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Frank Lucas, D&RGW RR. is the new pres. of the Portland Hoo-Hoo Club. Louis Buschbacker, Fullmer Lumber Sales is v.p.; Ted Fullmer, Fullmer Lumber Sales is sec.-treas.; Marty Conlin, Columbia Plywood Corp., is outgoing prexy.

Bob McCorrnick is now v.p. sales for mobile homes and rv products at Watson Plywood, Long Beach, Ca., according to Larry Flahive, senior v.p. and gen. mgr.

Bob Mohler, Ontario Lumber, Ontario, Ca., recently visited cousin Les Mohler, Mohler Lumber Co., and the rest of the family in North Canton, Oh.

Wally Lingo, retired lumberman formerly with College Lumber, Costa Mesa, Ca., is recovering nicely from recent heart surgery.

Jim Barron has retired as a Columbia Plywood sales rep in the Southwest.

David B. Hunn.is now treas. of Kaiser Cement & Gypsum.

Ron Brady is now selling for Chandler Supply, Boise, in Id. and Co.

G.J. "Curly" Rowley is the new v.p., gen. mgr. of San Joaquin Lumber Co. He formerly was mgr. of their Tracy, Ca. yard; Manteca is their other location.

Bill Ruddick is now mgr. of Simpson's Columbia Door Div., Vancouver, Wa.

Denny Curran, (football freak extraordinaire, is back at his American Forest Products desk, Cerritos, Ca., after flying back with the L.A. Rams team for their game in Philly vs the Philadelphia Eagles. "Butch" Lake, Garden Grove Lumber, Garden Grove, Ca., was also in on the once-in-a-lifetime trip.

Jim Turnbull, retired former exec. v.p. of the American Plywood Assn. and Nt'1. Forest Products Assn.. has been appointed by the International Executive Service Corps to assist the Malaysian Plywood Mfg. Assn. in developing its capabilities.

Joseph G. LaCroix is now exec. v.p., bldg. mtls. distribution group, of Certain-teed Products Corp.

Ken Patterson. Jr. is the new directorcorp. services, Masonite.

"Olie" Olson is the new gen. mgr. of Masonite's Hoopa, Ca., Western Lumber Div. operations. For the past 5 years he had been resident mgr. of Crown Z's Park Lumber Div., Estacada, Or.

Frank See, v.p., marketing for Duke City Lumber, Albuquerque, N.M., announces the following changes: Fred Hamlin is lumber sales mgr., Gates Copeland to field sales mgr., Joe Shipman new head trader.

Terry Roberts is the new personnel administrator for U.S. Plywood's Western mfg. activities.

Ron Nedry is the new gen. mgr. of Brooks-Scanlon's Abco div. in Denver.

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Marcel E. Allnoch is now plywood export sales mgr. for Publishers Forest Products, Portland, according to Angel Diez, export mgr.

Jim Mace is the new asst- mgr., sales and production at E.C. Miller Cedar Lumber Co., Aberdeen, Wa.

Richard G. Andrew is now selling for American Forest Products' international div., according to gen. mgr. Jim McGee.

Patti Mather is new to sales at Seattle's Timberland Forest Products.

Tim Wood, recently retired from West Range Corp., Palo Alto, is taking it easy after a bout in Stanford Hospital. He'd enjoy hearing from all his old friends clo 1333 Woodland Ave., Menlo Park, Ca.94025.

Pete Bingley has been promoted to v.p., sales/marketing, for Manta Industries of Ft. Lauderdale, Fl., and Huntington Beach, Ca. James A. Reed is now director/distributor services and William J. Lauter is director/home center marketing services.

Dave Gentry is the new president of Pacific Wood Products, Carson, Ca., according to Norman and Jack Davidson. He's been with PWP since 1965.

LeRoye E. Olson, lumber sales mgr., Boise, Id., and Miles K. Johnson, Portland outside salesman,have won Georgia-Pacific "Salesman of the Quarter" awards.

Gordon Johnson, Solid Wood, Inc., Olympia, Wa., is the new pres. of the Independent Veneer Producers association. Gene Cromwell, Miller Redwood,Crescent City, Ca., is v.p. and Kevin Murphy, The Murphy Co., Florence, Or., is sec.-treas.

Evan Williams is handling sales for Pope & Talbot's new ColoradoWyoming specialty plywood sales region.

Paul and Kay Goecke are managing the new Herren Bros. Lumber Yard, Guernsey, Wy.

Arnold B. Brown, Jr. senior, v.p., Kaiser Cement & Gypsum, Oakland, is also now gen. mgr., international operations.

Terry Durham is the new director of marketing for Price Pfister, the L.A.based mfg. of plumbing brass; Rod Yamin moves up to nt'I. sales mgr.

Barry lIull is a new lumber salesman at U.S. Plywood's Eugene, Or., office.

Dennis C. Smith, Canyon Builders Supply, Canyon City, Or., has been appointed to the City Council.

Jack G. Stroud is now corporate controller for Rockwool Industries, Denver, according to pres. Bob Christopher.

Al Weymiller is now mgr. of VMU Corp.'s Seattle commercial div. that makes decorative stone and brick.

Kyle E. Gray is now controllerdomestic operations for Pope & Talbot, reports George H. Folquet. v.p.-treasurer.

George W. Algire, Jr. is now mgr., national accounts. for Homelite. according to Franklin W. Maddux, v.p., marketing. Thomas Winn has been named asst. to C. James Brown. director of national sales: Charles P. Traskell succeeds Winn as marketing mgr.

Leroy Johnson was named "Salesman of the Month" recently by Marlite for its Western region.

Bob l{alton is the new sales mgr. for the cedar sawmill div. of Caffall Bros. Forest Products, Portland. Amos Horner, president of Tomco Lumber Co., Sweet Home, Or., is the unofficial spokesman for a group espousing forming a new county in east Linn County. If successful, it would be Oregon's first new county since Deschutes was formed in I 9l 6.

Robert E. Hamm is now office mgr. at U. S. Plywood, Willamina, Or. Bob Brewer is the new asst. mgr., special products in Lebanon, Or., according to T. R. Bradley, operations mgr.

Seth Potter has been promoted to v.p. operations from sales mgr. at Dant & Russell. Portland.

Ed Fountain, Sr., namesake of the L.A. firm, bagged a buck in the Co-Wy. corner that dressed to 232 lbs. with a 300 Savage at 270 yards; rack had a 33" spread.

Skip Greg and Vince Besinque, LaneStanton Lumber, City of Industry, Ca., were recent Portland business visitors.

Dwight Curran is the new gen. mgr. at Redwood Empire, a Belmont, Ca., wholesaler; Lee Lambach is handliag sales of direct shipments. The firm is a sister company of G & R, Cloverdale. Ca.

Bob Goodrich, pres., Goodrich Forest Products, Portland, has been elected president of the Plywood Pioneers Assn.

James P. Rowe is the new v.p. marketing for Kaiser Cement & Gypsum, Oakland, Ca.

Ron Gentry is the new sales mgr. at Crown Zellerbach's Columbia City, Or., mill.

Scot Griswold is now in sales for Noble Lumber Co. at their Eugene, Or., office. Tom Ritchert is the new mgr. of the Noble subsidiary, Reg Smith Lumber Co., Oakland, Ca., according to "Chuck" Noble.

Jim Limbaugh has been appointed district sales mgr. for Cuno for No. Ca., Nv., Or. and Wa., according to W. Glenn Gray.

Dick Anderson, American Plywood Assn. mgr., special services, based in Seattle, is marking his 25th year with APA.

Ernest K. Karwatt is now mgr., construction materials sales for Up- john's CPR Division, Torrance, Ca., according to Lewis C. Pape, director, national marketing/sales.

Curt Brookhart is now handling Southern Pine sales for Newport International Forest Products, Newport Beach, Ca.

Whle Inflation is the major culprit in the downward slide of our economy, strong indications are that it is being brought under control. In fact, we see economic stimulation as a major goal even at the expense of containing gains made as a result of inflation.

On the Intemational Front, there does appear to be some improvement from hardstrips created by rampant inflation, overwhelming increases in the cost of energy and a severe recession.

In conclusion, we believe the severe economic recession in the United States and the world is giving way to the forces of recovery. At the same time, we expect the expansion phase of forward progress to advance at a relatively sluggish rate through 1976.