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Lee and Jerene Kramer (E-Z Glide of El Monte) are on a spring trip through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and, Nevada. Lee writes that there seems to be considerably more optimism on the business horizon, with reports of business either "good" or "picking up." The Kramers expect to return to California in late May.

SCRLA's executive vice president Paul Hollenbeck will be conducting a Profit Planning Clinic for the dealers in the El Centro area June 9 through 11.

Sterling Wolfe and Ralph Norum, Hollywood 'wholesalers, seen traveling the redwood highway last month calling on mills from San Francisco to Eureka.

Walt Stuermer, Speckert Lumber Company executive, Marysville, dodging traffic, cable cars and bistros in San Francisco on

May l6th he got back home in good shape, it was reported.

Ed Karst and John lfanson, Gulf Land & Lumber Company owners, Tarzana, California, spent the middle of May with Kaibab officials in Arizona.

Horace Wolfe, and wife Nona, left for the island of Kauai May 26th to celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary June 20th with a gioup of friends from the mainland who will fly to Hawaii for the big luau at the Coco Palms. Things will be hot at Lihue.

Art Evans, San Francisco plywood executive, and his wife lvalee, met friends from Southern California at Carmel for a visit last month. The two parties arrived Friday night and it started to rain immediately. For the next two days more wet weather developed than the southlanders had seen in two years.

Jim Tattersall, Security Paint executive, Los Angeles, on an early summer swing through lower California, Mexico and Arizona.

Darrell Robinson, sales manager of Oregon-Pacific's Lumber Division, Portland, was recently in Southern California to confer with Ralph Cardwell, manager of O-P's California office. His Los Angeles stop was the last of an extended sales trip to Texas and other Southwest states.

An ex-University of Oregon footballer, Darrell will be remembered by pigskin fans for his outstanding performance as an Oregon end while a part of the famous Van Brocklin combination.

Bud Oliver, prominent wholesale lumberman of Los Angeles, back on the job following major surgery last month. He reports the operation successful and that he is feeling fine.

They were enroute to Mexico last issue, sailing their yacht, "Felix," in the Ensenada races. Now we learn that Jim Martindale and Ted Bolte placed fourth, arbitrary Class D. Jim's manager of the Santa Ana Barr Lumber Company yard, Ted manages the firm's Costa Mesa location. "Felix?"-is this the Hoo-Hoo cat?