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DECEMBER, I966

Bassett Lumber ComPanY in Douglas, Arizona, has named Frank Rosales, Jr., manager of the yard succeeding Cline Schweikart who has accepted a position as president of Reltrok Insulation Corporation, Tacoma, Washington.

Eddie Lloyd, inside salesman at Brush Industrial Lumber in Montebello, took his 16-year-old daughter Tracie on a monthlong jaunt to the British Isles, where they picked up a new beatle (car, that is) and drove to Wales to visit relatives.

Ted Post has joined the inside sales staff of Cooper Lumber's big new Los Angeles yard. Ted was formerly with Hans Wall's General Lumber in L.A. and Fisher Lumber in Santa Monica.

Ted and Mrs. Israel returned to San Francisco just before Thanksgiving after a 4 week tour of the Orient which included attendance at the intemational convention of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Japan. Ted and his dad, Ed, oPerate Edwards Lumber & Manufacturing Co. in San Francisco.

Dave Ohman, adveltising and promotion director for Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., flew to Ireland via Irish Airlines last month for a two week vacation in the Emerald Isle.

Norm Wendell, fol the past six years q.ith Jamb Dandy Lumber Co., Whittier' Calif., has moved to Hallinan-Mackin Lumber's Los Angeles yard, where he joins Alex Chubak and bossman Jim Fair.

Bill Hirning, former tlavelling auditor for Copeland Lumber Co., recently took over as manager of Copeland's Exeter (Calif.) yard which has been rebuilt after suffering lire damage earlier this Year.

P. D. Japp, vice president of Philip Caley Mfg. has announced appointment of Philip D. Sgea, Jr. as architectural representative for their westeln division. Sgea will work from their Santa Fe Springs, Calif., plant.

Rene Lester, resident lumbergal at Fir & Pine Lumber, is on a two-week sPree in old Mexico. She and her husband plan some sightseeing around Acapulco and Mexico City.

Wedding bells for Marquart-Wolfe Lumber's Susan Pruyn, who flew back to her hometowa of Cedar Falls, Iowa, for the nuptials. The groom is shipwright Lon Woodrum of Marina del Rey. Calif'

Bill llacBeath, an expatriot frorn the Bay Area and now managing MacBeath Hardwood's Salt Lake City warehouse, flew into town to visit some of his old Bay Area haunts and map '67 strategy with his dad. K. E ."Mac" MacBeath last month'

Mullin Lumber's Wayne Mullin and missus are vacationing in Hawaii.

Bob Johnson, stote manager at McCoY Lumber in Hemet, Calif., is obviously doing a heads-up job of hardware merchandising. His yarcl was one of Great Western Hardware's top 20 monthlY dealers'

Morrie Tisdall is back at his Cal-Sac Lumber Sales desk in Sacramento, but still operating at about half speed after a recent stomach operation.

Tim Kellar has signed on as an outside salesman with Jack Peterson and the crew at the Clearwater Lumber retail operation in Paramount, Calif. Tim was formerly with Morgan-Davidson Lumber in Los Alamitos and prior to that with Owens-Parks.

Bob McBrieq executive vice-president of the Lumber Merchants Association, extended the welcome hand to Francis Christiansen as The Modesto Lumber Co. brought its four yards into LMA. The Modesto Lumber Co. headquarters at Modesto with branches at Ceres, Turlock and Salida.

Bob Shannon is moving from Union Lumber Company's southern Calif. office in Santa Ana to the San Francisco office.

Frank Billings, head of newly forrned Billings Pacific Incorporated in San Francisco, visited friends and suppliers in Oregon during late November.

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