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Clarence Blackman, veteran Oakland, Calif., retailer and head of Blackman Lumber Co., died January 7, from injuries received in an auto accident on Christmas Day. He was 70.

'Mr. Blackman's wife, Eulalia, 70, and two other persons were killed and six injured at a rural intersection 18 miles south of Stockton, Calif.

A native of Oakland, Mr. Blackman operated a retail lumber yard in that city for more than 40 years, first in partnership with Fred Anderson as Blackman Anderson Lumber Co., and in more recent yea,rs as sole owner of Blackman Lumber Co, cA[otYl{ t( AoAMS

He is survived by four brothers, Al Ballestrem of Oakland; Valentino Ballestrem of Portlahd, Oregon; Ernest Blackman of Stockton; Lothor Blackman of San Jose: and a sister, Mrs. A. B. Cohn of Stockton. California.

Carolyn K. Adams, wife of Noah Adams Lumber Co. president George K. Adams, died in Oakland on December 30. She was 70.

A native of Ohio, Mrs. Adams was a member of Ar.ch of Emeralds, the King's Daughters, First Presbyterian Church of Oakland and O. E. S. No. LM of Cortland, Calif.

She is survived by George K. Adams; a son, Richard Hinckley; a brother, Donald Kenower of Toledo, Ohio; and several grandchildren and great gtandchildren.

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Kenneth I. Speer, former mill superintendent and son of Clyde f. Speer, owner of Zenith Mill & Lumber Co. in Hayward, Calif., died during late December of a heart attack. He was in his late 50s.

Mr. Speer spent his entire working'car€er with the old Zenith organization which was founded by his father and a partner and later headed by Clyde Speer as sole owner. The father and son combination continued operating the business until last summer when the company was liquidated.

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Douglas Thomas Gerard, manager of the Los-Cal Lumber Co in Los Angeles, Calif., died January 11, following a short illness. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 28, t922.

Mr. Gerard attended Glendale College, where he played football and developed a lifelong enthusiasm for sports. He was an enthusiastic tennis player.

In World War II, he was in the U.S.

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Army Air Cor1., stationed in England, un- til his aircraft was shot down on a mission. He spent the remainder of the war in an intern camp in neutral Sweden.

Most of his business career was spent with LosrOal, though for a time he was associated with Dick Stegall in Sterling Lumber Co. He was a member of Hoo-Hoo International,

Mr. Gerard is survived by his widow, Vivian; three daughters, Claudia, Cynthia and Wendy; and a granddaughter.

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John B. Gordon. Southwest district sales manag'er of the Union Lumber Co., died of cancer in Santa Ana, Calif., January 19. He was 49.

He was a native of San Francisco, He graduated from the University of Nevada in 1941 and was an Air Force Lieutenant during World War II.

Mr. Gordon spent 20 years with Uni.on, being promoted to district sales manager in 1964. He was past president of the Redwood Empire chapter of Hoo-Hoo and member of the Los Angeles Hoo-IIoo Club.

He was a director of the Lumber Association of Southern California and charter member of the Yorba Linda Country Club.

He is survived by his widow, Ann Oliver; his mother, Cornelia B. Gordon, San Francisco; his sons, Douglas and John 8., Jr.; daughter, Lisa Ann; and brother Douglas I..Gordon of Ankara, Turkey.