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rector of sales. Jack \\r. Watson has been named to succeed Mr. Menz as general sales manager, u.ith headquarters at Chicago. The sales offices, located in 49 principal citie s of the country, u'ill be grouped into six geographic regions headed by regional managers, who 'ivill be given broad responsibility and authority to provide more efficient ancl direct service to ctlstomers.

"During the past eleven years, Kaiser Aluminum's sales have grorvn from less than $50-million to over $3S0-n-rillion annually," I\fr. Rhoades st;rted. "Norv a new era of gron'th lies ahead. Our continuing expansion, increasing orrr primary capacity by 40c/o to more than 600,000 tons, by the end of 1958, and the increasing scope of our activities, have led us to develop this new concept of management."

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vada. After a residence in San Francisco, he spent ten years in rl'holesal,e lumber sales in Southern California, rising to manager of the Hallinan \Iackin Lumber Co. in Los Angeles. I{e resigned that position last October and opened the Fritz Roberts Lumber Co. at 4230 Bandini Blvd. in Los Angeles, rvhere he u,as making a successful start until taken by his untimely death last month. He leaves his rvife, Panclora, rvho expected to close up the affairs of her husband's rvhol,esale firm late last month.

Jemy MUFFTY

Jerry Muffly, one of the o\\'ners of Hulbert and Nluffly Lumber Company, Cloverdale, Calif., and a city councilman there, r'as killed August 7 in an airplane crash 13 miles rvest of Healdsburg in s'hich a passenger in the plane, Don Cameron of Santa ltosa, rvas also killed.

Edwqrd Bowles WEBBER

Edward Borvles Webber, 70, kno'ivn to many lumbermen over the country in his connection rvith E. I-. Bruce Co., died suddenly August 15 in Memphis of a heart attack while golfing. He joined E. L. Bruce Co. in 1934 as field represeniative and became manager of the Terminix division in 1947.

E. L. Reitz Compony Esfoblishes New Offices in Newport Beoch

FriIZ ROBERTS

Fritz Roberts, 45, who had apparently been in the best of health, died very suddenly the night of August 11 of a heart attack. He rvas born and reared in Reno, but lived 25 years in California after graduating from the University of Ne-

Bud Reitz, headrnan of E. L. Reitz Cornpany, wholesale lumber distribrrtors, has opened new office facilities in Newport tseach, California. "For convenience, we have established general offices in Newport so that \ru'e can better care for our clients throughout the Southern California area," Reitz said. The new address is P. O. Box 656 and the telephone number HArbor 7575. The offices in Long Beach forn-rerly maintained by Reitz w'ere closed August 19.

(Tell them, you saw it in Tlt.e Califom,ia Lumber Mcrchont)