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President Bernard llock of the National Hardwood Lumber Association announces the reappointment of Hobart L. Manley, Savannah, Ga., to heacl the 1960 Rules committee. Richard Elliott, Potsdam, N. Y., will again serve as vicechairrnan.

Junius G. Oldham, United States Gypsum Compar-ry, has beerr appointed sales promotiou manager of the Western region in Los Angeles. Since he was assigned to the Western regiorr, he has held numerous sales positions including sales manager of the Los Angeles and Pasadena districts.

Appointment of George Frazier to the staff of the U. S. Forest Serviqe experiment station in Berkeley is announced by Dr. Keith Arnold, director of the Pacihc Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Staticin. He will head up studies of ponderosa pine 1og grades.

The Sliding Glass Door & Window Institute's national headquarters operations office, formerly located in Monterey Park, Calif., has been moved to new and larger oftices at 6132 Whittier Blvd. in Los Angeles, reports Donald I{assis, executive secretary.

George A. McSwain has been named manager of GeorgiaPacific Corporation's central research laboratory at Hillsboro, Oregon. lIe has been assistant director of research for 'fimber Engineering company, \Mashington, D.C., for two years ancl with TECO since 1954.

Donald E. Earwood has been oromoted to district sales representative for Plywood Service, Inc., for the newly formed Pacific-Northwest territory (Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and northern Nevada ancl Utah), announces General Sales Manager John Longfellow.

Philaclelphia-The Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Materials Handling clivision, has promoted Newcombe C. Baker, Jr., to manager of marketing services and J. Henry Brown to advertising, publicity and sales promotion manager, according to Louis W. Jander, general sales manager.

Roy N. (Jack) Propst, Jr., has been named manager of the Portiand (Ore.) Saw Division branch of R. Hoe & Co., Inc. He succeeds Daniel Beisinger, who has been with Hoe's Saw Division for more than 50 years, and who will continue with the company as a senior consultant.

Philip L. Paulsen, former Bay area sales representative for American Sisalkraft Corp., has been named assistant manag'er of the Western division with headquarters in San Francisco.

Lor"rgview, Wash.-Plans to sell the original townsite of Grancl Ronde, Oregon, are announced by International Paper Co., Long-Bell Division. Although the townsite will be sold, International will continue to operate its Grand Ronde Tree Farm.

Phoenix-Joe D. Cox, former Fullerton, Calif., container executive. has ioined Southwest Forest Industries, Inc., as vice-president ind manager of the new container division.