Announces Simpson Appointments Dealers Urged to Participate Actively

In Southern California In National Home \(/eek

Recent appointments and transfers in Simpson Logging Company's Southern California district have been announced by George S. Melville,, Los Angeles district manager.

Simpson Logging Company is a producer of lumber, doors, plywood and woodfiber insulating board and accoustical products.

New members of Simpson's sales staff in the Los Angeles area are Mark S. Bailey, Williarn L. McDonald and Maurice K. Boyd. Phillip D. Kelly has been transferred from Los Angeles to Amarillo, Texas, but will continue to work under the direction of the Los Angeles office.

Railey has been in sales work in Los Angeles for several years and until he joined Simpson was with the Soule Steel Cornpany. During the war he was purchase expediter with the Anstin Construction Company in Seattle. From 1933 to 1942 he was sales engineer for the Insulite Company for the entire \ilest Coast and prior to that was with other builcling material rnanufacturers. He rvas graduated in architecture frorn Washington State.

McDonalcl also has many years of experience in the building rraterial field. He was a salesman in the Los Angeles area for the U. S. Gypsum Company from 1940 to 1948, except for a year he spent in the rnaritime service. From 1948 until he joined Simpson he was sales rlanager for the Wierman Realty Company, San Bernardino. While with the U. S. Maritime Commission during the war he served in the Pacific and Aleutians and was discharged as a lieutenant (j.S.). He majored in business administration at U.C.L.A.

Boyd is a native of Los Angeles. In addition to years of experience as a sawyer and general mill worker, yard and rnill superintendent, order clerk and yardman, and lumber salesman, he owned and operated a building material and lumber yard in Los Angeles for several years. During the war he served as an ofificer in convoy duty in the Atlantic, on escort and minecraft squadron duty in the Pacific and had special training in military government. He was discharged a lieutenant comrnander. He attended U.C.L.A., San Francisco State Teachers, College and U.C. at Berkeley.

I{elly joined Simpson a year ago and has represented the finn in the Los Angeles area until his transfer to Amarillo. Previous building material experience includes three years as salesman for the I-ayrite Concrete Products Company in Seat-

The National Retail Lumber Dealers Association has urged the country's 26,000 building supply dealers to participate actively in observance of National Home Week rvhich will be held Sept. 1A to 17.

"The nation's retail dealers who supply the materials used in building and improving homes can assist in improving housing standards by holding open-house during home week and inviting the public to come in and see the great array of new and improved materials for residential construction," H. R. Northup, executive vice president of the NRLDA, stated Thursday.

"In addition, dealers can perform a real service by sholr.ing present and prospective home owners how easy it is to finance the purchase or modernization of a home under today's credit terrns .ivhich are the most liberal of all time," he said.

"Many home owners are not aware that they can pay for major improvements on a monthly budget plan witl-r a Title I FHA loan or through an open-end mortgage loan. National Home Week. u,hen public attention rvill be directed to better housing, rvill be an ideal time to put the facts before the public.

"Retail materials dealers who are constructing homes on their own account in cooperation with builders and contractors are urged to open recently completed or partly constructed homes to the public during the week, so that everyone will have a chance to see at first hand the fine values being built into the new homes of 1950 and can appreciate the extra comforts and conveniences which modern homes offer."

Vaccrtioning in Europe

Arthur Cheim, Union Lumber Company, Marysville, Calif., left July 21 on a vacation trip to Europe.

tle. Prior to that he was salesman for Dennison Canned Foods, Seattle. During the war Kelly was in the Naval Air Transport Service and was stationed at Oakland and Seattle. Before the war he was purser for Alaska and Griffiths Steamship companies. He attended the University of Washington.