WEST OREGON TI'MBER GOMPANY

Manulacturers

Nemed Head of Tropical & Wertcrn'r

Softwood Dcpartment

'fropical & Wcstern Lttmbcr Cotrtl>any, 4334 l')xchangc Avoruc, l,os Angclcs ll, Crrlif., rcccrttly antrouncc<l tlre appointrnent of l,'. A. "l'ctc"'l'ostc to llc in chargc of salcs in thc softrvoorl <lcllartment.

Itor thc Past l(r months, until thc cn<l of Jitrrttary, 19.50, Mr. 'l'ostc rvas division nranagcr for Gcorgi:r-l'acilic l'lyn'oorl & Lumbcr Co. u'ith officcs in l,os Arrgclcs. This c()rrccrrl ckrscrl its Los Angelcs officc January 31.

"l'ctc" 'l'ostc ncctls trrl itrtrotlttction trt thc tr:t<lc in Sottlhcrn ('lrliforniit. Ilc rl'as gra<luatc<l fronr thc I-Inivcrsity of Montana in liorcstry in the Class of '29. Ilcfore antl aftcr gra<lu:rtion lrc rvorkc<l in thc sarvrtrill of l\rlleys l,unrllcr Co.. Missottla. I\{tttrtana. IIc canrc to ('itliforrria in 1932, lrrrtl n'orl<crl sttct:cssivcl-v for ]i. K. \\/ootl [,umllcr Co., Los Angclcs; ('oos ll;ry Lttnrllcr Co., l,os Arrgclcs, Latvrctrccl'hilips I.unrber ('o., I-os Angclcs ,antl IVI acl)onal<l & Harrington, l,trl., I.os .\rrgclcs. IIe u'as rllanitffcr of thc Sorrthcrn ('lrlifornia opcrlttiotrs of Ilottnds 1'r:r<lirrg Comllitrtl' and Itocltllort Ilcrlrvoo<l (iortrp:tny frttnr 193() to l9'1t1, itrrtl ha<l his ou'n rr,?holcsltlc lttntlrcr lrttsincss from l9'l'1 to 1948 in I.os Angclcs.

lrr :r<l<lition to forcign rtn<l d<>mestic har<lrvoo<ls Tropical & \\tcstcrn l,umlrcr Company hanrllcs l)on<leros:t ar.r<l Sttg:rr l'itre, I{e<lrvoo<l, l)ouglas Fir, antl shinglcs irr carloa<l shipnrcnts <lirect fronr thc rrrills, arr<l shiprrrcnts fronr thcir distribution vard stock. Thcir tetephonc numbcr is L()gan 8-2375.

Trqnsler ol Scles Offices

Oakland, Calif.-Transfcr of scveral product sales officcs of liaiscr Aluminum & Chemical Sales, Inc., to eastcrn locutions \\'as anl.l()llnced to<lay by Rert Inch, general sales rnallager. The changes are effective inrmetliately.

Thc company's alttminnm sheet and building products sales ofliccs are being establishetl at Chicago, rvith offices in thc I'alnrolive lluilding. Product oflices have also been set up at the Net'ark, ()hio, plant of Kaiser -{luminum & Chernical Corporation for electrical conductor and cable; u,ire, rod arrd bar, ancl Pig, ingot and billets.

Salcs headcluarters of the foil division are located at the K:riser Aluminum foil plant at Permanente, California.

Hoeleger at the E. L. Bruce Co. exhibitr at lunrbermen'e conventionE thir yecr will wecr cowgirl coslumoi like thir one rnodeled by Kcy VowiU of Memphir. The western theme is in keeping with tbe promgtion oil Eruce rlnch plcnk lloorr, developed eepeciolly lor the rcnch style houee.

Hyster Appointments

C. I I. Collicr, Jr. easterrl division sales manage r for the Ilystcr (.omp:rny, arr<l Itay l{onal<1, u'cstcrn s:rles m:rn:rger, ann()utlce that trtrck salcs in the I larvaiilrn Islands and California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah I'r'ill be under the direction of Karl T. Ilarr, formerly rvith the Caterpillar Tractor Co. I)onalcl Ii. Shaffer is norv m:Inager of the tcrritory contprising sottthcastern Canada, eastern Ntichigan, northern ()hio and sotlthrvestern Nen' York. John Ir. Wright is handling truck sales sttpervision in Alaska, rvestcrn C--anada, Washington, Oregon antl parts of Montana and Idaho.

Also announcccl, by John F. Johannsen, export manager, is the appointmettt of Hollis I. Conner as assistant manag'er of the export division.