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Glifford Hodley Reriring After 37 Yeors in Long-Bell lumber

Longview, Washington.-Clifford E. Hadley, manager of western sales for the Long-Bell Division of Internatioial Paper, retired in 1960 after more than 37 years of Long- Bell service. In the lumber industry since 1913. the veteran Pacific Northwest lumberman staried with The Long-Bell Lumber Company September 25, 1922. Since 1944 he had been in charge of all lumber sales west of the Rocky l\{oun- tains. In addition, his department has handled all sales of domestic cargo, export, and timbers.

He was recently honored at a dinner gathering of his company associates in Longview. One of the recognition dinner's highlights was a gift presentation to Hadley for his outstanding contributions to Long-Bell.

Among his professional association activities, Hadley is a member of the General Maritime, Trade Promotion and Advertising committees of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. Ife served as chairman of the General Maritime committee for several years. He was also an alternate member of the NLMA's board of directors, and is now a member of the WCLA-WPA Liaison committee.

Although his three children and 11 grandchildren are foremost among his "hobbies," he plans on spending more time in all of his interests, including golf, gardening and photography, following retirement. His immediate retirement activity will be an extensive European vacation for Mrs. Hadley and himself, who will continue to make their home in Longview, residing at 1427 Nineteenth Avenue.

Ralph G.'Taylor Also Retiring

Ralph G. Taylor, with more than 37 years of service in various administrative capacities with Long-Bell, also retired in 1960. Taylor had been editor of the Long-Bell Division magazine, The Log, since 1954.

His International Paper Company associates of the LongBell Division honored him at a recognition dinner held recently at Longview. The Longview lumberman, who started with The Long-Bell Lumber Company, September I, 1922, was presented with a gift in appreciation of his outstanding contributions to Long-Bell. Taylor's first LongBell assignment involved work with the cost accounting of Longview's arterial streets. Later, as employment agent, he was in charge of employment for Long-Bell and its subsidiaries' construction of the city and the lumber mills.

Following retirement, he will continue to make his home in Longview, where he and Mrs. Taylor reside at 1238 Twenty-third Avenue. They have two children and five grandchildren.

Flbreboord Exponding

Multi-million dollar capital expansion plans for the San Joaquin pulp and paperboard millof Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation were unveiled to stockholders at the company's annual meeting by William L. Keady, president. The San Joaquin plant is located near Antioch, 45 miles east of San Francisco on the San Joaquin River. Construction of a new kraft pulp and paperboard mill will start immediately. It will be located adjacent to the present paperboard-producing units at San Joaquin.

Raw materials for the third machine will be similar to that used by present installations at the plant. Principal raw materials will be forest and lumber residues and other by-products of California logging operations and saw mills. "This new Fibreboard investment will have an important and beneficial effect on the timber economy of the state," Mr. Keady told stockholders.

At the annual meeting all present directors of the company were re-elected. The meeting was held at the company's executive offices at 475 Brannan St, San Franeisco.

(TelI them Aou sau it in The California Lumber Merchant)

On January 30, 1961, 42 employees of Consolidated Lumber Co., WiLnington, entertained and honored l)urward M. Chapman who retired following more than 20 years of service \ rith the frrm. Mr. Chapma! was assistant sales ma.nager of Consolidated and also a member of the Long Beach Retail Association. George R. Hinkle, general manager, and Mrs. Hinkle, headed t}te group which included A. J. MacMillan, president; Ralph Russell, Al Wahl, Jesse Moody, S, M. Hotchkiss, John Hults, Roy Wilkinson, Roy Matson, Mrs. Helen Winters and Mrs. Irene Duncan all who have worked with Durward during hls two decades of service. He was presented with a beautiful gold wristwatch and portable radio in memory of John Tyson, paSt president of the concern. Mr. Chapman plans on spending his retirement in world travel visiting Japan, Hongkong, the Philippines and E:urope.

D. M. "Duke" \ilarnock, president of Da"rrt & Warnock, Inc., reluctantly retunled home to the sogry Bay Area the first of February after spending'a sunny and enjoyable three weeks in'Hawaii with the missus.

W. Paul Clarke, formerly associated with A. itr. (Gud' Russell in the operation of Santa F e Lumber, fnc., opened a new oftce in Daly City for Westwood Lumber Sales the first of the year.

American River Lumber Company's Ken Boweq of Sacramento, flew to Portland on business the last week of December, and things went just fine until he arrived at the airport early New Year's eve for his return trip home where Ardls and-a group of friends were keeping the martinis chilled and getting ready to bury 1960 but good. That's right, Our Host spent his New Year's eve, socked-in at the Portland Terminal, and quite probably making a few justifiable observations about weather-and Portland weather in particular.

La,rry Backee, who recently joined B & M Lumber Company in Sacramento, spent the holidays in southern California where he found the links to his liking, and his customers cautiously optimistic about the New Year.

Veteran snowshoe dealer Charlie Cross, Sn, president of Truckee-Tahoe Lumber Company, and his bride Sytvta, were squired down to S.F. International on January 19, by Charlie Jr. for a send-off on the first leg of a three months vacation in Europe via the Queen Elizabeth out of New York.

Shorman Blshop, vice-president and general saJes marager of Union Lumber Company, is currently in the East on a three weeks business trip which'll include a side jaunt to Quebec for the Canadian Lumbermen's Assn. annual, F ebruary 19-22.

Frank Blllings (still sans Jaguar) toured the Mountain States region the last two weeks of January on Cal-Pacific Redwood Company business.

R. H. Emmerson sales chief, Sa,m Witzel, has succeeded Art Mllhaupt to the presidency of Humboldt I{oo-Hoo Club 63, Eureka, because of Art's relocation of his F remont F'orest Products ofrce at Eugene.

Don Muellor, who works with Don Bufkin in Hobbs Wall Lumber's southern California office, a^nd Signor Luigl Goitarit of San Francisco, spent two weeks calling on Humboldt County producers during January.

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Ilarold Frodsham, prominent southland wholesale lumberman and owner of South Bay Lumber Co., returned last month from an extended trip to Washington, D.C. Sterting Wolfe, vice-president MarquartWolfe Lumber Co., Hollywood, spent the last week of January on a procurement trip thru northern California.

Larry Crabtree, from Coos Head Timber Company Coos Bay, Oreg'on, has joined the staff of Phil Gilbert, manag'er Coos Head Lumber & Plywood Co., Wilmington, California. Larry spent five years as an operation employee at the mill before coming to southern California.

The girls of the Weyerhaeuser Company, Lumber and Plywood Division, ofrce in Los Angeles catered a special luncheon, January 11, for the company's northern representatives in town for a business meetir8.

Blll Stuart, prominent lumberman of Los Angeles and Mexico, was a recent visitor to the southland. Bill has been spending the winter in Honolulu and is returning to the Islands to represent J. E. Higg:ins Company throughout Hawaii. While in Los Angeles he called on various friends and business associates. He was accompanied by his pretty wife, Doris.

Bob Heberle, southland lumber division manag:er for Georgia-Paciflc, on a business trip to Samoa during the early part of February.