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local clubs all across the country. Sponsored by Hoo-Hoo and endorsed by the National Wood Council, the National Forest Products Week is designed as a "grass-roots" program to bring the importance of all segments of the forest products industry before the American public. It also will be a tremendous help to the National Wood Promotion Program activities on the local level.

1. Coordinated advertising for "the week" in the local press, TV and radio. The newspapers may even be interested in working up a special "Forest Products Week Supplement," if advertising potential justifies it.

2. Editorial, news and feature support in newspapers, TV and radio for items on forest products, the industry, wood in architecture, forestry, etc.

3. In advance, poster and essay contests in schools. Awards and displays of winning entries during "the week."

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4. Hold open house at production plants ; open house at retail yards with accent on instruction in use of woocl, etc'

5. Cover each service club during the we€k with talks and films; also PTA's, church groups, etc. Distribute wood promotion literature.

6. Get cooperation of merchants for window displays on forest produits, history of the industry, forestry, etc. Volunteer to set-up or contribute material for displals'

7. Get cooperation and recognition from local Chambers of Commerce. Perhaps they will sponsor a special chamber banquet or other event during "the week." All phases of foreit products are important to your chamber, they are a source of valuable help.

Sonomo Wood Products-Cloverdole Now Known As Kinfon, Inc.

The Cloverdale facilities of Boldt-Nell, Inc. (operated under the name of Sonoma Wood Products-Cloverdale Division) were leased by Russell Kinsey and Owen Sexton on March 1. Sexton, a veteran Cloverdale lumberman, and Kinsey, former manager of the plant, have renamed the plant Kinton, Inc. Kinsey will be general manager of the ooeration.

^ The big plant originally operatgd as Cloverdale Redwood Co. until purchased by the Boldt-Nell interests last year. Facilities include over 50 acres of property, several large storage sheds, complete remanufacturing equipment and dry kilns.

people, places and producfs . . .

Gerald A. Tamblyn has been promoted to assistant general sales manag'er, industrial trucks, of the Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Materials Handling division, announces Louis W. Jander, general sales manager.

D.W. Dron has been named company engineer for Southwest Forest Industries, Inc., announces J. B. Edens, president ofthe Arizona firm. Among Dron's previoui achievements was the design of an edge sorter now being used at the Ralph L. Smith Lumber Co. plant in Mount Shasta, Calif. He was formerly chief engin-eer for BrooksScanlon, Inc., of Bend, Ore.

Richard G. Patterson has been appointed to the newly created position of Forest Products Industry manager at Signode Steel Strapping Co., Cfricago, Ill.

Paul A. McDonald has been appointed district manager for California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona by the Koehring Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

Supradur Mfg. Corp. of Wind Gap, Pa., has acquired the American Stained Shingle Co. in Columbus, Ohio, announces J. H. Steiner, chairman of the board, and K. F. Netter, president, of Supradur.

Robert D. Syer, president of Allied Building Credits, Inc., announces the appointment of James J. Slavin as mallager of the Albuquerque, N. M., ofEce, succeeding Charles A. Mayer, who has been appointed manager of the ABC office in Sacramento, Calif. V. Earl Gilbert, from the Salt Lake City office, will assist Mr. Slavin.

Pope & Talbot is constructing a pilot plant to experiment with the production of high quality hardboard at Oakridge, Oregon, announces George A. Pope, Jr., president.

Appointment of George W. Green (below) as advertising and sales promotion manager of Hyster Company is announced by General Sales Manager Robert F. Moody. Green previously was with Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn advertising agency and is a former managing editor of Western Advertising magazine and author of over 100 trade magazine articles. He will supervise all advertising and sales promotion activities from the company's general offices in Portland, Oregon.