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Pine Woodwork Group Elects Skinner President ot Meeting

Watt Skinner, general sales manager of Pickering Lumber Corp., Standard, Calif., was elected president of Ponderosa Pine W'oodwork at the nation association's annual meeting in Phoenix. He succeeds Harold McNabb, executive vice-president of ['m. Cameron & Co.. Waco. Texas.

Ponderosa Pine Woodwork represents both the producers who grow and cut the timber as well as millwork companies which manufacture and distribute wood windows, panel and louver doors, and other stock woodwork.

With his executive committee, Skinner reviewed the association's 1965 plans for continuation of its extensive advertising and promotional campaign on qualit! windo'rvs and stock doors. Of particular interesl to lumber dealers is lhe verv suc- ning with the College Center on El Cajon Blvd.

Rollin Hughs, manager of the newly completed store at 14th and K Streets in San Diego, said 6,000 square feet of the building is rbeing used for merchandise display, along with 4,000 feet in a remodeled adjoining building.

Hughs also announced completion of 10,000 square feet of paved parking space at the rear of the showroom. The store has departments for customer planning, construction and financing, all quartered in the new building-along with a "builder's clepartment store" and sales coordination ilepartment.

New 5. G. Freemon Solesmon

Peter T. Reed is now associated with Stephen G. Freeman & Co. of Newport Beach. Pete's major function will be selling; he will call on many of the yards o{ southern California.

Pete is a recent University of Southern California graduate. He was a key member of SC's NCAA championship swim team of'63. A few years prior, in 1960, he held the national junior college record in the I00 yard freestyle.

"If Pete can sell just 50 percent as well as he swims, he will, in no time, drive all his competition from the field," forecasts Steve Freeman.