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RALPH A. PROUTY

Ralph A. Prouty, sales manager for American Forest Products' Tarter, Webster & Johnson Div., died recently in Stockton. He was 58.

Mr. Prouty first began with AFP in 1935 when he joined Stockton Box Co.'s office in his Modesto hometown. After bookkeeping and shook sales experienqe with Stockton Box he changed over to the Tarter, Webster & Johnson Div. and into millwork sales.

First he was millwork sales manager and then, more recently, sales manager for the building materials activities of AFP.

He js sunrived by his widow, Maria, and son, Robert.

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