News Flashes

George J. Hawley, Francisco, left August California.

secretary, Atkinson-Stutz Co., San 15 on a vacation trip to Southern

Otis R. Johnson, president, Union Lumber Co., S".r Francisco, returned July 30 from a Redwood ceiling price conference at Washington, D. C.

Kenneth Smith, president, Caifornia Redwood ation, San Francisco, was back in his office August a business trip to Washington, D. C.

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Northridge Lumber Company, Northridge, has completed the remodeling of its office and yard and has an attractive looking plant. E. M. Merqitt and Leon T. Gillespie are the owners.

Fred Lamon, Lamon Bonnington Co., San Francisco, is' vacationing at Trinity Alps Resort, Trinity Alps, Calif. He will be back at the office August 17.

M. A. Harris, president, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, is on vacation at Glenbrook, Nev.. Lake Tahoe.

Murray Payne, manager of United Modesto, is spending his vacation on Lumber Yards, fnc., the Coast.

H. F. Vincent, vice-president and general manager, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned recently from a three weeks trip to the Northwest, where he visited the company's mills and logging operations in Washington and Oregon.

M. R. Gill, Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Los Angeles, spent his vacation at Big Bear.

H. H. Barg, Barg Lumber Company, San Francisco, rvas a recent business visitor to Los Angeles.

Howard A. Libbey, general manager, Arcata Redwood Co., Arcata, Calif., visited the San Francisco office the first part of this week.

Floyd Elliott, Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., San Francisco, is back from a visit to the company's mill at Aberdeen, Wash.

H. R. Williams, who was engaged in defense industry work for some time, is back with West Oregon Lumber Co., San Francisco.

Kenneth Bowen has been appointed manager of The Diamond Match Company's yard at Wheatland. He has been connected with their Oakdale yard for the past five years. Mr. Bowen is a former president of the Oakdale 2G30 Club.

Jim Farley, assistant Western sales manager, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, returned August 7 from a business trip to Washington, D. C., where he attended a conference on Redwood ceiling prices.

George Geib, Norwalk Lumber Company, has been elected Commander of the Norwalk American Legion Post No. 359.

Kenneth Mclntosh has been appointed area manager for lumber procurement, Bureau of Yards and Docks, U. S. Navy, with offices in the American Bank Building, Portland, and Mills Building, San Francisco.

Mr. Mclntosh is on leave of absence from West Oregon Lumber Co., Linnton, Ore., of which he was secretary and operating manager.