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Kenneth Kjer, son of Merv and Doris Kjer, wedded the beautiful Lyda McKissock of Bijou (Lake Tahoe) on September 11, with more than 300 guests joining in to sample the bubbly following the wedding. Ken decided a few years back to let mom and dad run K/D Cedar Supply and since then he's made it big on Tahoe's TV channel 4 and in local real estate.

Triangle Lumber's Art Williamson vacationed with the missus in Mexico City during August and early September.

Bill Fox, sales manager at O. M. Hill Lumber, Pasadena, is just back from a vacation jaunt to Montana. Itinerary included a stop ,at Yellowstone Park.

Paul Selle has joined the Long-Bell Division of International Paper Co. in San Francisco as a sales trainee, according to western zone sales chief Hlarry Lyon. Selle hails from Washington and was formerly a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy.

"Malihini" Bob W-ell's, of Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Los Angeles, his wife and children spent part of last month and August on the beach at Waikiki. While in Hawaii, they also visited the outer islands before returning to the mainland.

Dick Ranft has replaced Jim Greene as general manager of Cloverdale Plywood. Greene is moving to Oregon as general manager of Multnomah Plywood Corporation. Ranft also announced the selection of Bob Forward as sales manager of Cloverdale Plywood. For"ward was originally with the old Interstate Container Corporation at Red Bluff.

Ed Hayden, fonnerly with J. E. Higgins Lumber Co. in San Francisco, has joined Evju Products Co., Inc. in San Rafael, according to Bob Evju.

The Lumber Association of Southern California complement is back to full strength again now that John Kiner and Jeanette Share are back on the job follownig month-long illnesses.

Mickey Smolich, Lumber Dealers Materials Co., and his family, vacationed for three weeks during late summer at Yellow: stone National Park.

John Hungerford has been named assistant comptroller, Oregon Division, for U.S. Plywood. John was employed by U.S. Plywood from 1954 to 1960 as their western regional accountant in Los Angeles. Ile and his family will live in Eugene.

Our apologies to Mike \Yalsh, who has gone to work for Harry H. White Lumber Co., not Al Peirce Co. as we had it incorrectly in last month's Personals. lhe two Long Beach wholesalers both hired new men last monthMike to Harry H. White and J. F. Weber who has been added to BilI Hanen's crew at AI Peirce.

John Kudron has replaced Howard Underwood as manger of Sterling Lumber Company's big Santa Rosa branch. Underwood returns to Diamond National Corporation and Kudron comes to Sterling from Kirk Lumber & Building Materials Co. in Santa Maria. A native of Detroit, he had been associated with Kirk since 1947.

Max Hill, bossman at O. M. Hill Lumber Co., reports that his firm has moved into spacious new offices in the Independence Life Building in Pasadena, Calif. New address is 99 South Lake St.

Charlie Schmitt has replaced Gordon Ingraham as secretaly-manager of the Imported Hardwood Plywood Association in San Francisco. Co1. Ingraham announced his retirement plans last month after 8 years at the helm of the association. Charlie's career dates back to the days of the old McCormick Lumber Company. He later spent sevel'al years with U. S' Plywood Corp. and he has been active in the imported hardwood plywood business since the early 1950's. Certainly no stranger to IHPA, he was one of the original three members lrho signed IHPA's articles of incorporation in 1956.

Forrest Wilson, Pasadena wholesaler, attended the annual Red Cedar Shingle Bureau meeting in Seattle September 23 to 25. Then on to Vancouver, 8.C., to see executives of MacMillan, Bloedel & Powell River, r'r'hom he represents in southern California.

J. W. "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, wholesale sales manager for Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington, Calif., retired in September and plans travel, loafing, gardening and three par golf. Fitz has been in lumber sales in southern California for foul decades. Past president of L,A. Hoo-Hoo Club No. 2, he has been active in civic afiairs in his home town of South Pasadena for over 25 yeals.

Jack Hibbert, owner of Hibbert Lumber Company in Davis, communed with the steelheads up in the Orleans country during mid-September.

WelI known lumbergal "Mike" l\lichaels has joined lfarbor Lumber Co. in San Francisco, according'to owner Ike Zafrani.

Leigh McWilliams was incorrectly reported in last month's "Personals" as being connected with Consolidated Lumber, L.A. Leigh actually heads up his own company, Leigh F. McWiiliams Wholesale Lumber. Leigh and wife Millie took a jaunt up north in August, spending a week at the Lake Tahoe cabin of Bayshore Lumber's Johnny Ferguson.

Al Forslund, salesmanager of R. F. Nikkel Lumber Co., returned to his Sacramento office last month aftet a one-month business trip through the East and Midwest.

Art Parkins, general managel of CaIifornia Door in Los Angeles, completed a week trip through the Pacific Northwest late in September contacting the mills and various remanufacturing plants.

Bob Heberle, Georgia-Pacific lumber division manager, Los Angeles, was able to make Las Vegas enroute to the Phoenix Hoo-Hoo International convention. Leave it to Bob.

Gene Courchaine, Jamb Dandy Lumber executive, Whittier, Calif., his wife Cecelia and two daughters Gayle and Cheryl vacationed in Hawaii before the start of school. They attended many events, including luaus, a trip to a sugar plantation and, of course, Waikiki Beach.

Howard Libbey, president of Arcata Redwood Co., rvill return home next week after a six weeks vacation with the missus in Europe.

Doris E. Anderson, president of Shelton Hardwood Co., was on a recent business trip to the company's mill at Shelton, Wash'

Hans Wall, L. A. retailer and his beautiful wife Falicitas, seen vacationing in La Jolla. They repolt wonderful loafing, swimming and fishing.

Frank Bader. Ed Fountain salesmanager, has returned from a sales and salmon fishing tour in Vancouver, B. C.

A. J. Macmillan. Consolidated Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spent part of the month of September on a business to Canada, Iooking over the timber crop.

"Mac" and Bill MacBeath have opened their third MacBeath Hardwood Company warehouse at 1576 South 2nd West in Salt Lake City. The MacBeaths headquarter in Berkeley and operate another warehouse at 2150 Oakdale Ave. in San Francisco. Joe Buehl will manage the Salt Lake City operation which includes a 14,000 sq. ft. warehouse and yard located on rail. Buehl for many years was with D. T. Doo ey Lumber Co. of Memphis and more recently was associated with Arizona Hardwood company.