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Don Adolfo Camarillo comoleted a 3-day celebration Oct. D of iris 93rd birthday at Rancho Calleguas near Camarillo, Calif., named by the Southern Pacific in 1898 in honor of Don Adolfo and his late brother Tuan. An officer of the Peoples Lumber Co.. Ventura, until last year, the patriarch was serenaded on his birthdav by students from the Adolio Camarillo-High School, rvhich is on 50 acres deeded by him in 1950. On his 90th anniversary three years ago, all Ventura county honored him at a public fair. Mr. Camarillo's list of civic offices and honors is almost endless, capped by the Order of Saint Gregory conferred on him by Pope Pius XII.

Chico, Calif., Dealer Fred Aisthorpe of the Aisthorpe Lumber Co. is on an extensive business trip through the Far East.

Fforace Wolfe of the NlarouartWolfe Lumber Co., Hollyn't-,od, postcards The Merchant from Toledo, Birmingham, Ner,v Orleans and Houston on his most recent business trip to the east.

Rounds Lumber Company's Jim Knox (San Francisco) and Burt Goebel (Fresno) called on southern California accounts the 'iveek of October 21.

Anne Murray of Roy Forest Products Co., Van Nuys, reports she had a "ball" last month on her first real va- cation in five years. Started in Las national, of rvhich the dealer is presiVegas, then to Reno, on to Tahoe and dent. climaxed in San Francisco. Ted Deacy of Cal-Pacific Redwood

P. R. "Bob" Kahn and his wife have Co., Arcata, and his lvife have returned returned from a six-u'eeks tour of from a 2-week Hawaiian hiatus. Europe rvith stopovers in Paris, Vien- Fred Thomson, president of Inland na and Edinburgh. He is already plan- Lumber Co., Bloomington, is a "sharpning_ next_ y,ear'9 trip at his Forsyth shooter" .rvhen hunting ducks, having Hardwood Co. desk. bagged his quota in Kern county and Don Philips, Jr., Simpson Red- returned to his San Bernardino county rvood's regional sales manager in desk before noon the same day late last southern Caiifornia, called on south- month. u'est dealers in Arizona, Texas and Dealer Sid Marshall of the KingNerr, Mexico last month. Marshall Lumber Co., Bakersfield, Fresno Dealer Ed Schlotthauer of spent an October week in Utah on a the Willard Lumber Co., t'ho is also a d-eer-hunting expedition. His partner cattle rancher of some means, attended Larcy King u'as in Los Angeles earlier a livestock convention at Medford late this month on personal business. last month.

Carl Gavotto, San Diego lumber-

Al Urton, manager of Inland Lum- man, and his rvife Mary made a flying ber Company at Redding, Calif., spent trip to Neg' York last month to visit trn.o late October rveeks on a business- their son Bob, an Iimpire state.univerpleasure trip in southern California, sity student.

Nevada and Arizona, coming for sun- Tom Tidwell of the Texas Coffin shine brrt finding only_ _rain. \orv Co., \\raco, has returned home after a known as "Sunshine Al," l-ris u'<lrk at tu".k itr San Francisco on business and the tables in Reno and Las Vegas was oleasure.

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,T'*lI f ager ,f NIcCloud Lumlrer Co. at San *.G., i. on a trip to Central and South Francisco, and several friends took ten i-erica^ portt bf call and plans to reOctober days off for duck hunting iu.n to hii vard via the l3aiamas and around Fall River. West Indies.

H. Park Arnold of the Fox-Woodsum Luml>er co., Glendale, has re- clif Roberts of the Benson Lumber turned from his Tirrropean business Co'' San Diego' and his helpmate Dorand rvas in the midrvest earlier this othy rvent .hunting in the bean fields of imperial county last month. Get month on matters for Kirvanis fnter- ur rrrrPLr

W\N*StarkSowerS,sa1esma.'agiroft1reIn1anclLumller.Co., lSloomington, and Dealer Din Derbes of the Palm Springs Builders-supply Co. m:rde a trip to Arizona ear-ly this month for some deer hunting. No reports had come back at press time but they'll l,rolrably "tell all" at the next nleeting of Riverside Couniy Hoo-HoL Cltrb 117, in u'hich both are kingpins. wos oworded this $500 Helbros diomond wrist wotch on October l5 qs o noior prizewinner in the ltodernfold Door "Deoler Solesman Demonstrolion Progrom." Thc Myrfle Avenue retqil yord ot 1525 S. Myrle Ave. is o retoil oullel for lhe Modernfold door monufoctured by New Costle Products (lndiono) ond distributed rhrough Modernfold Doors, Inc.. Posodenq. Winners wcre seleclsd from o pool of solesmen who hod completcd 5O or nora demonstrolions of Modcrnfold Doors belween April I ond Moy 30 losr spring ond prizes olso includcd o $2,000 2-weck Nsssqu vqcofion, lighrers ond peorl necklqccs. Shown with Norbert BUNDSCHUH (left), monoger of the ltonrovSo yord. ond Ken DINWIDDIE (right) of ltodcrnfold Doors, Winnor Nut 3oid, 'Thir is one of thc no3t cxciling things thct cvcr hoppcncd lo mc in my lifc . . I don'l ?hink I hovc cvcr 3crn o morc bcouriful worcht"

Hallinan Ntackin Lumber's Ray Mackin spent a rveek at his Portland of,fice durinq Octot,er.

William K. Suiter, Jr., manager of the I-os Angeles office of \\r. R. Grace & Co., San Francisco, and who recently was given added sales duties as Arizona ancl Texas r-e_presentaiive for the prominent import firm, spent the first November fortnight calling on his nen' Southu'est jobbers.

\Vriirdside Lrimber Co. Kingpin Charlie Wilson returned to San Francisco Nov. 1 from a m<tnth's bttsiness trip ol'er the southeastern states.

I.S. Brown of Industrial Lumber, Glendale, and his rvife spent a recent u'eekend in the desert country around Palm Springs and also closed the sttmmer season on a big party at I-ake Arror'r'head before the first snolvs fell this month.

Livermore, Calif., Dealer Walter Motta of Livermore Builders Supply Co., spent two October rveeks hunting in the M ontana-\V1'oming territory.

Warren Hoyt, veteran southern California lumberman of 22 years' experience, is representing the American Woodl'reservers' Institute in the soutl-rrvest. All his friends feel he is well qualified for this u'ork and rvish him well in his neu' endeavor. He rvill travel Arizona, New Mexico and the greater Southwest area.

Fred Windeler, boss of George Windeler Co., Ltd., San Francisco, attended the National Wood Tank Institute convention in Vancouver, B.C.

Bil,l Knudsen, executive of the Aborigine Lumber Co., Fort Bragg, was a recent southern California visitor calling on various wholesale distributors.