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Tom Fox of John W. Fisher Lumber Co., Santa Monica, and Mrs. Fox attended the National retail convention in San Francisco, November 9 to 11, and stayed over to take in the California-Oregon football game November 12, and the Santa Clara-St. Marys game on the 13th.

R. E. (Bob) Caldwell, sales engineer, Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, spent a week in Southern California on business, making his headquarters at the company's Los Angeles office. He returned to his desk November 21.

Volney Spalding of the Spalding Lumber Co., Los Angeles, returned November 2l from a business trip to Northern California and Southern Oregon, where he called on sawmills.

Elmer Hexberg, Hexberg Bros. geles, his wife and family, spent a Las Vegas, Grand Canyon of the with the wholea long period, is out of their Los

Lumber Co., Los Anweek's vacation visiting Colorado. and Phoenix.

Harold Baker, who has been associated sale lumber business in Los Angeles for now with Hill & Morton, Inc., working Angeles office.

Roy Stanton, Sr., E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Stanton, attended the California-Stanford football game at Palo Alto on November 19.

"Jerry"A. Nesmith, lvho was & Supply Co., Los Angeles, for left to open a market in the San folks. Good luck, Jerry.

Bill Cowling, Dixie Lumber and Mrs. Cowling, spent their with the General Lumber the past four years, has Fernando Valley with his

& Supply Co., San Diego, vacation at Palm Springs.

Dale Fischer, sales manager, Fischer Lumber Company, Marcola, attended the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association convention in San Francisco, November 9 to 11. He took in the California-Oregon football game on the lZth, and left on a business trio to forva.

Stu Smith, Sierra Lumber Products, Brownsville, Oregon, attended the National Retailers annual convention in San Francisco, Novemtrer 9 to 11, and stayed over to be at the California-Oregon football game November 12.

Ralph M. Rounds, Wichita, Kansas, president Rockport Redwood Co. and Rounds Trading Co., visited the San Francisco office and the remanufacturing plants at Rounds and Marysville, Calif., around the middle of November.

\V. H. (Bill) Fahs, manager, California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, was in San Francisco on business early in November.

Forrest Wilson, Los Angeles, manager of the \Mestern Division of General Plywood Corporation, attended the annual convention of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association at San Francisco. November 9 to 11.

Tom Fox of the John W. Fisher Lumber Co., Santa Monica, president, and Orrie W. Hamilton, secretary-manager, of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, attended the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, held in San Francisco, November 9 to 11.

L. J. (Larry) Owen, manager of the pine department, Atkinson-Slutz Co., San Francisco, recently called on pine mills in Northern California and Oregon.

Wayne Rawlings, manager of Harbor Plyrvood Corporation of California, San Francisco, and M. S. Munson, manager of Harbor Plywood Corporation of Southern California, Los Angeles, left November 11 on a trip to Chicago to attend a general sales conference. They traveled bv air, and rvill return November 15.

Earl E. Bowe, 1695 Catharine Street, Santa Clara, Calif., is sales representative for Wood Products Co., rvholesale Iumber dealers, Portland, specializing in California pine and Douglas fir.

Willard Ivarson, geles, and his rvife clistrict and oaid a the trade in the SouthRoddis California, Inc., the company since Oc-

Tacoma Lumber Sales Co.. Los Anvacationed in the San Francisco Bay visit to the Redwood Empire.

Joe Allen, Jr., is now calling on west section of Los Angeles for Los Angeles. He has been with tober 15.

H.B.(Bert) Cooper

and John Lumber Co., Portland, attended ber Dealers Association annual cisco, November 9 to 11.

Mann of Cooper-Morgan the National Retail Lumconvention in San Fran-

Hank Aldrich, of I{. W. Aldrich Lumber Company, Eugene, Oregon, has returned from spending 10 days in the San Francisco Bay area. Before leaving for home he took in the big game between California and Stanford.

C. \V. Buckner, sales engineer, Harbor Plywood Corporation, Hoquiam, Wash., visited San Francisco and Los Angeles on business the first two lveeks of November, making l-ris headquarters at the company's warehouses.

Congrctulctions

Friends are congratulating Mr. and Mrs. L. J. (Larry) Owen on the birth in Oakland, October 13, of their fourth child, and first boy, David Llewellyn. Mr. Owen is in charge of the pine departmnet of Atkinson-Stutz Co., San Francisco.