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Dario "Lar11"' Nardi, Rancho Lumber Company, Middleton, r'ecently lemodeled his sttire in prepalation fol anothel big summer season. Nardi also opefates a yald at lll Sobrante, California.

Jay Brauning has joined the staff of Associated Redwood Mills in Los Angeles and will cover a southern telritory, accolding to Carl Dupray. Jay has a well-rounded backglound in ploduction, shipping and sales, under the guidance of Bill Brauning, headman of the concern.

Gil Sissons, folmel Mendocino County mill opelator and past president of Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club 181, has joined his longtime friend Marion Ward at Marion's wholesale distributi<.rn yalcl in Ukiah.

Jerry Ericks<ln, has been plomoted to manaEel' of the San Pedro yard of Rossman Mill & Lumber'. He leplaces Bob Lynn who has been transfelred to the company's new I'acility in Olange.

Glenn flurke, forn.rerll' with the luurber division of American Factors, Ltd., at Hawaii, rvas appointed vice-plesident and getreral manager of Fabricators, Inc., at Honolulu on March 1. Fabricators, Inc., specializes in the manufacturing of millwork and detailed assemblies of such items, and is largely owned by American Factots.

Mike Pierre of C. M. O'Connor Co., Valiejo, is back on the job full time after a recent operation.

Peter H. Koehler has been named director of <-rperations of Itrvans Pt'oducts Company's building matelials division. He rvas forn'rerly assistant to G. I'. "Pete" Oldham' vice president and general manager of the division. In his new job Koehler u'ill direct all manufacturing, prefinishing and timber opelations of the division. Before joining Evans in 196i1, he was general manager of Nlultnomah Plywood Corp., Portland.

l)ave Mensing is back at his GeorgiaPacific desk in San Francisco after under'going surgery during early Malch.

Sam Correa, Shelton, Washington lumbel executive, visited the new distribution yard of Shelton Hardwood Co., Inc., in Los Angeles, iast month. He is the production boss at the company mill.

McDonqld Cedor Pr"oducis, Lld.

Lomford Cedor, Ltd.

Tumoc Lunrber Co., Inc.

Bernie Norvell, former assistant manager of Sterling Lumber Co. at Folsom, has been named manager of Sterling's big Roseville yard, according to general managel Lloyd Carter.

Don Muller, manager Hobbs-Wall southern California sales action, and wife Leone, spent three weeks last month vacationing in Mexico. A short note leceived ft'om \lazatlan indicates the "Marlin were l'unning hot" for him. Saludas Amigo for the BIG catch.

Steve Yaeger, head of Yaeger' & Kirk in Santa Rosa, is nursing a bad back, but still smiling :rnd working in spite of aches and pains. Local golfers are also wishing Steve an early recovery because they report they've been a little short of spending money since Steve's been off the links.

Jack Murphy, a 21-year veteran in wholesale lumber distribution in Los Angeles, has leturned from Three Rivers, California, to le-enter the wholesale lumber sales business in southern Califolnia.

Elmer Padula of Willits and a couple of buddies flew down to La Paz to let off a little steam over a long weekend last month.

Fred Riedle, former Dos Palos retailer, is now enrolled at the Four Letter Word University in Berkeley, majoring in "coeducational activities" and leaving that free speech stuff to the kids if we know ol' Fred.

Southlanders seen at the WWPA convention in San Francisco were: Harry White, Long Beach; Iiob Gaylord, Burbank; three generations of Marquart-Wolfe of Long Beach-Hcrace, Sterling and Sterling Jr.; tsob Golding, Newport Beach; Stark Sowers, Rialio; M. E. Ilarron, Don Higgins, Roy Ulke and L. A. Yoast, all of Los Angeles; Milton Whiting, Flagstaff; John Ball, Tom Connolly, Bert Dennis and Grant I'otter, all of Dinuba and Orange; Jeff Brooks, Jerry Dodge, Elmer Lewis, Chub l)urnell and Frosty Foster of Los Angeles; T. J. Hedrick and John Schick of Orange; Max Hill and G. L. Kirkpatrick of O. M. Hill Lumbel Co., and others we might have missed.

The other Arizona folks at WWPA were represented by Hal Butler, of Whiteriver'; L. P. Dunford, Flagstaff; and J. L. Bolte, Jim tsoyd, J. B. Edens, N. C. Edens, P. E. Frankfort, John Locker, H. O. Mehen, Bill Monk, R. W. Rehfeld and K. T. Thompson, all of Phoenix.

Harold Cartigan has been named manager of Santa Cruz Lumber Company's reiail division, according to Les Ley.

Dick Nishikawa returned to San Francisco during early March after spending two months in the Philippine Islands over- seeing the final adjustments on Atkins, Kroll _& Company's new prefinishing plant near Manila.

L. M. "Butch" Harringer of the Weyer- haeuser Co. in Los Angeles is at home successfully recuperating from an opera!o.. Glad to hear you're feeling better, Butch!

Jea_nrre and Les Wright are now operating the old Philo Lumber Co. mill at philo and plan to put in a new buildinE mill in the near future.

Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Smith, prominent pioneers in the lumber production industry, from Yakima and Shelton, were recent visitors in southern California. They are the parents of Doris Anderson of Shelton Hardwood of Los Angeles.

The Strable Lumber Co. gang hosted a party to end all parties at Luiggi's in Oak_ land recently in honor of theii yard super- intendent, Fritz Klingmann, who retlred after 48 years of service with Strable. The yard boss title remains in the family, though, with the appointment of Fritz's son Owen to the position, according to general manager Jim Overcast.

Harry Terrell, well known in lumber circles on the West Coast, is presently cov- ering a sales terrritory for the Sequoia Lumber Sales with headquarters in Orange, California.

Westwood Ingram's Bill Ingram and John Castleman of Mill Valley Lumber Co. joined forces for a three week vacation in tahiti with their wives last month.

Ted Deacy is home aftet a successful buying trip through the Eureka-Arcata country. After viewing still remaining evi_ dence of the tragic floods, Ted indicated he'd be more tolerant of L.A. smog in the future.

Frank Billings returned to his Cal-pacific post in San Francisco durinE mid-March sport_ing a deep tan and relaxed expression on his countenance after two weeks of the good life at Aspen, Colorado. Wheeee!

_ $e-orge DeBritz, prominent Wilmington, California lumber executive, back on the job.following a gun shot wound in the leg, inflicted by accident while cleaning hii hunting rifle six weeks ago.

Walter Ruth, Artesia Door sales executive, and wife, Charlotte, spent several days in _March basking in San Diego sunshine and celebrating their 23rd wedding anniversary. It was just like being in Hawaii, according to Walt.

MacBeath Hardwood's,,Dangerous Dane" John Skov became an Americin citizen on February 23, with Jim Webber of Hub_ bard & Johnson and Joe Cortese of Mac- Beath Hardwood proudly looking on and watching their boy clear the huidles with "straight A's". Congratulations, John!

Pretty Romona Diehlmen is the new sec_ retary at EZ Glide Sliding Door Frame Company in El Monte. She will handle many general office duties, accordinE to Lee Kramer, boss of the manufacturing concern.

Zook Todd of Western Door & Sash and Harry Anthony of Higgins Sacramento flew to Hawaii with their wives for an Instant Vacation the second week of March.

C. Ii. Hinshaw, general manag'er of Diamond National's western retail division, has announeed that the firm will build a moclern yard in Tahoe Paradise, Calif. in late 1965. The new store will be erected on three acres of land on U.S. Highway b0.

Fred Ehman has joined Continental Forest Products, Inc., a new Lake Oswego firm specializing in plywood and particleboard distribution, as the firm's treasurer and controller, according to Bryan Arbuckle, president.

Bob Anderson, owner of Davis Lumber & Hardware Co. in Davis, California, recently spent a few weeks in Mexico resting up after finishing his new srore.

Dennis Bailey has replaced Charles Cbnlan as manager of Clearlake Lumber Company. Conlan resigned March 1.

Joe Williams, general manager of Brush Industrial Lumber in Los Angeles, back on the job following a major operation at Daniel Freeman Hospital in Inglewood. Joe had a valve grinding job performed.

Ralph Lamon was a recent visitor to Oregon where he visited Lamon Lumber Company suppliers.