Obituaries

Edwin Craig Wall, Jr., 60, chairman of New South, Inc., Conway, S.C., died of a heart attack March 5 in Charlotte. N.C.

A native of Conway, he returned following graduation from college to join his father at Canal Wood Corp. He was later promoted to chairman and ceo.

Robert Fleming "Mr. Bob" Burgin, Sr., 94, founder of Burgin Lumber Co., Cuthbert, Ga., died of pneumonia Feb. 9 in Burgin.

Born in Ellerslie, Ga., he joined his family's business in Buena Vista, Ga., after returning from college. In 1928, he started his company, which remains in operation today.

Mark LaHue Townsend, 84, president of Townsend Lumber Co., Stuttgart, Ar., died Feb. 13 in Stuttgart.

Born in Corydon, Id., he ran the familv firm until his retirement.

He served as president of the Southern Hardwood Producers, Inc.,

National Forest Products Association, National Hardwood Lumber Association and National Lumber Manufacturers Association, president and director of the Arkansas Wood Products Association, and a director of the Arkansas Forestry Association.

Jimmy Ray, 56, inventory controller at PrimeSource, Jackson, Ms., died of a stroke Feb. 22.

Mr. Ray started at the location 35 years ago when it was Evan's Products Co., and continued after it became Sequoia Supply, then PrimeSource.

Timber Sales Losing Money?

The Clinton Administration, echoing environmentalists' claims, says timber sales from national forests are not turning a profit, according to the Western Wood Products Association.

The White House, in classifying roads and payments to counties as an expense, now contends timber sales are merely a subsidy to the wood products industry.

Conversely, the Forest Service, which uses accepted, General Accounting Office-approved account- ing principles, reports that over the last six years timber sales have netted a profit of $2.8 billion. Additionally, a new American Forest & Paper Association study shows timber sales provide a 2.25 times greater economic contribution than recreation. fish and wildlife programs.

Windows From Outer Space

NASA scientists are experimenting in space to produce a transparent form of the lightest solid material known so it can be used for windows and other products.

Only three times the density of air, a block of Aerogel the size of a human weighs less than a pound, but would support half a ton. A l"-thick Aerogel window would have the same insulation value as 15 panes of glass and trapped air.

When produced on the ground, the foamlike material has a hazy appearance, earning it the nickname "frozen smoke." But Aerogel .made at low gravity appears to have an altered, clearer microstructure.

In January, Aerogel will be tested with longer exposure to microgravity on the Space Shuttle Discovery.

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