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PERSONALS
Dave Wright and Al McDevitt are new at Universal Lumber Co., Portland, Or.
Steve Vizina is the new mgr. at Second Cedar Tree, Sumner, Wa., with Bruce Haertl assisting.
Frank Metully is now a trader for Oregon-McKenzie in Florence, Mt. Bob Stanton is new at the Eugene, Or., offrce.
Al Aarhaus has completed 35 years of service at Simpson Timber Co. Ed Young, marketing mgr., stile and rail doors, and John White, marketing mgr., panel products, presented him with a diamond recognition pin.
Harry J. Kane, exec. v.p.-finance, has resigned from Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga.
Paul M. Smith has been named mgr. of economic services for the Western Wood Products Association, according to H.A. "Bob" Roberts' executive v.P.
Rick L. Xellso is now gen. mgr. and sales mgr.; Douglas Philow, plant superintendent; Toni Fielder, business mgr., and Susie Sterton, sales coordinator, at the new Croman Corp., Lumber Div., Ashland, Or.
Robert E. McHale has been elected v.p. of merchandising at Andersen Lumber Co., Ogden, Ut.
Denny Hess, Bracut International, Eureka, Ca., is back from an extended Hawaiian sales trip.
Bernard R. Kossar has been appointed senior v.p.-marketing for the W.R. Grace & Co. retail group, reporting to Edward H. Tutun, executive v.p. and group exec.
Robert M. Connell has been named sales mgr. of Fluidmaster, Inc., Anaheinr, Ca.
Dennis Lambie is new in sales at Nationwide Sales, Inc., Vancouver, Wa, Henry Jacobson has joined Modulair Industries, Oregon City, Or., as sales engineer, according to Mike O'Brien, branch mgr.
Dave lVhitehead is new in sales at Western International Forest Products, Beaverton, Or., according to Dave Gambee, pres.
Steve Bean. son of M. Lamont Bean. c.e.o. of Pay 'n Save, is the new district mgr. for Ernst stores in North and East Washington.
Dee Essley, 88, retired founder of D.C. Essley & Son, Montebello, Ca., is currently confined at his home in Whittier and would enjoy hearing from his old friends.
John DeWolfe, DeWolfe Lumber Co., Quartz Hill, Ca., and Jim Klocek' Yucaipa Hardware, Yucaipa, Ca., are new members of the Trustworthy/American Eagle Association Council of the American Wholesale Hardware Co.
Tom Woltjer, Don Mittelstadt, Ken Weber, Neal Alspach, Diana Currah, Ed Meador, Jim Sather, Jim Frost, Marv Jones and Glenn Rohwer are new members of Jensen-Byrd Co.'s, Spokane, W"., $l Million Club.
Craig Cookingham has joined the sales dept. of G&R Lumber Co., Cloverdale, Ca., accordingto Marty Olhiser, sales mgr.
Dean Collins. Cascade Wood Products. White City, Or., is the newly elected pres. of the National Woodwork Manufacturers Association; William Ruddick, Simpson Building Supply Co., Seattle, Wa., lst v.p.; Stewert Lemke, Norco Windows, Hawkins, Wi., 2nd v.p.; John J. Stanton, American Door Distributors, Inc., Needham, Ma., treasurer. Board members are John Chupik, Temple Products, Inc., Temple, Tx.; Frank Doepker, C-E Morgan-Manufacturing, Oshkosh, Wi.; William Hughes, Crown Door Corp., Tampa, Fl.; Leland McCullough Jr., Caddo Door & Veneer Co., Shreveport, La.; Morris Taylor, Marvin Windows, Warroad. Mn.
John L. Spencer has been appointed v.p. and gen. mgr. of Whisler Hardwood, Inc., Los Angeles, Ca.
Frcderick J. Stabbert has been named corporate senior v.p. at Crown Zellerbach Corp., San Francisco, Ca.
Paul Messer is now in sales at Missoula Forest Products, Inc., Missoula, Mt.
Edward W. Duffy will become chairman and c.e.o. of U.S Gypsum Co., effective June l.
Pete Kepon, sales mgr., Arcata Redwood, Arcata, Ca., has been in So. Ca. on a sales trip.
Jeffrey Chanin and Wilhelm Mallory have been promoted to executive v.p.s and named to the newly created office of chairman with c.e.o. Sanford C. Sigoloff.
Sam Fineman, pres., Bel-Air Door Co., Alhambra, Ca.,has been in Korea on a business trip.
Dan Zcllick has joined Fremont Forest Products at their Eugene, Or., office.
Dave Mensing has rejoined the sales force at Louisiana-Pacific, Fremont, Ca.
Michael L. Couey has been promoted to mgr. of Simpson Building Supply Co.'s Distribution Center, Cerritos, Ca., according to Larry Fleming, mgr., distribution centers.
Robert B. Marto has been named national sales mgr./housing of the GeorgiaPacific Corp. distribution div., according to Ronald P. Hogan, group v.p.-distribution div., Atlanta, Ga.
Debra Abarca has begun work as a salesperson for Simpson Building Supply, Santa Clara, Ca., replacing Carlos Linarcs who has returned to graduate school.
Mike Porter is now in charge of domestic cuttings; Michael A. Kleen, export and specialty cuttings, at Columbia Vista Corp,, Vancouver, Wa., according to Larry Watson, gen. mgr.
Dave Cubit,, Little Lake Industries, Willits, Ca., has been in New York and New Jersey on business.
Barry Willis has been promoted to mgr. at the 84 Lumber store in Broomfielcl, Co.
Tom Lawrcnson, Ernst Home Centers, Seattle, Wa., is the new general mgr. of Pay 'n Save's Von Tobel's div., Las Vegas, Nv., replacing Jim Martin who now manages Ernst's University Village unit in Seattle.
FrankAntonsson isanew trader at Pooser Lumber Co., Sacramento, Ca.
Paul O'Reilly has been elected executive v.p. at Furman Lumber, Inc., Boston, Ma., responsible for purchasing, inventory and distribution.
Harvey J. Vander Baan has been appointed national marketing mgr. for Champion International Corp.'s building products sales and distribution.
Ed Young, Simpson Timber Co., Seattle, Wa., is the new pres. of the Fir & Hemlock Door Association; Darryl Springer, E.A. Nord Co., Everett Wa., v.p.; Alan Malm, SemlingMenke Co., Inc., Merrill, Wi., sec.; Robert H. Hunt, Western Wood Products Association, Portland, Or., executive sec,/treas.
Clint Bower, Mariners Forest Products, Santa Ana, Ca., and his wife, Linda, are on a fishing trip off the Costa Rican and Mexican West Coasts.
A.L. Kerper, a Merchant Magazine contributing editor and retired lumberman, has moved from Redding, Ca., to Citrus Heights in So. Ca.
Glenn Gambrell has been named .Kwikset retail sales rep of the year and Paul Switzer, salesman of the year, according to Domenic Caldone, v.p. domestic sales, Kwikset Div., Emhart Hardware Group, Anaheim, Ca.
George Cudworth is retiring at the end of March as purchasing agent of James Lumber Co., Huntington Beach, Ca., after 40 years in the lumber biz. Pete lves is taking over as purchasing agent.
John Osgood has been appointed director of the import/export div. of Pacific Wood Products, Carson, Ca., according to pres. Dave Gentry. Osgood recently resigned as president of Robert S. Osgood, Inc., Los Angeles, Ca., after a 33-year career with the firm. Dennis C. Snow has been named to succeed Osgood.
John B. Smith has been named mgr. of engineering and technical services for building insulation in the marketing div. of Manville Building Corp., Denver, Co., Jared B. Ingwalson, mgr. national accounts; Francis J. t'Joet' Hogtrty, staff v.p., general sales mgr.; Anthony Pepsoki, market mgr., all in the marketing div.
Kenneth R. Andreason is new to the staff at the American Plywood Association, replacing Raymond C. Mitzner who has been assigned to London. Alexander Kuchar also is new.
Hal C. Huff is now western region mgr. and Mike Maharg is major accounts mgr. for Sequoia Supply, Wilsonville, Or., according to E.F. Wlms, pres. and gen. mgr.
P. Scott Linder, chairman of Linder Industrial Machinery Co., is now a director of Southwest Forest Industries, Inc., Phoenix, Az.
Leonard Oearwater, mgr. of Lumber Products, Eugene, Or., has retired after 27 years with the company.
Ronald P. Hogan has been elected group v.p.-distribution div. at GeorgiaPacific Corp.; Kelly E. Powell has been named distribution div. v.p., Western region.
Tony Marsh is now an outside sales rep at American Wholesale Hardware Co., Long Beach, Ca.
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