VEARS AGO fromn the pages of

Simpson Logging Co.'s redwood division will change its name to Simpson Redwood Co., according to William E. Lawson, v.p. and gen. mgr.

Paul Kardstedt has been named assistant to Clay Brown, pres. M and M Wood Working Co., Portland, Or.

"Bud" Bach, a young Los Angeles, Ca., lumbernran, with a group of associates, launched the Bach Lumber Co..

Jack Davidson, pres. of Davidson Plywood & Lumber, Los Angeles. Ca., has resigned to join his brother Norman in Pacific Wood Products Co.

James C. O'Malley, The O'Malley Lumber Co.. Phoenix. Az.l H. Park Arnold, Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale, Ca.: L.R. Aldrich, Jr., Aldrich and Co., Billings. Mt.; and H.W. Blackstock, Blackstock Lumber Co.. Seattle. Wa.. are nrenrbers of the NRLDA executive comnrittee for l 955.

Jack Allenby has joined (iolden (iate Lumber Co., San Francisco, Ca., in sales.

(ieorge Kersley, assisted by "Dutch" (iravert, L.M. Wixon and Lewis Carroll. will chairman the nteeting of Hoo-Hoo Club 129, Reno, Nv.

John Saner, Jr. has taken a tentporary leave of absence from Santa Fe Lumber Co.. San Francisco, Ca., to visit a coconut plantation in the Philip- pine Islands in which he has an interest, according to A. J. "(ius" Russell.

Kenny Thim, former employee of the Wanack Lumber Co., Long Beach, Ca., has acquired ownership of the Columbia Lumber Co., Norwalk, Ca., and will operate it as the Freeway Lumber Co., specializing in do-it-yourself trade.

T. W. Gamble, v.p. and gen. mgr., Potlatch Yards, Spokane, Wa., has been named to the regional subconrmittee of the new Voluntary Home Mortgage Credit Progranr for Region XV. Wa.. Or.. Ak.

Walker Tilley, land and timber forester for the Masonite Corp., Ukiah, Ca., was unanimously elected 1955 chairman of the Ukiah Redwood Circle.

Mike Jason, Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco, Ca., and his wife, Suzanne. announce the birth of a fourth son, Donald.

Joseph F. Halstead, sec.-treas., Halstead Lumber Co., Phoenix, Az., was shot and wounded in an attempted robbery.

A.D. Franklin. senior staff executive, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., Tacoma, has retired after 23 years with the organization.

O'Malley Lumber Co., Phoenix, Az.. held a grand opening of its remodeled store in Glendale, Az.

O.Harry Schrader, Jr., has been named gen. mgr., United States Plywood Corp., Seattle, Wa.

J.E. Higgins, Jr., J.E. Higgins Lumber Co.. San Francisco, Ca., and Mrs. Higgins were recent visitors in Las Vegas, Nv.

Ivan Harrington, Ross Lumber, Medford, Or., has been vacationing in Los Angeles, Ca.