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New Yord Foremen's Seminor Dqtes Ser by TMANC

March 23 and 24 w|ll be the dates of the 1959 Yard Foremen's Seminar to be held by the Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California, instead of the earlier March dates previously announced. This year's instruction and yard tours will emanate from the Hacienda motel, Fresno, Calif.

Southern Golifornio Wholesolers Heqr Presidenr of N-AWIA

Enroute to Palm Springs for the organizational meeting of the National Wood Council there (CLM, 2lll59), at which he represented the National-American Wholesale Lumber Assn., Feb. 12-13, N-AWLA President Donald R. Meredith stopped ofi in Los Angeles to visit with members and confer with the Southern Calif.ornia director, Charles E,. Clav of Clav Lumber Co.

Wtrit. in itie city, President Meredith adclressed the meeting of the Wholesale Lumbermen's Assn. of Soutl-rern California, the evening of February 10.

N-AWLA Western Manager Paul Andrews was also on a trip, part of which was scheduled to be in Los Angeles at the same time as President Meredith to work with hin-r there. Andrews was due back at the Portland office February 16.

Forest Service Promotions

Arthur W. Greeley, regional forester at Milwaukee, has been named assistant chief of the Forest Service, announces the U.S. Department of Agriculture. lle is succeeded by M. M. (Red) Nelson, at present deputy assistant chief ir-r charge of national forest resource management in Washington. The transfers are effective March 1. Mr. Greeley's transfer to Washington is a homecoming for hirn. He was born there Aug. 1, 1912, and, in 1944 returned to the city and worked three years in the Division of Timber Management of the Forest Service. In his new position, Mr. Greeley succeeds Howard Hopkins, who retired July 1.

Mr. Greeley has had wide experience in the Forest Service. He started as assistant ranger on the St. Joe National

Forest in Idaho in 1935 and worked up through the ranks. His assignments took him to Montana, California, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and the Lake States region.

Mr. Nelson has been Assistant Regional Forester in charge of fire control for the California Region of the Forest Service and also served in the Pacific Northwest. .He also u'as with the Los Angeles County Forestry Department.