OREGON STATE FORESTER VOLUME XV Corvallis, Oregon, J anuary 1967 Number New Peavy Arboretum DEAN

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010•• 1 W PI.AVY AIIOIIfUM -- Dr. Carl Stoltenbei·g Dr. Carl H. Stoltenberg will assume the Thanks to a generous grant from l'I'Irs. The result was a well ddined watercourse Deanship of the OSll School of Forestry i\fax D. Tucker. the George W. Peavy averaging 3 to 4 feel deep with a steady ilbout Janua'l' I. 1967. Dr. Stoltenberg .\rboretum is in the process of being com­ flow of water throughout the summer. comes to Oregon from Iowa State University pletely redone. The total area designated The next major accomplishment was the where he has been Head of the Department as arboretum is approximately 180 acres construction of over a mile of traiJ a full of Forestry, and succeeds l\fac McCulloch which includes Cronemiller Lake and the eight feet wide topped with a three-inch who has stepped down for reasons of Forestry Club cabin. First priority is the Ia yer of crushed rock. health. The new dean was born in Mon­ 3~ acres immediately inside the entrance on The pond, which for technical reasons terey, California, received his bachelor's and old highway 99 about eight miles north of master's degrees in forestry from the Un i· Corvallis. will be smaller than shown, was to h ave been completed last fall but due to prob· versity of California, and his doctorate in A campus commillce with representatives len1s involved in obtaining a water right, agricultural economics from the University from Forestry, Pharmacy, Botany, H orticul­ construction must be delayed. I t will be of Minnesota. He has served on the facul· ture and Landscape Architecture, with Dick named the "Randall Pond" after the late ties of University of Minnesota and Duke Dilworth acting as chairman, has been set Case} Randall who had been in charge or University, gained research experience on up to plan the development. Preliminary the Arboretum From 1951 until his death in assignments with the U.S. Forest Service in­ planning included a master plan (see pic· 1965. cluding that of chief of the division of lure) prepared by George Fredeen, Dept. of forest economics research of the 1ortheastern As most Fernhoppers know, many native Landscape Architecture, and a soil survey hy Forest Experiment Station, and is presently and a few exotic species arc already present the Dept. of Soils. a member of the council of of on the arborclllm site. One interesting spec­ th~ ~ciety Americ-dn Foresters. Actual work got under way this . past ies belonging to the genus Pinus p eriodi· su1nn•er under the direction of Dave Paine. (ally reverts back to its juvenile growth Future plans, beside construct ion of the Using power equipment, most of the 34 characteristics and produces singular, angu· dam, include maintenanci:1 expansion and acres has been cleared of brush, mowed and tar needles which look exactly like spruce the beginning of an extensive planting prO· sprayed with 2·4·S·T to retard new growth needles. The origin of these trees, some up gram. T he planting will follow a plan yet of undesirable plants. Even though follow· to 10 feet high, is unknown. to be developed with help from the Dept. of up spraying is anticipated the original spray· Another spot has been set aside for Dr. Landscape Architecture and the existing soil ing has been quite successful. Kim Ching's plantation of various species survey. Eventually other ·chools on the One of the major accomplishments was and varieties of Pseudotsugae from all over campus will add a section including a that of d raining the swampy area west and the world. One of the trees has all the botanical garden by Botan y and a drng nonhwesl of the proposed pond. Since this outward characteristics of a true fir. Dr. garden by P harmacy. area was too damp for heavy equipment, a Ching explains that the normal Douglas-fir It will be many yea rs before the entire ditch was blown (not all at once) using has 26 chromosomes (13 from each parent) Arboretum area is complete hut a substant· nearly 500 pounds of ditching dynamite. hut the above mentioned tree has 27. iat beginning has been made. Page TWO · OREGON STATE FORESTER January 1967 .J anuary 1967 OREGON STATE FORESTER Page Three

Stoltenberg takes over, thus enabling him to take a part at the outsel. By doing this lishcd the Casey Randall lVIcmorial Scholar­ the Alumm not only get to work with the •• 0 CASEY ship. The words of the scholarship • bra­ Alu·mni B·usiness • • • • • Dean, but the Dean stands to receive, fi rst School Doings chure best describe the esteem· in which Oregon State Un iversity Forestry Alumni Association hand, some of the thinking of the Alumni Casey was held, and arc quoted. scattered around the State. There l~as been a !ot. of planning put into Board of Directors the new Forestry b111ldmg. Priorities of the MAC'S CORNER "Warren Robert ,"Casey" Randall, Oregon State Forester University's construction program placed the Since this is the last ··corner" for me, (1918-1966) in 1962 was voted by the students the most inspirational teacher TERM EXPIRES APRIL, 1967 new Forest11' building into the next biennial I'll look back at 29 years of association with Aunual n cw~ l e lt er of the OSU Forestry in the School of Forestry. T his is George W . Churchill U. S. Forest Service Alu mni Association m ailed to the last budget as submi tted to the Governor. Al­ the School. not to embark on an elaborate though the Governor's hatchet men whacked historical cssa)', but to give a few examples perhaps the best index to his years of P. 0. Box 3623 kn own address of all OSU Fernhoppcrs. service in the School- the ability to Portland, Ore. 97208 repared. for a p rospective employ­ In the 1930's the depression held down modest Forest E xperiment Station was con­ years spen t with us he left many happy wh ere the student may attend at less cost. First, the task force review of the School's cr. Such mformau on should be sent to the college enrollments, but due to many job solidated with the Laboratory. Future re­ School by those interested in a carec1· memories. T his is supported by the fact that. all State instructional and research p rograms was opportunities with the CCC. Oregon State search expansion doubtless will include such change. System institutions s h owe~ a drop Ill e~ro!l ­ la.u nched with the appo intment o£ a plan­ forestry registration climbed dramatically. areas as pulp and paper chemistry, opera­ ment while all comnHtntty colleges wt thtn nmg committee headed by T erry l\loore. There were 128 fcrnhoppers in '33. 297 in tions research, and the biological background He is remembered wi th warmth , the . state had marked enrqllment increases. This committee came up with an excellenc '34 , 44 2 in '35, 532 in '36, and !>55 in 1937. for better timber production. Expansion of affection, and respect. ' .Vhat words can The wition cost differential o[ the past two task force plan that will be lllrned over to This circumstance forced the Sch ool to add economics and recreation research are ur­ you use to describe si1ch a m an? Cer­ years which favored institutions in neigh­ your new Forestry Alumni President for Fi na ncia I Statement more inst ructors. Bob Evendcn, Clarence gently needed to provide a better base fo r tainly courageous, never discouraged, as boring slates no longer ex ists a.nd can be consideration and implementat ion. FIN. \ NCI.\L STATEl\I£NT Richen, H enry Vaux, and myself came to land use decisions. many lesser men would have been. · His discounted as a maJOr factor 111 student The second item and undou btedly of most 1he School in the fall of 1937. 1\ s T recall. In addition to these very brief notes on sense of humor sustained him and made JAN UARY I, 1967 s ~ l ection. Fall term trans•crs accounted for concern to Forestr)' Alu mni was the an­ this incremen t brought the faculty total to histor y, instruction, and research . I can't him all the more cajoyablc to work 25% of the new students in 1965. Currently nounced resignation of Dean i\fcCulloch. Bala11ce. J anuary I. 196G $ 327.29 13. close off this "Corner" withollt a personal with . they represent one-third o f the new students. The high regard th at cver)•oue had for l\fac Income: T he fi gure of 555 foresters still stands as footnote. In the past I was fortunate to We can expect the trend toward larger nu m­ m ade his announcement universally "hard 1966 Dues s 93 1.00 the 1·ecord; the next h ighest was 5 17 when enjoy a close personal friendship with to take", howcvc1· everyone was fully apprec­ Fernhopper Banquet 888.25 veterans filled the school in 19~6. Today, George Peavy, Paul Dunn, and many of the Few o( us will leave so high a mark b ~ rs of transfer stlldcnts entering the School of character. Despite his own great iative of his reasons fo r doing so. Alumni McCulloch Banquet 719.00 ~ 07 undergrad s and 52 graduate students re­ graduates. From all of them I received of Forestry to con tinue. Out-of- state stu ­ troubles, he was never forgetful of the dents constitute 39% of those enrolled, in­ concern then turned to Mac's successor. Randall Memorial 206.00 ceive instruction from nearly 40 staff mem­ heartwarming assistance, when ever it was Here again, the Alumni responded through McCulloch bers, including several research men on part­ needed. J count these friendships the great­ needs of others-he helped the poor of dicating no change from a year ago. Benton County, he helped unfortunate a committee that was in con tact with Presi­ .Scho larship I ,797.10 time teaching assignments. est reward of all my p leasant experiences in l\1arricd students comprise 18% of the neighbors for years. he p Jan ned h is dent Jensen and offered guidance in the Miscellaneous 65.85 The future enro llment picture is uncer­ the School. l\fy thanks to all hands. suldent body; veterans 10%, an increase of estate to help generations of foresters 3% over 1965 in the latter categor y. alumni approach to school objectives, quali­ Expense: tain. Many towns in Orego11 are anxious to I'd like to ask the same generous, effective, fi cations for a Dean, and the typ e of pro­ 1\nnual Cruise 191.00 have a local college of some sort. Inevitably and friendly assistance fo r Carl Stoltenberg. after h e was gone. FE F\1 Fl' FE-Fl\1 Tot. ~ew duct the School should turn out. I have Fernhopper Banquet 888.25 as more o f these are established, more stu­ Two top forestry deans have written me Fresh . 33 70 I~ I Jl(i IOi had the opportunity to spend some time l\l cCulloch Banquet 674.90 dents will stay close to home as long as that they consider OSU very fortunate to Casey's ~r·eat kindness and though t­ with the new Dean and I believe that this Randall Memorial 20fi.OO possible, reducing the tirne spent in the obtain him as lhc dean of forestry. l agree, fulness toward others marked h is daily Sop h . 30 67 l!l I 11 7 39 committee's work bore fruit. i\IcCu lloch professional schools. T ransfer students are without reservation. He is an exceptionally life. T his Memorial Scholarship is the Junior , 24 50 17 3 9~ l!i And back to the task force - since there Scholarship I ,841.20 increasing again. T h ere will certainly be a fine man. He will con tinue in the best best example. It is hoped that recipi­ is a new Dean on the scen e, the Board of 1 ewslettcr 446.20 con tinuing increase in ~r·aduate students tradition of the past and add to the School ents will in turn exemplify the many Senior· 21 45 8 3 80 2 Directors and the School delayed imp lemen­ Miscellaneous 16.95 since Ph.D . degrees arc now available in the his own particular streng ths to assure its admirable traits which made Casey Graduate 2 44' 6 £12 18 tation of the task fo rce p lan until D ean fl alancc, January I, 1967 659.99 SchooL future success. R andall a man to be remembcr~d : " January I9G7 OREGON STATE FORESTER Page Five Page Four OREGON ST.\ TE FORESTER January I !JG7

Marv. Rowley. !n addition to conducting harvesung, thmnmg and, salvage logging. Self Learning Center School Affairs also docs the road work and other chores OBITUARIES {continued) on the. fo.rest. l'vlost of the planned road The forestry Self-Learning Center has Some grads, particularly in distant places Doings system IS 111 now and a II parts of the forest School been steadily expanding its operations. Fac­ . KERM~T W. Ll1 DSTED (l!J34) may not. have received the sad word of Case); are rea~i l y. accessible _for the logging. Salvage Ility members arc constantly adding to its lOI:Ide an a nnual scholarship for some de­ more than matched by State funds. insures VI II ~ Power Ad m i~i s tratio n. O ther studies Center . has over 200 of these presentations, tiOned m Portland. servmg studcn t. previOusly h ~en salvaged a nd the hardwoods whtch mcludc almost complete recording of construction of a new wing [or forest 'cie n­ include treatment wi th gasses to arrest the FRAN KLiN R. LONGWOOD chemically treated. such courses as Tree Identification, Orienta­ tisls with present space released for studies progr cs> of decay and hopefully elimina te died of a heart a ttack on Wednes­ George Barnes retired on june 30th. as in fmest products. the cause. Another n ~w scientist. Dr. Rich­ . These operations a re entirely self-support ­ tion, Geo logy for Foresters, and parts of day, September 28th at Princeton, head ?f the Forest Science Department. after many others. dt rcctmg the program for more than a a rd Lin, is studying electrical properties of m g. It would h ~ impossible to measure the vilest Virginia. Frank for Len years Plans are expected to be ready for bids decade. H e will remain on the staff on a wood under the coope rative forestry 1·escarch return w the ll~1i vcrs it y resulting from the The st11d y aids offered by the Center a re had been with the Northeastern this winter so building can start immediat­ <]lla rter t.ir~IC a ssignment. applying himself prog-r am of the 1\l[clntire-Stennis .-\cl. pro x 11~111 Y o f th.' s. huge laboraLOI)' and the not limited to tapes and sl id es. nor are they f or est Experiment Station, most ely. By next [all, the new two-story addi- ch verslly of acllvtty which ca n be and is recently as Assistant Director in to his ongmal resea rch field . mensuration. 1ion should provide enlarged space for in­ The total program of research has been limited to courses in Forestry. Any mate r· bem.g C';' !l <~ucted on it. Oregon State Uni­ ials 1~• hich aid learning- programmed in­ charge . ':'f .the Limber marketing Chuck Dane resigned as Assistant Dean creased research in reforestation and given added impetus by an increase in funds versity IS mdeed Indebted to those donors and utilizatiOn projects at Prince­ )OIIng-growth man agemen t, plant ph ysio:o;sy. for coope rative forestry research under the stn tctwn hooks. typewritten ex p lana! ions, and transferr~d to full time teach ing in the who made this possible. drawings. exercise ma terials, problem ex­ ton.' West yirginia. His long as­ School of Busm ess and Technoolgy. He was forest genetics a nd tree 1mprovemconts, forest :vrcintire-Stennis Act. !\mounts 1·eceived by sOCiatiOn w1th the Forest Service ecology. and control of animal damage. the Labor~ tory now. e xceed $100,000 a year. amples worked out in detail, guid es of any rq:~la cc d by Ken McLaren. who filled the kmd- all are produced by the Cen ter. The began in I94l. Frank is the author There will be a new laboratory for u s ~ of R esearch In both forest management a nd office when Chuck was o n sabbatical leave aim is to find tro uble spots in an y course. of " Puerto Rican \•Voods" and a couple of years ago. radio isotopes and a unirodncts Marke ting with Cooperative This year John n e ll is on sabba tical leave res: uuc may provide useful products. Forest land 1s used by Agriculture wh ile 1he for­ On behalf o[ all the Forestry .\l11 111 11i the ed in the preliminary pla ns. Extension. ' at Michigan, and Mac McKimmy is at Har· ec?nomists are conducting a survey to deter­ es tr d p :~ rts ar~ School responsibility. Har­ School ex tends welcome to : nllne the a mount and location of wood and v~ sun g operations on this tract. conducted The Forestry .13uilding will be loca ted a t BILL PARKE has joined the staff val'{!. R esulting shuffle of instructors for DR. GEORGE BROW!\, a r ecent Ph.D. b .trk residues not now being utilized. by Ma rvin Rowley (class of 1950) a nd his the southwest con~ e r ?f th~ Mall and J cffer­ on a y ermaneut status a ft er being here these and other reasons brings us welcome ~w o partners provides a partial source of s·m \•Vay. The site IS adJace nt to the U.S. recipient from OSU, works with Jim Krygier part umc last year. Rill is retired hom Research in pulp and pap c1 has been re­ part-time assistance from p-rads Chuck Lewis, m come for the suppo1·L of research . Forest Ser vice's Forest Sc ie ~1cc Laboratory. in the field of research in water hydrology. activated by a ne w staff mcmbet. Dr. \•Val lcr the F? rest Se rvice where he had a long as­ B'll Parke. a nd George York , and from Lei£ a nd is considerably closer to the Forest Re­ soCiatiOn With ou tdoor recreation. and is Rublitz. The program in this area is The Blodge tt T ract consists of c ut-o v<:r DR. WALTER J. llUI3LI'1'7. co mes to us J. s"arch Laboratory tha n is the presen t build­ eminently qualifi ed to pass on this wealth Espenas, Bob Krahmcr. Ray Currie r, George b in!\' develope~ around high-yield Kraft land, in Calumbia County. donated by the from the University of Arizona, the lnsti­ in ~ . This closeness will improve communi­ Atherton and Bob Gra ham of the Laba ra· pttlpmg, .mcreasmg the strength of corrugal­ Blodgett Timber Co. Due to its distance Lille of Paper Chemistry, Appleto:t, Wiscon­ of mformatwn to younger foresters. c :~tions . fn addition , the location will mg m echum made [rom Douglas-fir pulp , from the campus this property is being sin. and Industry. '"'aiL is a t the Forest Lory Staff. provide easy access for stiiClen ts to the field DR. J ACQUES L. RICARD is with the a nd mvesugatmg pulp made of thinnings managed by the State Forestry Departmen t Research Laboratory in charge o[ pulp and for laboratory courses and make easier access Forest Researcl.1 Labora tory conducting r e­ The rapid expansion in federal wate r ft om you:1g timber. under a:1 a~reemenl. a nd is beginning to pape r work. ,.. t urn some mcome to the school as a result for visitors. search In the fteld of applying microbiology programs account.~ for the es tablishment of In cooperation with industry associ at ions, of the salvage and thinning opera tions being DR. LLOYD W. G;\ Y. who has jo' ned the to Fores.t Products Problems. Jacques comes 1h e Pacific Northwest \•Vater Quality Lab­ September o[ 19G9 is a lcnta tii'C dale [or lo us v1a the University of California, Sac­ r esidential wa lls constr ucted with utility­ conducted there now by the State. Forest Management Staff and is i ~1itiating oratory. which was dedicated in October. grade studs and faced with stucco were moving into the new Forestry Building . How a research program in e:1 crgy e xcha nge ramento City College. a :1 d industry. .-\t the school level, federal programs made l c~ ted Lo destruction by loads that simula ted On Marys Peak the school has the Spauld­ close this will take place is co:llingent upon with emphasis on evapo-ll'anspiraLiO'l from wmd forces. Results show that the lowest ing Tract. lGO acres g-i ven to the school o ver a ppropriations during the 19G7 legislative planL communities. working closely with Jim GEORGE YORK, from Montour. idaho. possible the addition to the staff of Dr. strength was 4V2 times that of the d esign -10 years ago by the Spaulding Timber Co. s ssion For the Stale Board of Highe r Educa­ Krygier's program. Lloyd is from College te.aches tree identification and is in charge George Brown and Dr. Lloyd vV. Gay, en ­ tion b uilding budge t. Forestry places high ".1 the Arbore tum. George, in his spare load. Full-scale tests of fl oor systems have This is a tract of second growth timb ~ r Station. T exas, by way o f Colorado State gaged in a va r iety of water re~carc h projects and is used as a thi!1niug detnonstral io n in the system-wide Jist and is fifth on the University, and the .\ustrali:I n Forestry ' '!nc, takes courses in Systematic Botany, proved that utility-grade joists provide and graduate instruction. strength in excess of design requirements area. l 'nive rsity's building program, School. bwchcmistry, and is working on a thesis. Page Six OREGON STATE FORESTER January 19()7 .J anuary 1967 OREGON STATE FORESTER Page Seven ------field and in growth chambers and we hope old sou. Currently he is engaged in re· DA N ROBI SON rambled through the fnr­ SCHOOL Dendrometer that the results will be worth all the search in the area of wood and cellulose l'Sts and forest research lahs of California. trouble we went through ... Physics. the Sou thwest, Georgia and i\font<~na this HE LGE IRGENS-i\IOLLER cau·t imagin e i\ IA C i\ICKii\Ii\IY is spcndiug this year as a past summer. Ran across many OSU for­ PERSONALITIES anything he has don e dul·ing the past rear Charles Bullard Forest Research Fellow esters and pine forests. that wou ld he of general interest to ill H<1rvard Forest, Petersham, i\lass. He CH UCK SUTHERLAr D is teaching his C EORGF. fi.-\R N ES retired as of June 30 alumui - per haps with the exception is now .~e t tlcd in Petersham after a pleas· usual classes in forest economics ancl is hut will continue to work on the r,oo hour that he is still breathing. ant cross-country trip last August. He is sweating through the new mathematics basis (on ~ quarter per year) . StaH and CHARLIE KOZLIK was elected vice-chair· enjoying the lack of schedules and dead· course for foresters along with the fresh­ friends presented George with a water man of the Wood Drying Division of the lines and the resulting unilllerruptcd time men. Research and extension work take color painting at a recognition dinner in Forest Products Research Society. Pres­ for study and 1·esearch. up his remaining hours. Vacation last i\lay. T he Willamctte Chapter of SAF ently he is serving as coordinator of the JOH N O'LEARY's family was jolted to its year was spent on a trip to the beautiful also honored him with a citation fo r out­ seven western dry kilu clubs and secretar y· roots this fall when daughter Kathy left Wallowas. Next year his family will standing services h the area of Forestry treasurer of the \•Vest Coast Dq • Kiln As· home to enter the University of Oregon travel to his home in Biloxi, Mississippi. Education. George still comes to his of· socialion. He is completing reports on h iRh as a freshman. They arc hoping th ings ~ e'd like to look up any OS U'ers Jiving fi cc ncar!)' ever y day to work on some of temperature drying of Douglas fir. kiln will get back to normal by Christmas. 111 that area. his old resea rch projects and to catch up schedules for Oregon big leaf maple and J oltn found another excuse to keep the i31 LL W HEELER indicates that despite cur· on some of the technical advances that influence of kiln con dit ions on the color students up un til the early hours of the ren t market conditions employment op por· have occurred du ring the time he was a o f' red alder lumber. Present studies are morning. Along with the star shots that tunitics for Fernboppers are excellent. busy administrator. In the latter respect the effects of surfacing lumber prior 10 must be taken for FE-323, he has acquired This is evidenced by more and earlier he has been auditing a new type of course kiln drying on uniformity of fiual mois­ a geodimetcr which operates at its peak contacts br industry and p u blic agency for freshmen in mathematics that is meant ture coutent , warp and checking. and the when it is pitch dark. representatives than has been the case in to provide a basis fo r computer program­ effect of kiln temperatures on the strength DAVID L. PAINE reports that with J ohn the recent past. A considerable number ing. He says. 'Thank goodness I am not of Douglas fir and western hemlock di· Bell on sabbatical, he has had h is teaching of the larger industrial forestry organiza. a freshman wh o is required to take this mcnsion lumber. schedule slightly changed for the year. tions are instituting management trainee course for credit ." 13013 K.RAHMER is teaching several courses Dave teaches none of the beginning men­ programs which provide for student stun­ JOHN F. fi ELI. is o n sahhatical leave from this fall term in addition to conducting stn-at ion (F-224) but all of the advanced mer experience and familiarit)' with the the staff of School of Forcstq •, OSU. doin~ research at the Forest Research L aboratoq. courses (F-327) and the graduate men­ organizations' objecUves and problems. I t graduate work at The University of i\lichi­ Courses include Wood Properties. i\1icro­ suration (F-524). Tbis is added to the is hoped that these programs will prodde ran in .\nn .\rbor. He and family left technique, and a recitation section in a old standbys - aerial photo mensuration an opportunity for more efficient selection Corvallis in August and will return in freshman mathematics course in which F·!'i20 and forest protection F-231. He was of potential managerial talent. In addi­ June. 1967. His address is 1616 Brooklyn . the lectu res arc presented on closed-circuit particularly busy last spring when he tion to personnel and p lacement activities, ,\nn Arbor. i\lichigan. TV. H e is also sharpening up his ski lls teamed up with J ohn Bell to teach a 13ill is involved in both teaching and re­ D.\LE 13EVER says that the onl y thing that as an electron microscopist by taking an course in forest conservation to over 100 search in forest regeneration. kept 1h e 1·cccnt recession (rom turning The newest method of timber crlllsmg distances. l' lectron microscope course offered by the high and grade school teachers in i\ lcd­ Tn order to keep up with the latest tech ­ 13013 W ILSON has fo und out much to his iuto an outright depression was that we 3 Pee Sampling (prohability proportional to Zoology Department. Through the staff. ford (once a week) . Early last summer d ismay that one p ony can ea t as much kept everyone husily employed on severa l predic! ion) was in troduced in 1963 by L. R . uiq ucs in the field of forest mensuration the improvement program at the School of Dave and Bill Ferrell headed up I he first School of Forestry has purchased one of pasture and hay as a horse, and. to add discussion panels, work groups and com­ Grosenbaugh of the P.S.W. For. and R ange Forestry, sponsored by the Hill Family J unio1· Forestry Institute UFT) - a one instill to inj ury, the pony was given to mittees. TC all else fails yon can always Exp. Sta. (USFS) at Berkeley, Calif. T he these instrumen ts - only the third in the Foundation , he attended a wood chemis· week session on the campus for outstand· Pacific Northwest. It is presen tly being used him and the horse is too young to ride. become ~ll advisor. a counselor o r an ex· method rcrJitircs the merging of three st:p­ try symposium in Montreal, Quebec, this ing high school students interested in He is still teaching FE 123, FE 223 and pcditor. As an absolutely last resort arate technologies: (I) proportional prob­ for instruct ion p urposes in all mensuration summer. His wife, Janet. acc01upan ied Forestry. classes as well as research. Instruction on FE 36 1, and according to his astrology there is always a paper shuffler, like me! ability sampling theory, (2) the use of him on this trip. Also, results of a re­ 1\ILL l'ARKE has now assumed a perman­ reading the surveying classes will have all modern electronic data processing units and 3- Pcc sampling has also been added to the GF.ORG E RROWN completed a Ph.D. thesis search project on sampling of western ent status on our staff, following the of the brush on i\IcDonald Forest cut hy (3) an instrument capable of m easuring annual Variable Plot Short Courses. hemlock were presented at the National con cc rni11~ Stream Temperature Predic­ untimely passing of Casey Randall. Sell· 1998. stem diameters to the nearest 0.1 of an inch tion. H is present and future activities Forest Products Research Society meeting ing his Portland home and buying and to any point on the visible bole and ver tical The 3-Pec method is ideally suited to the STEVE ~W OODARD has been studying ~ome cover research in forest hydrology. Spec­ in i\!inneapolis, i\linn. At this time he moving in to a new home in Corvallis distances to these points. B.L.i\1. timber sales. since they sell on the finds that most other problems become environmental factors which in£luencc veg­ ifically. water quality studies involving (3~30 Circle D rive), Bill has had no idle Such an instrument is the Barr and Stroud basis of their cruised. not scaled, volumes. etation establisment and succession. S"dimentation and st ream temperature. relatively simple compared to t r y i n~ to moments this past summer. He is busily Dendrometer Type FP-12 - present cost The B.I..M. is presently investigating this understand and discuss the "new mathe· engaged in sharpening up the Forest R cc­ RAY YOD ER completed his third trip W,\LT RU13LIT7. is one of the new men _<:; 2,879.65 including tripod. Basically the met hod and so far is quite pleased with matics" presented in the Freshman math reatiOII courses so our forest management around the world in early September. welcomed to the Forest Research Lab this instrumen t is a short base range finder (8 the results. I n fact, they are ordering th ree course mentioned above. past year. Walt is in charge of the pulp majors will be better able to handle the this time on behalf of FAO. His countq• inches) coupled with a vertical angle mea­ more d endrometcrs (if the manufacturers DENNIS LAVENDER's experiments in re­ ancl paper work at the laboratory. coming will make sligh t modifications) on the basis complexities of managing public and of assignment was '"'estern Samoa, on suring device. Besides measuring diameters generation and second-growth have pro· whose behalf he helped in the negotia tion here from industry where h e has had ex ­ and heights, it is also capable of measuring of their past success. industrial forest lands for multiple pur­ perience with Kimherl y C lark Corporation cecdecl in a routine manner the past vear. poses. o f contracts for ctasblishment of the first Probably fortunate as any deviations arc majo•· forest industry. He also helped in and the 3M Co. Walt is from the Univer­ .\LLAN DOERKSEN in addition to keeping finds why Dick Dilworth was so busy fiO B REICHART's research during the last normally caused by equipment breakdown. the drafting of forestry laws. and gave ~i t y of Arizona where he graduated in busy in his microtechniquc lab., is look· with it while he had this responsibility. year in forestry educational methods has Faith in th e economics of even small scale some assistance in the m atter of establish· 1941 , and now holds a Ph.D. in Paper i:Jg forward to some sleepless nights wht:n fi iJ J is also in charge of the honors prO· even included computer programing. T he Chemistry. Future plans include expan­ gnun which we have set up for entering forestry has been renewed by the vigorous idea is still in the research stage, as the ing a Forest Service. Countries visited in· his new income tax deduction aJTi ves. second-growth stand and the sale of -~ion of the scope of the work in the pulp hopefully sometime in December. freshmen, and he says that both he and expense of computer time precludes much eluded Portugal, Italy, T hailand. Aus· Christmas trees on the tree farm . tralia, New Caledonia, and the Fiji and paper lab. and to direct the pulp and EVERF.TT ELLIS says that returniug to the 1he School would like to get a lot more practical application. T he method is paper cou rses to be established in the st udents who have the abilit y to do such RILL LEHMANN reports that a break­ ingenious, however, and the possibilities Islands. He reports that the Paradise Pacific Coast after being away for more through appears im minent in the pro­ of the Pacific fulfilled all expectations. School of Forestry. than 20 years has been a most enjoyable work. Just show the outstanding young are vast. Some day one part of education R.-\Y CURRIER spends most of his time on fe llows 'i n you r community this wa)'· duction of drinking tum biers molded may well be a dialog between a student GEOR GE YORK came here from i\Iontotn·, experience. He feels that the opportunity. from Douglas- fir bark. rcs~a rch activities in the field of plywood during the past 18 montbs, to refamiliarizc !.LOYD W. G.\ Y has joined the staff of the at a typewriter on one end of a telephone Idaho, is man-i ed and bas a young son. and wood residue ntili7.a tion. Variety himself with some of this beautiful coun­ Forest i\lanagcment Department a11d is C: f-1 1\RLES S. LE\VTS claims Corva llis as line and a wise and patient computer at His wife received a BA in Accounting con1 cs in the fall term when he assists try. to meet the many fine people, and initiating a research program in energy home base. His wife Lila completed her th e other end. from College of Idaho. In add ition to Tonv Van Vliet in the ''Plywood and to participate in the School's activities has exchange wi th cmphasts on evapo-transp•• bachelor's degree in elementary cducat ion .JACQUES RICARD, a new arrival at the teaching tree identification spring term last June and is well engrossed in second Laminated Prodncts" course. h ~cn wonderful. His main job has been rat ion from p lant co mmuuiti ~s . !.loyd. a Laboratot)', is trying to find out if "im­ and working on the arboretum. George is BILL DAV IES continues to teach senio •­ to leam the staff and program of the native of College Station , Texas, holds graders in the North Albany area. Chuck munizing commensality" can do as much majoring in Systematic Botany, minoring and graduate fo rest engineering comses. forest products research departmc111 of the degrees from Colorado State University. says. "This 'depression' we are having has good on cue - by planting wood destroy­ in biochemistq', and is working on a and supervise activi ties on the school for­ Forest Research Laboratory. He found the Australian Forestry School. and Duke curtailed my ramblings about the state iug fungi natural an tagonists - as it docs thesis on arctostaphylos in southwestern as an industrial forester and has left me ests. He spent most of his vacatio11 last this is no small task with a staff of 24 l lniversity. He will be working closely by accident in fine poles full of FY fungus Oregon, a biochemical ana lysis between summer recuperating from an emergency involvccl in 44 projects. He naturally with Professor Kq•gier·s hydrology pro· with sufficien t time to teach at OSU but free of wood destroying basidiomycetes. two species. appe:1dectomy. found 1h ere were reports. meetings. com­ gram. School of Forestry. It is a real gratifying He is also experimenting with a multigas JOE ZAERR is conducting research in the experience. Aviation is still an important DIC K DILWORTH has joined the growi11g mittees. and trips involved - too many of DIC K H t::Ri\1.-\.NN says, " l spen t most of treatmen t of poles infected with wood des· field of naturally occurring growth regula­ some, not enough of others he says. H e the fall dimhing trees with my helpers to part of my activit ies, powered flight for troyers. Spare time is occupied by a11 tors in Douglas-fir and in the field of the list of forestry faculty members with tree work and 'soaring' for p leasure." farms. He has a Certified Tree Farm. hopes there will be more time and occa· collect cones for th e extension of " study active fa mily, consisting of a wife who electrical potential of Douglas-fir particu­ named the Green Peak Tree Farm. locat­ sion for contact with the teaching staff started in 1961 that is concerned with local R ICHARD T . LIN comes to the Laboratory teaches, a daughter at OSU, another la.-Jy as it is related to subsequent survival ed at Bellfountain . H e is raising Christ· and programs. and with students and their d ifferences in Douglas-fi r. The excellent from the far off island of Formosa. which younger daughter, and the official week­ of seedlings. When this does not keep hirn n•a., trees and ti mber. both on a small activities this comiug year. mnc ('l'Op d id help us to mak<• this job a he left in 1958. Dick received his degree end family entertainer, Peggy, who is busy enough he spends his time with his scale. He is look ing forward to the day BILL FERRELL is uow chairman of the little hit easier. Seedlings that will be from Sy racuse, acquired a wife, Joyce, bciug secretive about whether or not she'll family of wife and three children, hiking when oa k peeler logs arc in high demand. graduate committee;: of the School and raised from this seed, will be grown in the frotu Hawaii, and is father of a 9 month have a colt next year. and camping. Page Eight OREGON STATE FORESTER J anuar y 1967 .Ja nua ry 1967 OREGON STATE FORESTER Page Nine

yea r- have had two subdivisio ns going. Fir Springs T ree Farm (Ore. and Calif.) riding the cable cars, going to the top of the mortems on this past tough fire season. One Rran clting n ttl now in forestry. Bo ught 7 growing hybrid tree seed and Christmas "Mark', having soda pop looking ont over son a sophomore a t U of 0 and one a senior anc-s which I a m p lanting to Christmas trees. Son David in School of Science, OSU. the lights of the town from the room yon at Wilson Hig h in Portland. Older boy cut With The Classes • • • • trees. \Vent thro ugh 111 )' fi rst p runing op· Avoid ed Forestry- too big a h andicap to live reach by rid ing the outside elevator on the his teeth o n a BI.. M suppression crew this eratiun this year. Very interesting to say down the 'old ma ns' reputation!" Fairmont; Charley Fo x ch inning outside the summer ou t of Bend. R eminded me of m y 1910 Valley, having mo ved there after attending the least. H ave daughter, ma rried, Hun t­ Public Service Bldg.; rid ing a jet with Car­ early days on the ' Vil lamette. Sec you next win Woolley; reading an especially good year."' osu. from the yarder jammer system or ingto n Reach. Califo rnia. Husband, Henr)' E . E. NELSO N is terminal superintendent. note from Sam Taylor a nd another from T . J. STARKER reports, ··Still trying to logging thro ugh the Bess a nd Holt Tractor, Va n Ca lcar, OSU gt·aduate, electrical engin· Willbridge Plant, Shell O il Company, !>880 keep ·ahead of the State Tax Commission. tu Cate rpiller Logging, and h as seen the eer. Sott . OSU grad. '63. now teaching Peace Dave Burwell; friendships arc really a good :-I W St. H e lens Road , Portland, 97210. H ome investment and the lo nger we have them 1938 Just received valen tines showing increases of start of the plywood industry and the au to­ Co rps tra inees itt Mil wa ukee, Wis.. after address 10918 N E Everett, Portland 97220. up to l!iO% in taxes. Look up 7th Chapter mation in the sawmill. "Despite the ups having spen t 2 years in Kenya, East Afr ica. tlte better they pa y off.'" KE1 N ET H A. BU R KHOLDER has been of Luke. It groups tax co llectors a long with an d downs I 've enjoye d it. It's been m y Wife (Clara Mann, O SU '32) teaches part employed by llLM and G LO since gradua­ sinners. H ow right the Bible is even in life. I've not bee n in anything else," Bud time in Southweste111 Oregon College." 1933 1936 tion and is p resently in chat·ge of fire con· 1966."" says. 13ud has a lso been active in commun­ BOB COURTN EY is presently su pervisor trol for 13LM la nds in O regon. He has two ity affairs and in the forest products in­ VER N O N A. FRIDLEY reports, "'Things J AY f . GRANT says, "R etired from the I of T o nto National Forest. near Phoenix, children in primary school. dustry and will remain o n the Board of are going fi ne with the Fridlt:ys of Watson ­ 1913 U. S. Fo rest Service, July I, 1965, at Anchor­ where he has been since 1959. O ffice is on Directors of MEDCO. ville. R uth has a class of 2 :) firs t graders, age, Alaska. Moved to Springfield , Oregon. fi th fl oor of Federal Building, Phoenix. R ALPH W. DEMPSEY reports from the WALT L. DUTTON, since retireme nt in and enjoys teaching them ver y m uch . I planning to become a gentleman farmer on Philippines, "The Philippines is still home 1954, served as range specialist under con­ a small farm o n the McKenzie River. 'Ve have m y usual line new for Pacific Gas & ERNEST WRIGHT retired from OSU Electric Co. We a re still b uilding lots of and l" m still in the export lumber and con­ tract with British Colonial Service in Africa; Forest Research Lab O ct. I , 1964. H e is now built a new home and are gt·adttally getting NORI\JAN F. SPANGE N BERG is assistalll personne l officer , California region, U. S. overhead lines and I get lots of cl imbing. nected wood products business. Recently handled study of l iv~s toc~ product_ion pr~b ­ living at 1363 Princeton Road, Senior Es· the farm going. I am wo rking pa rt time fo r we added a line of export Acacia (Monkey lems for United Nallons 111 Argentme; gllld· the Springfi eld School District he lping them Forest Service in San Francisco. H e and h is H owever, the swing is toward underground ra tes, Woodburn, Oregon , with wife H elen. construction, so I may get my feet on the Pod) hand icra ft products. Our main market ed fo reign fo restry groups- Japanese, Kor~an , H o pes to see a few more of his old associ­ develop a 200 acre timber tract as a school wi fe El izabeth, also an OSU grad. reside at 29 A ngela ;\ve .. San Anselmo, Calif. H is ground before 1 retire. Don"t stop growing is the U.S., but we do business with Europe. and Russian-on to ur s throughout Umted ates o n their way to or from Portland and fo rest. O ur daug h ter Sandie is a junio r a t son Ea t"! is now taking gt·adua te forestr y poles yet.'' Sou th Africa, J a pan , Australia and Canada. States; a nd co nducted classes in Civil Defet~se is loo king fo rward to the next class reunion . OSU a nd enjoying it. Gives me an e xcuse to work a t Ft. Collins, after 4 years in Air There are three you ng ones. .\ girl 10 and for Forest Service personnel. No n-lucrattve a tten d ball games a nd alumni functions." boys 12 and 15. \Ve are the only Dempseys stuff would include serving as delegate to Force. ED. H. l\lAR SHALL tells us, "' A ttt Assist­ 1924 in the l\la nila phone book so traveling Fcrtt­ , atio nal con ventio ns of American Associa­ ant Regional Forester, D ivision of State and hopp ers please call i f yo u get out this way.'" tion of R etired Persons, and volunteer PHILIP C. JOHNSON is research project W . E. GRIFFEE is wo rking with North 1934 Private Forestry, U. S. Forest Service, Port­ wo rk with D. C. Recreation Department and leade r and principal ento mologist. Forestry Pacific Lumber Company of Portland on la nd, O re. Son, Ed, is taking Pharmacy at retiree groups in Washi_ngton. Bridge Scie nces La bora tory, Intermountain Forest G EORGE W . CHURCHILL writes. "' l am C . DOUG LAS HOLE says, '"We arc pt·e· ~nd p lans for a new type of lumber operat io n OSU. One of our 3 daughters is a teacher; bowling have been substttttted for golf, ftsh­ 4. from U. S. Plywood. He is n ow busy BOYD L. R ASMUSSEN writes, "I am W ILLIAl\1 A. WELDER is Chief Forester, PHlLII' L. PAIN E writes, "Still e njoying o f hi~ fonuc t· OSU classmates are retiring of Mason , Bruce & G irard, Cousulting For· as a forest research consultant, Battelle no w director of the Burea u of Land Manage· Fruil Growers Supply Company, P. 0 . Box ret iremettt (8 years) from the Forest Ser­ from ser vice. esters, 1030 American Bank Building. Port­ Northwest Laboratories. lends professional me nt in the D epar tme nt of the Interior. lt 70, Burney, California, a nd writes, "'Daugh · assistance to manageme nt, Southem Ply­ vice. My wife and I traveled 6,000 m iles is a n interesting and challenging assignmen t land, O regon. past year with our trailer-visited 10 Nat­ ter Lyn ne, enlisting in Nurse Corps, United wood Industries, and conducts a man age­ OWEN L. AYDELOTT is employed as a and one that brings me in contact with the States A rmy. Daugh ter Jane 1\'l uller , in ional Parks and i\Ionuments in 5 ' Vestern ment co nsulta nt practice locally. land appraiser in the Regiona l Fores t er~ western staLes and Alaska. l\ly wife Dor­ Redding with he r da ughter Susan J ane. J O H t A. CAR N EGIE is still with the States. We head for the California desert O ffice U.S.F.S., Po rtland. o thy (Um p hrey-dass of 1937) and 1 will Bureau of Land Management in llledford, early December, can 't stand Oregon rain! Daugh ter Ka thy at home, a junior in high be pe rma nen t Virgin ia residents fur the time school; busy keeping her new sister, Kirsti Oregon. Fa m ily consists of wife, Maria ERNEST E . FISCHER writes, "Still with I have beett invited to instruct two classes being. Our son John is a t av)' pilot and H amre from T rondheim, Norway, in line. (R.idders), H ome Economics class of 1941 , the Bureau of Parks where 1 have b een itt "' .-\dmi nistrative 1\!attagement" spring 1932 our daugh ter is a teacher in Sa linas, Calif­ W ife Veva, 1936, keeping busy with com­ and three daughters and two sons. O ldest curator of the Hoyt Arboretum for the past term of 1967 a t OSU Forestry School which ornia." nHm ity a[fairs and Sh asta County Grand son is now attending Oregon State. 2G years. This fall the wife _a~1~ I too_k a will be an e lapsed time of thirty- nine years H ARRY FOW ELLS, fo rme rly chief, silvi­ J my- also teaching Kirsti our American 10,000 mile tour of the U.S., vtsttmg vanous since graduation from that insti tution. I culture branch , divisio n of timber ma nage­ fo rests and arboreta from \Vashington, D .C. wonder if the work harness will chafe some­ ment research , has been promoted to Agri· J AC K. SAUBER T is working as Timber ways. Yours truly, not having enough to LARRY GANGLE writes. ··1 transferred to Flo r ida and way points." what! Itt any event, will be very interest· cultural .-\dmin istrator , Agricult ural R esearch i\lanage ment Staff on Payette National For­ do, fi lls in by being on Shasta County P lan­ as p rotection specialist to the California ing." Se rvice, Forest Service. est, ~l cC a ll , Idaho. ning Commission toge ther with other com­ State Office of the B ureau of Land 1\fan­ munity affairs." n. L. (BUD) NUTTING retired as senior agentctH at Sacramento from Eugene in 1963. T his was an interesting job bu t by the tinie vice president of Medford Corporation, after 1929 LEE 0. HUNT tells us, '"Part-time during GEO. H. SCHROEDER writes, ""After 40 31 years of service. Bud was born in Wis­ field season with Forest R esearch Lab. OSU. yea rs I'm just beginning to re alize the real K. 0. W ILSON reports, "'No change from 1 was well broken in the Bureau reorganized consin and came west to Portland in 1906, LORANCE W . EICKWORTH, "Still sell­ Began this fall r id ing· herd on the field as­ gold in friendships. Sp ent a da )' with Geo. last report, e xcept one year older. Regional my positio n out of e xistence and l trat\~ · attending school in Oregon. H e saw the ing real estate with J ustrom & Stromme, p ~cts of forest tree seed certification for Seed Frey hiking and ·jeeping' the back country, Fire Chief, Pacific N. W . Region, U. S. For­ ferred laterally to the Sacramento tltstnct growth of the lumber industr y in the Rogue realtors, Coos .Bay, Oregon. 1966 very good Cert ification Se rvice, OSU. Still developing had a n ight in Frisco with Elmer Surdam est Ser vice in Portland. Bnsy with post office as Chief, D ivision of Operations. I ...------

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am involved in mining activity, unauthorized 1941 and the effect of knots and slope of gt·a in GEORGE V. JOHNSON gives his resi· THEODORE W. MAUL was promoted tough leaving Eugene after 10 years. I'm occupancies and range management on this on that strength. dence as 18504 Chicago Ave., Lansing, Illi· to Assistant State Forester, Oregon, in Janu· the Exec. Director of the "\>Vestem Forestry job. We are now grandparents. Larry . RAY DOU~HERTY writes, "lVl y job con· nois. He is working for Georgia Pacific ary I 966. Center, the proposed scientific and educa· Gangle Ill is a year old. LaT~·y, Jr., ~ game tlnues as Ttmber Management Officer of Corp., Plywood Sales Midwest Regional Of· tiona! industry exhibit center. Steve is in ~he Shasta-Trinity National Forest at R edd· 1942 fice, Chicago, Ill., and says, "This is my 15th management major at OSU, IS workmg for L i\ RR Y I'AGTE R is employed with Pitts· the Air Force, Linda and Scott go to Tigard the USFS at Corvallis. Five of our eight lllg, California, and it gets more interesting year with G·l'. Hoping the next 15 will be High and like it fine. The kids almost t·e· . DAVE BURWELL reports, "No change in burgh testing laboratory . child1·en are still at home. ' •Ve miss western and more complex each day. I visited the as rewarding." signed from the family when we planned the OSU campus this summer for the first time JOb-forester, R osboro Lumber Co.,-or fam· move, but think it's great now. Being in Oregon but enjoy the seven or eight months ily, wife Gale. daughter Lee 21 , sons Bill of sunshine a year here." in many years and saw much new, but . SCOLLAY <_: . PARKER is District Ranger, the Portland area and involved in this pro· enough of the old to remind me of many 17, Dana 12. Activities more intense all the ALBERT G. OARD is in the Division of Eldorado Natwnal Forest, Placerville, Calif· ject, I see more alums in a week than I things. 1 continue to think that the School time. Still living at Loading Dam on Me· Range and '"'iidlife Management in the ornia used to in a year. An open invi tation to all COL. GEORGE A. LESLIE was awarded of Forestry gives superior training to its stu· Kenzie River." U. S. F. S. District Office, Portland, Oregon. old friends to drop in when you're in Port· the U. S. Air Force Commendation Medal dents." W. E: RAGLAND writes, "Here we are land." during retirement cere~onies at Hickam H AL E. GOODYEAR says he is in a rut AFB, Hawaii. He rece1ved the medal for JACK B. SHUMATE writes, "Still h olding back in '"'ashington again. Seem to have -no change from last year. Building mater· meritorious service as chief of procurement EDWARD .J. GEIGER is a Real Estate forth as Forest Supervisor of the Dixie Nat· a hard time deciding where we want to DAVID McMINN is married, has four ials business growing slowly. Deeply involved Broker in the firm of Kargl, Elwood & ional Forest, Cedar City, Utah. Son, Jon, is live. Now in Seattle, Recreation Staff on children, and is Manager of Tree Farm for division at Hickam. in historical projects-can't seem to say Geiger, lnc. in The Dalles, Oregon. a forestry senior at Utah State University the Snoqualmie National Forest. Can 't sec Crown Zellerbach Co., Neah Bay, Washing· "No!". and son, .Jim, is a high schooler. Forest the forest for the people in these parts. Both HERBERT C. SAMPERT is teaching at ton 98357. EUGENE A. HOFSTED is continuing in· husiness continues at a brisk pace. Current· boys 111 college-one in Education, the other the School of Forestry at the University of WALT THOMPSON writes, "Sold, at auc­ ly. we are much invo lved with stale and in Microbiology." California in Berkeley. tensive forestry at Arcata Redwood Co., and says, "Until August, 1966, we had the dis­ tion, our sawmill and planer last December. federal agencies in developing access mads STARR ' '"· REED says. " I am now in the within the "Golden Circle" route connecting 5th year as Vice President at Simpson Tim· tinction of providing the public with a Since then Iva and I have been developing DAVE ROGERS reports, "Daughter Sylvia Canyon Lands and Grand Canyon National ber Company. These have been active years ELMER L. SURDAM is manager Forest major attraction, the ' •Vorld's Tallest Tree! our property here in Harbor. Sure miss the graduated from Cal. in June, married in Parks and the many national forests, parks. with new opportunities and attendant Industries Radio Communications with Nat· Now the tallest is back in the Founder's sawmill that I owned and operated the last .-\ugust. I'm still going to school at Sacra­ and monuments in between. ' •Vhen you problems. Our operations now stretch from ional Headquarters in Eugene, Oregm~. He Grove at Humboldt Redwoods State Park, 23 years-but couldn't afford the luxury of mento State CoJJege to keep up with new come this way, stop and visit us in the Color the west coast to Saskatchewan, to South writes, "This year complete.s 18 years 111 the a 369.2' giant discovered by Dr. Pa ul Zinke sawing." technologies-this time the computer. Cur· Country of Southern Utah." Carolina and to Chile. Travelling seems [ield of Radio Communicatwns for the pulp of UC. Geraldine (Gilmore) and I live in rently an associate highway engineer for to be the largest activity, but I still have and paper and lumber industry.. Our Orick. Our son .Jolyon is head of the ceram­ ne~t WM. E. ' >\IE LCH writes, "Still working to State of California assigned to computer a little time to boss the family and to play phase is to remotely control eqmpi_Bent. m ics department of the Brooklyn Museum in systems department to work with progt·am· build up company-"Construction Compon· 1948 a little golf in the summer and ski in the the woods and in yard areas. ll IS bemg New York and is achieving national recog· me~·s as an engineering problems analyst. erns, Inc." started in 1962. Distribute glued, winter." done to a limited extent in the manufactur· nition for his pottery and glass work. One laminated structural timber and truss-joists, VIRGEL L. CLARK writes from Nepal, EnJOY occasional ou tings with Sierra Club. ing process." four-year-old grandson of whom we are vny plus stressed skin plywood panels. Son, Bob, Asia, telling of his job with the U. S. AID Would like to moderate some of SC policies proud!" graduates from Harvard in June, 1967. Son, program. He is setting up a logging and on highways and R edwood Parks!" HERMANN C. SOMMER writes, "Greatly Bill, is in army security force. Daughter, management program, and says "We have en joyed the past year as manager of the 1940 a strip of timber about 20 to 30 miles wide LARRY T. MARSHALL writes, "After Penny, married and living in Berkeley. Am WILLIAM J. SAUERWEIN is employed Twin Harbors '>\loads operations of "''eyer· A. D. McREYNOLDS has been a tree far­ 16 years in northern California and a nther on Port land Chamber of Commerce Forestry and 85 miles long. At our present rate of by the Soil Conservation Service in Portland, h aeuser. In 1966 the indusLI·y is planning mer for past 19 years for C:iustinas. in Eu· secure position with a fine company, this Committee to keep hand in." utilization and if the trees would not grow Oregon. a giant celebration at Montesano on the we could cu t out in 1500 years. It looks 25th anniversary of our Clemons Tree Farm gene, Ore. His daughter IS marne? and spring 1 was offered an opportunity to move like to get a good plan in operation we are - America's first tree farm. I hope to see teaching in Independence, Ore .. Son IS Jlll1· to British Columbia. I accepted the chal· CAR WIN A. WOOLLEY is Exec. Vice· going to have to upgrade our utilization ALVIN L. SORSETH reports, "The Wil· many Fernhoppers in Montesano at that ior in Science at OSU. lenge and arrived in Vancouver on May 1st. President, Pacific Logging Congress, 217 Being a foreigner is an interesting experi· rate. One new mill will be going into oper· lamette National Forest is still home to the time. The family is now well situated in American Bank Bldg., Portland, Oregon, Sorseths-specifically 2900 River Road, Eu· en ce. J'vfy wife and two high school age ation in .June, 1966, and we are now looking Aberdeen and are thoroughly enjoying ANDY W. PRlBNOW writes, "We"IL prob· and his home address is: 100 S. E. 47th gene. Al is Recreation and Lands Staff children have reacted admirably to the chal­ at the plywood possibilities. We have a themselves." ably be moving on to a new assignn~ent next Aven ue, Portland, Oregon 97215. Officer for the Forest. ATlene is 'minding lenge. We are adapting rapidly to Canada's terrific market, India, Nepal, Pakistan, etc." summer. Our oldest daughter, Rtla, mar­ the store' (at home!) Sons Steve and Craig economic and social climate." Clark's family is with him and apparently RAY L .TRENHOLM is District Forester ried a Lieutenant who is in an artillery unit enjoying it all. are ~ tudents in Corvallis and Eugene, re· about to go to a combat a1:ea. Valerie is a 1945 spect1vely." for the Linn District. sophomore at Central ' •Vashmgton State, ~nd CARL PETERSON is still running a small LESTER C. DUNN writes, "'Am still at Andreas and Sharlene attend Lakes H1 r;h millwork business that enables him to hunt RAY CRANE tells us, "Have been Jiving 1950 1570 Castec Drive, Sacramento, California. WILLIAM I. STEIN says, 'This year we School in Tacoma. J\'Iy New England w1fe and fish with the kids, play golf with his Am Chief, Division of Resource Program in Corning, Cali f., since graduation. En· says sh e'll retire in the Northwest when the friends and travel around the coun try with gaged in Logging and lumbering and lately have eight school children, ranging from a DAN B. ABRAHAM has been named Management for the Bureau of Land Man­ senior in high school to a first grader, and time comes-VICTORY!" his wife. agement in California. My wife Alvera and in raising olives (strictly a sideline) . We director of the Timber Lake Job Corps have five child ren, ranging from 2·year old three little ones still at home. Scouting is Conservation Center in Mt. Hood National I are kept busy with the family. Elaine, a our family's chief avocation with five boys high school freshman, Roger, a seventh Brian to 17-year·old .John-3 boys and two Forest, succeeding Norm Gould, '51. ED"\>VIN TIPPNER is in the Plant En· ARTHUR H . SASSER tells us, "Continue and one girl currently active, plus both JIM BAGLEY says he has "been in grader, and Brian, a fourth grader. I en· girls. Most of our free time spent watching gineering Department, Wood. Products Di· to be stationed at Eastern Lane Forest Pro· mother and dad serving as leaders. Our Lt!banon long enough to plant fruit trees joyed the 25th reunion of the 194 I class at activities that children are engaged in-with vision, Weyerhaeuser, Longv1ew, '"'ashmg· tective Assn., 3150 Main St., Springfield, oldest son, Cliffor?, was on the scouting and watch them bear fruit. We're almost Corvallis on October 8, 1966. Had a visit emphasis on sports." ton. Oregon, as farm forester with the State De· staff at Camp Menwether last summer." natives and like it. Family is getting partment of Forestry. Federal funding has with the folks (my parents) who Jive in Corvallis, and my sisters who live in Cor­ smaller. Lou is now at OSU. I am Timber provided a U tilization and Marketing For­ WARREN C. HANCHETT is beading up t.fanager for U.S. Plywood's new Cascade ERNEST L. (BUZZ) WAGNER is prop· vallis, Salem, and Milwaukie at same time. S. C. TROTTER is Forest Supervisor of erty appraiser (t.i~ber) with .the Orel?on ester to work with me, and soon to be the Forestry Department of the College of Division. lf you h ave any timber or logs added, a fann forestry assistant. My present See an occasional Oregon State forester here. the Redwoods, in E ureka, California. T he the Hiawatha National Forest in Escanaba, State Tax CommiSSIOn. Superv1sor of tnn· Look us up if you ever hit Sacramento." Michigan. Says be doesn 't see much of the to sell - or even if you don't, "\>Vi lma and position will develop into a combination Department includes both the forestry trans· I would like for you to visit us. Drop in ber tax administration in Lake and Klamath woods, except while traveling from one Counties. Home is 4640 Peck Drive in Kla· field and administrative type of work. Same fer program and technical forestry offerings. - we've always got the coffee on." home address: 94 Green Acres Road, Eugene, He was a visitor here on April ·1. His son meeting to the next. "Sara-lith grade, Deb· math Falls, Oregon. Daughter Janet is a 1946 bie-IOth, Tina-8th, Marcia-7th, H ank­ sophomore at Klamath Union High, and son Ore. 97401. Managed to see a couple toLu·s Jim is enrolled in School of Engineering on Nursery school. Madlen busy with organi· ROGER CHAMARD is now the head of Mike is an 8th grader at Altamont Junior of duty on the Oxbow Ridge fire to add a ROBERT C. LINDSAY writes, "Living in a National Merit Scholarship. zations, refinishing old furniture, painting the surveys and maps branch of the Forest High. Wife Irene manages the family and little spice to the 1·egular routine." l'ort Angeles is a great experience . . . pictures and holding the "fort" at home." Services' Pacific Northwest Region, having doubles as a secretary. Has been here since climate, saltwater, mountains, lakes. My ROBERT E. KISCHEL says, "Our family t·eturned to the Northwest from '"'ashington, 1954 and thoroughly enjoys the beautiful two boys are now in college; one at UPS EDWARD W. SCHULTZ was reassigned was fortunate in having a fine exchange D.C. Welcome back! country and wonderful people. March, 1966, from Associate Deputy Chief in (T acoma) and one at WSU. Our daughter 1949 is the only one left home. I am pleased to student with us for a year-a girl from Washington, D.C., to Regional Forester, Germany. Now our oldest daughter is ap· sec more and more second-growth timber NORMAN GOULD has moved into the LARRY ZACH is Resident lVIanager, Av· Southern Region, USFS. He is responsible plying to the exchange program to leave VIC CROWE, now field engineer with the placed under managemen t in all areas." Los Angeles County Engineer Dept., Survey Regional Office of the U.S. Forest Service in cry Lands under direction of Mason, Bruce for the administt·ation of 32 National For­ after her graduation from high schoo l next Division, came to the campus in September Portland where he will head up the branch & Girard. Still resides at Hidden Valley ests in 13 Southern States extending from June. My wife and I are studying Germau bringing his son who enrolled in Science. of timber sale preparation and valuation. Tree Farms with what is left of the family. Virginia to Texas. OLIN R. MILLER lives at 2(ill Fir Street, in anticipation of a trip to Germany some· Vic reports that Brad Peavy, Class of '22, son His past 2 years were spent as director of Son Bill (OSU class of '64) is with the Longview, Washington. time in the fu ture. "''e have recently en­ of Dean Peavy, is now wi th the Survey Di· the Timber Lake Job Corps Center. Coast Guard at San Pedro, California and HERB SIEBEN is with the timber me· joyed having the daughter of Bert Udell in vision of the Los Angeles County Engineer continues to be homesick for the Northwest. chanics section of the OSU Forest Research 1947 our home while she was in this area telling Daughter Barbara, a graduate student at U. Lab_oratory. Herb is working mainly on a of her experiences in Nepal as an exchange Dept. HAROLD (BILL) KElL is still editor of of Virginia, claims eastern rains are much project with Bob Kunesh that may provide CRAIG GIFFEN has been transferred student. H ad an interesting time in lining "\>Vorld Wood, Miller Freeman Publications' wetter than Oregon mists but finds lots of more information concerning the st1·ength from Region 5 to Washington, D.C., where up political candidates and moderating their JOHN S. FORREST reports, " Belly and production journal for foresters, loggers and historical interest on the cast coast. of Douglas fir in tension parallel to grain he is now in '>\latershed Management. talk at our last SAF meeting here." are now living in Tigard, Oregon. It was wood products manufacturers outside North Page Twelve OREGON STATE FORESTER January 1967 .1 anuary 1967 OREGON STATE FORESTER Page Thirteen

America and reports "annual editorial safari THOMAS JACOBSON is now General 1953 tenth year in the area with taxes. park J AMES R. W ALLIS has been named to 1958 this year was to Europe; including atten­ l\Janager of the Lumbermen's Buying Ser­ receive the Robert E. Horton A ward o[ the DONALD JAMES BROWN is a logging pressures, and legislation occupying the bulk dance at ' 'Vorld Forestry Congress in Madrid. vice in Eugene. of a forester's time. \.Yife Betty, children, American G eophysical Union for the best CARL G. CARLSON writes, "J Jiave now and construction superinte ndent in Glide, been transferred to the Supervisor's Office '.Yife Gloria came over for three weeks and D ~ bra 13, Eric :;, and J effer y 3. Twenty­ paper in hydrology during 1965. The paper, Oregon. of the Mt. Hood National Forest and am we sandwiched in vacation trip driving from T . CARL JUHL is Fire ConLrol, R ecrea­ fattr hour day is too shol'l - but fun." titled "Multivariate Statistical Methods in Geneva across to Ve nice a nd across Italian, H ydrology - A Comparison Using Data o[ working as Assistant Staff Engineer for 1:oad tion and Lands Staff officer on the Rogue construction . V\le have purchased 50 .acres French and Spanish Riviera to Madrid. River National Forest. Wife Jean is nurse JAMES E. LARSO 1 is Public R elations Known Functional Relationship", was pre­ Visited with Ward Williams '48 in his Brus· Representative, \Veyerhaeuser Company, JOH N M . l'lEROVICH has been promot­ sented at the \<\'estern National Meeting of of pasture and timber near E stacada to oc­ at Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital, Med­ ed in place to Forester (Fire Control) Di­ cupy our space time. Have only a small scls l'ulp & Paper International of£ice. Next ford. Fourteen year old Carla and 12 year Springfield Area, Springfield, Oregon. the :\G U in Dec. 1964. spring's editorial trip is to Africa. Sons vision of Fire Control. Forest Ser vice, Wash­ herd of b ~ef. but hope to build up. To old Curtis arc stude nts at McLoughlin Jr. ing ton. D.C. take up a ny other spare moments, we were Dick - 5, and Greg - 3, have enjoyed last D UANE K. WELLS writes. ''l still live H1gh School; 8 year old Cathy is third RONALD METCALF has been promoted blessed with twin girls last ·November. ' •Ve year living in the snow country at Govern­ grader a t Griffin Creek School. Home ad­ at 413 Hillview in Ukiah, California. ment Camp, but we just bought another lo Safely Officer, Division of Personnel hope anyone passing thmugh will look us dress: 2433 Griffin Creek Road. Medford. 1955 ;l m Chief Appraiser for the Mendocino house in Portland and are moving back to Management in the Washington Office of up.'' . The door is always ope n and the coffee the USFS. C:oun l y Assessors Office. The major pol'lion the city - eliminating enjoyable daily 110 pot on the stove. , ORM.\ N JOH NSO N writes; "The big of my job is still appraising timber for ad mile commute." news in our family is the adoption of a one 'alm·em tax purposes. l am now a com­ CHARLES H . HARDEN writes. "Still ROBERT NAISH is Lands Assista nt on month old boy we ca ll Richard Daren J ohn­ mercial pilo t with a n instrument rating. h~ l di:Jg .forth at ti_JC Che mult Ranger Dis­ DlCK LEMMON writes, " 1 am in the the staff of Umpqua National Foresr. son. Kd li is I I so you can see why we arc a nd consequently T spend my spare time tnct, ~.Y m ema NatiOnal. Forest. Each year JlM RIC HARDSON tells us 1966 was a process of being transferred from the Dis­ s:~ happy. I have just assumed the job o f fl ying fire patrol for the California Division there 1s greater mterest In and utilizalion of big year for wild land fires in Alaska. BLM t r~ c t .Ranger position on the Unity Ranger l'orcsl protect ion coordina tor fo r vVeycr­ of Forestry. My wife Pat is also leaming the lodgepole pine resource. H ave become D1stnct of the Wallowa-vVhitman National WILLIAM C .STILES is self-en1ploycd as received the help of some good fernhoppers haeuser Compan y. I don't know what this to fl y and takes great pleasme h telling amateur entomologist with special interest who flew up from the lower '18 during the Fo1·est to the Regional Office in Portland a consultant in Roseburg. Oregon. m::ans, but will still b ~ doing e ntomology me what L do wrong." In lodgepole pests like mountain piuc beetle. toughest period. Their services were well in the Division of R ecreation. This will be research." ponderosa moth and needle miner. Those appreciated. The Richa rdson git·ls and quite a change for our family after ha ving 1954 wish h g specimens of these rare species are Pinkie continue to enjoy Alaska - especially h ved in the " brush" all our lives and mov­ THADDEUS YAROSH (TED) reports. Jli\I ASHER reports, ''Living at 53 Black· DA VF. KF.TSE~Z is Woods Manager for " L~I and I moved to Portland in February welcomed. ;\ large r esponse mav solve the the clear winter days and abundance of ing to the big city. The transfer is effective problems." · S)lOW. November I. Still only have 7 children. foot Trail. Rimforest. Calif.. (PO Bx I 02. Kogap M fg. Corp. Medford, Ore. l 966. T began work 111 December 1965 in l\ly new address is 61 21 SE 57th Avenue, Rimforest 92378) with wonderful wife Mari­ the Branch of Sale Preparation and Evalua­ tion , R-6. My duties are to review for Portland 97206." lyn and daugh ters Lynne and Laure (9, 6) . M ILTON SCHULTZ is Ge nn a! Manager WTLLlAM G. HOl:BEL is now with lhc Continuing practice as James E. Asher, ACF. timb ~ r value the Region's land exchange MARVIN ROWLEY writes, " 'We are still o f Paul Bunyan Ltnnh ~ r Company with Development Group. Boise-Cascade, in Boise, logging on McDonald Forest. Each year Consulting Forester, PO Bx 723. Lake cases, fire trespass and. timbe r trespass cases, Idaho. JOHN McNIE reports. ''After 19 years operations in Anderson and Susanville, Calif­ our operation seems to keep expanding so Arrowhead 92352. Principal work is with and some timber sales. My home address is with Michigan-California Lumber Co., Cam­ ornia. He and his wife Nancy have four we keep busy. '.Ye are Grandpa and Grand­ Crest Forest Fire District as Fire Prevention (i239 SW Wilbard St., l'onland, 972 19.'' ino, California, I decided it was time for a children. Their home address is 1253 Al­ JOSEPH R . HOLDER reports. ''July 4. ma nowl N umber one daugbter presented Officer. Directing Fire Prevention Bureau change. I accepted a job with the Glen­ monrl Avenue, Redding, Calif. 96001. 19Gii: after nine good years wi th the USFS, us wi.th a cute little Grandson in l\fay. Our and doing consulting forestry is a challeng­ brook Lumber Co., Sacramento, as General 1957 1 JOlll ed t.h e ranks of priva te industr y. I number two daughter e ntered Cascade Bible ing, very in teresting and enjoyable combina­ Supe1:intende1~t. This p ast SL immer my tion here in So. Calif's high mountain Hi11;h !956 am now wllh La rson Lumber Co., Philomath College in Portland this fall. A boy in high LARRY E . B.-\LLEW is employed as a and find the industrial foreste r 's role e x­ pnnc1pal dut1cs have been constructing 24 Fire Hazard Area forests so criticall)• valu­ district ranger in Klamath N.F. school and another daughter in the third Jill! BREWER says. " \

CHARLES KELLEY SIGLER - Note the at ·Quemado, New Mcx. At least we got ia tion in Seattle. The work is quite chal­ JOSEPH HOLMBE R G is currently em­ view, W ashington: married, 2 children, fo und the crutsmg job very interesting; new address: Pine Knot Job Corps Con­ off U.S. 66 after four yea rs. I was with the lenging and 1·ewarding. Also, the view ·from ployed in the R egional Office of ~1 c _Bureau Travis and Ty. Future plans - "At the learned a lot from it. and hopes the new sen•ation Center, Pine Knot, Kentucky - J ob Corps for a year and three months. the 'private sector' side of the fence is very of Reclama tion as a R esource Spectaltst. The present time with N.l'. Ry. Co., long range job will he the same. His address is Rt. I, right in the middle of Appalachia. He Someth ing I wouldn't have missed. Still interesting. "Ve will be looking forward to job is mainly concerned with planning for plans indefinite." Box 197, Tillamook, Oregon 97141. says, ''I'm working on a poverty pocket fro~11 j ust the three o{ us. Robin is fi ve in seeing the gang at the Fcrnhopper Banquet. the various resources affected by the con­ the inside out. If an y of yo-all get lost Ill April. '"'e have a very nice house h ere struction of multi-purpose water projects. Please note new address: 5561 ' Vhite-Hcnry­ T ED KINNEY is currently assigned as a ST EPHEN E. DREW says, " I am presen tly this neck-of-the-woods, look us up, and we'll with extra room if anyone is in the area." Stuart Bu ilding, Seattle 98101." i\•lajor area of concentra tion now is the construction engineer within Electronic North Coast of California in an attempt doing graduate work in the field of plant get some refreshment from a local still! " Systems Division (AF Sys Cmd.) at Ha nscom to alleviate floods and supply water to the ecology at Oregon State. I have Iinished CLINTON l)ETERSON is a forest en­ W INSTON D. BENTLEY writes, "We arc Fld., Mass., and is planning to begin en­ most of the course work for a master's de­ H AROLD Sll'VIES reports a change of ad­ thirsty Southwest. Joe is still single and gineer management graduate progl·am in gineer with the ' •Vallowa Whitman National still located a t Chelan, '"'ashington, where says he has no current prosp ects for altering gl-ee and now plan working on th e thesis, dress: USFS, Waldpon Ranger Station, Forest. June 1967. Tells, "My wife, Rayda, is still 1 a m employed at Chelan Box & Mfg. Co., that status. puff-puff. The thesis should be comple ted Waldport, Oregon, 9739<1. He says, "Moved as Logging Superinte ndent and company teaching the second grade in Acton, Mass." by February or March. I plan to go on for to ' •Valdport last June (Timber Management forester. Becky, age 4, is enjoying the lake a doctorate degree a nd eventuall y work into 1960 LEROY C. JOHNSON has been named Assistant) . Coast livin~ is Great! St~p and in summers a nd all the snow in winter. AL NICHOLS is Engineering Supervisor a teaching position sometime in the future." manager of the Institute of Forest Genetics see u s on your nex t tnp to the coast. .JIM E . B USSARD is a self-e mployed con ­ .Judy is employed at our Community Hospi­ wi th Columbia Cellnlose in Terrance, B.C . sulting forester in Rend, Oregon. tal here as Receptionist and Admiuing Clerk in Placervill e, California, a part of the U.S. Forest Service Experiment Station at Berk­ .JOHN T. PETERSON writes, " Presently GLENN WIGGINS reports. ''Still he re in so we all manage to stay prclly busy. We with U.S. Army, Fort Sam Houston , T exas. hope to get to the Fcrnhop p ers in February <'l•'y. He is r esponsible [or the operation of RICHARD TARAS is now fl ying with the l'ort Angeles enjoying life. Saw P~ t e Winglc C. CARL H ENNING writes. "Wife Hetty R ecently ma rried (29 Sept. '66) to a Texas to sec many old friends. the physical pla nt and the work of the Navy, last address being VW 4 , Naval Air recently and being a novice skier myself J. is presently a part-time music teacher a't Institute technical and clerical staff. Station , Jacksonville, Florida. g-irl by name of Ursula. Plan on going- into apreciated his tale of sking off the top of Yacolt Elementary School. Our daughter forestry work after Army, on ' •Vest Coast. Mt. Hood. We have completed one year's Gretchen Karla (2) occupies balance of GARY W. BLANCH ARD is a fo rester Enjoy reading the "Forester". Keep up the operation of our new log- factory near Forks time. Am presently employed a t Amboy, DARRYL C. RAY is an assistant in Rural WARREN WEBB is in Fire Control Re­ good work." with Starker Forests and is Ji ving in Cor­ search with the Forest Service in Riverside, where we extract peelable cedar for our own Washington, by USFS. G ifford Pinchot N .F., vallis. Fire Defense employed by the State Forestry use an d deliver the balance to a large shake Department in Grants Pass, Oregon. California. St. H elens, R .D. and function as the Fire GEORGE A. ROJ3Y, JR., is Assista n t Fire and shingle mill. Would be ~lad to show Control Assista n t for the district." Control Officer on Descanso Ranger Dis­ any Fer nhopper our p rogram." GERALD -R. BROOKS is now in charge RORERT SNYDER is doing graduate FRANK 0. WILLIAMS was released from trict, Cleveland Nat'!. Forest, is single, and of the Industr ial Engineers department with work at OSU School of Forestry. the Anny in O ctober 1966 after a tour in plans to continue with Forest Service. QUAY JORGE NS EN reports, ''This year RICHARD D. ZECHENTMAYER says. ' '\'cyerhacuser in Enumclaw, ' •Vashington. Korea, from which he r eturned in June. finds us with an eight foot veneer plant "I am now at the l'vl ill City Ranger Station added to our operation in Winlock, "'' ash­ EARL SPANGENBERG has received an LUIS ROCUANT is teaching in Chillan. of the Willamette National For<'st. Our WILLIAM J. ZACH is in the U.S. Coast ington, and a new son added to our home ROBERT M. CRON reports, "Ja ne and NDEA Graduate Fellowship in '~' a te rs h ed Chile. home address is: No. I Parkside Drive. Guard, stationed at San Pedro, California. in Chehalis, "''ashington." arc still living in Grass Valley, California, Mana~ement a nd is now attending Colorado Bill a nd .Ji m Mason , also '64. went through The oldest daughter is now it~ school so ~he where I am the Resource Assistant on the State U niversity. ARTHUR L. SMITH is a forester of the wife is having some free ttme. My JOb Officers Candidate School together. Bill is Nevada City District, Tahoe N.F. During in charge of a ship and buoy repair facility U.S. Forest Service in the Sierra National on th e District is W a tershed Forester under ROBERT E. PEDERSON reports, "Ant the year we acquired a dog named, would Forest and is living in Mariposa. California. which I have charge of thin nings and 1963 and while happy with the job, he misses the still with the US Forest Service serving as you believe - Yogi Bear. The fire season North west. other small sales." Timber Ma nagemen t Assistant o n th e Cres­ has been long, very eventful, and is still in E. RICH ARD 130DYFEL T is an engineer C. B. WOODELL says. "I a m the layout cent District, Deschutes NF. Have been in progl·ess ll-1 -66. Hope we will be able to with the American Mutnal Insurance Com­ 1965 forester at Star Rang-er Station on the R ogue 1959 Crescent 2 years now. Family is fine. Boys come to Corvallis for Fernhoppcr Day. The pany in San Francisco. River N ational Forest. We live on the a re in 3rd and 5th gl-ades and sis is in welcome mat is always out at Be ttcher Court. station which is a bou t 21 miles southwest GEORGE E. BARR has moved to 3756 kindergarten. We seem to stick pretty close .J AMES N!ICHAEL BEYERLE writes, Please stop by." "Working with the State Forestry Depart­ of Medford. The whole family (we've had ll·y Street, N.E. Salem 97303, ~s en~oy: to the home grounds except for a summer J AMES D. COOK is w_orking on a n_1aste_r 's anc!. ment in Salem as an insect and disease for­ no more additions, except for a beagle pup) ing the new home. H e says, l\fy ." 01 k pack trip into the Three Sisters Wilderness degree in forest cconomtcs at the Untverstty ester a nd plan to continue here until I thoroughly enjoys the life he re. Should any hasn't changed much as P er~onnel Assistant Area and our Nov. 2 week elk h un t in NORM EVELETH, now a fo rester with of California. get an oppor tunity to retum to OSU for of you h appen by, we've an extra bed and for the State Forestry Dept. Ill Salem except Eastern Oregon. The coffee is on for a ny Simpson T imber Co., was pictured at work graduate work in Entomology and Path­ more soup for the pot." that I arn becoming involved in systems de­ fcrnhoppers traveling thru. P .O. Box 77 , on the front cover of the Simpson ''Diamond" JOH N L. DAVIS writes, "I am still with sign in connection with our da ta processm g Crescent, Ore. 47733." for July-August 1966. ology. M y wife and I have no children 1he U.S. Forest Service in Tiller, Oregon. a nd she is teaching at Sou th Salem High . 1966 activity." Our daughter is two years old and will have Since g1·aduation J spent a year as a DR. KEN D. RAMSING is now Assistant RICHARD W. HOLMES tells tts, "The a brother or sister this coming March. "Ve management forester in Tillamook a nd then JOHN DOANE sends word from Chile, CA RL M. BERNTSEN writes, " Hopefully Dean for Undergraduate Studies of the four of us still make our h ome in Milwaukie. arc looking forward to a fi ve week vacation had the opportunity to transfer to this posi­ where he is stationed with the Peace Corps. Ph .D . requirements will be completed in Business School, U niversity of Oregon. My headquarters a re in Estacada with Pub ­ this fall in Texas and Louisiana visiting tion." •working with the Dcpartmento Forestal in January 1967. The next step is ~ro? abl y a lishe rs' Paper Co. Valley Division. Projects friends." El Plan N acional de R eforcstacion. J ohn reassignment from the Bend ~tlvtcu lturc is assigned to a forest nursery and is engaged LEO STADELMAN writes, "We are still are interesting and var ied ; thinning and Laboratory to the "V~shmgton of~t ce rese~rch J E RRY E . BISHOP is a civil engineering in p romoting the national progl·am of re­ in the R edding area; buy poles a nd piling reforestation arc the two main areas of CLAUDE C. McLEAN reports, "I a m still staff in MarciL "''tfc Mary wtll contmue technician with the Bureau of La nd Manage­ forestation, giving technical assistance, dis­ for J . H . Baxter & Co. The upper Sacra­ al.tention. It is becoming increasingly ap­ with the U.S. Forest Service, Quinault R .D ., ment in Eugene. to matriculate between SOC in Ashland and pare n t that certain governme nt agencies are Olympic N.F. Present job is Small Sale Ad­ trilntting seedlings throughout the province COG in Bend to complete work for a teach ­ mento Valley has turned into a real banana of Arauco, and writing a man agement plan belt this year with no rain a nd too warm d eter m ined to extend their influence and ministration. Hunt and fish during my ing degree by June UJ67. Keith 16,_ a nd con trol over our person al a nd business spare time. Still living a single life."· PETER M. BOND is an assistant woods for the National Forest Reser ve near Con­ Geoff 5, will stay at Bend for the r ematnder weather through October. The family is tulmo. H e reports that Steve ·Wilhelmi and all fine. and the child ren growing up fast. activtttes. In my opinion, pTObably the foreman with McMillan, Bloedel a nd Powell of the school year." majority of agencies and their employees River Ltd. He is living in Via Pt. Alberni, Allan Putney are also working with the "''e extend a welcome for any of you to G. LYNN SPRAGUE was transferred to National Reforesta tion Plan in Chile. stop on your way through the valley." arc responsible to practical management and Teton National Forest (R -4) in June as Canada. JIM DOLAN writes. " I a m with Long are a sound investment. H owever. all levels Project Supervisor for Moun tain Pine Beetle NORMAN E. VOGT reports, "As an Creek District on the lVlalhem National of government should be worthy of our Control Project. "'' as manied in August Forest as T imber Management Assistant. CH ARL-ES L. STODDARD is the manager critical analysis and participation." DOUGLAS J . COYLE reports, "Presently alumni of the School o f Forestry and in of the preservation pla nt in Bellingham , and is living in J ackson Hole, W yoming. am working for Linn County F. P.A . as a keeping with the wishes of the past dean I'd Sharon a nd I have o ne boy (Scott), age Address: P .0. Box 11 55, J ackson, Wyo. two. I've sp ent four years on the Umatilla Washington. fire warden at the Crabtree Gua rd Sta tion. like to say hello. After graduating last RICHARD SYKES, JR., is runing his own 83001. and now three years on the Malheur.. T Winter term 1967, I will be returning to Decem bcr I took a job as a Forester for logging show in Wrangell, Alaska. am president of Grant Co. Ja y~ees w~tl_c ROBERT J . WOl\•IACH is with Boise­ OSU to work on a master's degree in Busi­ Weyehaeuser Company on their Vail-Mc­ Sharon is president of the J .C. wtves. 'I hts Cascade in La Grande, Oregon. where he 1964 ness Administra tion. My wife (Carol) and Donald operation out of Chehalis, w ·ashing­ last spring I was chairman of the county is Particleboard Sales Manager. I arc expecting the arrival of the stork for ton. I've joined the Washington State Na­ 13I LL TARR is log buyer for Elk Lumber BOB BALLENGER is with Bohemia Lum­ the first time, about the middle of Novem­ tional Guard a nd must soon go for my six Red Cross Fund Drive; so I've found some­ Co., Medford. thing to do in John Day. If any of our ber Co., Culp Creek, Oregon, and has one ber." months training. I'm sure glad to be an J ON L. WOODSIDE reports, " 1 am engag­ class gets over here, be sm e to stop by. ·we new addition to the family - Benjamin Oregon Stater, everybody else up here thinks ed in the private practice of law in Portland. live on Government H ill! " 1962 Bryan , now !i months old (10-1 4-66). the only School of Forestry is in Seattle." My marital status r em a ins the same - 1 am GEORGE T. GRAF r eports that he com­ Norm 's address is 122 1!!:! Saunders Avenue. still single. Long live the class of 1960." mitted matrimony on O ctober 29 and is LARRY CRON writes, ''I'm still District BANLEU CHUA-INTRA is employed by Chehalis, Washington 98532. GERALD C. G ILLES is employed as an l'ire Control Officer at Challenge-LaPorte ideally happy. For the last year and a half industrial engineer with Weyerhaeuser in the Royal Forest Departmenl in Bangkok, he has been working for Crown Zellerbach 1961 District, Plumas Nation al :Forest, California. Thail and. Coos Bay. Oregon. My work is still challenging and interesting. as a timber cruiser on la nd acquisition in An invita tion is extended to the class MATT R . ANDERSON writes, "The Att­ Tied the big kno t Sept. 10 to Nancy J ane. W ashington, Oregon and Nor thern Califor­ of 1966 to become members in the OSU WAYNE E. ORR reports, "Transferred dersons arc o n the move again. "Vc have The house has become a home with h er FRANK J. 13ERNRlTTER is Resident nia. Now he is starting work on reforesta­ Forestry Alumni Association by sending here to Jewe tt Ranger District, Apache Na­ accepted a position as Executive Assistant touch. ·we'd like to hear [rom old class­ Forester for Northern Pacific Railway Com­ tion for Crown at Tillamook and hopes he your $2.00 a nnual dues to the School of pany's Southwest Washington Block, Lon g- tional Forest last March. Ranger Station for the '~'ashington Forest Protection Assoc- m ates. ' "'rite, call, or drop by." will not need to travel quite so much. He Forestry. 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Variable Plot Cru ising. i\larch 13- li. in compiling mail ing lists to the loan o f key Dr. David Paine. Dirertor. people ilS short course instructors. It is Forestry i\ lanagclUent Control in i\lodern For­ through snrh assistance that shon cour:;;c estry Practice, i\larch 1.')- 17, Prof. R. A. fct·s have remained nominal. Yoder, Director. Short Course .-\clditional information on those cou rs~ · s Short courses arc presented as a service to or interest to foresters will be the three scheduled may be obtained by writing the I he forestry profession by the School of appropriate short course director at the short courses scheduled a t Cor vallis during Forestry. The school has been very forlll­ the spring o( 1967. These arc: School. Tn addition , the School welcomes nate in receiving the cooperation and assist­ suggestions for new short courses. Alumni Aerial Photographs and Their Use in a:lcc of numerous industrial and govern ­ are encouraged to forward suggestions to Forestry, March 15-17. Dr. J. R . Dil­ meutal organizations in these short course individual staff members. worth, Director. programs. T his help ranges from assisting

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