S. A. F. and C. l. F. Hold Joint Meetins Appointed

Assictant Sales Manager At Montreal

The joint meeting of the Society of American Foresters and the Canadian Institute of Forestry, held in the Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, November 17-20, brought together more than 800 foresters, their ladies, and guests, representing 42 states, six Canadian provinces, and two European nations. It was the largest international conference of professional foresters ever held in North America.

Having as its theme "Trends in North American Forestry," the four-day conference included two general sessions, seven technical sessions, and business meetings of the two professional societies. More than one hundred foresters from the two nations were on the program.

K. G. Fensom of Vancouver, 8.C., president of the C.I.F., officially opened the meeting with an address of welcome. It was followed by a response by George L. Drake of Shelton, Wash., president of the S.A.F. Additional addresses at the opening session were given by Avila Bedard, deputy minister of lands and forests, Province of Quebec, and dean of forestry , at I-aval University; and A. W. Bentley, consulting forester from Victoria, B.C.

At the joint C.I.F.-S.A.F. luncheon, held on November 18, the address was given by Hon. Robert H. Winters, minister of the Canadian Department of Resources and Development, Ottawa. At the joint C.I.F.-S.A.F. dinner on November.19, Dr. A. W. Trueman, president of the University of New Brunswick, gave the principal address, "An Educator l-ooks at 'Forestry."

Awards Presented

In behalf of the S.A.F., President George L. Drake presented two awards for distinguished service to forestry. The Gifford Pinchot medal was awarded to Raphael Zon of St. Paul, Minn., former editor of the Journal of Forestry and retired director of the I-ake States Forest Experiment Station.

The Sir William Schlich memorial medal was awarded posthumously to the late Ellwood Wilson of Knowlton, Quebec, "the father of aerial forest mapping." Mr. Wilson died in May, 1952. The medal was accepted by his son, Richard Ellwood Wilson of Saratoga, N.Y., a professional forester.

A third award, a plaque presented annually by the Canadian Forestry Association for outstanding performance in forest conservation, was made to Henri Kiefier, chief of the'Forest Protection Service of the Quebec Department of Lands and Forests.

During the conference seven technical sessions were held on the following subjects: forestry education, forest management, silviculture, forest economics and taxation, forest trtilization, public relations, and recreation, wildlife and range management. Reports of these technical sessions were presented at the final general session, following which the highlights of the meeting were summarized by George A. Garratt, dean of the Yale School of Forestry, New Haven, Conn.

W. A. E. Pepler of Montreal, head of the Woodlands Section, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association; s€rved as general chairman for this meeting. The program chairman was J. L. \ran Camp, also of Montreal, secretary of the Canadian Forestry .4ssociation

The Society's next annual peeting will be held. in Colorado Springs, Colo., in Septemfer, 1953.

Concurrent with the announcement of an expanded sales program for 1953, John Kitzmiller, vice-president of Gerlipger Carrier company, announced the appointment of George Lichty as assistant sales manager of the Western Division for this pioneer materials handling firm.

Lichty was with Gertinger in a sales capacity for several years, but left two years ago to become West coast district manager for Material Handling Division of the Budda company. He also had previously been with the Hyster company for seven years.

Kitzmiller in making the announcement stated, "Our sales program is developing so rapidly that we are increasing our factory sales organization to better service our fork lift truck and materials carrier dealers through the United States and Canada.

Western Pine Lumber Co. New Firm in Huntington Pert<

The many friends and acquaintances of Paul L. Matthies and Joe Hendler will be glad to knou' that they have entered into partnership and established the Western Pine Lumber Co. at 2301 E. Nadeau Street in Huntington Park. The phone number is LOgan 84215. Their advertisemerrt will be found on another page in this issue- ./

The nerv location, which they took over on the lst of December, is over two acres in area, with pdved yard and shed space for a half million feet of lumber. A new Gerlinger Lift Truck is on the job to give speedy service. The company specializes in'all the Western pine products, and is strictly wholesale in nature, selling only to the industrial trade and retail lumber dealers. In addition to their regular sources of supply, Mr. Matthies and Mr. Hendler will have two full mill cuts by Spring.

Paul Matthies has been in the pine business for % years, formerly operating under the name of P: L. Matthies Company, in the Pasadena area, while Joe Hendler, with l0 years' experience, operated in Los Angeles under the name of Hendler Lumber Co.

The partners are equipped to handle everything from lift lot service from their yard, to direct mill shipments.

Crane-Fossette

On January 11 Daphne Fossette and Carrol Crane will be married at the San Marino Congregational Church. Miss Fossette was formerly with John A. Rudbach Co., Los Angeles, and Mr. Crane, better known as "Splinters" owns t[re Johnson Lumber Co., Redlands. The couple will honeymoon in Mexico City and Acapulco,'after which they rvill take pp residence in Redlands.

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