Tw@mty=[=five Yeel"s Ago

As reported in the October, 1944 issue of The

R. R. "Bob" Leishman, with A. L. "Gus" Hoover, returned from a visit to Pacific Lumber Co's. Scotia mill.

George F. Gerlinger, president, National Lumber Mfg. Assn., and Williamette Valley Lumber Co., Dallas, Ore., recently visited San Francisco.

Carl R. Moore, president, Cape Arago Lumber Co., Empire, Ore., was in the San Francisco bay area recently.

'W'. W. Forrest is the new lumber distributor for J. H. Pomeroy & Co., Inc.

Jerry Pearce is now operating a redwood sawmill at Branscomb, Calif.

Don Kesselring, rnanager, U.S. Plywood Corp,, Oakland, recently visited the company's Chicago headquarters.

Hugh W'. Handley, sales manager, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber, San Francisco, returned from vacationing at Minenal, in Lassen National Park, Calif.

Roddy Mulholland, vp., California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, returned from an Eastern business trip.

A. E. Wolff, manager, Kilpatrick & Co., San Francisco, returned from a 10 day Pacific Northwest business trip.

R. O. Wilson, R. O. Wilson & Son Lumber Co., Berkeley, Calif. spent two weeks in southern California recently.

Albert A. Kelley, Alameda, Calif., wholesale lumberman spent two weeks calling on Oregon mills.

Frank Parkinson, shipping clerk, wholesale dept., San Pedro Lumber Co., Los Angeles, recently vacationed in the Bishop district.

Bill Davis, Pope & Talbot, Inc., lumber div., Los Angeles, was back from a two week No. Calif, vacation.

Wayne Mullin, Mullin Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is on a three week business trip to Chicago.

Chas. Gartin, Oregon Lumber Sales, Eugene, Ore., spent a few days recently in Los Angeles.

Clint Laughlin, E. J. Stanton & Son, recently made a business trip to Oregon' Theodore "Ted" Back, sales manager, Back Panel Co., Los Angeles, vacationed at Huntington Lake, Fresno County, Calif.

Jim Chase, Cy \Yardle and Walter Beardsley of the Los Angeles staff of San Pedro Lumber Co., vacationed at Lake Wohlford, San Diego County.

Hawk Huey, Phoenix, Ariz., wholesale lumberman, spent the past week in Venice, Calif.

Art Penberthy, Tacoma Lumber Sales Co., Los Angeles, has been on a business trip to the Pacific Northwest.

Fred B. Smales, manager, California div., U. S. Plywood Corp., Los Angeles, made an air trip to San Francisco.

George C. Phillips, T'acoma Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, recently completed a 30 day trip calling on west coast sawmills.

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Russ McCoy, McCoy Lumber Co., Hemet, Calif.. was in San Francisco recently on business.

E. E. Abrahamson, Hammond Lumber Co., Samoa, Calif., visited Los Angeles recently. Dale Burns, assistant sales manager, Medford Corp., Medford, Ore., and Mrs. Burns made a trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco this month.

Adolph E. Wanke, Wanke Panel Co., Portland, Ore., was elected a director of the National Plywood Distributors Assn. Lieut. Eric Hexberg, formerly sales manager, Anglo California Lumber Co., Los Angeles, visited a lumber yard in the interior of China.

F. A. "Pete" Toste, Toste Lumber Co., Los Angeles, called on sawmills in the redwood region.

W. B. Wickersham, manager of Pope & Talbot, Los Angeles office, spent last week in San Francisco,

A. B. "Bert" McKee, general manager, San Pedro Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was in San Francisco on business.

Carl Ilornibrook, sales manager, and Fred Shallock, president, Ewauna Box Co., Klamath Falls, Ore., were in Los Angeles on business.

D. Normen Cords, manager, pine dept., Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, returned from calling on pine mills in No. Calif. and So. Ore.