Obituaries

Edwin W. Hall, 76, former owner of Hall & Davis Co., Shelbyville, Ky., died of cancer March I in Shelbyville.

A native of Shelbyville, he took over the family business for his father after serving in World War II, selling it in 1989. He was a past pres. of the Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association.

Rothwell Mitchell, 78, retired gen. mgr. of Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber, Sulphur Springs, Tx., died March 9.

He was employed by the company for 47 years.

Johnnie H. House, 70, former v.p. of Monarch Mill & Lumber Co., Little Rock, Ar., died Feb. 24.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran.

William "Bill" R. Ganser Jr.,72, former president of the Southern Forest Products Association. Kenner. La., died April l4 in Charlotte, N.C.

A native of Norristown, Pa., he served as a radar specialist with the U.S. Navy during WW II, then worked for 10 years as a staff engineer and director of public information for the American Institute of Timber Construction. He joined SFPA in 1966, retiring in 1986.

HARDWARE Wholesalers Inc.'s Advertisinq Advisory Committee met recently at HWI Hq. ii Fort Wdyne, ln., to discuss the lo-op's ad irogram. Altending: (l-r, standing) Bobby Longbine, Pride Home Center, Amarillo, Tx.; Dwight Kennedy, Brown's Lumber & Supply; J. Johnson, Hardware Store Do-it Center: Bob Davidovich, Panther Valley Lumber; Bob McDaniel, McDaniel's Do-it ienter: Ken Ekrem.

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