Obituaries

Jack Surdanr, 77, chairrran of the board of Osmose Wood Preserving, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y- died aft€r an extended illness Feb. 12, 1993, in Buffalo.

A native of Buffalo, he joined then S-year-old Osmose in 1939 and served as president for many yers.

Ulysses'T." Davis, 81, president of Davis Brothers Lumber Co., Cornelia Ga., died Feb. 13, 1993, in Cornelia.

Born in Banks County, Ga., he founded Davis Lumber 60 years ago and through the years opened and op erated several other yards.

Jimmy Ward, 67, founder of Jimmy Ward Hardwoods, Asheboro, N.C., died Jan 21, 1993 in Asbeboro.

Mr. Ward started Ward Lumber Co., Elizabethton, Tn., in the mid1950s and sold it in the mid-1970s. He opened Jinmy Ward Hardwoods in 1978 and sold it when be retired in 1981.

L-P Plans Venezuelan Plant

Louisiana-Pacific will build a five mill forest products nanufacturing corrplex in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela-

Employing about 1,000, rhe facility will include two OSB plants, a veneer plant, an MDF plant and a plant to produce resins used in OSB and MDFproduction.

The company has agreed to purchase as much as 1.6 million tons of Caribbean pine annually ftom Corpo racion Venezoliana de Guayana, one of the country's leading timber companies, said L-P chairman and pres. Harry Merlo.

NAWLA To Preview New Film

"Circle of Life," a documentary film produced by the Temperate Forest Foundation, will premiere at the North American Wholesale Lumber Association' s annual meeting in Tarpon Springs, Fl., May 2-5.

Designed to show the meshing of culture, economic activity and ecological support syst€ms, the frln is part of a series being produced by the Beaverton, Or., foundation with frrnding from wood industry firms and individuals.

Simpson Solves Redwood Stamp Problem

For years contractors and homeowners have dreamed of a magical sramp remover to eliminate the unsightly, but necessary, grade st mps from the face of each piece of redwood decking.

Now Simpson Timber Co. has made the drBam @me true with a revolutionary new ink jet printing system that applies the Redwood lnspection Senice grade stamp on the end of the decking instead of on rhe fre. The printer operates ftom a oomputer system that reads the grader's symbol and then prints oe corresponding grade mark and Simpson identification on the end of each redwood piece moving along the grading line.

The magic is in the ink which is