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Art Quirin, rvho has been assistant sales manager of Willamette Valley Lumber Co., Dallas, Oregon, has ,been appointed acting sales manager, succeeding the late Tom King, rvho passed alr,ay May 21.

Kenneth Shipp, California Builders Supply Co., Oakland, left June 4 to attend the annual meeting of the National Plywood Distributors Association, of which he is a director, at Chicago, June 7 and 8. He was accompanied by Mrs. Shipp.

Ealph W. Lamon, rvho has been Northwest representative of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, with headquarters in Eugene, Oregon, since his return from overseas, is now working out of the head office, and since May t has been covering the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. Ralph traveled the tr.vo Valleys for some time before he entered the service, so he has been renewing old friendships throughout the territory.

Lloyd flecathorn, u'ho has been rvith Paramino Lumlter Co., San Francisco, since May 1, lvill shortly be representing the firm on the road, and will cover the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. He iras had sawmill experience, working in mills in the Eugene, Oregon, area in school vacations, and recently spent some time with San Ramon Valley Mill & I-umber Co., Danville, Calif. During the rvar he was a Lieutenant in the Navy, with four years ser','ice. He served in the Pacific area and r,vas an engineering officer.

Michael M. (Mike) Jason, has been in training for the past six months in the sales department of Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco, lvill be traveling for the company in the near future, calling on the retail lumber trade. During the war he was overseas for three years in the South Pacific as carpenter's mate in the United States Naval Reserve.

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John W. Fisher, Santa Nlonica lumberman, returned May 22 lrom a 7-week trip to Buenos Aires, where he attended the International Rotary Convention. He was accompanied by his wife. They made the trip on the S. S. Argentina, and places visited included Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Santos, and Port of Spain.

Ernie Mead, sales representative of T. N{. Cobb Co., San Diego, returned recently from a vacation trip to Detroit, Mich., his old home town.

Marshall F. Meyer, assistant manag'er, Business Development Department, Allied Building Credits, Inc., Los Angeles, returned late in May from a business trip to Portland, Seattle, and Spokane.

J. H. (Joe) Lausmann, of J. H. Lausmann Co., Portland, flew to Los Angeles the last week in May on ,business. He made headquarters at the office of W. P. Frambes & Son, his company's representatives in California and Arizona.

Herb Wyler, Santa Barbara Barbara, made a business trip Mill & Lumber Co., Santa recently to San Francisco.

Larry Owen, of Nicholls Bros., rvholesale lumber dealers, El Cerrito, Calif., flew to Los Angeles last rveek in May to confer rvith the company's Texas sales representative. On his return he made a trip up the Redwood Highrvay to call on mill connections.

J. G. Anderson, Anderson-lfanson Co., Dallas, Texas, was a recent visitor to Southern California, r'r'here he r.isited the company's office at Studio City.

Jerry Mashek, Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland, called Northern California sawmills in the latter part of N{ay.

Charles H. Noble, San Francisco, president of 'Irinity National Lumber Corp., rvhose new mill is at Fort Servard, Humboldt County, Calif., flew to Los Angeles early this mqnth on business.