NEWS AND PERSONAL NOTES 139 



Percy S. Hamilton (Biltmore, 1911) was married on December 

 4 to Miss Clair A. Birch, of St. Johnsbury, Vt. 



Professor Gheen leaves the New York State College of Forestry 

 at Syracuse in February to take a position with the Southern Pine 

 Association. 



E. I. Tinkham, a student in forestry at Cornell, has been awarded 

 the Croix de Guerre for gallantry while serving with the American 

 Ambulance Corps in France. 



B. K. Ayres has given up his position with the Ansonia (Conn.) 

 Forest Products Co., and has moved to Concord, N. H., where he 

 will operate on his own timberlands. 



2. Southern United States 



Charles Claxton, of the Forest School at Pennsylvania State 

 College, has accepted the position of teacher of forestry at Lincoln 

 Memorial University, Tennessee. 



W. R. Mattoon has, since November 15, been in charge of forest 

 extension in the Southern States for the States Relations Service. 



Geo. De S. Canavarro resigned on October 1 from his position 

 with the National Museum, in order to devote all his time to the 

 American Pasteurizer Co., of Washington, D. C, of which he is vice- 

 president. 



J. S. Kaplan was married November 25 to Miss Carol Umholtz, 

 of Buena Vista, Va. 



O. C. Merrill has been appointed Chief of the newly established 

 Branch of Engineering in the Forest Service at Washington, D. C. 



W. A. Hopson, Forest Examiner in District 7 of the Forest Service, 

 has resigned. 



3. Central United States 



W. Irving Gilson is now .Assistant Professor of Forestry at Mich- 

 igan Agricultural College. 



Raymond F. Kroodsma has taken a position with the Stiles Broth- 

 ers Lumber Company, of Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Frank B. [Moody has been re-appointed one of the Conservation 

 Commissioners of Wisconsin for a term of six years. 



Roy D. Thomas (Biltmore, 1910) is general manager of the 

 National Forestry Company, Cadillac, Mich. 



C. W. Armstrong, of Minneapolis, is now with the Salmon River 

 Lumber Co. 



