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E. Y. MacClanahan has moved to Bossmore's Leisure World at Laguna Hills where he's enjoying daily rounds of golf. Mac recently retired as manager of O'Malley's at Nogales, Arizona.

Eomer Hayward, head of Homer T. HaYward Lumber Company, was elected to the board of NLBMDA's National Research Council at the gtoup's annual meeting earlier this month in Acapulco, Mexico.

C. Meek Lumber Company previewed its new Yuba City store and yard layout with a three-day grand opening, March 3-5. E. E. Haunschild, general manager of the Meek chain. was on hand for the festivities along with Yuba City manager Paul Carter.

Carl W'oods, Bisbee Lumber Co., Bisbee, Arizona, has announced the closing of the Henderson Lumber Co. yard at Lowell, Artzona, and the leasing of the property for other purposes.

David Eart has joined the team at Evans Co. in Corona. IIe will work in the tntemational dept. of the Plywall division.

Ken Conwan Southwest charger for Arcata Lumber Co., is back from a circuit trip with news that business is picking up in the area.

Fred and Mrs. Ylindeler are curr.ently on a 3 months vacation tour through Europe' Fred is well remembered to his many Bay Area friends from his years at the helm of the old George Windeler Co., Ltd., on Jerrold Street in San Francisco.

Frank Billings, skipper of the steamboat "Fearless" and manager of Cal-Pacific's San Francisco office, recently spent a rigorous two weeks booming down the slopes at Sun Valley and Aspen, Colorado.

O'Malley's recently opened a 'contractorrlistribution yard in Tucson, Arizona, on the site formerly occupied by Woods Bros. Lumber Co. following the closing of the company's South 6th operation in Tucson.

Earl Grabe, head of White Mountain Lumber Company, Pinetop, -lrrizona, vacationed for a couple of weeks along the southern California coast while the snows continued to build up at PinetoP.

Jim Giles has purchased Dave Ellison's interest in Monument Lumber Co., Pleasant Hill, and is contemplating closing the yard and putting the choice piece of property to other use.

Chuck Noble, head of Noble Lumber' Inc., San Rafael, has opened a southern California ofrce at 5421 Double Drive, Temple City, George Cammeron in charge. More recently at Palm Springs' Cammeron had spent several years with MarquartWolfe Lumber Company.

Mollery Prcmoted ot PlYwoll

Bruce W. Mallery of Portland, Oregon, has been appointed administrative assist' ant to E. H. Keppler, general manager of Evans Products Company's Plywall Divi' sion in Corona. California.

A veteran of IB years service with Evans Products, Mallery has served for the past two years as manager of warehouse operations for the company's building materials division.

He is a 194I marketing graduate of the University of Chicago, a veteran of World ![ar II, married and the father of two children. He began his career in the build' ing materials industry in Chicago in 19218.

In his new post, Mallery will maintain offices at Plywall headquarters in Corona, California.

G-P Advonces Three

Gregg C. Allen has been promoted to branch manager of Georgia-PacifiCs San Fernando building materials distribution centerl William G. Seal has been named sales manager at G-P's Seattle center; and Ifiilliam M. "Red" Gibson has been appointed ecting manager at the Salt f,ake City branch. These promotions were announced simulianeously by H. E. Sando vice president of G-P's distribution division in Portland.

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Tum-A-Lum Lumber Folds Brqnch

Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.'s Athena, Oregon branch, which had served residents of the area for 60 years, has closed its doors.

The company also has a store in Walla Walla (Tum-A'Lum) and one in Pendleton (Oregon Lumber yard).

Local Manager Fritz Hufiman will work in the Walla Walla store, but continue to reside in Athena. He will make deliveries from the Walla Walla branch to Athena.

Fritz has worked at Tum-A-Lum {or ten years, managing the store the past nine years, following the passing of J. A. t'Artt' Buehler, who ran the store for about 45 years.

Tum-A-Lum has operated the store since 1906.

Dubs Tourney Drows Fiffy

The 198th Dubs, Ltd. monthly tournament was held Friday, February 18, at San Jose Country Club with 50 members and guests enjoying the excellent weather and golf. Dinner was Pre' sided over by president Bob Kilgore with the help of San Jose pro Eddie Duino who did a magnificent job of swelling the club treas' ury with fines for all.

Low gross ended in a tie between Chet Dennis and Jean Des' truel as did low net between Bill Bonnell and Bob Macfie with identical 66 cards. Other low net prize winners included Fred Ziese, Bob Greene, Bob Schneck, Dave Grabero Ed Pexton, Gran Geisert, Bill Johnson, Harry Hood, Rog Schuyler and Dick Kraft.

In team play it was a four way tie between Davis'Anderson' Cliker; Ziese-Hood-Cheim, Sr.; Graber-Sjolund'Greene; and Prime-Leonard-Macfie.

Second place team was that of Dennis-Schuyler-Macfie and third place team was Destruel-Bob Cheim'Johnson. Fourth team position was tied between Sherry-Kilgore-Jones and Geisert'Bon' nell-Harness.

Special recognition was given to Lloyd Swiger, Leo Cheim, Sr., Harry Hood and Fred Ziese, all of whom are active charter members of Dubs, Ltd.

The next outing of Bay Area dubbers will be April 15, at the Santa Rosa Golf Club, Chet Dennis host for the day.

More Lumber Goes to Wqr

Military requirements for lumber products are predicted to increase by $1.3 million a month during the next 12 months, according to U.S. government spokesmen.

The Defense Construction Supply Center has announced that contract awards lor Iumber and allied products are expected to average over $5 million a month during the next 12 months. Monthly lumber procurement for military requirements, the Center stated, had averaged slightly over $2 million during fiscal 1965and slightly over $3.? million during the first eight months of fiscal 1966.

Arizonq Deqlers to Convene

"Guidelines for Profit '66" is the theme for the Arizona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply Association convention being held this month from the 14-l6th in Chandler, Ariz., according to association secretary-manager Frank E. Davis.

The annual golf tournament kicks-ofi the conclave at 7:30 a'm. at the San Marcos Hotel Country Club, the convention's head' quarters hotel. Six speakers on profit-oriented topics will address the dealers during the three day stint. Keynoter this year is William Lehrburger, director of dealer marketing for U.S. Ply' wood. A ladies program is also planned.