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Art Upson Ends So-yeor Srint

A SO-year career in forestry was honored recently at Gallup, New Mexico, when Arthur T. Upson, district forest engineer of the Western Pine Association, announced retirement. Western Pine's Arizona-New Mexico Forest Practice committee, of which Upson has served as secretary the past nine years, presented him with a parchment scroll in recognition of his half century of forestry work for government and industry.

IJpson, a 1910 forestry graduate of U. of Nebraska, joined the U.S. Forest Service that year as junior forester, rose to supervisor and was chief of operations at the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison when, in 1924, he left to affiliate with the technical staff of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. Returning to the Forest Service in 1935, Upson was named director of the Southwestern Forest and Range Experiment Station at Tucson, then in

1942 organized and. directed the War Production Board's lumber and lumber products division. In 1949 he became advisor to the California Forest and Range Experiment Station at Berkeley, retiring in 1950 from the fedelal service. Since 1951 he has served the Western Pine lumber industry as field forester and tree farm advisor in the Southwest, with Colorado and Wyoming as his territory also.

Three Colif. Ciries Hir I OO,OOO

Fresno, Glendale and San Jose, Calif., have moved into the 100_,000 population group, the Census Bureau, Washington, DC., reported Sept. 9 as.a result of special census taken iince 1950. Additionally, 11 California cities have moved into the 50,000 population group. These are Anaheim, Bakersfield, Compton, Hayward, Inglewood, Pomona, Riverside, San Mateo, Santa Ana. Santa Barbara and Torrance.

Santa Rosa Dealer Duane Bennett of Mead Clark Lumber Co., and his wife and daughter vacationed in the Reno area last month but had to cut the scheduled 2-week stay a bit short when the daughter had to have an emergency apPendectomY.

Dick Lloyd of the E,d Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, his wife and five children went on a pack trip in the High Sierra last month, followed by a week in La Jolla.

Hogan Wholesale's Bob Hogan and the family trekked deep into Shasta County territory around Burney last month for two weeks' communing with Ma' Nature and some trout.

Although his postcard showed about 18 feet of snow covering Strawberry Lodge on Highway 50, Kyburz, El Dorado County, Calif.. Horace Wolfe wasn't having any (snow) when he postcarded after lunch al that spot, Sept. 18, on his way home to Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

Charlie Schmitt, lumber division chief of Atkins, Kroll & Co., and Mrs. Schmitt vacationed in Carmel Valley the first week of Sentember.

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H. M. Nelson of the H. M. Nelson Lumber Co., Montebello, and his wife left, Sept. 12 f or a tour of the Orient via SeattleAnchorage-Tokyo, planning 10 days in the latter city before the tour took them to the Philippines, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Thailand. On their flight back to the States they plan to stop in Hawaii for three days and visit friends before returning to work Oct. 20.

Drake's Bay Lurnber's skipper, Mack Giles, and his "skipper," Banbara, returned Sept. 8 from two weeks in Pinecrest, where they took in a University of California reunion.

Fred Geier, formerly of Davidson Plywood, San Diego, and Atlas Plywood, has joined Davidson-Western Plywood in Los Angeles after leaving Kochton Plywood as assistant manager. He will be working as a coordinator in all departments, states VicePresident J. R. Fantz.

The Tlrree Dfunensions Of Cedar

The thickness, the texturg the obvious quality qf red cedar shingles and machine-grooved cedar shakes add profitable dimension to your builder sales program. Remember, too, when you feature cedar to always insist on mill-inspected material. The Certigrade label beneath the bandstick of every shingle bundle, and the Certigroove label printed on each shake carton, are assurances of reliable quality. Specify Certigrade and Certieroove. lt's to your profit!

Sally and Don Coveney embarked from California Lumber Sales, Oakland, on Sept. 26 for a jet flight to I-ondon to start a longawaited two months in Europe. They plan a week each in England, Ireland and France, winding up with a tour through Italy, Spain and Portugal, and back to London for a jet return to the U.S., Nov. 15.

J. William Back, prominent southern Califolnia lumrber and plywood importer, and his recent bride, Monique, have returned to Los Angeles from a 3l months' trip around the world. They departed in June for Honolulu and the Orient, with visits with business associates and f riends ir-r Japan and other sitcs on their agenda. After extended travels in Singapore, India and Turkey, they flew

Moique od Bill Bqck pore before the Tqi Mqhol to Europe, where Bill took delivery of a Merccdes-Benz sedan in Stuttgart, Germany, and the couple started a Continental tour tirat included Switzerland, Germany, France antl Italy. In Rome, the Backs secured an audience with His Holiness Pope John XXIII and visited with Cardinal Cardini, whom Bill has known since he was a monsignor. Af ter visiting Paris, they boarded the Queen Elizabeth at Cherbourg for the voyage home. After arrival in New York City, they uncrated the M-B again and drove up to Thetfor-Mines in Canada for a short visit with Mrs. Back's parents before starting the leisurely drive west with a stop in Las Vegas.

Milton Abbott, formerly assisting Manager Walt Foster at Diamond Gardner's Walnut Creek yard, has been promoted to manager of the Martinez operation for D-G.

Twin-City Lumber's Bill Rarnsay spent two September weeks on a sales swing thru the midwest.

Harry Perry, president of Fidler's Mfg. Co., Inc., and International Lumber & Plywood, Inglewood, was planning a European trip late last month that would take at least 60 days and include most of the major cities. In Sweden he is to consult with SwanBoard Company, leading European hardboard manufacturers, on product and production matters, and will visit the other centers of industry to broaden his firm's tproduct line and widen his sources of supply.

Menlo Park Wholesaler Carl W. Watts and his wife spent a late-August and earlySeptember fortnight in Seattle seeing the sights with their son, who is now in Boeing's jet-engineering division there.

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New Oregon Division Appoinfmenf

Harry Russell has been named assistant manager of United States Plywood Corporation's Oregon division at Eugene, announces Marshall Leeper, vi6g-president and Oregon general manager. "This is a newly-ireated post," said L_eeper, "resulting from expanded production gobls in U.S. Plywood's fir plywood manufacturing operatidns."

Russell's extensive background in all phases of forest products manufacturing includes 17 years with Harbor llywood at Hoquiam. In 1948, he helped form Shasta Plywood, _Irrc., in Redding, California, which subsequently became U.S. Plywood's chief plywood and particle boarh operation. In_ April 1958, Russell was named manager of U.S. Plywood's Mapleton, Oregon, operations, whicfr post he vacates for his new assignmerrt.

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