SEASON'S GREETINGS

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An cducalionul proerant rnclrrrlirrg a series ol'eight seminars ancl nra.jor adciresscs has bccn plannecl b5 rhc Amcrican I lardu arc \,lanul'aclrrrcrs A..rreilrti,rrr rr'1,1r thc ptrrti.ilrlrtitrrr and assistancc of thc ('alil'ornia

Pacil'ic Sou1hu est Harclri arc ,\ssociation ancl the Souther.rr \\'ltolesalc Hardr'vlirc Associat ion.

Who's the Likely Crook?

The Iong-tcrnr enrplovcc learns 1hc built-in lr,eaknesscs and loopholcs rl iIhin a compan1,, ancl is ntorc Iikclr trr bc responsible litr itrtcrnal thcfts than tlre lee erttlr ltirr'tl Pt'r'.on. :ee urilr prolcssionals inclicatc. A solulion to this problent coLrlcl bc backgrouncl inlestigations ol' "trusted" cntplrtvccs to see i1- lhcv ha',c obvious I'inancial problcnrs that rnight causc thcnt ro steal.

RECOVERY THREATENED (('tttt I irtttt'tl J n rrt Jtttgt ),\' 1 aggregate "does nol change our policl"one iota."

NAHB is forecasting 1.68 million housing starts this 1'ear and 1.69 million in 1984. Homc builders arc currently in the nridst of a major cam;raign to alert the public to th e grorr ing possibility of a rcccssion in late 1984 or early 1985 unless Congress and thc Administration take action to reducc the federal deficit.

Larry Kelson is mgr. of the new wholesale dept. at Morgan Staley Lumber Co., Inc., Sherwood, Or., according to Phil Kelson, pres.

John Shaklin has been named chief financial officer at the HomeClub, Norwalk, Ca.

Martin R. Bocola has been promoted to senior v.p. of operations at Builders Emporium, Irvine, Ca.

Dan Aulwurn is the new buyer of hardware and automotives at NeimanReed's Lumber City, Van Nuys, Ca.

Ben Philan is now mgr. of the Sequoia Supply D.C. at Wilsonville, Or.

Paul Williarns is succeeding Louis Huettl who has retired as sales mgr. at Winton Sales Co., Minneapolis, Mn., after 47 years in the industry.

Pat Murphy is now a trader at Continental Forest Products Inc.. Lake Oswego, Or.

Bill Trammel is new in marketing at Idaho Timber Co., Boise, Id.

Richard Miller is now with Boise Cascade at National City, Ca.

Frank Brown, $ales mgr. at S.D.S. Lumber Co., Hood River, Or., has retired after 18 years.

Gene Walten has been appointed gen. sales mgr., lumber and plywood, at Willamette Industries, Albany, Or., according to Richard E. Dlvis, v.p., sales and marketing,lumber and plywood sales div.

H. P. Newsom has been elected pres. of the Forest History Society, Portland, Or. Alfred X. Baxter and Harry E. Morgan Jr. are new board members.

Glenn Miller, ex-Noble Lumber, San Rafael, Ca., is now with Weyerhaeuser in San Jose.

Dean Matthews, v.p. of Relta Gray Associates, Seattle, Wa., is back from Washington, D.C. where he was a key speaker at the annual meeting of the American Wood Preservers Institute.

Tom Kopydlowski is now sales mgr. at the Universal Anchor Div. of the Panel Clip Co. in Hayward, Ca.

Robert Blum is now mgr. of the Country Hills Ernst Home Center in Ogden, Ut., according to Bill Boston, v.p. and gen. mgr. of Ernst Home Centers, Don and Florence Philips, Philips Lumber Sales, Thousand Oaks, Ca., celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary at Hana on Maui, Hi., last month. Don also spent some time in Sutherlin, Or., setting up a new lam beam distribution center.

John R. Forrest is the new chairman of the National Forest Products Association; Robert F. Higgins, lst vice chairman; Richard lV. Buchanan, Jr., 2nd vice chairman and treas.; Donald R. Deardorff, past chairman of the board; William Shields and W. Michael Robson, chairman and vice chairman of the product div.; G. R. Swift, Jr. and John J. Dillon, chairman and vice chairman, private timber div.; John C. Hampton and James Bibler, chairman and vice chairman, public timber div.; Charles W. Bingham, K. David llancock, W. Lee Robinson and A. Milton Whiting, atJarge members.

Rob Fallow, Fallow Forest Products, Lake Oswego, Or,, is now the exclusive sales agent for Horizon Forest Products, Carson Wa.

John E. Xnepp is the 1983-84 chairman of the Western Pallet Association; Thomas F. Turner, pres.; Mar.ley B. Peterson, v.p., and Norm Reed, sec.-treas.

Dave Rogoway and Dennis Hudman, American Plywood Association, Tacoma, Wa., took a promotional trip to Santiago, Chile, that included building a demonstration house at a large trade fair held there.

Bill Carter, Carter Forest Products, is back in Ukiah, Ca., after a l0 day Hawaiian vacation.