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Bill Hickey is the new gen. mgr. of the lumber div. for Gold Rey Forest Products, Beaverton, Ore.

George Yleyerhaeuser has been named "Management Man of the Year' by the Nt'I. Management Assn.

'Wayne D. Holm is the new marketing mgr. for Publishers Paper Co., Oregon City, Ore., according to president Sam J. Robinson.

Ilarry Mendenhall, LMA exec. vp.; Wayne Gardner, exec. vp., LASC; Bob Reed, Ban Lumber, Los Alamitos, Calif., and Clifi Lance, Triple A Building Materials, Arcadia, attended the Western Building Matcrial Dealers Assn. meeL ing in San Francisco.

Gerald L. Roope is the new resident mgr. for AFP's Oakhurst salpmill operations, Gen Box div.

Bob Parsons, Parsons Lumber and Hardware, near Sonoma, Calif., says burglars got $6?0 on a neeent break-in.

Bill Zohnker, Eckstrom Plywood, L.A., has been picking up some extra cash as a singing guitar player. Go, go, go, Bill!

Roy Utke, current president of )YW PA, was a recent visitor to Reno, Nev. He becomes president of Sunkist Growets, November 1.

Hank Monjg Rounds Lumber, Cloverdale, Calif., reports Dave LeBeck has joined the sales sta^fr. Dave was with Higgins Hardwood in San Francisco for 6 ye4rs and is the son of Bert LeBeck of Indian Valley Lurnher.

A. Franklin Rice' president, and Leonard Floarq recently retired from Potlatch, vtrFtreasurer, have set up a new company for marketing and commodity futures hedging. They have a plywood storage-in- transit warehouse in Spokane, Wash.

Jack Pritchard has been named Evans Products group vp. - marketing mgr. and Arthur Krause, group vp. - gen. sales mgr,, by Lawrence Flahive, exec. vp. !ff. Neal Buxton has been named gen. sales and marketing mgr. for Evans'international group, by exec. vp. Walt Jennison, who also appointed Walt Zimmerman, Jr. as director of market planning ar1d development for the group.

Lloyd Web\ Lane-Stanton Lumber, City of Industry, Calif., wife Sue and grandson Jefi Webb have returned from a Hawaiian vacati6n. Barbara Hufi is a recent addition to the office staff, at Lane-Stanton.

Bill and Mary Connor, Connor Lumber Sales, San Marino, Calif., recently had a family vacation in San Diego.

Ben Davie of Evans Products Cb., L.A., had a hole-in-l at the recent Elks Golf Tournament at San Clemente.

Yince Besinque, Lane-Stanton Lumber, spent a recent "mini" vacation on Catalina Island.

Dick Grofi, Jr., and Roger Boer have joined Westera Pacific Forest hoducts of Beverly Hills, @lif., to work natiorral sale8, according to Anno Willison, president.

Sam Fineman, president of Bel - Air Door, Alhambra, Calif., took a recent business trip to the Pacific Northwest.

Deen Seymore is the new mgr. of Douglas Studs, Inc., a Southwegt Forest Industries' subsidiary at So. Fork, Colo, Dan Jones has moved to the new job of director of material resources, Colorado region.

Milton Zamboni, a maintenance superintendent at Lifetime Lumber, Sacramento, Calif., recently heard his pick-up blown up in his drivewa;r, shortly before midnight. Police arestillsearchingfor clues.

Ken Rivard is the new Kaiser Cement rep for the Fresno, Calif., area; Jerald Rinder is the new rep. for the Chico district.

Jess Mitchell, a guard at the Ft. Bragg Lumber Co., Ft. Bragg, Calif., recently ran off a burglar who was sitting at one of the desks when he surprised him.

Ed Stamm has joined Tumac Lumber, Portland, as Vp. He had been with Boise-Cascade.

Ifarvey Tlrest, Placerville Lumber Co., Placerville, Calif., has received a lengthy tribute from the local paper saluting him as "lumberman, philanthropist and above all, individualist."

Jack Cavanagh, Sr., had the unhappy experience recently of watching the bulldozers raze Petaluma, California's historic old Cavanagh Lumber Co. building.

Frank Quattrocchi and wi,fe Barbara, American Forest Products, Cgrritos, Calif.; Leo Meyers and wife Eleanor, AFP, Texas; and Wendell Lawsoq AFP, Rialto, attended the recent fnternational HooHoo convention in Hawaii.

Ken Coleman, president of Los Angeles Hoo'Hoo fi2 and, wife Dolores also attended the Hoo.Hoo convention in Hawaii. Ken is with Ebkstrom Plywood.

Greg Potter, son of S€th Potter, American Forest Products, Ceni. tos, has begun classes at Boalt Law School at U. C. Berkeley.

Ken Schmidke, S:uth Bay Redwood Co., Orange Calif., recently won a trophy for low net at the El Bandito Shrine Club golf tourrrey., Betty Shoener, Far West Fir Sales, Glendale, Calif., and husband Iferb have returned from a MidWest vacation.

Pat Reagan, AFP, Cerritos, was recently named most valualble player of the Finlanders Rugby Club of Los Angeles. I

Mex Barnette, vp. & gen. mgt of South Bay Redwood Co., Orange, recently got in a week'a vacation.

John Kirby, Swaner Hardwood Co., Burbank, is recovering from a recent illness.

Ilenry Myers, Pacific Madison Lum_ ber Co., Downey, Calif., is back on the job after e recent illaess.

Jim lleeln advertising sales promo. tion mgr., Acme Appliance Mfg. Co., Monrovia, recently compl€td a backpacking trip in the Sierras. Betty Shales has joined the office/sales service staff of Burbank's California Art Products.

Garo Boghosian, Fiberton California Inc., No. Hollywood, has returned from a northera Calif. business trip.

Larry Tifiin, gen. mgr., Far WestTool Supply, Garden Grove, Calif., took a recent eastern business trip.

W. If. *Bill" Johnson, W. W. Henry Co., is back from vacation.

Lee Fink, Michael Rega.n Co., Long Beach, Calif., has returned from a vacation.

Dick Lloyd, Potlatch Forest, Lake Oswego, Ore., is back from a recent Chicago business trip.

Pete Niebling, N-AWLA western mgr., Portlbnd, spoke recently before the North Cascade Hoo-Hoo Group, Bellingham, Wash,

Ken Thompeon, Southwest Forest Industries, Phoenix, wag a reeent visitor to So. Calif.

Don Derbes, as well as being sales mgr. for Inland Lumber Co., Colton, Galif., has been promoted to vp. Congratulations, Don. Gene Pierce is now covering the San Diego area for Inland and Don Olson is now at the Colton office. John Kenneally is the new Northwest district sales rep for Z-Brick.

SPFC'ES

Monufscfurers of QuolitY Foresl Producfs

Mfgrs. First Profits Since '69

Building products manufactdrers posted a solid gain in profits during the second quarter, according to the F. W. Dodge Division of McGraw-Hill Information Sys' tems Company. It was the first time since 1969 that Dodge's sample of building materials,producers showed a year-to-year improvement in earnii-rgs. The remainder of l97l is expected to show further profit improvement for this group of manufacturers, the firm reported. The sampling of. 64 makers, representing 14 difierent construction product categories, revealed an average 13 percent rise in profits and a 15 percent increase in sales in the second quarter, as compared with a year ago. Only five of tl-re 14 categories showed profit declines.

Locol Plonning for Mqy D-l-Y

The sponsors of May Home Improvement Time are coordinating with a number of organizations to help stimulate communities to take part in the annual program. The National Lumber and Building Materials Dealers Assn., the National Home Improvement Council, the National Remodelers Assn. and the National Assn. of Home Builders will help affiliates in organizing local level participation.

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Next time ask your favorite wholesaler to try Crane Mills first.

Manuel Lavrador, head man at MacBeath Hardwood in Berkeley. He started with them in 1955 and is proud that it is his 'ofirst and only" job. He is on the Board of Directgrs of Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club.

Born in Portugal, Manuel came to the East Bay at 8 years of age. He attended Berkeley High and studied at West Contra Costa College.

Manuel has been married for fourteen years and is the father of five children. They live in San Ramon.

New Compony Forms

Bob Nunnally, Phil Butterfield and Nels Blagen, formerly of Fir and Pine Lumber Co., Burbank, Calif., have formed their own company, International Forest Products Inc.

Headquartered in Pomona, it offers a custom mill and is selling to mobile home manufacturers and retail yards. Nels Blagen is running the offiee while Bob Nunnally and Phil Butterfield do the selling. Len Nelson is vard foreman. ANY

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