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Staney C. Moore, lnatlager of Fir-Tex of Southerr-r California, Los Angeles, left by plane November 5 on a business trip to Detroit, Chicago, Columbus, and other eastertr cities. He will be gone about three rveeks.

Roy Barto, hardrvood importer, Los Angeles' returned November 5 aiter an absence of nearly two months on a hardwood buying trip to Colombia, Nlexico, Costa Rica and Cuba. He covered the entire distance by the air route

Ernest H. Bacon, manager of Fir-Tex of Northern California, returnecl at the end of C)ctoller {rom three 'iveeks' trip to Portland and other Oregon points. He visited the Fir-Tex plant and mills of the Dant & Ru:;sell org:rniz:rtion.

John H. T1'son, Wholesale I-umber Distributors, Inc', Oakland. lr'as back November 2 lrom a visit to the con-rpany's mill at Disston, Oregon, t'here he was called by the illness of Bill Pettigrove, manager o{ the operation.

Ed Fountain, Ild Fountarn return November l5th from Washington and Oregon.

Ltimber Co., Los Augeles, will a three rveeks' buying trip in

Don Jones. formerly rvith Jones Bros. Lumber Beach is norv .r'r'itl.r Rossman Nfill & Lumber North Long Beach yard.

Bernard B. Barber, secretal'y of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, and Joe Kirk, Southern Pacific Milling Co., San Luis Obispo, attended the annual meeting of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assgciation at Colorado Springs, Colo., on November 6,7 and 8'

Charles T. Gartin, Oregon Lumber Sales, Eugene' was in San Francisco on business arlourld the first of the month, the Benson Lumber Cortrfrom a business trip to dealer of Alameda, 15 from calling on He left October 29i

Kenneth Shipp, owner of California Builders Supply Co., Oakland, attended the board meeting of the National Plywood Distributors Association, held in Tacoma, October 16 and, 17. He made the round trip by planb.

Frank C. Lynch, president of pany, San Diego, has returned South Dakota.

Jack Halloran, llalloran-Bennett Lumber Co', Phoenix, Ariz., rvas a recent business visitor to Los Angeles. While there he took in the St. Mary's-U.S.C. football game, November 3.

Sterling L. Stofle, Western Hardrvood Lumber Co., I-os Angeles, is on a business trip that will take him through Co., Long the Middle West, East and the South. He will be back Company's on December 1.

J. W. Mcleod, Precision Kiln Drying Co., Los Angeles, was back at his desk October 25 from a rn'eek's trip by air to Mexico City on business for his firm. He finds the trip to Mexico City, which he has made a number of times by air, very enjoyable, both from the scenic point of view and the time saving made possible by this mode of travel.

Weslie R. Wood, who was assistant' manager of the Placerville branch of the Sterling Lumber Company, has been named manager to succeed Lloyd Carter, who will take over the management of tl.re company's yard at Chico.

Albert A. Kelley, wholesale lumber Calif., expects to be back November salvmills in Oregon and Washington.

Bill Cuzner, Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Co., SanPedro, is back from a trip to Gualala, on the Russian River, in Mendocino County.

M. W. (Mike) Crook of Tacoma Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, returned November lZ from a 30 day combination business and vacation trip to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. He was accompanied by Mrs. Cook.