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Brian Bonnington, son of G. F. "Jerry" Bonnington of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, joined the firm's sales force May 1. He worked in sawmills during his school and college vacations, and has spent the last 18 months working in mills to get lumber experience. He spent some time with Fall Creek Lumber Co., Fall Creek, Oregon; six months with Boothkelly Lumber Co., Eugene, Oregon, and since the first of the year has been with McCloud River Lumber Co., McCloud, Calif.

Brian served more than four years during the war as a pilot in the Army Air Forces. He had the rank of lieutenant, and put in a lot of service in the India-BurmaChina theater.

Leo Cheim, Cheim Lumber Comp'any, San Jose, Calif. has returned from spending two weeks vacation in Oregon and Washington. He traveled by automobile.

Fred Amburgey, Pope & Talbot, fnc., Lumber Division, San Francisco, attended the American Bowling Congress, the world's championship bowling tournament, in Los Angeles, May 3 to 5. He bowled as a member of a San Francisco team, and also in singles and doubles in the same tournament.

Harry G. Dowson, Rogue Lumber Sales Co., Medford, Oregon, visited San Francisco and Los Angeles early this month on business.

E. G. (Dave) Davis, Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, left May 6 to spend 30 days in the Pacific Northwest.

K. E. MacBeath, Gordon-MacBeath Hardwood Co., Berkeley, is back from a trip to the hardwood flooring and lumber mills in the East and South. He flew both ways where ever possible.

Don Goodrich, Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., Oakland, is now spending most of his time calling on the retail yards in the San Joaquin Valley. He rqakes occasional buying trips to the Northwest.

Lawrence W. Holmberg is now with Anglo California Lumber Co., Los Angeles as salesman. He was formerly yard superintendent for Coos Bay Lumber Co., Coos Bay, Oregon; later with the West Coast Lumbermen's Association inspection bureau, Los Angeles, and latterly with the Office of Price Administration.

John J. Helm, manager, Cascade Pacific Lumber Co., Portland, flew to San Francisco in the latter part of April on business for his firm. He drove back with Stewart Weiss of West Gate Lumber Co., Sweet Home, Oregon, who was also in San Francisco on business. Both attended the Reveille, where John, a past president of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, met a lot of old friends.

Ole May, E. the 15th annual April 25.

J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, attended Reveille at the Claremont Hotel. Berkelev.

Ralph E. Barto of the Ralph E. Barto Lumber Co., Inc., Huntington Park, Calif., returned early in May from spending a week calling on Northern California pine mills. He makes good time by flying north and back, and renting a car to make his calls. While on this trip he attended the annual Reveille of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 in Berkeley, April 25.

Fred Stanley and Chas. T. Gartin of Oregon Lumber Sales, Eugene, were in San Francisco on business the last r,r'eek in April. They both took in the annual Reveille at Berkeley, April 25.

Albert M. Schafer of Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Aberdeen,'Wash., recently spent a week in San Francisco on business for his firm.

Wright Graham is now a salesman for Evju Products Company, San Francisco. He was four and a half years in the Army, and before he entered the service was with Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland. He is a Forestry graduate of the University of California, class of 1938.