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Lloyd Cole of Georgia Pacific, Jim Higgins, J. E. Higgins Co., San Francisco and William Stuart, Downey Kiln will make a fast business trip to Hawaii.

BMD's assistant secretary-treasurer, Vaughn Pipes, wife Loretta, star salesman R. B. Dorman and his Cathy, vacationed in Hawaii along with several delegates of the l0th Annual Spring Convention of NBMDA.

Lew and Gertrude Godard spent a good part of May up Seattle way taking in Century 2l along with visits to Vancouver and Victoria, B. C.

Jack Pomeroy, executive vice-president of the Lumber Merchants Association, San Francisco, visited NRLDA headquarters in Washington, D. C., the second week of May' Hans Rainer, The East Asiatic Co., and Mrs. Rainer, returned to San Francisco May 14, after a month in Europe vacationing and revisting their old haunts in Germany.

O1' Travelin' Bob Kahn is at it again, this time Europe. The Forsyth Hardwood Company general manager planed out of S. F. International on May 16, lor a month trip to Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris and London.

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Paul Kent, Hollywood wholesale distributor, recently returned from a buying junket to Eureka, Arcata and points in Northern California.

Lou Weidner, former "Super Cargo" for E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc., well known lumberman and member of Hoo-Hoo club 2 on a vacation "safari" last month to the Pacific Northwest and the Seattle World's Fair, Enroute to the north and returning he visited with his many mill friends in the lumber producing area. He was escorting his wife Winnie on their annual vacation-last year it was Mexico.

Dee Essley and Roy Stanton, Sr., popular wholesale lumber distributors of Los Angeles seen enjoying the sun at Palm Desert with their wives. Dee has purchased a winter home in the desert and will spend the summer at his Laguna Beach residence.

Dick Freeman and Paul Mason, well knorvn building materials executives, with their wives, r'hooping it up in San Francisco early this month having a "ba11".

Dean Jones cruising the harbor with friends on a moonlight cocktail excursion. Truly lots of fun

Clif Roberts, Carl Gavotto and their wives were recent visitors in Long Beach' The San Diego folks attended the convention at the Lafayette Hotel last month.

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Ken Conway of Los Angeles, Ernie Mead, Art Uecker and Grant Hall, all of San Diego, cooking up a golf meeting to be played at Singing Hills Golf Club at El Cajon. Seems like the old north and south battle is brewing again with Carl Gavotto right in the middle.

Mike Coonan, president of Hobbs Wall, came in from San Francisco to attend the 45th Annual Convention and Trade Show held last month in Long Beach, and to p'arley with Lyle Brewster and Don Muller at the company's Los Angeles office.

Dick Rolla, sales manager of the San Jose plant of McElroy Lumber, spent the first week of May in Arizona on business.