Elected President Of No. Colif. Chopter of A. G. C.

H. C. "Pat" Maginn, executive vice president of Calaveras Cement Company, has been elected president of the Northern California Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. E. L. Clements, owner of the Hayward General Contracting Firm of Clements & Co., was elected vice president, and Gordon Pollock, vice president of the George Pollock Co., Sacramento, was elected treasurer.

Maginn, last year's Chapter vice president, succeeds Dallas Young of San Francisco as president. Pollock succeeds Ben C. Gerwick, also of San Francisco. The new officers were selected from among the membership of the Chapter's newly-elected board of directors at the organizational meeting of the board in December.

The Northern California Chapter of A.G.C. is the oldest of the National Association's 124 constituent groups, and the largest unit in the heavy construction field. Its contractor members perform 90 per cent of the heavy construction work in Northern California. The Chapter has nearly 500 active and associate members.

Industriol Lumbermen'g Club Holds Meeting

Over a hundred Southern California lumbermen joined in the festivities of the monthly party, December 18, when Hal Von Breton, president of Tropical & Western Lumber Company acted as chairman of the evening for the Industrial Lumbermen's Club dinner meeting held at the Industry Club, 5944 Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles. The guest speaker was Chester J. Gruber, prominent radio, screen and television figure whose humorous remarks kept the folks in an uproar. He was billed as Dr. Jose F'ernando Triago, delegate to the United Nations from Brazil, South America. According to Jack Carey, secretary-treasurer, this was one of the finest turn-outs the club has enioved.

Nomed Ghief of Division of Ronge Monogement for Forest Service

Washington, Dec. 3G-Charles A. Joy, assistant chief of the Division of Range Management since 1952,has been named chief of that division, Richard E. McArdle, chief of the Forest Service in the U. S. Department of Agriculture, announced today. He succeeds Walt Dutton, whe is retiring at the end of the year after 40 years of service. Mr. Dutton is accepting an l8-month assignment under contract from the British Government as range consultant for the British colonies in Africa.

In his new position Mr. Joy will be responsible for the management of some 80 million acres of range land, located for the most part on western national forests.