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florace Wolfe, president of Nlarcluart-\\rolfe Lunrber Co., Hollylvoocl, arrcl I{rs. \Volfe har.e returr.red from a 2-rveek tour of I{cxico, inclucling Xlazatlan and Acapulco. Tl.rev were accompanied by Xfr. ancl I,Irs. Ernest Heindl, lumber and n.oodu'orking foll<s from Pittsbrrrgh.

Ray Harrison, 13erry Lnr.nber Co., spent -fanuary r-acationing in the \'lids.est. For dessert, l.re tool< the llrst tu'<r weeks of February off for a side trip to X'le-rico.

"Slim" Hightower of tl-re Flemirrg & Hightou'er retail yarcl in I-os ,\ngeles, has checkecl back frorn his recent Caribbean cruise.

llan.rilton air force bases, stu<lying their lumber recluirerlrents. His rorrte took him fron-r Santa Rosa nortl-r to Brookir.rgs, Oregoll. over to Grants Pass, n,Iedford, Redding, sorrtl.r to Sacramento ancl the Sarr Joaquin valley. He stoppecl at all of the mills etrroute ancl founcl many shut clou'n, u'ith cvery o\\,ner ancl salesmallager trying to fir-rcl the answer to the $(r,i,000 lumber cluestion for 1958. I{arry reports more mills shutterecl irr Oregon tl-ran California but he believes he gainetl a vuealtl'r of infon-r-ration to liel1> him serve his cLlstonlers better this year.

TPI-'s \\,estern salesmanager, Harry Hood, rettrrnecl to Sarr Fratrcisco li-eb. 21 from a 2-rveek business jaunt to Salt I-ake City an<1 parts thereabouts.

Howard Page, general salesmanager of Coos Head Lun.rber & Plyu'oo<l Co., Coos Bay, Ore.. r-isiterl Los Angeles recently ancl attendecl the kickoff dinner of the \Aiholesale l,umbermen's Assn. of Sorrthern California at Rodger Youns auclitorirrm arrd tl-re SCRLA retail-u'holesale Conference at the Anrbassador. He also u,orkecl in a feu' calls, of course, u'ith Phil Gilbert, SriCal manager of the concern.

fIrs. anrl Seth Butler are enjoving a feu' r.nonths' leisure. 1'hey le{t their S. F. Peninsula home early this year and rlrove tci Neu' Orleans. l'here they boarclecl a steamer for the Caribbean cnrise. \\'hen tlrey-dock again, the1.'11 pick rrp their car aucl clrive hor.ne tl.rrotrgh the IIiclu'est.

Clif Roberts, formerll' general manager of the Benson I-trt'r"rber Co.. San Diego pioneer retail concern, has "retired" for a ferv nronths ll'ith the closirrg of the Benson yarcl ar.rd its business assunrecl by ^'\n-rericar.r Products Co. He anrl Dorothl' plan a coast-to-coast motor torrr an<l a return to lumber circrrlation next Fall.

Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii-Recently visiting Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Coveney (left) of California Lumber Sales, Oakland, and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Paul, Orinda. The Californians are shown in the spacious gardens of Kauai Inn, where they were guests while on "the Garden island" with its luxuriant tropical foliage. The Coveneys called Kauai "the loveliest island of them all."

Harry Whittemore, general nranae'er of l-os Angeles Lttrnber. ]nc., has returnerl from a 30-<lav tour of northen-r California ancl southerrr Oregorr niills tv auto fronr his Calrrrerrga borrlevarrl hcarl,lrraitrrs. H e stolrperl at I arious Capehart iobs sr.rch as Camo Cooke. Fort Orr1. 'fravis antl s P Itf E ond Fln SELEGT Speciolizing in Mixed-or-Srroight Direct Shipments Truck-&-Trqiler or Rqil WESTERN FCDREST PRCDDUGTS C(O. Bob Theetge 4230 Bondini Boulevqrd, Los Angeles 23 ANgelus 3-6138

Richard McKannay, San Francisco lumber executive. was picturecl in a recent issne o{ Tl-re Iixaminer there with other Citl- brrsinessmell. in a posecl publicity article regarcling the laclies' nerl' "sack look." "\\tl-rat a \\'olnal1 \\'ants, she gets- I thinl< sacks zrre for the verl'slencler but, if my wife decides to btrl'one, I'll go along and help her pick it out," cluoth 'rvise I -rrmbernr:in l{cl{annav.

Andrew Geib of the Geib Lurlber Cornpany, lfuntington l'arl<, is vacatii.rning in llexico for a ntonth away from his rctail varcls.