ploce California Timberline,Inc.

CALIFORNIA TIMBERLINE, INC., ANd HERITAGE HARDWOODS INC., are well established wholesale distributors of hardwoods, softwoods, plywood, and custom millwork. We have serviced California, Arizona and Mexico for over 30 years. We are pursuing experienced sales executives for Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, and San Diego. This is an opportunity to have your own tenitory. Please contact Chris Skibba, (909) 591-4811. Resume can be sent confidentially to cskibba@caltimberline.com.

Lumber Trader

We are a wholesale lumber company looking for an experienced trader. Any species. No restrictions on mills or customers. No relocation. @Vo split for trader. Call John at Lakeside Lumber at (623) 566-7100 or email lakesidelumber@cox.net.

WELL ESTABLISHED Southern California wholesale distribution company is looking for a sales management trainee. Candidate must have a minimum of 5 years experience in wholesale distribution of lumber and panel products. Solid communication skills and product knowledge are a must. Salary is commensurate with experience. We also offer medical and 40l/k retirement packages. If you are a salesperson who wants to make the move up to management, or are currently in management and want to make a change, contact us at Box 708, c/o The Merchant,4500 Campus Dr., #480, Newport Beach, Ca. 9266O ; dkoenig@building-products.com.

set the type, $55 if ad is fumished "camera-ready" (advertiser sets type). Phone number counts as I word, address as 6 words. Headline or centered copy, $9 per line. Border, $9. Private box, $15. Send ad copy to 4500 Campus Dr., Ste.480, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660,Fax949-852-0231, dkoenig@building-products.com, or call (949) 852-1990. Make checks payable to Cutler Publishing. Deadline: 18th of previous month.

To reply to ads with private box numbers, send correspondence to The Merchant, c/o the box number shown. Names of advertisers using a box number cannot be released.

TAKE OVER LEASE. Two lumber delivery trucks. Southern California area. 2OO4 Peterbilt Model 385. 24' bed.80000# G.V.W., 178,000 miles. 2008 Freightliner Model#CL12064ST, 24' bed,80,000# G.V.M., 50 miles. For more details, contact Mario at (800) 660-8660.

John Aloysius Campbell, 67, former president and c.e.o. of Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, Ca., died Oct. 19 after a months-long battle with cancer.

A native of Australia, he joined Pelco in 1969 as a laborer in the rail yard and by 1985 had worked his way up to executive v.p. of forest products. In 1989, after Pelco was taken over by Charles Hurwitz and Maxxam Co.p., Mr. Campbell was named president and in 1993 c.e.o. In 2001, he was replaced by Robert Manne, although he remained chairman of the board.

He was elected mayor of Fortuna, Ca., in 2006, and attended city council meetings until last August.

Roger Wendland Braniger, 83, longtime Southern California lumber wholesaler, died Oct. 20 in Orange, Ca.

Mr. Braniger started his lumber career at Inland Lumber, Riverside, Ca., in the early 1970s. From the late 1970s to 1985, he worked at South Bay Forest Products, Orange, Ca. In 1985, he and Dennis Richardson launched Oregon Canadian Forest Products of California, Orange. He left the company in the early 1990s, to work for Product Sales Co., Orange.

In the mid-1990s, he boughr a screening business that he operated until his retirement in 2000.

Raymond DeMotte Wineinger, 93, venerable Los Angeles lumberman, died Oct.9 in Smith River, Ca.

He entered the lumber business in 1932 with Amaline Lumber Co., La Crescenta, leaving near the end of the decade for Hughes Aircraft. After serving in Japan during WWII, he joined Fox Woodsum, Glendale, until the firm dissolved nearly 15 years Iater. He then joined Fleming Hightower Lumber, Los Angeles, as superintendent, becoming general manager and finally v.p. as the yard evolved into Fleming Lumber and Fleming Industries.

He retired in 1974, before the location was acquired by Terry Cos.

John Rosenberry, 57, sales manager at Alpine Cedar Co., Sandpoint, Id., died Sept.27

In the late 1980s, his family cofounded Spokane Cedar, Spokane, Wa., in which he sold his interest in the 1990s. He joined Alpine in 1996.

George Wilson, 86, former managing owner of Ray Hill Lumber, Los Angeles, Ca., died Sept. 28 in Huntington Beach, Ca., from complications of congestive heart disease.

In the 1940s, he worked at Middleton Lumber, Los Angeles. He joined Ray Hill in the late 1940s, and purchased the business in 1976. Ten years later, he sold the business and retired.

He also helped his two sons, Brian and Glen, establish their firm, Katella Plywood & Lumber, Stanton, Ca.

Thurman Harris. J2. former owner of Horsehead Lumber & Hardware, Monticello, Ut., died Sept. 28.

He and his wife, Marie, opened the yard in 1983 and closed it in 1986.