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D. C. Essley, prominent Los Angeles HooHoo, and his wife Ada leave early in September for the east and will stop in Kansas City for several days' visit with Supreme Gurdon Hubert Heying of Timberline, Inc., before going on to the International Concatenated convention in Duluth. Minn.

Phil Nell (Sonoma Wood Products) and Ted Nell (Van Arsdale- Harris Lumrber Co.) and their dad, Edward Nell, planed up to Alaska for a week's fishing during late July, with Ted returning via the Pacific Northwest circuit calling on mill connections.

Horace Wolfe and the Mrs. are "Thunderbirding" through Nevada, California and Oregon on U.S. 395, according to postcard dispatch from the president of Marquart- Wolfe Lumber Co., Hollywood. They seemed to have a swell time in Bishop and Reno in spite of the rain.

Hedlund Lumber's Bay area representative, Knute Weidman, put in the first of August seeing suppliers around Humboldt and Mendocino county,

Dick Bartlett, Pacific Wood Products Company's vice-president for the Orier-rt, was a recent visitor from Manila to southern California. He spent several weeks in the U.S. on business and pleasure and returnecl to the Philippines early in August. He plans to return to the U.S. again in December to spend the holidays with his family.

E. L. Bruce Company's Stan Eznekier, of Oakland, and his wife returned the first of August after Z-weeks' vacation in Santa Barbara and the Southland.

Andy Jones, Temple City lumber whole- saler, spent the last two weeks of August touring Oregon and northern California with his family on a business-pleasure trip.

Kelly-Van Vleet's Jerry Griffin toured the Humboldt-lvf endocino county region on a mill safari the week of August 10.

The July l0 meeting of L. A. Hoo-Hoo Club 2 was happier for the presence of Pat

Jerry Bonnington of Bonnington Lumber and his wife have returned from three months in Europe, doing the spots in a new Mercedes they picked up in Germany for their tour of the Continent which, in addition to the usual stopovers, included visits to Copenhagen, England, Scotland and lreland. The Bonningtons returned July 23 and the Mercedes is due to join their happy home within a few weeks.

Thom Philips of Fairhurst Lumber Co., Long Beach, has completed a procurement tour of the mill area and visit to the Eureka home office during August. Thom handles the Redwood sales in southern California for Fairhurst, and Manager Mike Walsh, assisted by Petter Svenkerud, takes care of the Fir demand.

Santa Clara Valley Dealer Roy Bleeker, Economy Lumber Co., and his wife have r.eturned from a 3-week vacation through the Pacific Northwest that included visits to Vancouver and Victoria, B.C.

McKeehan (right), up and around again after too long a time in the VA hospital in Long Beach. The smile on pal Paul Sink's face was the expression of all, and looks as if Pat won one of the prizes, too. The popular salesman was formerly with the old Hammond Lumber Co. and others.

Well-known millman, Jack Allenby, has joined the Hansen Pacific Corp. of Fortuna, Calif., and will be working under Salesmanager Harold Bratten.

George Clough, top sales banana for Tacoma Lumber Sales, Arcadia, and his family spent several days fishing at June Lake last month while vacationing in the Yosemite area.

Phil Gilbert, southern California manager for Coos Head Lumber & Plywood Co., Wilmington, returned in mid-August from a trip to the deep south.

Lamon Lumber's Ralph Lamon returned to his San Francisco ofrfices in mid-August after visiting suppliers in the Oregon territory.

Helen Pease Rude of Cal-Pacific Redwood Company, Long Beach, is back on the office job following major surgery early in August.

Hac (Twin-City) Collins and family vacationed at Seaside, Oregon, for an August week.

(TeIlthem aou saw it in The California l-]rmber Merchant)

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