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Good news from Eugene, Oregon. Al Kelley, who had a stroke during early September, is up and at 'em once ag'ain and reportedly making good progress. Al's home address is 1080 Patterson St., Eugene.

George Adoms, head of the Noah Adams Lunber Co. Delta chain, suffered a stroke October 4, but at presstime the 82 year old lumbermen is reported up and about at Lodi Memorial Hospital and chomping at the bit to get home.

Dave Davis made a recent sv/ing through the East Coast for Van De Nor Lumber with a stopover at Washington, D. C. for the Hoo-Hoo International convention.

Arcata Redwood salesmanagpr Lloyd Hecathorn and Bruno Nerdi, head of Diablo Transportation, spent 10 days in northera Nevada last month in search of the elusive elk.

The Bennetts of Selma, Calif. have a special reason to cheer for the University of California this year. Rick Bennett, son of Dick Bennett, Selma Lumber & Hardware Co., is one of Cal's top backfield stars. Rick weighs in at a mere 210 pounds and is only in his sophomore year.

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Charlie Schmitt, executive secretary of the Imported Hardwood Products Association, attended the 69th annual of the National Harlwood Lumber Assn. at Toronto, Ontario. where plans were finalized to have NHLA inspectors handle reinspection senrices for IHPA members.

Bohnhoff Lumber's Harold C,ole vacationed in Idaho, stopping off on his return trip in Salt Lake City where he visited with Bill MacBeath and toured MacBeath Hardwood's distribution center.

Paul Sink of Mason Supplies took in the California Building Materials Dealers Association meeting in Palm Springs.

Jim Eiggins, head of J. E. Iliggins Lumber Company, was elected a director of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at the group's 69th annual convention in Toronto, Ontario, September 26-28.

Bill Carter toured the Oregon mill coun- try on J. E. Higgins Lumber Co. biz last month.

Loggers & Contractors Machinery Co. has appointed 'ffilliam J. 'Bill,, Shea as sales engineer in the San Francisco area. according to Lonnie Poole, California general manager.

Eomer llayward, head of the Hayward Lumber Co. chain and current president of the Lumber Merchants Association, has just been appointed to the National Research Council. NRC was recently incorporated into the National Lumber and Building Materials Dealers Assn. and is responsible for all research and development projects undertaken in behalf of retail dealers.

Reid & Wright's Bob Reid treated mama to two September weeks in Hawaii where they celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and just as they were checking out to come home who should arrive but Union Lumber exec Pierson Plummer and his wifealso celebrating their 25th year of wedded bliss and with reservations for the same room!

E. Fo "Bob" Fennio, former mill superintendent for Spaulding at Truckee, joined Truckee-Tahoe Lumber Company last month, according to Chal Cross.

A fire at the Barr Lumber Co., Orange, last month destroyed the main shed whieh housed a large quantity of lumber and the planing mill. The plant will be rebuilt as soon as possible.

Larry Owen has returned to his Lafayette offices after a two weeks trip to Simone- 'Williams headquarters at Lake Forest, Ill., and a quick business trip to Toronto and Montreal.

Pete Sharp escaped everyday trials and tribulations of business at California Redwood Sales, Santa Rosa, for a couple of weeks vacation in Hawaii last month.

Frank Billings, head of Billings Paeific Incorporated, has added John Mclntosh to his sales staff. John, previously in the business in Eureka, Calif., and Medford, Oregon, will cover the deep Peninsula and Coast Counties area.

Lee "Wheeb" Doddington of Bernie Barber & Associates spent a postman's holiday when he tooled up to Wyoming from San Francisco for an elk hunting safari. This was just a short hop for Les, though, as he normally drives from 66,000-80,000 miles each year.

Stan llulett recently returned to his Willits Redwood Products desk after searching for redwood orders along the East Coast.

Earl Carlson, 82 years young and retired vice-president of the old Santa Fe Lumber Compann recently finished a three month hospital stint and reports that he's back chasing women, drinking whiskey and smoking ciga"rs (although we'll have to confess that we don't remember in what order Earl listed the aforementioned.)

Arcata Redwood's Ken C,onway, his son Keviri and Euss Barnes slipped away to Santa Barbara county in their new jeep and brought home a deer apibce.

Bill Howe, vice president and sales manager at Mahogany Importing in Compton, was on an auto trip to Toronto, Canada. He took in the National Hardwood Lumber Association and Philippine Mahogany Association conventions, stopping ofr on his way back to promote Mico's new produet lines of hardcarved doors and Micoplast carved designs for plant-ons.

John R. Slothower has been named to the newly created post of gypsum products manager for Georgia-Pacific's nation-vride building materials distribution division, Ifarold E. Sand, vice president, disclosed;

Bert lloldren drove his trailer down south of the border to Ensenada for a few days, leaving Scott Mclntyre to mind the store at Rialto Lumber Co.

Joseph H. Shepherd" Masonite Corpora- tion building products sales representative in the Colorado-Wyoming area, has been promoted to assistant to the general merchandise manager. He succeeds Joseph T. Weik, who has been named manager of biUing and order control.

Curtis Y. Arima has been appointed chief chemist for Deft, Inc. of Torrance, Calif., according to Frank B. Desmond, vice president of the firm.

Bob Kahn, head of Forsyth Hardwood Company in San Francisco, has touched down at home plate after a month-long vacation in Hawaii.

Bill lYray left his Port of Redwood City desk for a couple of weeks last month to call on Hubbard & Johnson suppliers in Oregon, along with Bud Hubbard.

Hoo-Hoo and Hoo-Hoo-Ette regulars Jim and Betty Jones, owners of Foster Lumber Yard in Vallejo, flew to Washington, D. C. for the recent Hoo-Hoo Intenrational convention at the Mayflower Hotel.

Bob lloover has settled down at his San Francisco desk after shuttling back and forth to southern California during the summer, where he and his brother, Dick lloover, spent their weekend surfing at San Onofre, Calif. The "hot-dogging" Hoover brothers are the north-south combo at A. L. Iloover Company.

Milton W. Fredrikson has taken over as general manager at Laco Lumber Co. in City. of Industry, Calif., replacing W. D. "Matt" Matheson, who reportedly is planning to open his own business. Fredrikson, formerly retail manager at the store for the past 4 years, reports that Laco has discontinued their tract operations and will concentrate on the do-iLyourself and small contractor trade.

Doug Beatty, vice president-sales, Western Gravel Co, Campbell, has been electcd to the board of directors of tlre California Building Material Dealers Association, Inc.

S. J. Chattler recently was appointed general manager of Globe Intemational, according to Lou Massing. The new manager .vill be in charge of the purchase of exotic olywoods and domestic plywoods.

Pella Architectural Prtducts' sales tes.m of John Eells, Jim Bissonette, John Whttney and Les Gate€ attended a sales mebb ing in Denver at which the Rolscreen Co. of Pella, Iowa introduced two new wood window styles to their western regionAl distributors.

Lloyd \Mebb, who heads up F. M. Glnwford Company's Long Beach distributip't1 yard, drove to Oakland to see ofr his son, Army Specialist 4 Tom Webb of the Green Berets. Tom is bound for a tour of duty in Viet-Nam. Lloyd stopped ofr at the Ukiah mill on his return trip to Los Angeles. '.

Lloyd Brown has been appointed Bedding representative of Industrial Lumber Company. Lloyd has worked in mills in' Eureka and Medford and was manager of a sawmill in Ukiah.