PERSONALS

Carl DuPray has closed 26-year-old DuPray Redwood Sales, La palma. Ca., and retired after 46 years in the industry.

Hal Fay, ex-TreeSource Inc., has joined Dixieline Lumber Co.'s Columbia City, Or., dock facility, teaming with Ramsey Fendall to head up their new Hawaiian Islands/lVest Coast cargo sales operation.

Chuck Sturdevant is new to the indushial sales dept. of Pan Pacific Forest products, Lake Oswego, Or. Fernando ttT. ;.tt Viduarrl opened a new Pan Pacific office in National Ciry, Ca.

Don Nelson has been promoted to sales/ production coordinator for Brand-S Corp.'s Superior Hardwoods, Corvallis, Or. Llnda ZoJonc has joined Mlke Brandis selline studs for the Livingston, Mt., div.

Vinc.ent Mast is new to the lumber sales group at Caffall Bros. Forest Products, Inc., Wilsonville, Or., as merchandising mgr.

JeffKirk has been promoted to sales mgr. of PrimeSource's Phoenix, Az., DC. Bob "Mltch" Mitchell and Robert Brown are new to Fairfield, Ca., handling inside and outside sales (respecr ively) for the East Bay/Central Valley.

Pete Clough has joined Oregon-Canadian Forest Products of Califomia, Orange, Ca. Dennis Richardson and his wife, Sue, are back from a 25th wedding anniversary respite to Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Dana M. Copeland, sales mgr., CA Company, Inc., Spokane, Wa., has been named exec v.p. Duane Charter has rejoined Siskiyou Forest Products, Woodland, Ca.

Steve Hogan has joined Exterior Wood Inc., Washougal, Wa., as gen. mgr., reports Newt Baker, v.p.-mktg.

John Turner is the new gen. mgr. of Capital Lumber Co., Salt Lake City, Ut. Wayne Turner is sales mgr., with Dane Iorge in sales.

Kevin Phillips, ex-Sirnpson Strong-Tie, has joined Silver-Teco, Livermore, Ca., as director of western mktg.

Ketth Hitchcock, Carroll Moulding Co., Huntington Beach, Ca., is back from a recent plant tour/product training hip at White River Hardwoods, Fayetteville. Ar.

Mark Kaiser is new to tbe yard crew at Evergreen Lumber & Molding, Orange, Ca. Ken Kalser recently vacationed in Lake Tahoe, Ca. Bill Lalpple vacationed in Maui, Hi.

John G. Quist has joined Fibreform Andinos Corp.'s international pine div., Bellevue, Wa., as product sales director of the HomeTime Door Div.

George Badenoch, South Bay Forest Products, Orange, Ca., married Sharon Savage, Oregon-Canadian Forest Products, Orange, Sept. 17, 1994, followed by a Jarnaica honeymoon.

Harry A. Merlo, chairman and pres., Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Portland Or., was named a gold award winner in the forest products industry by the Wall Street Transcript.

Joe Jameson, formerly of International Wood Products, is new to American Pacific Wood Products, Portland, Or.

Dave and Dan Bohannon, Bohannon Lumber Co., Orange, Ca., won the USTA Grass Court Doubles Tennis Championship in the 45+ cateSory in Philadelphia, Pa.

Kevin Seward, MacMillan Bloedel Building Materials, Denver, Co., has been tansfened to Seattle, Wa. Kent Tam, asst. mgr. and service mgr., Capital Lumber, Denver, replaces Seward on W.O.O.D., Inc.'s board of directors.

Beverly Del Grosso has joined PenofinPerformance Coatings Inc., Ukiah' Ca.' heading up customer service. Roberta Ollenberger is new as customer service asst.

Allison Hayes is new !o North American Wholesale Lumber Association as director-membership & communications'

Stan Cochran, Cal State Forest Products, Orange, Ca., and his wife, Barbara, recently sailed from St. Petersburg, Russia, to Moscow on a river cruise'

"Mac" and Diane McNally, Vent Vue' Inc., Los Angeles, Ca., sPent four weeks in Hawaii celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary.

Steve Gwaltney has been transferred to the Eugene, Or., office of Reliable Wholesale Lumber Co., Temple City' Ca.

Cathy Vldas, El & El Wood Products, Chino. Ca.. vacationed in Tahiti.

Gevin Brown, American Pine Products' Prineville, Or., was elected chairman and pres. of secondary wood prroducts manufacturers association WPCC, Inc.' Bend, Or. Ron Boucher, Dallas Planing Mill, is vice chair/sec., and Harvey Hetfeld, Precision Lumber, treas. Other directors: Steve Haberle, Orchard Wood Products; Rod Andrews' Rainier Wood Products; Bill Keen' Modoc Lumber, and Jlm TalleY' Blasen & Blasen Lumber CorP.

Kenny and Roxanne Bonomlnl and Mike Mendes, The Mill Yard, Arcata' Ca., attended Jensen-Byrd Co.'s recent show in Spokane, Wa.

Max Rickley, MacBeath Hardwood Co., Berkeley, Ca., attended the Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association meeting in Monterey, Ca.

Frank and Judy Solinsky, Payless Building Supply, Chico, Ca.; Matt and Pam Petersen, Mead Clark Lumber, Santa Rosa; Steve and DebbY Schulz, Minton's Lumber & SuPPlY, Mountain View; Larry McFadden, Fairfax Lumber & Hardware Co., Fairfax' and Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California mgr. Jan Hansen represented LMA at the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association convention in Maui' Hi. Janet Toryall has joined the night clean up crew at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., rePort owners Hugh Mungus and FreddY Fungus.

APA Okays Engineered Wood Emphasis, New Name

Thomas J. Smrekar, group vice president, wood products, potlatch Corp., was elected chainnan of the board of trustees of ApA - The Engineered Wood Association and its affiliated organi-zation,

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Wood Research Foundation, during the 58th an- nual meeting Oct. 9-11 in San Antonio, Tx.

Others elected include James E. Allen, Union Camp, Chapman, Al., vice chairman; and regional trustees Duane H. Peters, Champion International, Camden, Tx.; Alex R. Aitken. International Paper Co., Dallas, Tx., and Dominic Gammiero, Norbord Industries, Toronto, Ontario.

AtJarge fustees: Allen Ainsworth. Ainsworth Lumber, 100 Mile House. B.C.; C. Steven Clark, Riverwood International, West Monroe, La.: Donald R. Deardorff, Fourply, Grants Pass, Or.; James Eisses, Louisiana-

Pacific, Hayden Lake, Id.; Charles p. Grenier, Plum Creeh Columbia Falls. Mt.; James E. Sterrett, Boise Cascade. Boise, Id.; Horst Sturmlinger, J. M. Huber, Charlotte, N.C.; Jack C. Sweeny, Temple-Inland Forest Products, Diboll, Tx., and Floyd Vike, Willarnette Industries, Albany, Or. Outgoing chairman Dennis A. Spencer, Stone Forest Industries. Medford, Or., totd those attending the rapid emergence of engineered wood products compares with the most important milestones in the historv of the wood products industry. "We are poised on the edge of a promising new era for our industry, one we will look back upon in a few years as amonq the most pivotal in our history."

. APA's recently broadened scope to include engineered wood products was formally ratified with approval of articles of incorporation and bylaw amendments. The name was officially changed from American plywood Association to APA - The Engineered Wood Association.

Nearly 500 atrended the meetins which also featured the second aonuul APA Info Fair product and services exhibition.