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West Germon Delegotion Visits Moson Supplies

A delegation of West German building material distributors recently visited Mason Supplies, Inc. in Los Angeles. They enjoyed a tour of the plant and warehouse facilities and chatted with old friends. After cleparting from the City of Angels, they journeyed to San Francisco and then traveled to Chicago where they attended the National Building Material Distributors Association convention.

Composing the West German delegation handel GmbH, IJnna-Koenigsborn; building are Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard Schmidt, Bern- material .and coal wholesalers: Mr. Karl hard Schmidt OHG, Bensberg-Frankenforst; Buck, owner of Karl Buck, Dagersheim Krs. wholesale building materials: Mr. Heinrich Boeblingen; building material wholesalels Loeffelhardt. owner of Heinz und Erwin and retailers. Loeffelhardt, Heilbronn; building materials

The member of the delegation frorn Swit- and sanitary equipment wholesalers: Mr. zerland was Mr. George Faust, director of Dieter Heppe, Wunnersche Bitumen-Werke Baubedarf Zuerich AG, Zuerich; buikling GmbH, IJnna; manufacturers of chemical materials wl1olesalers. building protection materials: Mr. Theodor Accompanying the delegation to \{ason Woelpert, owner of Theodor Woelpert, Ulm/Donau; wholesalers of building materials: Mr. Otto Hackinger, owner of Karl Hackinger und Soehne, Muenchen-Pasing; building material distributors.

Other members of the West German clelegation were Dr. and N{rs. Hans lVlartiny, Rheinisch-Westfaelische Kalkwerke AG, Dornap Bez. Duesseldorf ; limestone plant: Mr. Karl-Wilhelm Moellmann, Westdeutsche Kalk und Portlandzement-Werke AG, Koeln: manufacturers of building materials.

Also in the delegation were Mr. Josef Schneider, general manager of Josef Schneider GmbH, Traunstein; building material wholesalers: Mr. Rolf-Fokko Tauernicht, owner of R. Trauenicht und Co., Ostgrossefehn; building material wholesalers and retailers: Mr. Hans Weber, owner of Hans Weber Brennstoff-Holz und Baustofigrosshandel, Gruenstadt; wholesalers of building materials, lumber, coal: Mr. Rudolf Hueser, director of Kloeckner Reederei und Kohlen-

Supplies were Mr. and Mrs. Hans Wall of General Lumber and Supply Com'pany, Los Angeles. With them was Wolfgang Neumann of West Germany who is currently studying the American lumber business at Cienelal Lumber.

Boy Areo Shifi

Well-known Bay Area lumberman, N{erl Tanner, has been promoted to nranager of Tarter, \\rebster & Johnson's big Newark operation. Former assistant manag'er, 1\'lerl succeeds Mike Coonan rvho has become president of Hobbs rrArall Lumber Co.

Commerciot Lumber Compony, Downey, Cclifornio, hos exponded itr soles. service cnd yord focilities, occording to c rocent onnouncement by Don Atlison, generol mcnoger of lhe wholescle concern' specialists in the eftcient distribution of Douglos fir, pine, redwood and othar species of West Coost lumber products. Bill Hcydon, welt known wholescle lumbermon, hos ioined the progressive ftrm in chorge of the pine deportment, ossisted by Bill l/tesser, purchosing ogent and Art Bollou in soles. Complete slocks ore mointoined qt the Downey ycrd for immediote pick-up ond delivery; ond oll species of West Coosl lumber are ofierad for direct sliipmnt either by rsil or truck ond troiter, Commercial Lumber Compcny is locoted dt 7221 Firestone Boulevord, three blocks from lhe long Beoch Freewoy connocting wift cll ttunk routos to Soulhern Coliforniq cities qnd communilies.