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Appointed Scrles Mcncrger ol Veneer Depcrrtment

William H. Werst, formerly assistant sales manager, has been appointed sales manager of the Veneer Department, according to an announcement made by Bruce A. Dean, general sales manager of the Plywood Division of The Mengel Company. Mr. \Verst has long been identified with the production and sale of mahogany veneers and lumber.

USG Displcy

A pictorial presentation of United States Gypsum's plastering activities was exhibited at the 32nd annual Contracting Plasterers' f nternational Association's convention, held recently at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C.

A huge, 36-foot background supported photomural panels depicting various phases of United States Gypsum Company activities, rvith a central theme of "50 Years of Plastering Teamwork."

Supplementing this elaborate presentation, USG also had a large room adjacent to the main exhibition space. In this room IJSG had a display stressing the "continuous promotion of plastering to architects and builders across the nation." A second display that drerv a good deal of attention and interest was one illustrating, by means of samples, assemblies, and literature, the 18 new USG plasteritg developments introduced in the last 10 years, morenew developments than all other producers combined.

Alabama Lumberman Heads American Forest Products Industries

Washington, D. C.-N. F. McGowin, of the W. T. Smith Lumber Company of Chapman, Alabama, today (Nov. 2) was named president of American Forest Products Industries, Inc. He succeeds Sydney Ferguson, president of the Mead Corporation of New York, who has headed the industry-sponsored forestry otganization for the past two years.

Other officers named by the board of trustees at their annual meeting in the Mayflower Hotel here included: Walter J. Damtoft, Champion Paper & Fibre Company of Canton, N. C., vice president; Clyde S. Martin, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company of Tacoma, Wash.' vice president; P. H. Glatfelter, P. H. Glatfelter Company of Spring Grove, Penna., treasurer; Col. William B. Greeley, of Seattle, chairman of the board; and Charles A. Gillett, of Washington, D. C., secretary. Mr. Damtoft, Mr. Glatfelter, Colonel Greeley and Mr. Gillett were re-elected.

Nerv members named to the board of trustees for three year terms include: Charles H. Sage, Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wis.; Fred Dierks, Dierks Lumber and Coal Company of Kansas City, Mo.; and W. S. Lucey, Rayonier Incorporated of New York. They replace Stuart B. Copeland, Northwest Paper Company of Cloquet, Minn.; M. L. Fleishel, St. Joe Lumber and Export Company of Port St. Joe, Fla.; and WilliamD. Welsh, Crorvn Zelletbach Corporation of San Francisco.

W. O. McKay, Great Northern Paper Company of Boston, and D. B. Frampton, D. B.,Frampton Company of Columbus, Ohio, were named to fill three and one year vacancies on the board of trustees. Three other members of the board, Alexander Calder, Union Bag and Paper Corporation of New York; Leonard G. Carpenter, ShevlinMcCloud Lumber Company of Minneapolis; and Clyde S. Martin, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, were re-elected to three year terms.

Holdover members on the board of AFPI trustees include: W. J. Bailey, West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company of New York; C. O. Brown, International Paper Company of New York; J. M. Brown, Northwest Timber Company of Spokane, Wash.; E. W. Daniels, Harbor Ply'ivood Corporation of Hoquiam, Wash'; James L. Madden, Hcllingsworth & Whitney of Boston; William Swindells, Willamette Valley Lumber Company of Portland, Ore.; John B. Veach, Hardwood Corporation of America of Asheville, N. C.; R. C. Winton, Wintdn Lumber Company, of N{inneapolis; Sydney Ferguson, Mead Corporation of New York; Walter J. Damtoft, Champion Paper & Fibre Co., of Canton, N. C.; P. H. Glatfelter, P. H. Glatfelter Company, Spring Grove, Penna.; W. B. Greeley, Seattle; and N. F. McGorvin, Chapman, Ala.

A non-profit organization, American Forest Products Industries sponsors educational programs in the fields of forest fire prevention, good woodland management and treegrowing. It is national sponsor of Keep America Green, the American Tree Farm System and More Trees for America. The organization maintains headquarters in Washington, D. C.