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Dave Rose, formerly associated with MacBeath Hardwood Company in Berkeley, joined the sales staff of Hardwoods, Inc., Seattle. on November l.

Hardwood veteran Verlon McKinney has signed on with The Islands Timber Co. which maintains headquarters in Los Angeles, Hal Von Breton, president. "Mac," who has had more than 20 years of hardwood lumber and plywood experience, will handle sales in northern California and the East.

"Travelin'" Bob Kahn made a quickie three weeks' trip to Paris and London during October, arriving "home" at Forsyth lilardwood Company on November 2.

Bob Nikkel, head of R. F. Nikkel Lumber Company, Sacramento, recently spent l0 days out in the wilderness on a successful elk and antelope hunting safari in Montana.

G-P's Bill Hoey and wife Laurie took their first look at "First Boy Hoey" on October 19. Mathew Patrick Hoey is the handle, partner, eight pounds of dynamite and doin' just fine, thankya'.

Don White, of White Brothers, was reelected second vice-president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at the association's annual convention at the Statler Hilton in New York, September 26-8. Dnring the same meeting, Don was further endowed with the presidency of the National Wholesale Lumber Distributing Yard Association for the coming '61:62 year.

Roger Hurst has been named manager of J. W. Copeland's Lentz Yard at 9450 South East Foster Road, Portland. Roger was formerly manager of Copeland's Cashway yard on North East Sandy in Portland, where Bill Workman now holds the reins.

Larry Novak is now managing J. W. Copeland Yards' Homedale, Idaho, branch. Novak was formerly assistant manager of the Home Lumber & Coal yard at Vale, Oregon.

Bob Nelson recently succeeded Earl Lahmon to the managership of the A. F. Coats Lumber Co. yard at Tillamook, Oregon. Nelson formerly worked under Lahmon who entered retirement last month.

Don Oswald, who purchased the Bounds Lumber Co. in Salinas earlier this year, has changed the name of the business to Don's Lumber & Hardware. The yard is located at 3030 Sanborn Road in Salinas.

Padula Lumber's Elmer "Olives" Padula recently took a little time oft after a busy year and treated two customers to a deer hunt in Nevada. "Bagged so much meat we could hardly get my Comanche off the ground," claims Elmer. Looking forward to a big year during '62, Padula Lumber recently beefed up its sales force with the addition of Ralph Dales who is now busy keeping those six highway rigs of Padula's rolling down the Redwood Highway.

Earle and Mrs. Johnson returned to their Watsonville Lumber Company during mid October after thoroughly enjoying a private rail car tour to Vancouver and East through the New England States. Incidentally, this was the first vacation the Watsonville couple have taken during the past 10 years sans Gertrude and Lew Godard who are busily putting the finishing touches on their Russian River retreat.