PERSONALS

Mary Gavotto, wife of the prominent San Diego wholesale lumberman, departed for Italy via SAS last month to visit with her son Bob in Rome.

Sterling Vlolfe, Los Angeles wholesale lumber executive, attended the NationalAmerican Wholesale Lumber Association convention in New Orleans the latter part of April.

Diane Thomas, personable and talented public relations representative for Los Angeles' Building Center, left in mid-April for New York City where she will manage the Building: Center's facility there. Our best wishes for much-deserved success, Diane.

Enroute to Phoenix on the Hoo-Hoo Safari George Cameron remarked to his wife "this new car really rolls nicely at 80" . . looked in his rear view mirror and there was the Arizona State Highway officer right on his bumper. Turned out to be an expensive golf game.

Newly appointed to the public relations committee of the National Particleboard Association is Lamar Newkirk of Portland, Ore., product information manager of Georgia-Pacific Corp. He will serve on the policy making group representing: G-P's manufacturing and world-wide sales divisions. The particleboard promotion organization is headquartered in Washington, D.C,

Faye Madison, president of Pacific-Madison Lumber Co., is enjoying a leisurely 42day cruise throughout the South Pacific. IIe left on a Matson liner on March 16, stops to include Bora Bora, New Zealand, Sydney, Australia, Fiji Islands, Pago Pago, Tahiti, Honolulu and back to San Francisco.

H. R. Neel and Mrs. Neel, president and vice-president respectively of McKuen Moulding, Sacramento, have returned from a two and one-half month Pacific cruise. They visited Lima, Peru, Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile; Etrster and Pitcairn Islands; Tahiti, Morea, Bora Bora and Raratonga Islands. They were in Sydney, Australia when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip were there. Other stops were New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, Pago Pago and American Samoa.

Bob lleberle, Gil Langley and Rex Oxford and their families spent a weekend at Lake Mojave, on the Colorado, camping and enjoying the water sports.

Ken Schmidke, IBMC executive, Torrance, Calif., vacationed in Washington, Oregon and northern California last month. Sort of a motorman's holiday calling on friends in the production country.

Robert M. Scholz was named manager of U. S. Plywood's Sacramento branch last month. He was formerly associated with the company in southern California.

Frank Morris€tte brsved the winter elements in the Midwest and East Coast the first two weeks of March on Dant Forest Products business.

Sawmill Sales (man) Jim McKillop took a week away from his northern California territory during March to contact Sawmill Sales Co. suppliers in Oregon.

Arcata Redwood's Lloyd Recathorn spent two weeks during mid March calling on redwood buyers in Portland and the Northwest.

Bob Reid, partner in Reid & Wright of Fresno, is reported on the mend after suffering injuries in an auto accident near Fort Bragg in March.

Rolf Stolesen, salesmanager of Durable Plywood Sales Co., and Charles Thompson, managrer of the company's Arcata plant, attended a DFPA meeting in Portland during late March.

Don White, president of White Brothers, Oakland, and vice-president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, flew to Chicago April 16 to attend an executive committee meeting of NHLA.

Bob Raymer, formerly with Hubbard & Johnson at the Port of Redwood City, purchased Hubbard & Johnson's Los Gatos branch yard on April 15, and will operate the business under the name of Raymer Lumber Company.

Fred and Ruby Sayre spent the month of April vacationing at Palm Springs. Fred, who retired as general manager of Sterling Lumber Cbmpany a little over a year ago, has really taken to this retirement thing and is busy planning a trip to Europe this Fall.

Dick Kraft, formerly with Tarter, Webster & Johnson at Newark, purchased Irvington Lumber Company during mid-April.

IONG

"Let ooaaoaoaaaaaaaaaaaoaoaoaaaaaaaaoaaaaaaaaooooaaaaaaaaaaoaoaaaaaoaaaaaaoaaaaaaaooaooaaaaaaaooaaa