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Joins West Goqsf lumbermen's Ass'n Sfqff

Latest addition to the staff of West Coast Lumbermen's Association is George D. \A/ard, who will be assistant to technical services director T. K. May.

Ward, a 1953 graduate from Oregon State college in civil engineering, has to his experience credit, former employment with the traffic engineer of Portland, a surveying and drafting job with the Washington State Highway Commission, work with a civil engineer in Oakland, California, land subdividing, and a short hitch surveying for the California state forest department.

Ward spent three years as gunner's mate during World War II in the South Pacific. While still on his last leave before discharge from the Navy in October, 1946, Ward went to u'ork to supplement his G.I. benefits for college.

After a short period surveying for the California state forest department, Ward went to Oakland, California where he rvorked for a civil engineer in land subdividing, until fall of 1947 when he enrolled in civil engineering at Vanport college, now Portland State. Ward continued spending his summers and vacation periods working in Oakland. After three years in school, the young engineer took leave for a year and was employed with the traffic engineer of the city of Portland. He transferred from Vanport to Oregon State to complete his education.

'A native of Denver, Colorado, Ward moved to Portland in 1939 where he attended Franklin high school. He is married and has two sons.

Ward succeeds Robert E. Eby, who accepted a position on May 15 with the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company in Tacoma in their engineering sales department. Eby is also an Oregon State College engineering graduate.

Potten-Blinn Re-opening ot Redlqnds

The Patten-Blinn Lumber Company, of Los Angeles, used to operate a retail lumber yard at Redlands, California. For a number of years past that operation has been discontinued and the plant leased out. Now they are reopening, remodeling and modernizing the office building, and building new sheds and other facilities for a modern retail lumber plant. George Loos, who has been with the company for many years and has recently been located at San Diego, has been given the rhanagement of the Redlands unit. It will be in operation early in August.

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