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Harry Larsen Jr., president and owner of Larsen Bros. Lumber Co., San Leandro, Ca., died Nov. 29, 1987, following a heart attack while playing tennis. He was 52.

Born in Oakland, Ca., he grew up helping his father around the lumber yard his grandfather founded in 1882. He succeeded his father, who died in 1967 He also served as president of the San Leandro Manufacturers Association.

Mr. Larsen is survived by his widow, Pat, a son and two daughters.

Leo S. Hulett. a well known leader in the redwood lumber industry, died Nov. 21, 1987, in Willits, Ca., after a lengthy illness. He was 77.

Born in Elk Grove, Ca., Mr. Hulett attended the College of the Pacific and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1929 to 1933. He entered the redwood lumber business in 1933, joining The Pacific Lumber Co.. Scotia. Ca. He later worked for Hobbs Wall Lumber Co.. San Fran- cisco, Ca., and Sage Land & Lumber Co., Willits. In 1946 he helped form Willits Redwood Products Co., Willits, serving in various managerial capacities until the firm was acquired by Harwood Products Co. in 1973. He was retained by Harwood as a consultant until his death.

He served on the board of the California Redwood Association, National Forest Products Association, California Forest Protective Association, Redwood Inspection Service and Redwood Region Conservation Council. He also was elected to the Willits City Council in 1954, serving as mayor from 1956 to 1968.

Mr. Hulett is survived by his widow. Marian. a son and a sister.

Dockside Handling

lContinued from puge 57) softwoods exclusively for one company. Guerero estimates that he does some work for 800/o of the hardwood companies in Southern California.

There is a marked difference between handling softwoods and han-

From cutting a wedge to pre-fab'd crane pads or mine shafts. Angle cut, cross cut, drilling, dapping-We'll do them all to customer specification.

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The Merchant Magazlne dling hardwoods. Softwoods, often arriving from the Pacific Northwest and Canada, are usually shipped in square bundles comprised of identical boards. Hardwoods, often coming from foreign ports, are not all uniform, regularly arriving in random widths and sometimes in random lengths.

The extra care that hardwoods need is Guerero's business. He smiles, "We're the only true hardwood lumber handler left on the waterfront."