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Bob Eldredge, formerly with Roddiscraft's disbanded lumber division, has joined B&M Lumber Co. and will headquarter in Ukiah with Pete Stearn.

Eddie Gavotto is back on the job at South Bay Lumber Co., San Diego, after two weeks-' National Guard training at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro. Eddie comes from a long line of lumber folks and his mother, Mary Gavotto, managed the retail firm while he was away. Ten-cent sales were not in order while she was running the show, it was said, because she just gave away the nails when lumber was purchased.

Fred Talbot recently worked in a week's vacation at Las Vegas and returned to San Rafael to spring Tatbot Lumber Co. Partner Joe Shipman for a mill trip and market survey.

Carl Gavotto and Ben Seymour round out 25 years irf wholesale lumber service this month to dealers around San Diego county. The two pioneers have been partners for many years and responsible in their small way fbr some of the growth of the border cities.

_ Bob Hog,d, formerly with Pickering Lumber Corp. at Standard, Calif., has joined Timber Products Co. at Medford, Ore.

Retail Lumber "Jysssn" Lou Holland of the Builders Showcase, Yucca Valiey, was seen recently in Los Angeles, where he visited a day at the Statler-Hilton and entertained friends and business associates at cocktails and luncheon.

Mack Giles, Art Bond and Walt Hjort proclaimed July f 1 as "Drak^e's B3.y 2^y".and celebrated by chartering- a boat out of Sausalilo foi deep-sea fishing. Assisting in the holiday were the LMA's fack Pomeroy. Slnta Rosa Dealers civic officials turning the valves that opened the gates and started the flow of activity at the new Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica. Lumberman Kilstofte is president of the Los Angeles Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, too, and represented L. A. Mayor Poulson and S. M. Mayor Hart in the ceremony.

Jack noucay LIVIA's JacK .t,omeroy, Santa l(osa ljealers Steve Yaeger and Herb Latell, and Buck Elmore of Cloverdale.

Don Swindell of Farris Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and his wife returned from a trip through the Pacific Northwest.