TwentV'FlveTears Ago

As Reporced in fie October L942, Issue of The Merchant, Est. 1922

C. R. (Bob) Taenzer, president, American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, will leave on a three week's trip to the East and South.

Floyd Elliott, Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., San Francisco, and Mrs. Elliott, recently had an enjoyable vacation trip to Lake Tahoe.

R. R. 'West, president of the Builders Lumber & Supply Co., Inc., San Diego, announces the appointment of E. A. Woodward as vice president and manager of the company.

Seth L. Butler, Dant & Russell, San Francisco, left to visit the mills in Washington and Oregon,

Ray Schaecher, Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Reedsport, Ore., is spending his vacation in San Francisco,

L. A. Eastham, Seattle, Wash., and George McGill, Jr., Eugene, Ore., Northwest representatives for E. J. Stanton & Son, spent a few days at the company's Los Angeles office.

Frank McNulty, McNulty Lumber Co., San Bruno, recently returned from vacationing in the Northwest.

Tlr. B. Jones, W. B. Jones Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and Dennis Gilchrist, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Los Angeles, flew to the Northwest on a business trip.

R. E. (Fd) Fountain of Fountain-Smith, Los Angeles, was a recent San Francisco visitor on his way back from the Northwest,

Hal Ewart, of Portland, Northwest representative of Atkinson-Stutz Co., San Francisco is back from a business trip to San Francisco.

K. E MacBbath, Strable Ifardwood Co., Oakland, returned from vacation spent at his ranch in Sonoma County.

Boshion Picked by Ooklond

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39, in accordance with its wholesaler/retailer policy, has unanimously seated Castro Valley retailer Ralph Boshion as "Big Cat" for th6 coming year. Boshion takes the gavel from wholesaler Jack Koepf who recently guided the Oakland club through another huge Reveille which attracted lumbermen from all parts of the West.

Officers serving with Boshion will be vice-president Al Mury of Evans Products, secretary-treasurer Dave Mensing of Georgia-Pacifig and sergeant-at-arms Dave Jopes of Strable Lumber Co.

The cast of cats on Oakland's board of directors will be Pearson Lumber's John Pearson and Bob Gerhart. El Wethman of Western Dry Kiln, Bob Macfie of GeorgiaPacific, and Sun Valley Lumber's Judd Hushes.

Robert T. Johnson, C. D. Johnson Lumber Corp., Toledo, Ore., recently spent a few days at the San Francisco office on business.

Dd Culnan, Western Lumber Co., San Diego, was recently in the Pacific Northwest on a business trip.

Leslie Lynch, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Los Angeles, vacationed the past few weeks at Del Mar. Calif.

E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has purchased the Guy Tyler Lumber Co. at Whittier, Calif.

Robert Bonner, of Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., San Francisco, has been accepted by the Army for officers' training school.

Walter Scrim, Los Angeles, was vacationing last week at Laguna Beach.