co., Inc., Somis, Ca., reports that the Hagle Lumber Racing Team returned from Mexico taking third place in the 2/1ffi class after completing the 440 mile off-road course in ll hours, 28 minutes despite rolling the car twice and bending a tie rod.

Randy Philips, Philips Lumber Sales, Inc., Thousand Oaks, Ca., his wife, Carol, and two daughters spent two weeks visiting Yellowstone, Glacier National Park and Banff, British Columbia.

John Robey has been added to the Pacific Lumber Co.. sales staff at San Francisco; his father M.H. "Bud" Robey has been with Palco sales since 1948.

Pat Garoutte who has joined the trading dept. at Suntree Lumber Co., Lake Oswego, Or., is a fourth generation Or. lumberman whose grandparents pioneered in the southern Willamette Valley at a sawmill which is now part of Bohemia Lumber Co.

Palmer G. Iewis. chairman emeritus of Palmer G. Lewis Co., Inc., Auburn, Wa. , received the prestigious "Others" award for 1982 from the Seattle Salvation Army with this commendation, "his lifetime has been spent quietly in the background aiding others, helping deserving students to obtain college educations, providing many people financial help knowing full well that the loan was a gift. Palmer is never too busy or too tired to talk to someone who needs assistance or to visit the elderly bringing gifts and flowers."

Harry Helliesen, pres., Helliesen Lumber and Supply Co., Yakima, Wa.. has been elected chairman of the 4th District of Association of Washington Business for 1982-83; Harry B. Lewis, former lumber retailer, was elected chairman of the board.

Anthony J. Swies, Wickes retail exec., has been named pres. of Builders Emporium with William T. Teachout, exec. v.p. Others reporting to him will be Martin R. Bocola, v.p.-operations; Ronald P. Maccarone, v.p.-finance, accounting and systems; Richard L. Morphet, v.p., human resources; Robert E. Craves, v.p.-marketing will report to Teachout, according to Jeffrey Chanin, senior v.p., Wickes Companies, Inc., Santa Monica, Ca. Hank Jensen has retired from the Murphy Creek Div., Mountain Fir Co., Inc., Grants Pass, Or.; Phil Taylor succeeds him as sales mgr. John Cook is the new senior project engineer of wood processing systems at Lamb-Grays Harbor Co., Hoquiam, Wa.

Steve Johnson and Randy Lilyengren are new on the trading staff at Maywood Anderson Forest Products, Eugene. Chuck Strait, D.E. Doors, Inc., South El Monte, Ca., has been in Az. on co. business.

Doug and Donna Willis, South Bay Forest Products, Orange, Ca., are announcing the birth of their second daughter, Tara, on July 9, weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz.

Chris Lynch, Reid & Wright, Inc., Boulder, Co., has been on a Ca. mill trip. Robert F. Reid is back at Arcata, Ca., Hq. after an Australia/New Zealand sales trip. Bob Reid is back from a Sierra Nevada mountain vacation. Bill Jacobson has completed a Hawaiian sales trip.

Donald Renwick has joined the sales staff at Pope & Talbot, Portland, Or., according to Bob Courtney, v.p., marketing solid wood products.

Dan Diffendaffer is new at Timber Products Sales Co., Springfield, Or., according to Larry Moore, director of sales.

Barb Weyer has joined the fencing dept. at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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Ray Palm is new to sales at Skyline Lumber Co., Eugene, Or.

Robert Minkin is the new regional mgr. for States Industries, Eugene, Or., at Denver, Co.

Jim Bely, gen. mgr. of Colonial Lumber Co., San Mateo, Ca. and wife Edlth recently returned from a tour of No. Ca. mills. Jlm and his brother Robert are third generation lumbermen, according to Ed Hasenyrger, pres.

Marie Waldron, Waldron Forest Products, Sacramento, Ca., will attend the U. of Nv. this fall, majoring in child psychology, according to her mother El Loulse Wddron, pres. of the firm. Prt Hunter, El Louise's son, will marry Jennlfer Hrmllton on Aug. 28 and honeymoon in Vancouver, B.C. Betty Weller is vacationing in Neb. and Llnda Weber has been on a Portland, Or., trip.

Gordy Martln, Martin Forest Industries, Santa Rosa, Ca., is back from a business/vacation trip to Hawaii.

Don Phlllps, Philips Lumber Sales, Thousand Oaks, Ca., and his wife Florcnce are back from a two week vacation in Maui, Hi.

Rry Lopp, v.p. and director of Babbitt Bros. Trading Co., Flagstaff, Az., has been elected to the board of directors of First Interstate Bank of Az.

Grade Stamp Mlsuse Charged

The Redwood Inspection Service has filed suit in federal court alleging that the Kelleher Lumber Co., based in San Rafael, Ca., produced and used a counterfeit replica of the RIS grade mark stamp to misgrade lumber which it later sold to the trade. The 15 page complaint, which charges violations in five areas of the law, is believed to be the toughest action ever taken in the lumber industry for an offense of this kind.

The suit, which asks $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, also named Donald Kelleher, president of the company, "and others not known at this time."

A Kelleher Lumber Co. spokesman said that no statement on the charges would be issued at this time, but that a statement would be released later this month.

A temporary restraining order was immediately granted by the presiding judge forbidding further use of the grade stamps. The suit was filed July 27,1982 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco.

The Redwood Inspection Service is an industry association comprised of 15 companies that grades and gradestamps lumber in accordance with the Redwood Standards Specifications. It is based in San Francisco. Peter Johnson is the managing officer.

Among the charges in the complaint, RIS alleges that their federally registered mark was used on lumber sold by Kelleher Lumber Co. to stamp merchantable grade lumber as foundation grade, which commands a higher price. Other allegations are two violations of the Lanham Act involving infringement on a trademark; libel as it involves false statements regarding the RIS stamp; violation of the common law doctrine of unfair competition; and fraudulent misrepresentation in the sale to the public of the misbranded lumber.

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