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Catifornia Tumber Merchant

Irving Symons of Hales & SYmons, Sonora, is a member of the local prison board t'olking to rehabilitate young men \\'ho have made a few too many mistakes.

Paul Woods recently moved his Woods Blos. Lumber Co. I'hoenix operation into the folmer location of Halstead Lumber Yald at Grand Avenue and Indian School Roacl in Phoenix and has just completed a store remodeling and a complete yard revamp job. Paul has also beefed up his crew by hiring Chet Brown, former O'Malley's Tempe manager, and Pat Lindley, until recently manager of Maryvale Handi-man Center:.

George Scrim of Robert S' Osgood, Inc., is on a month-long trip to the Orient visiting hardwood suppliers of the Los Angeles impor:t firm.

Stewart M. Snyder, forester and general superintendent of Paul B. Kelly Timber Company at Cloverdale, has been reapnointed chairman of the Fire Prevention Committee of the Redwood Region Conserwation Council for a second term.

Murl A, Wescott, former branch u'arehouse manager for U.S. Plywood in trlugene, has been named operational managel of the distribution facility. George L. Parks of the Seattle branch has been promoted to Eugene branch manager'

LMA board member Lyle Schafer' manager of Minton's Lumber & SuPPIY, has been elected president of the Downtown Mountain View Businessmen's Association.

John TV'. "Fitz" Fitzpatrick reports a ouiet retirement since last August when he Ieft Consolidated Lumber Co. in Wilmington. A little sightseeing is tentatively planned for later this Year.

Bill Bell, owner of Corbett's at Tucson, Arizona, has closed his yard and is now selling cement for Arizona-Portland Cement Co. Bill is currently serving as president of the Arizona Retail Lumber & Builders Supply Association.

Southern California lumberman, Burt Goebel. moved to Seattle March 7 to take a berth as senior buyer for Boeing Aircraft.

Frank Conter recently bought out his oartner Dave Batt at' 24th Street Lumber in Phoenix and will continue to operate this very active walk-in yard,

Clifr Rauch, formerly general manager of Evans Products Company's Los Angeles building materials distribution warehouse, has formed his own sales/marketing company in Fullerton, Calif. Dubbed Amatronics, Inc., the finn handles both building materials and electronic products, ranging from a vinyl-coated plylvood to an automatic pool alarm system. Associated with Cliff is George Bishara, formerly with Evans Products, White Front Stores' building materials division and Watco-Dennis Co.

Kelly Riedel has been named manager of Maryvale Handi-man Center, comer of Indian School Rd. and 51st Avenue in Phoenix.

I[el Fisher has been appointed eastern Washington sales representative for Kaiser Cement & Gypsum, according to M. S. Jared, Jr, Washington-Alaska division cement sales manager. Fisher replaces Darrel Gee, who has been assigned to the Seatile area.

Tom Webb, 21-year-old son of Lloyd W'ebb, general manager of F. M. Crawford Lumber's Los Angeles distribution yard, recently earned his "Green Beret,', graduat- ing first in his class of 800 at the U.S. {r'rny Special Forces School, Fort Bragg, N.C. Tom is currently completing an idvanced.communications course at the school.

Allan Gray, formerly with Union Lumber Co. and Reid & Wright, Inc., has been transferred into Union Lumber's North Bay Counties sales territory.

Paul and Lillie Penberthy, Sr., are on the three months round-the-world buying tour that they have taken every year foi. more than a decade. Itinerary is Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Burma, New Guinea. Bangkok, Borneo and India. Then on to Africa, Europe and home. And all this after re.turning from a month,s buying trip in Brazil.

Larry Owen, president of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo CIub 9, recently spent a chilly, but successful 10 days in the Montreal-Toionto_ l*:t" area on Dyken Lumber Co. busi-

Well-known San Francisco wholesaler. Ben Ward, has joined the sales staff of Califo_r'nia Sugar & Western pine Agency, according to company prexy ,,Bo,' A-hreni,

Ray Lopp is heading up Babbitts ex- panded wholesale hardwaie division in Flagstafr which will include a larEe new building to house this division. Riy formerly managed Babbits yard at Hoibrook, Aizona.

Mike Hynes, a vice president at W. E. Cooper Lumber's nerv ietail store in Los Angeles, joined a group of friends at Sun Valley, Idaho, last month for a weekend ski session.

L_lovd Bowerman, manager of O'Malley's at Yuma, Arizona, has had a busy fall and winter what with completely remodeling his store, acquiring additional land for new storage-sheds, blacktopping, training new help and installing O'Malley's new elJctronic data processing and central bookkeeping s-ystems. Lioyd took over management of the Yuma yard from H. Marvin Smith last year,

Congratulations to Hallinan Mackin Lumber's Dave and Kristin Mackin who became the proud parents of their second girl child, name of Lisa Carol, on March 2.

Nick Nicolai has been named director of market research for Nicolai Co. in portland. Don Mosen has moved from plant engineer !9 Beneral manager - production to replace Nicolai.

James T. Ilreckenridge's retirement and the appointment of Robert S. Lewis to succeed ]rim as export manager of wood products has been announced by Weyerhazuser.

J. C. Wallenstrom, vice president, sales, said Lewis, will be responsible for sales of lumber, plywood and specialty wood products outside the continental U.S.

Oldtimer William G. Cuzner and his wife Wilma, Los Angeles, took a trip to Rio Vista, Calif.. last month to vislt their. daughter and three grandchildren. Cuzner, who for many years operated the KerchoffCuzner Lumber Co., is now retired and devotes much of his time to gardening and raising prize-winning flowers.

Ken Tinckler took a flying trip through the South in mid-March on Stahl Lumber Co. business. Ken made several stops enroute to New Orleans where he took in the Southern Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers Association convention.

Ham Knott celebrated the completion of his brand-new showroom and store at 4840 No. Blackstone, Fresno, with a three-day open house, March 18-20.

Charlie Wilson toured the mill countrv during early March on Woodside Lumber Company business.

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