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Sun Valley Dealer Tom Jacobsen, Sr., of Lafayette, and the Mrs. made an enjoyable 2-week auto safari through western Canada last month.

Tim Raker, formerly salesmanager for E. J. Stanton & Son, is rejoining Sand Door & Plywood as lumber division manager, reports Jim Barron.

Emsco Plywood Manager Bob Patrick spent an early May week in southern California on business.

Milt Gensch, executive of Coast Lumber, Bellflower, and Mrs. Gensch were seen sunning and funning it up at Palm Springs for a recent late-season weekend.

Twin-City Lumber Partner Bill Ramsay called on Oregon and Washington suppliers for a mid-May week.

Art Penberthy, Sr., head of Tacoma Lumber Sales, Arcadia, spent the last of May and

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first of June touring the northern California production areas.

George Freeland, Western Pine Supply Co., Emeryville, made an early-June jaunt to Chicago on business.

Marguerite McWhorter of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ettes, her sister and brotherin-law are on a trip around the world, starting on a freighter to Amsterdam, where they will pick up a car and "do" Europe. They'll be back in four months, when Marguerite will have some real photos to show members of the pioneer Hoo-Hoo-Ette club.

Twin-City Lumber's "Monty" Montgomery visited mill sources around Vancouver, B. C., for three weeks of April and May.

"Kamaaina" Horace Wolfe and his wife departed again May 16 for Hawaii aboard UAL's Hana Maui for the red-carpet flight and extended stay in the Islands. First stop was the Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, then on to the Kona Inn on Hawaii. Following ten days of lazing and fishing on the Kona Coast, the Los Angeles lumber couple flew to Kauai for two weeks at the Coco Palms on the Garden isle, and then, enroute ,back to the Mainland, planned to spend their last week of loafing on the beach at Waikiki from the Surf Rider on Oahu's Honolulu. The whole office and sales force of Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., from son Sterling Wolfe and grandsons to Girl Friday Ida Cunner, and a host of friends were on hand at International Airport to say "aloha."

Nels Nelson of Hayward Mill & Lumber Co. and family spent the Memorial Day weekend up in Shasta county for a little late-season skiing at the new Mount Shasta Ski Bowl (still going strong despite earlyseason shutdowns by all other California ski resorts). Nels and family, incidentally, recently returned from a trip to the other extreme (weather-wise) when they put in a 2-week sightseeing tour down Mexico way.

Four prominent Los Ange'les lumber executives-Dee Essley, Roy Stanton, Sr., Roy, Jr., and Stan Swafford spent the last May weekend golfing, swimming and resting at the Palm Springs Biltmore.

Fred Windeler, head of George Windeler, Ltd., pioneer San Francisco millwork, tank and cooling-tower manufacturing firm, and his wife have returned from a 7-week tour of the Orient, with stops in Japan, the Orient and the Philippines, and a 10-day layover in Hawaii for the "dessert."

Paul E. Kent, Hollywood wholesale lumberman, makes like a proud Grandpa when he reports that Little Leaguer Gary Kent, 8rl years, playing second base for Van Nuys, made the first unassisted triple-play in Little League history, May 23, when he caught a line drive hit right to him with "men" on second and third. The runners were ofi with the "smack" of the apparent "flyball" and Gary stepped on second, ran to third to get the runner before he could get back, and thus made history for himself and the League. That, of course, ended the inning with the quick-thinking by the 8-year-old. Paul says Gary will join him in the lumber business come 1971 when he graduates from university with a Forestry major.

Strable Lumber General Manager Jim Overcast took off the last two \{ay weeks for a northern California vacation.

The ex-office girls of the ol<1 Patten-Blinn Lumber Co. held their annual, May 5, with 34 in attendance, coming from such remote points as Las Vegas, San Diego or Santa Barbara, wherever they now live or work, for the annual reunion that keeps up the fine friendships made until the pioneer Los Angeles retail lineyards were licluidated a few years ago.