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Rolando Lumber Co Inc.
Robert A. Starling and Allan J. Nadeau have been elected v.p.s of GeorgiaPacifrc Corp.
Craig Lancn, export mgr., Western Wood Products Association, Portland. Or., is back from a London trip, working with Bob Xincaid, their man for the Euromarket.
Jim Fox, field rep for the American Plywood Association, has retired after 25 years with the association.
Jerry Hodge is now with Hodge Forest Industries, Boise, Id.
Bob Davis has been promoted to mgr. at 84 Lumber in Visalia, Ca., with Roger Keim as co-mgr.
Gunnar J. Brinck is now representing Western Wood Products Association in San Francisco and the Bay Area, Ca. Joseph A. Dashiell is their new rep in Co., Ut., Wy. and Mt.
Sleve Bean, Ernst Home Centers, Seattle, Wa., has been named to the newlycreated position of director of operations, according to Bill Boston, corp. v.p. and gen. mgr. He is the son of Pay 'n Save's chairman of the board and ceo, M. Lamont Bean, Todd McKinnon replaces him in Dstrict 5.
J. D. "Jay" Pierce is now a trader at Teton West Lumber Co., Cheyenne, wy.
H. P. Wilms is the new field sales rep for Champion International Corp. in Santa Clara. Ca.
Sterling Wolfe, Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Thstin, Ca., and his wife, Loraine, vacationed recently in Hawaii.
Greg Frumkin, GF Co., is back in San Diego, Ca., Hq., after a stint at their London, England, branch office.
Alan G. Iirrner, ceo of BPB Industries PLC, and Robert N. Rasmus, chairman and ceo of the new U.S.G. subsidiary, Masonite Corp., have been named directors of U.S. Gypsum Co.
J. Mchael Damgh has been appointed western regional sales rep for Polycel sealants by W. R. Grace & Co. Construction Product$ Div., Cambridge, Ma.
Dick Freeman, retired from Sq Cal Commercial Steel, Los Angeles, Ca., is combining traveling with a position at Los Angeles World Travel, Inc.
Ed Stoner, former owner of Sawtelle Lumber Co., West Los Angeles, Ca., which was sold in 1982 after 6l years, is now with Mar Vista Lumber Co., Mar Vista, Ca.
Richard Walker is now co-mgr. at the 84 Lumber Co. store in Steamboat. Nv. Robert Ti Maves has joined Paramount Paint & Lacquer Co., Los Angeles, Ca., as a sales rep for Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Kenneth R. Martinez is the new v.p. of sales, according to Robert C. Davison Jr., pres. of Surface Protection Industries, the parent co.
Bill Johnson has been promoted to mgr. at Furrow Building Materials, Salem, Or., replacing Mike Buken who is managing a new store in Visalia, Ca. Jim Frodsham, John Hodge and John Hull visited Canada and Wa. on a business trip for South Bay Forest Products, Orange, Ca. Jim also traveled later with Dennis Richardson and Norm Hardy to Or. and Wa. on co. business. Denny Curran has been in Central and No. Ca. on a buying trip.
Ken Womack and Pat Murphy won salesman of the quarter awards at Sequoia Supply, Fairfield, Ca., according to Bob Riggs.
Ted Payne recently celebrated his 57th anniversary at Ganahl Lumber Co. where he has worked in both the Anaheim and Lake Arrowhead, Ca., yards.
James C. Beardall, pres. and ceo of Anderson Lumber, Ogden, [Jt., received three Home Center of the Year awards at the National Center Show in Chicago.
M. Douglas Fisher has been elected v.p.risk management of Wickes Cos., Inc., Santa Monica, Ca., reporting to Wilhelm A. Mallory, exec. v.p.-finance and cfo.
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Fremont specializes in a large inventory of high quality Douglas fir boards, dimension, long lengths and timbers shipped from select mills in British Columbia, Oregon and California. We &r€ cor-rstantly adding to our selection of western red cedar, pine, hemlock and white fir. Other species and specialty items are inventoried and included in our weekly flyer sent to all Fremont customers.
Personals
(Continued from page 47) tGoorge Sdvcrt is retiping from, GeorgiaPacific in Phoenix, Az., after 22years.
C.arl Dupray, Dupray Redwood Sales, Buena Park, Ca., is back in the office after a month's tour of Western Europe.
Hank Esler is now gen. mgr. at Hayward Lumber Co., Salinas, Ca., replacing Homer M. Hayward who continues as pres.
Ronald J. Skufca is the new marketing mgr./redwood lumber for Simpson Timber Co., according to Hank Sandstrom, v.p. and gen. mgr. of Ca. op€rations, Arcata, Ca.
Lyn Rabun is now at Haley Bros. Inc., Stockton, C.a.
John Crmeron, 3C Trucking, Long Beach, Ca., entered The Great American Race from Universal City, Ca., to Indianapolis, In., on his 196 Harley with a 1922 Flexr side car.
Scutt C. Gat€s has joined TodaYs American Builder (a frmchising firm) in Tempe, Az., as diroctor of builder senicc.
Ilm and Sue Spellman, Spellman Hardwood, Phoeriix, Az., are the proud parents of Sean TVhitn€y, bom MaY 2,lgEr'..
WE SPECIALIZE IN PRE-STAINING "YOUR MATERIAL" IN ALLOLYMPIC COLORS. COATING ALL 4 SIDES OF EXTEROR SIDING AND DIMENSIONALTRIM, PLUS 4 COAT APPLICATION ON ALL SIZES OF PLWOOD. ENCLOSED ke Sing is now in charge of vehicle rentals at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.
Susan Morgrn, M & M Hardwoods' Myrtle Creek; Nancv llueblood' D. R. Johnson Lumber Co., Riddle; Gladys Iovemrr*, C & D Lumber Cr., Riddle; Julir Keller and Britt Nielsen, Keller Lumber Co., Roseburg; Jan Arnold, Arnold's Firewood, Roseburg; Bette lbnts, IWA, Roseburg, and Shfulee Adsms, Roseburg Lumbo Co.' Roseburg, all in Or., attended tlte HooHoo-Ette National convention at Ashland Hills, Ashland, Or. Susan was elected national sec.
Kent Bond, Dwight Hayes, Mike Monaco' Chip Roepke, Mike Nicholson, Mark Smith, Joe Tidwell and Ron fipton of All Coast Forest Products, Chino, Ca., went fishing recently on the Sundown out of Point Loma, Ca. They had super luck catching 48 yellowtail, highest dock total of the day, nmong other species.
Mke & Brooke Moseby, Western Forest Products Sales, Soledad, Ca., are proud parents of a 7 lb. 5 oz. baby gul, Ashley Ann, born May A, l98/..
70th Ernst Home Center
Construction is underway for a new Ernst Home Center and Pay 'n Save drug store in Spanaway, Wa.
The 34,000-sq. ft. Ernst facility will cater to the do-it-yourselfer and will be among the first outlets of the 69-store chain to emphasize a new store format. Remodeling of all existing Ernst outlets is currently underway.
The new store layout will emphasize products needed to complete home improvement projects from start to finish. Consumers who plan on shopping at the Spanaway Ernst will find such products as lumber, hardware, plumbing and electrical items, paint, doors, windows and home decorating products. The store will also feature an outdoor nursery.
Upon completion in November, the 21,000-sq. ft. Pay 'n Save will feature its usual wide range of retail products.
The addition of both new outlets will put Pay 'n Save's store total at ll3 and Ernst at 70. Both are divisions of the Seattle-based Pay 'n Save Corp. which also operates Lamonts apparel outlets, Sportswest sporting goods stores, Bi-Mart discount stores, Von Tobel's home centers. Yard Birds family shopping centers, Schuck's auto specialty stores, Price Savers Wholesale Clubs and Northwestern Drug Company, a wholesale pharmaceutical business.
More Changes at Evans
Evans Products Co. has completed the sale of its Fiber Products Group to Evanite Fiber Corporation, according to Monford Orloff, president of Evans. Evanite Fiber is a whollyowned subsidiary of DWG Corporation, Miami, Fl. All three firms are controlled by Miami financier Victor Posner.
Under the new arrangement, the former Evans divisions have adopted the Evanite name. They are Evanite Battery Separator, Inc.; Evanite Hardboard, Inc.; Evanite Permaglas, Inc.: and Evanite Glass Fiber, Inc. The four new divisions and the parent Evanite Fiber Corporation are all based in Corvallis, Or. Evans Products recently moved from Portland, Or.,to Miami, Fl.
Evans Products had earlier sold its Riviera Kitchens division to APL, a Posner-controlled company as well as selling its Shelter Products Group.
Evans presently retains its retail division, forest products group and its transportation group.
Posner recently revealed that Evans Products Co. had a first quarter loss of $26.7 million, compared with a loss of $15.3 million a year earlier.
PGL Acquisition Completed
Acquisition of Seattle Pacific Sales by Palmer G. Lewis Co., Inc., Auburn, Wa., has been completed for 747,764 shares of PGL common stock plus $1,14O,000 in cash.
Sea Pac, a wholesale distributor of Armstrong carpeting and resilient flooring, Gibson appliances and Sharp home use electronic equipment, operates five branches in the same general trading area that is served by PGL. It will be operated as a wholly owned PGL subsidiary.
Robert D. Peterson, PGL chairman, explained that sales and earnings of Sea Pac will be reflected in PGL's consolidated results for the rest of the year. He estimates PGL sales results for the current fiscal year, including Sea Pac, should exceed $160 million. PGL also operates Cochrane Northwest and Tiuck Service Inc.
