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Dave Davis, manager of the wholesale division of Union Lump-er Company, San Francisco, is spending his vacation with his family at Wawona, in Yosemite National Park. He will be bapk at the office luly 7.

Donald S. Winfree, former partner in the Clark Lumber Company, Modesto, has been with.Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento, since April. ponald, who is a son of Henry Winfree, Modesto lumberman, spent four years in the U. S. Army Air Force during the war. During this time he went throtigh four invasions, Leyte, Luzon, Okinawa, and Japan.

George K. Adams, of Noah Adams Lumber Co., Walnut Grove, Calif., and his daughter Kathryn, left June 18 on a three weeks'trip to Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C.

John L. Todd, president of Western Door & Sash Co., Oakland, celebrated his 94th birthday on June 10, 1948, and as usual received congratulations from a large number of friends. Known for many years as the dean of the sash and door salesmen. he retired from the road at the end of 1947. He still takes a keen interest in business and is at the office every day.

Lewis A. Godard, of Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco, and his wife, returned June 1 from a Six weeks' automobile tour of the country. They traveled through the South, visited New York, Chicago and Washington, D. C., went as far north as Bar Harbor, Maine, and through part of Eastern Canada.

Miss H. "Mike" Michael, of R. G. Robbins Lumber Co., San Francisco, recently flew to Los Angeles on business for the firm.

G. R. (Jetr) Tully, Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., San Francisco, was back at his desk June 14 from a week's vacation spent at La Jolla with his son and grandson. He flew,both ways.

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Wayne Rawlings, manager of Harbor Plywood Corp. of California, San Francisco, attended a conference of branch managers at Hoquiam, W'ash., June 3 and 4. He flew both ways, and incidentally he admits getting a thrill out of the DC6 three-hour non-stop trip from San Francisco to Seattle.

Don Kesselring, manager of the Oakland branch of United States Plywood Corp., recently visited the Fresno and Los Angeles omces, and while in Los Angeles watched the country's top ranking golfers play in the U. S. Open tournament at the Riviera Country Club.

Larue Woodson, Nicolai Door Sales Co., San Francisco, and Clem Fraser, of Hogan Lumber Co., Oakland, and their wives, spent a recent week-end in Yosemite Valley.

G. F. (Jerry) Bonnington, of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, flew to Eugene June 7 to spend two weeks calling on mill connections in Oregon.

Milton Johns, manager of Redwood Sales Co, eastern sales agents for Dolbger & Carson Lumber Co., and Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned recently from a six weeks' trip to eastern and middle west states.

L. W. Martinez, of L. W. Martinez Co., wholesale lumber dealer, San Francis,co, returned June 14 from spending a week in Pontland on business.

Henry M. Hink, president of Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco, completed 38 years of service with the company on June 10; 1948. He says it has been a happy experience since that day, June 10, 1910, when he entered the company's employ as office boy.

Keith Mclellan, of White Brothers, San Francisco, and his wife, vacationed in Long Beach, Calif. for two weeks, and on the way home attended the annual convention of the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association, held at the Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel, June 17 ro 19.

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Mack Giles, formerly with Willits Redwood Products Co., Willits, Calif., is now associated with Simpson Industries. He is engaged in purchasing redwood lumber in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, and works out of the San Francisco office.

He was a Navy pilot during the war, with four years' service in the Pacific area.

W. H. Montgomery, E. the Northwest calling on L. Reitz Co., Los Angeles, is in the mills.

Wilkinson (Bill) Cory is now associated with Hawk Huey, Phoenix, Arizona, wholesale lumber, and is calling on the lumber yards and mines. Bill's father, who passed away last January, was a member of the firm of Cory & Britt Lumber Corporation of New York City.

George T. Gerlinger, president ley Lumber Co., Portland, was a to San Francisco.

John Muffley has joined the ucts Supply Co., Los Angeles, of the Willamette Valrecent business visitor

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Harry W. Aldrich of H. W. Aldrich Lum,ber Co., Portland, has returned from spending a few days on business in San Francisco.

He also attended the annual rodeo at Salinas, Calif.

West Kcrelic's Timber Resources to be ExPloited

The West Karelian Timber Trust has started the exploitation of huge tracts of virgin forest in the KareloFinnish Republic. The normal exploitation of Western Karelia's forests was up till now hampered by transport complications. This year, with the construction of the first section of the West Karelian Railway, the situation is expected to be radically changed.

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