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Kenneth Smith, president, California Redwood Association, San Francisco; George Lounsberry, Lounsberry & Harris, Los Angeles; Larry Rogers, Union Rock Co., Los Angeles, and A. L. (Gus) floover, Los Angeles, spent an enjoyable four days fishing for salmon and steelhead on the Klamath River, September 16 to 19.

George Clough, sales manager, San Pedro Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is back from a 10-day trip to the Pacific Northwest. where he called on mills.

J. A. (Jack) Brush, Brush Industrial Lumber Co., Los Angeles, returned recently from a six weeks' survey of lumber manufacturing conditions in the pine and fir regions of Washington and Oregon, the Idaho White pine area in Idaho, the pine manufacturing districts of Northern California and part of British Columbia.

He was accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Brush, and they spent an enjoyable week at Lake Louise and Banff.

C. J. Hexberg, who recently returned from a trip to Norway, is now yard superintendent of Anglo California Lumber Co., Los Angeles. He succeeds his son, Elmer, rvho is now associated with his brother Jesse in the opera' tion of the Hexberg Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

Richard G. land, spent a he conferred representative,

Robbins, R. G. Robbins Lumber Co., Portfew days in San Francisco recently, where with the company's Northern California Laurence T. Owen.

Roy Barto, Mahogany Importing Co., Los Angeles, will attend the annual convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association in Chicago, October 3 and 4.

Back from a ten weeks' trip through the Southern hard' rn'ood lumber producing territory, Stanton Swafford, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, left last week on an extended trip through Northern California and the Pacific North\4'est to call on the redwood, fir and pine mills.

Frank J. Connolly, president of Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is taking a well-earned vacation trip which will include visits to Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Ne'i'r' York, Maine and Quebec, He is accompanied by Mrs. Connolly, and will attend the annual convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, of which he is vice president, at Chicago, October 3 and 4.

Russ Castell is novr. associated rvith the Builders Emporium of Van Nuys, Van Nuys, Calif., where he is in charge of the hardware and building material departments.

Russ was recently discharged from the Navy after four years' service. He is well equipped for his new position, having had many years experience in the retail lumber and building material business. Before entering the service he was a salesman for seven years with The California Door Co., Los Angeles.

Ted Back, general manager of Angeles, is back on the job after vacationing at Huntington Lake in

Paul Hallingby, geles, has returned D. C.

Back Panel Co., Los spending two weeks the High Sierra.

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Company, Los Antrip to Washington,

Lew Daniels, Harbor Plywood Corp. of California, San Francisco, returned September 20 lrom a combined business and vacation trip to Hoquiam, Wash., where he visited the home of6ce of the company, for Strable Hardwood Co., from three weeks' vacation

Warren Hoyt of the Los Angeles offi,ce of American Lumber & Treating Co, and Clint Hallsted of the San Francisco office attended the annual meeting of the National Building Officials Conference, held recently at the Empress Hotel. Victoria. B. C.

Roy E. Hills, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, is back at his desk from a combined business and vacation trip to Washington, Oregon, and Victoria, British Columbia.

W. W. (Bill) Forrest is now associated with Interbay Lumber Co., Oakland. He is in charge of the building materials department.

He was formerly a partner in the Tilden-Forrest Lumber Co., Richmond, Calif., and during the war period was purchasing agent for the Kaiser Co. up to July, 1944, and later with the U. S. Navy Surplus Board.

H. R. (Doc) Lind, salesman Oakland, and his wife are back in Illinois and Indiana.

Bill Schorse, Pope & Talbot, fnc., Lumber Division, Los Angeles, was back on the job September 24 after vacationing at Big Bear.

J. Glennon Cahill, vice president, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, left September 27 to attend the Veriply panel convention at Chicago, October 3.

Lyle S. Vincent, Jr., is now with Interbay Oakland as salesman. He was discharged two years' service with the Navy Seabees.

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Paul Dougan has joined the staff of the Williams Lumber Yard, Azusa, as assistant to Manager George Rodecker. Mr. Dougan was recently released from the Navy after completing four years as a naval supply offrcer, ending up with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Before entering the Navy, he was with the company's yard in Wilmar for several years.

Eric Hexberg, manager of Anglo Co., Los Angeles, was back at his after a week's tour of the pine mills in and Southern Oregon.

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Charles H. Ingram, general manager, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co .,Tacoma, was recently in San Francisco on a business trip. He was accompanied by his wife.

Ernest L. Nelson, Simpson Industries, fnc., Los Angeles, is back from a pleasant vacation spent in Minneapolis, Minn.

Floyd Hallock of in Los Angeles on Wheeler-Hallock Co., Portland, was business early in September.