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Jack Russell, former manager of the okl Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co. branch at Pacific Grove, is now covering the Coast Counties area for Western Door & Sash Co., according to Hollis Jones.

Kirk Wirich, Broadway Lumber Co. in Sonoma, is back at work sporting a brandnew cast on his left arm, the result of a do-it-youlself accident while painting his barn durins vacation.

Dave Mackin returned to his San Francisco Hallinan Mackin offices after a midJuly business trip to Portland.

Lloyd Hecathorn, salesmanager of Arcata Redwood Company, flew back to Humboldt County July 22, after his annual sales safari through the eastern states.

J. A. Peterson, formerly with Bargain Supplies Company at Sand Point, Idaho, has been named assistant manager of The Miller Lumber Company's Prineville, Oregon, yard.

Strable Lumber's Dave Jopes returned home last month with Mrs. Jopes after a three-week vacation in Eurone.

Dick Harmer, salesmanager of Cal-Pacific Redwood, has been in Oregon calling on fir and pine suppliers with a couple of days off for a little fishing ancl camping.

Frank Klienz, for the past 9 years associated with Foster Lumber Yard in Vallejo, has returned to Diamond National's Petaluma yard where he started out in the retail lumber business some 20 years ago.

Hans Rainer, head of Rainer Trading Company, returned to San Francisco late last month after a one month business trip through the eastern and southern states.

John R. Osgood, former national president of the Imported Ilardwood Plywood Association, has been elected a director of the Foreign Trade Association of Southern California, according to a recent announcement. Osgood is vice president of Robert S. Osgood, Inc., Los Angeles lumber importers, and has been an active leader in the world trade community there, according to Albert Perrish, FTA president.

Osgood has been involved with importa- tion of wood products from the Orient since 1949, and served as president of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club. Before his graduation from U.C.L.A., John was liaison officer for the United States gover-nment at the French At'my Headquarters in Innsbruck, Austtia.

Rudy Flegel, formerly with Potlatch Forests a.t Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, is the new manager of The Miller Company at n{adlas, Oregon.

George Siddall of Chip National has been conducting sessions throughout California on the critical path method of production during the past three months. George concluded a series of programs in the Midwest last month.

Ed Israel, Sr. has just returned from a vacation trip to Lake Louise and Banff during which time "Ted" Israel was busy moving the offices of Edwards Lumber & Manufacturing Co. to the Hearst Builcling in San Francisco.

Lynn Hansen of Hansen Wholesale Lumber in Encino, Calif., vacationed with his wife Jean and their three kids in Olym- pic National Park, venturing up to Canada for some sight-seeing in Victoria and Vancouver.

Milt Gensch recently joined the sales force at Inland Lumber Co.. Rialto. Calif.

Jim Hall, head of James L. HaII Co. in San Francisco, vacationed i,r'ith the family at Lake Tahoe for two weeks last month.

Bo Ahrens, head of California Sugar & Western Pine Agency, and Mrs. Ahrens, returned to Burlingame recently after spend- ing more than two enjoyable months traveling through Europe.

Bernie Norvell, manager of Sterling Lumber Company's Roseville yard, is a proud first-time papa and reports his shiny new girl baby and her mother, Donna, <loing fine.

Ken Coleman of Eckstrom Plywood and his wife Delores were the proud parents at the July 9 wedding of their daughter Kathv to Bob Wilgon. Our congratulations to all concerned.

Ronald R. Gressman, 36, has been added to the Western Wood Products Association's forestry stafi as a log check scaler. He will transfer to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Mike Madison, San Francisco trading exec with Ziel & Company, is currently winding up a long business trip which has taken him to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaya, India, Egypt, Greece, Italy and, finally, England.

Jim Williams, general manager of Chip National, spent a couple of weeks this summer in Michigan and Illinois. Jim reports that their dealers in the Midwest are strongly entrenched with their construction departments.

Les and Susie Doddington, and their considerable family, should just about be getting home now after an 8-day cruise on.a 65-foot luxury bruiser down in Baja California waters with a trophy bill fish foreniost in mind.

Ed Caldwell of Custom Mills, Inc., Los Angeles, and his Marian has spent three *"eks touring Hawaii and the outer islands.

Daryl Bond of Fremont Forest Products in Whittier, packed up the wife and three kiddies and drove up to southern Oregon last month for a two-week vacation.

Hobbs Wall's John and Barbara Polach and the Polach clan spent their vacation roughing it up near Lewiston, California (wherever that is).

Leo Hendrickson, formerly with Copeland Yards at Salem, Oregon, recently became manager of The Miller Lumber Company's Burns, Oregon, branch.

Casey Smith and Tim Thompson, both formerly with Crestwood Lumber Company' leunched their own wholesale lumber business under the name of Teekay Corporation in South San Francisco last month.

Jim Olson, salesmanager of Interstate Container Corp., Red Bluff, has moved his offices over to Diamond Natioral's neighboring plant where he'll contintle plywood sales in addition to assisting Glen Dietz.

Bob llorr, Flagstaff Lumber Co., Flagstaff, Arizona, is the new. first vice-president of the Arizona Retail Lumber & Builders Supply Assn. following the recent resignation of Ray Lopp, according to Frank Davis, secretary manager of the association.

Bay City Lumber's Monroe Ilirschfeld recently returned to the home plate in Oakland after spending his annual sabbatical at Palm Springs.

Howard Lee broke away for a long weekend last month for a trip to Utah for some fishing. Howard heads up Lee Lumber Hauling, Los Alamitos, Calif.

Ben Harfi, vice president of the Vinyl Plasties Institute, Sheboygan, Wis., visited Pella Architectural Products, Inc., and conducted a sales meeting with Don Jacobson' John Eells and their salesmen. VPI makes conductile vinyl flooring for hospitals and the like, Pella represents them in southern California, Nevada and Arizona.

Ray Lizotte, purchasing agent for Inland Lumber Co., Rialto, Calif., spent a week up in the Canadian timber country to break up a two week vacation in Yakima, Wash.

Forty-year lumberman Don Philips Sr, who retired several years ago, has reportedly found a bonar'za in selling real estate in the southern California beach community of Dana Point. He was for years half of the Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co. team in Los Angeles.

Bob Osgood, bossman at Robert S. Os- ' good, Inc., Los Angeles, returned last month from a European buying trip. His itinerary included several days in Italy, then on to London, where he visited his daughter, and on to Glen Eagles, Scotland where he played in the International Seniors Golf Tournarnent.

Dealer Bill Marmion of Marmion Lumber, Azusa, Calif,,.traveled back East last month where he played in the Lumber Trade Association golf tourney at Oyster Harbor on Cape Cod. Los Angeles importman Bob : Osgood also was on hald for the session.

Oscar Pittman has moved to Shelton, i Wash., where he will take charge of mill ,.' operations for Shelton Hardwoods, Inc., ac- : cording to boss-lady Doris Anderson who will continue to handle sales from the firm's Los Angeles office.

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