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PAUL BUNYAN TUAABER CO.
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Bob Wright left Partner Bob Reid holding down the Fresno offrce for a late August week while he called on Reid & Wright customers in Hawaii.
Western Pine Supply Company's "Shel" Sussman and Ross Ingraham spent a felv early September days on busi' ness at McCloud Lumber Co. with Customers Len Robinson and Ed Heim of Bailev Lumber Co.. Max Lowe of McElroy Lumber Co. and Keitli Douglas of Progress Lumber Co.
A group of friends and employes of Ted Roy surprised the head of Roy Forest Products Co., Van Nuys, at his Lake Arrowhead home the weekend of September 6 to celebrate his birthday. It turned out to be a dual celebration with news that Ted and his wife Kae had become U.S. citizens just the day before after passing their examinations at the federal b.uilding in L. A. Lumber folks in the group included Mr. ind Mrs. Don Philips, Sr., the Jim Russells, the Jim Carpenters and Anne Murray of the RFPC office. Fishing, swimming, yachting, tennis and bridge were enjoyed by these and other guests.
"Red" Pendleton, assistant manager of American Sisalkraft's S. F. office, spent the Sept. 15 week in Portland and Seattle checking on the company's storage cover sales, including its new clear plastic "Sisal-Glaze."
Sel Sharp of tl-re California Redwood Assn. is back on the job and looking right fit after a month's convalescence from his recent illness.
Jim Forgie spent two September weeks touring western Canada mills for the Robert S. Osgood Co. of Los Angeles, in which Jim is a partner.
Urrion Lumber Company's Bovard Shibley spent most of last month calling on redwood users in Texas, Georgia and thereabouts.
Ken Schmidtke, Inland Lumber Company's sales representative in Los Angeles, and his wife are touring the west on an extended vacation and visiting friends and kin in Tillamook, Ore., enroute to the Canadian playgrounds of Banff and Lake Louise. They will return late in October.
Jim Hall, Jr,, now head of James L. Hall Co., returned to the San Francisco offices Sept. 29 from a Northwest mill trip.
Hill & Morton's southern California representative, Jack 'Waldron, took a Labor Day weekend trip to northern California to inspect Mt. King sawmills at Honeydew and the Iron Peak Lumber Corp. at Laytonville.
Al Heup, Valley representative for Talbot Lumber Co., San Rafael, called on Oregon and northern California mill connections for two September weeks.
Frode B. Kilstofte, who heads the Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., Wilmington, and also functions civicly as an official of the Recreation and Park Dept. of Los Angeles, helped ac- cept a plaque last month commemorating the 100th anniversary of the community of Wilmington during the 108th anniversary observance of the state of California. Dealer Kilstofte helped the Native Daughters of the Golden West unveil the plaque in the torvn square at Avalon and I streets.
Hobbs Wall's Al Bell left Lew Godard holding down the fort while he made his annual eastern sales safari but planned to be back in San Francisco by October.
long-Bell Mqkes Soles Chcnges
New management appointments in the sales department of International Paper Company's Long-Bell Division have been announced.
F. L. Foval has been named assistant general sales manager in charge of all factory sales as well as plywood sales. He will continue at Longview, Washington, where he has served since 1944. Foval began with Long-Bell in 1923 and was district sales manager in the San Francisco sales office before returning to Longview In 1944.

O. D. Harrington was appointed assistant general sales manag'er, with headquarters in Longview. He will be in charge of sales of all lumber products. lle was formerly l'readquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, as assistant to the general sales manager. Harrington started with Long-Bell at DeRidder, Louisiana, in 1924.
R. E. Wallace has been named manaqer of eastern sales. with headquarters in Kansas City. HJ is responsible foi lumber sales made through the Kansas City office. Wallace was formerly manager of lumber sales, headquartered in I(ansas City. He joined Long-Bell in 1946.
C. E. Hadley continues as manager of western sales, at Longview, Washington. He started with the company at Longview as a lumber buyer and assistant purchasing agent in 1922.