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Western Pine Names Farm States Representativc

Portland, Ore., June 1S-Charles M. Boardman, 35-yearold native of Bend, Ore., who has been associated u,ith the Western Pine lumber industry all his life, has been named field representative by the Western Pine association in the agricultural states of Iow-a, Minnesota, northern Missouri and eastern portions of Nebraska, Soutl.r Dakota and North Dakota.

A veteran lumber grader, Boardman was employed by the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber company at Bend from 1937 until this year except for a five-year period when he served as a tank comrnander with the First Armored division irr North Africa and Europe. Since joining the associatior.r irr April he has undergone a lO-week training course at thc organization's home ofifice and laboratory in Portland anrl with association lumber inspectors in California and Inlar.rd Empire mills. He .ivill make his headquarters in or near Des Moines

In announcing Boardman's appointment, promotion r.n:rrrager Joseph W. Sherar said, "We are fortunate in secnrirrrg in Mr. Boardman a man rvhose detailed grading experience and familiarity with our members' products rvill provide buyers rvith sound, practical information on the properties, uses and grades of Western Pines and Associatecl Woods."

Boardman is succeeding Gerhard M. Umlauf who recently resigned to establish a vl'ood utilization concern in White Salmon. Wash.

New Plywood Plcrnt For British Columbicr

Announcement was made recently by Pr-entice Bloeclel, president of Bloedel, Steu,art & Welch, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., that his company rvill construct a plant for the manufacturte of plyrvood in the Port Alberni district, Vancouver Island, during the second six months of this year.

The plans at present are for the production of 33 nrillion square feet of plywood annually, of .n'hich 75 per cent will be Douglas fir. The company .ivill invest about $2,000,000 in the new plant. Construction is expected to start at an early date.

John R. Driscoll, Jr. Promoted

C. D. Ahern, district manager of Simpson Logging Company in San Francisco. announces that John R. Driscoll, Jr. has been promoted to senior salesman in the Northern California district effective July I, after havirrg served for several years as territory field man for woodfiber products.

In l-ris new work he will handle the sale of other Simpson prodtucts, including fir plywood, fir doors, and redwood lumber, as rvell as Simpson insulating board and Noisemaster acoustical tile.

Mr. Driscoll rvas formerly with The Celotex Corporation. He was discharged from the Marine Corps in 1946. He rvas with Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co. before going with Simpson Logging Co. He is married, has three children, and lives in San Mateo.

Nctioncrl Plywood Distributors

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O. Harry Schrader, Jr., Douglas Fir Plywood Association ...Tacoma, Wash.

Kenneth J. Shipp, California Builders Supply Co. Oakland

Denny Slenning, Oregon-Wash. Plywood Portland, Ore.

Carlton L. Smith, Menasha Plywood Corp. . .....North Bend, Ore.

Eberly Thompson, Fir Door Institute Poulton, Ore.

Frank Tyrell, Elliott Bay Mill Co. .. Seattle, Wash.

H. E. Tenzler, Northwest Door Co. ..Tacoma, Wash.

Dean Trumbo, M. Trumbo Co. .. ...Portland, Ore.

J. A. Werle, Simpson Logging Co. ...Seattle, Wash.

Stewart W. White, Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. .. ..Olympia, I\{artel Wilson, Building Material Distributors, Inc. Stockton,

H. J. Wiscomb, Monarch Door & Manufacturing Co. .. ..Tacoma,

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