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Michael J. Brunetti has been named Kwikset "salesman of the year."

John Osgood, Robert S. Osgood, Inc., Los Angeles, is back puffing and panting from his annual backpacking trip with his kids in the High Sierra.

Bob McBride, Koppers Co., Wilmington, Ca., recently business-tripped to Phoenix and Las Vesas.

Stanley Hulett is now v.f ., governmental affairs for the American Paper Institute, Washington, D.C. He is the son of Leo Hulett of Harwood Products, Willits, Ca.

Dave Ohman, mgr., public affairs, American Forest Products Corp., San Francisco, has been named chairman of the California Forest Protective Assn. PR committee. William B. Osterland has joined AFPC as a financial analyst. Kenneth W. Benson has been promoted mgr. of programming.

W.H. Seeley is the new mgr. of GeorgiaPacific's Tucson, Az., wholesale bldg. mtls. distribution center, reports Stanley S. Dennison, v.p., distribution div.

Ann Knapton and Thomas Gollick have ioined the sales force at Chandler Supply Co., Boise, Id.

Dan Diffendaffer is the new plywood sales mgr. for Biles Coleman Lumber, Omak, Wa., as well as heading up plywood sales for Kinzua Corp.

Wm. C. Reed, Jr., 35, chairman of the Simpson Timber Co., Seattle, has been named to the board of Univar Corp.

Larry Larson's Girl Friday, Melinda Taylor, daughter of the late Floyd Mullen, gave birth to a baby boy Aug. 29, named Jon Eric. Larry Larson Lumber Co.. Los Alamitos. Ca., ran a pool with scores of mills and independent trucker Charles Pope came closest to the 8 lb. 7 oz. birthday weigh-in figure.

Harold Murphy is now asst. to the pres. at American International Forest Products, Beaverton, Or.

Glen Nelson is now on the tradins staffat Random Width, Inc., Albiny, Or. He had been with Timber Products, Medford. Or.

E. Gaymon Traub has been appointed credit mgr. for American Forest Products-bldg. mtls. div., reports Bob Wells, div. v.P.

Carl Haywood, Potlatch, has moved to Lewiston, Id., from Missoula, Mt.

Dr. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. has been named exec. v.p. of Georgia-Pacific's $2-billion-plus chemical div.

Ken Krueger has been named technical director of the American Hardboard Assn. He had been with Masonite.

Jennie Dulany, Max Hill Lumber Co., Pasadena. Ca.. has been elected new pres. of the Los Angeles Hoo-HooEtte club.

Robert J. "Jim" Day is the new corp. controller for Pooe & Talbot. Portland. Man Rosetie has been named to the newly-created job of fiber buyer. according to George J. Ritchie, v.p., domestic operations.

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Dick Freeman and Paul Simon. So-Cal Commercial, Los Angeles, have got a horse on us .. we transposed two numbers in their ad in our September issue. The correct So-Cal Commercial number is (213) 6855170. Our apologies for any inconveniences our mistake caused.

Keith Johnson is back at McElroy Lumber, San Jose, Ca., after a week's vacation.

Steve Moore, Marv Morgan and Glenn Hancock, G-P, Portland, recently visited all the California branches.

Dan Froehle, Med-Ply, Medford, Or., recently flew into the S.F. Bay Area on business.

Sti Stibich, Lamon Lumber Co., San Francisco, 78 years old and going strong, plans a Miami, Caribbean and New Orleans cruise with his wife to celebrate their anniversary.

Ken Shipp, Dick Gantt and Nick Carter, Cloverdale Plywood, Springfield. Or., were all in the Bay Area recently on business.

Bob Matthies has ioined Simpson Building Supply, -Santa Clara,' Ca.

Bob Dickinson, Gold Rey Forest Products, vacationed near Hood's Canal, Hoodsport, Wa.

Phil Landman, American Forest Products, S.F., got in a brief vacation, followed by an Eastern business trip.

Elmer Rau, Madera Lumber, Madera, Ca., has vacationed in New Hampshire and Montreal, Canada, visiting relatives.

Hancock, G-P, San Leandro, Ca., travelled to Alaska on business. Tynan, Lamon Lumber Co., San Francisco, is back at it after vacation.

Ross Ingraham, Emeryville, Ca., has been in Los Angeles on Western Pine Supply Co. business.

Ray Van Ide, sales mgr., Reliable Wholesale Lumber Co., Rosemead, Ca., and wife Sue, spent a week on a houseboat on Lake Shasta.

Norbert J. Leiberg is the new traffic mgr. for Champion International.

Joe Lovato, mgr., Lumbermen's of Washington, Bainbridge Island, made the local paper for his efforts in building a recreation complex in Shelton.

L.R. "Roy" Smith, a retired alder lumber mill owner, and his bride Irene. celebrated their 50th weddine anniversary Sept. 21. at Toppenishl Wa.

Nat Thompson, Connor Lumber Sales, San Marino. Ca.. and Dick Learned, Learned Lumber, Hermosa Beach, made the big Hoo-Hoo Golf tourney in Redding.

Harold M. Frodsham, peripatetic chairman of the board o[ South Bay Redwood Co., Orange, Ca., is just back from Hawaii. John Hull and Mark Holt are new to the sales force.

Nate Youmsns has ioined Pine Ridee Lumber Co., Ciiy of lndustry, Ci., according to Jim Acton.

Nels Sandstrom, Clear Fir Sales Co. gen. sales mgr., Springfield, Or., -has returned from a business trip to Portland and other points.

Allan Clark is now with American Forest Products, Cerritos, Ca.

Norman Nickel is now coverins the San Diego territory for So-C-al Commercial, Los Angeles.

Murray McDowell is the new gen. mgr. of Bloch Lumber, Portland.

Arny Kirkebo, exec. director of the Western Building Material Assn., is recovering from a mild heart attack suffered on a recent Portland trip.

Bill Conroy is now mgr. of AFPC's Van Nuys, Ca., bldg. materials distribution center, according to Frank Quattrocchi, regional mgr., California centers.

Roger Montgomery has been elected chairman and Andrew Sigler pres. and chief exec. officer of Champion International.

Don Stobaugh has been promoted from Sun Lumber Co. to its sister firm. Crown Plywood. He's managing the operation in Garden Grove.

W.C. Moore, pres., American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, and his wife lrene. attended the Nt'I. Hardwood Lumber Convention, Montreal; Craig Kincaid, asst. sales mgr., attended the Int'1. Woodworking Machinery & Furniture Supply Fair, Louisville, Ky.; Robert Kincaid has ioined American's accounting staff.

Hardwood Flooring Council

Bruce Flooring div. of E.L. Bruce. Inc.. has formed a Distributor Advisory Council.

Western Lumber and Building Materiala MERCHANT

Its first two-day meeting, held in Memphis recently, was attended by six newly elected distributor representatives from regions in the U.S. and Canada and seven Bruce top management representatives.

The Council, which was formed to develop better communications and a better understanding of problems between the manufacturer and distributor, meets twice a year.

Representing the 11 Western states is Dave Ferrari, president of Virginia Hardwood Co., Monrovia, Ca.

New Hardwood Back Stamp

The Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers Assn. has announced a new back stamp for structurally rated and flamespread certified hardwood plywood wall paneling. The new designation conforms to product description guidelines of the Federal Trade Commission and FHA^{UD Minimum Property Standards regulations.

HPMA employs in-plant inspectors in Los Angeles, Portland, Or., and Arlington, Va., headquarters.

The Red in Red Alder

Murray Laver and Joe Karchesy of the Department of Forest P .ducts, Oregon State University, have isolated and determined the chemical structure of a substance which leads to the red stain in red alder lumber.

The material is a new substance and has been given the name "oregonin". There may be additiona! materials such as tannins, whici., contribute to the stain, but oregonin appears to be the major contributor.

HIT Program Meetings

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