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Jim Turnbull, executive veep of the American Plywood Association, will serve on the International Committee of the GFaraber of Commerce of the United States. The committee studies problems of concern to U. S. businessmen in international trade, investment, economic development and commercial policy.

Fred and Franceg Lamon recently returned to the Bay Area after a three month trip through the Panama Canal to Rotterdam where they began a 40 day tour of the Continent. They returned via New York arriving home in time for the football season.

Arcata Redwood's Paul Ward has returned to the shop after a vacation trip with the family to Las Vegas, Boulder Dam, the Grand Canyon and Salt Lake City.

Ken Tinckler of Stahl Lumber, Los Angeles, and his Jo will journey to Toronto, Canada this month where they'll take in the National Hardwood Lumber Association convention.

Tom Branson, head of Melrose Lumber & Supply Co., is currently enjoying a three month vacation trip through Europe. The veteran Oakland retailer hopped off on the first leg of his journey early last month and should be back before Thanksgiving.

Ron Lewman and Bill Sanders have purchased Dario "Larry" Nardi's Rancho Lumber Co. at El Sobrante and will operate the business under the new name of Valley Lumber & Hardware Co. Lewman and Sanders were formerly with Blackman Anderson Lumber and Nardi will continue to operate his main yard at Middleton, California.

Joe Durra, head of Boise Cascade's import division in San Francisco, recently took the fabulous six day trip down the Salmon River and is already mapping more rivers to conquer next year.

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Mark Phipps, plant superintendent at Independent Building Materials Co., Dominquez, Calif., accompanied IBMC sales rep Jack Allenby on a week-long tour of the northern California mill country. Included was a stop at the company mill, Coast Forest Products in Crescent City.

Lew Silvera, owner of Silvera Lumber Co. in Antioch, has left with Mrs. Silvera for a seven week European trip. The high point will be a side junket to Finland for the wedding of their number'-two son who is in Europe for DuPont.

Ralph D. Hill is the new secretary-manager of the Building Materials Dealers Credit Association. BMDCA has about 200 members and does credit reporting and collecting. Hill had been rvith Owens-Parks for 14 years and was secretary and credit manager when he left.

Jim Getz, leading salesman with California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, took off from L.A. last month for 2 ll'eeks of fishing at Huntington Lake.

Palo Alto wholesaler Knute Weidman joined Ron Stevens, salesmanager of Siskiyou Mills, and his gang for a pack trip up to Summit Lake recently.

Elaine Allenby has been promoted to chief bookkeeper at Independent Building Materials Co. A 20-year lumbergal, Elaine is the founder of the Eureka Hoo-Hoo-Ette club,

Fran Heron, who has spent many years wholesaling on his own in the Bay Area, has become a member of the moulding division of Dant Forest Products at Menlo Park, according to Frank Morrisette.

Norl Cochran has been named manager of the new Wickes Lumber & Building Supply Center at Petaluma which was previewed in a big grand opening on August 24. Leonard Lamerton will be assistant manager of the big "one shop" operation at 5400 Petaluma Blvd.

Ray DuPuis has been named to western sales for Roseberg Lumber Company and will headquarter at 1515 Montellano, San Jose. Prior to joining Roseberg, Ray had been with Weyerhaeuser for six years at the company's Sacramento office.

Frank Kelly, formerly with Dant Forest Products in Menlo Park, has joined James L. Hall Company, according to Jim Hall. Kelly originally spent 15 years in the wholesale lumber business in southern California and first came to the Bay Alea in 1964 when he joined Hubbard & Johnson Lumber Co. at the Port of Redu'ood Citv.

Horace Wolfe, Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co,, namesake and his wife Nana, spent June at the Coco Palms in Hawaii celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary. Sterling Wolfe and his Loraine flew- ovel to spend a week with the ttnewlyweds".

Ralph A. Hardin has been named Weyerhaeuser wholesale and industrial sales manager for northern California, Herbert C. Winward, the area manager has revealed.

Dave Ellison, former partner with Jim Giles in Monument Lumber Company, Pleasant Hill, has purchased Novato Builders Supply at Novato and is planning to further expand the retail end of that business.

Phillip Phythian, who joined Calaveras Cement in 1962 as administrative assistant to Arnold M. Ross, vice president in charge of finance, has been named staff engineer. James Dial, who joined the Calaveras traffic department in 1964, is their new assistant purchasing agent.

Sterling Wolfe, Jr. toured the southert Oregon mill country recently on a buying trip for Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Long Beach, stopping of in Medford to take in the Hoo-Hoo meeting.

Dallas Gibb is the new "Mr. Chip" in southern California for Chip National, according to general manager Jim Williams. Dallas was with the Celotex Corn. for the past 15 years.

Stahl Lumber's Milan Michie is back after two weeks of basking in the sun at Newport and Balboa.

Art Parkins broke away from his desk at California Door Co., Los Angeles, last month to spend a week's vacation with his family at the beach.

Chuck Hunt of California Panel & Veneer packed up his family and drove back to Nebraska to visit relatives.

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FHA Tightens So-Colif Rules

The FHA will require evidence of compliance with the various commercial standfor wood window units on FHA-ap;proved housing for the first time in south,: erri California, according to a recent announcement from the agency's [,os Angeles ,,',,office,

It is efiective on all applications received since July L

The quality certification mark of the American Wood Window Institute may be qccepted as evidence that the window complies with the standard, including air infiltration criteria required.

Window units not bearing the quality mark may be accepted upon certification i,by the manufacturer or jobber that the

:, Evqns Executivb Promotions

i, Evans Products Company has appointed three,men to division vice presidencies in f;:: their building products group, it was announced by Lawrence M. Flahive, executive vice president in charge of the group.

Walter C. Jennison has been named division vice president and assistant general of the group, which manufactures rind distributes building materials.

unit complies with the standard. Evidence in the form of test data, construction de. tails, etc., may be required as necessary.

Though the FHA has required compliance with the comrcrcial standard for years, the agency has heretofore not re, quired evidence of compliance, primarily because of the insignificant number of wood windows used in southern California housing. Wood windows constitute less than l0 percent of the window units sold in that market, according to an FHA estimate.

Dealers should advise their builder customers of the FHA requirement when supplying wood window units.

Commercial standards for the various types of wood window units may be found in paragraph 705.f0.2 and M604.I0.2 of the Minimum Property Standards.

Johnson. Johnson assumes responsibiliiy for seven manufacturing facilities and twenty-four distribution centers.

E. H. Keppler has been named division vice president and general manager of the Plywall division, in Corona, California. Keppler will operate three manufaeturing plants and ten distribution centers throughout the United States which produce prefinished paneling and moldingg vinyloverlaid accent paneling, vinyl-laminated cahinet materials, prefinished doorskins and allied materials.

Shostq @lf Evenr Upcoming

The third annual Shasta Lumbermen's Golf Tournament is slated to get underway Sept. 23, according to Don Michaelson, publicity chairman.

Michaelso4 said the tourney again will tee-ofi at the 18 hole Riverview Golf & Country Club in Redding. Last year's event found over. 200 guests attending. Invitations may be obtained by writing Shasta Lumbermans' Golf Tournament, Box 1735, Redding, Calif., 96001, attention: Don Michaelson.

l{EW t{0Rtlt CHAMPI0I|S of the Connie Mack baseball league boys 16-20) are the IBMC Bullets, sponsored by Independent Building Materials Co. ol Dominggez, Calif. Ihe leam is shown herc boarding a flight for Farmington, l{ew Mexicq where they captured the title by defeating the Toledo, 0hio, teim two out of three games. Posing with "her boys" is IBMC Piesident Mrs. Hazel Anderson, wife of Wayne Anderson (front center), trainer for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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