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lowed by a sales swing through most of the u.s.

Frank Morrisette, salesmanager of Dant Forest Products in Menlo Park, took a late October week for customer relations in the South, deep south that is.

Hans Rainer, head of East Asiatic's import lumber and plywood department, returned to San Francisco the first of November after completing an extensive tour of lumber and plywood installations in the Philippines, Formosa, Korea and Japan.

Al Hickinbotham recently replaced Ronald Roessell at the J. W. Copeland branch at Blaine,, Washington.

Clarke Williams has replaced "Slats" Nelson as manager of Basin Building Materials, 4784 South 6th St., Klamath Falls, Oregon. Slats is norv with Swan Lake Moulding Co. at Klamath Falls.

T. Moriaka wound up a Coast to Coast trip through the U.S. by attending the monthly luncheon of the Imported Hardwood Plywood Assn. at the Commercial Club in San Francisco on November 7. Moriaka was recently transferred from the Mitsubishi office in San Francisco to headquarters in Japan.

Gilbert Wells, formerly with J. W. Copeland Yards at Portland, recently joined Lakeside Lumber Co, at Oswego, Oregon, according to manager Ernie Jacobsen.

J. W. Copeland Yards of Nevada recently announced the appointment of Bill Lovelady as manager of the company's Lovelock, Nevada, operation. Okeh, go ahead, but we bet Bill's heard everything you're going to do with that Lovelady-Lovelock business. BilI replaces Jim Cirac who is now with Pitt Mill & Elevator Co.

John Weiser, formerly with Big Pine Lumber Co. at Medford, recently joined Loviness Industries at Medford, Oregon. Now if that had just been BiIl Lovelady, and Locklock instead of Medford f)oc Cook, olvnel D. O. Cook u.holesale lumber distributors and importels, has tnoved his offices to 7117 East F irestotre Blvd., D<xvney, Califor.nia. Doc has been identifiecl in rvholesale sales ir"r the southland fol more than tu.o decades.

Bill Boardman. Miller Lumber Co., Madras, Oregon, and his boy both bagged 4-point bucks on a recent outing in the atea.

Mrs. Holdbrook announces the opening of brand new Holdbrook Lumber Co. store and warehouse at Scappoose, Oreg'on, on the yard's old site.

Art and Ivalee Evans, Plywood distributors from San Mateo, spent a 10-day holiday visiting friends and relatives in Phoenix, Arizona, last month. Tilly was aboard ship, too.

Pheasant hunter Sterling Wolfe bagged the limit opening day when he flew to Sacramento to hunt with John Giejsbeek' Corning yard operator, and Ted lfate, Bank of America executive, Hollpvood.

Harry White, prominent Long Beach wholesale lumber distributor, on an extended business trip to Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., during the first week of December. While in the Pacific Northwest he also attended the Shingle and Shake convention.

W. E. (Bill) Upton, IBMC executive, Torrance, on a Florida vacation with wife Hazel. The Upton couple is expected to return to California later this fall.

Jim Linderman, Long Beach *'holesale distlibutor, pi'esently pr.eparing for. his annual safari to Texas and Ol<lahoma during the holiday season.

Iid Ileynolds, folmelly managef of Hammond Lumber Company, Alcadia, has been named managel of the W. B. Jones Lumbel Company, Los Angeles. Ed is lrell knorvn thtoughout the iumber fr.aternity.

Al Weitz, proglessive young lumber.man, has openecl offices for' his Shasta-National Lnmbel Company at 6815 Cr.enshaw Blvd., Los Angeles. Al has been coveling the rvholesale beat fol the past several yeals calling on dealers and industrials jn the Southern California alea.

Horace Wolfe, Los Angeles wholesale lumber executive, spent the last of November calling on accounts and friends in Baltimore, Cleveland, New Philadelphia and the deep south.

Sid Smith, pioneer San Diego retailer, lecuperating from major surgery in the border city.

Ken Conway, Georgia-Pacific lurnber divisicn sales, Los Angeles, back on the job foilowing deer hunting safari to Utah. He made the "bag"-5o he says.

John Osgood, president of the Imported Hardwood Plywood Assn., welcomed two more new Associate Members into IHPA's growing roster of supporters. The two new members are: Baser & Co., 440 North LaBrea Ave., Los Angeles; and the Port of San Diego, Marine Terminals Division, San Diego, California.

Tom Glenn, former sales manager of Gordon-MacBeath Hardwood Co., was recently named manager of the firm's Sacramento warehouse operation.

The Credit Corner

By Wltthil E. TOCKE

Williorr E. Lockc hos taught hundtcds of indcpcndcntly owned ftrms, including mony building supply concerns, how lo nerchondise ond "sell" crcdit. A "pockoge plon thot workr," Bill's progrom ofers the independenl businessmon lhe somc odvonloges usuolly confined lo chqin orgonizolion3 where such crcdil supervision ir o porl of monogemenl. For further detoils, wrilc direct lo Williom E. tocke, 3401 Bolboo Slreef, Son Froncisco 21, Colifornio.