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Captain Ray Hill, Army Transportation Corps, Oakland, has been promoted to Major. Before going in the service, he was with the Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co. at Los Angeles.

B,M. 1/C, David W. Wilkinson, IJ. S' Navy, son of W. .W. Wilkinson, Los Angeles lumberman, has been in the service since before Pearl Harbor. IIe spent three years on the frontier patrol, and is now stationed at San Diego on the Y. O. He was formerly with his father in business, and is a graduate of U.S'C.

Cpl. Graydon ("Shorty") Merritt, IJ.S.A., former hardwood order clerk at American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, has been ir, France since D-DaY.

Storekeeper lst Class John Glennon Cahill, Jr', son of Vice President J. G. Cahill, Sr., Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has been in the Navy since Pearl Harbor. and is now in the Pacific area'

Bill Morter, boatswain I'st class in the Navy Seabees, is now stationed in New Guinea. He was, until he entered the service, a salesman for Brush Industrial Lumber Co', Los Angeles. Incidentally his former employer sends him e'rreiy issue of The California Lumber Merchant which Bill says he thoroughly enjoYs.

Cpl. Ruth Hanson of the W.A'C', daughter ofF' G' Hanson, West Coast Screen Co., Los Angeles, was home recently on a 10-day furlough. She was in the office of this company before she entered the service about two years ago, and is stationed in Washington, D' C' has returned to his base at leave with his parents. He Santa Fe Lumber Co., San his return from France and

Sgt. William Ii. Baugh, youngest son of Paul Baugh of E. U. Wheelock, Inc., Los Angeles, is norv with the lst Tank Battalion in Italy. He saw a lot of service both in North Africa and Italy, and rvas one of the first to land at Anzio. He is a partner in Baugh Bros', industrial lumber dealers, Los Angeles.

Homer Burnaby, Army Air Corps, who is stationed at Williams Field, Arizona, has been promoted to Major. He has been in the service since May, 1942, and prior to that was general manager of the Sun Lumber Company at Beverly Hills.

Lieut. James R. Mcleod, Army Air Corps, son of J. W. Mcleod of Precision Kiln Drying Co., Los Angeles, is in China, where he flies a Liberator bomber. He has completed 24O ,combat hours, and has been awarded the Air Medal and the D.F.C.

Mr. Mcleod's youngest son, l8-year-old Allan, recently enlisted as an air crewman in the U. S. Naval Reserve.

Lieut. A. N. Sanders, Coast Artillery, recently spent his leave in Los Angeles and Phoenix, Ariz. He was Arizona representative of R. W. Dalton & Co., Los Angeles, with headquarters in Phoenix. before he went into the service.

Richard Kratz, son of Rex Kratz of Brush Industrial Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is in the Army Medical Corps, taking a medical course at U.S.C. He is now an interne at the Los Angeles General Hospital and will receive his commission in the near future.

Second Lieut. Arlie C. Charter, Army Air Corps, who is pilot of a Liberator bomber, was home recently on leave. He is the son of Arlie M. Charter of Wholesale Building Supply, Inc., Oakland.

Lieut. (j.g.) Jerome L. Salomon, TJ. S. Navy, son of Melville Salomon, sales manager, Smith Lumber Co., San Francisco, is taking a refresher course at Long Beach. He is a graduate in civil engineering of the University of California.

S3/C Earl K. Carlson, USN, Boston after spending a 30-day is the son of Earl A. Carlson, Francisco, and got his leave on England.

East Bay Hoo-Hoo Christmas Party At Leamington Hotel Dec. 14

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 will hold its annual Christmas Pafty at the Leamington Bowl, Hotel Leamington, on Thursday evening, December 14.

There will be a Christmas tree and good entertainment. A large attendance is expected. John Helm is in'charge of the arrangements.

Back With Mcrrtinez Lumber Co.

Jim Kassik, who was with the Martinez Lumber Co., Martinez, Calif., for many years and was away for a short time, has now returned to the company as manager, succeeding Jo H. Shepard, who recently resigned.

Wilh Pedersen & Arnold

Leland Horn, formerly manager of Wisnom Lumber Co., San Mateo, is now manager of the retail lumber department of Pedersen & Arnold, who are operating the Wisnom planing mill.

O. E. Tasker Visits Pccific Cocst

O. E. Tasker, purchasing agent of the retail department of Wm. Cameron & Co., Waco, Texas, recently spent a few days in San Francisco on his way to the Pa,cific Northwest where he rvill call on a number of mills.

C. E. Dqnt Visits Scn Francisco

Charles E. Dant, president of Dant & Russell, Inc., Portland, was a recent San Francisco visitor on his way to Palm Springs, Calif.

Lcminated Lumber Stcndcrds to Be Established

" The Bureau of Standards has just announced that work is underway under the auspices of the Central Committee on Lumber Standards, appointed by the U. S. Department of Commerce, to establish basic standards for glued laminated lumber products, similar to the American Lumber Standards.

This project was undertaken in response to a request from an informal conference of lumbermen, fabricators, and blue manufacturers, presented by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

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