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Harold Logsdon, 76, co-founder and president of Cal Coast Wholesale Lumber, Ukiah, Ca., and Fontana Wood Preserving, Fontana, Ca., died March l0 in Turlock. Ca.

Mr. Logsdon co-founded Coast Wood Preserving in the early 1970s. He also founded United Equipment Co., Turlock.

Bert E. Bacca. 78. retired division auditor-Western region for the nowdefunct King Lumber Co./Foster Lumber, died from complications of emphysema Feb. 6 in Redlands, Ca.

A native of Carbondale. Co.. Mr. Bacca served with the Army during World War II, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns.

In 1951, he joined Foster Lumber, where he rose to the position of assistant manager at its Glenwood Springs, Co., yard. In 1958, he was promoted to manager of the Montrose, Co., yard in 1958.

Mr. Bacca became manager of the Boulder, Co., yard in 1966, and man- ager of the Bakersfield, Ca., location in 1975. In 1983, he retired after 32 years with the company.

Alger Chaney, 78, retired chairman of the board for Medford Corp., Medford. Or.. died March l6 in Indian Wells, Ca.

A native of Portland. Or.. Mr. Chaney attended the Detroit Institute of Technology before joining the Naval Air Service and then the Marine Corps Reserve. As a pilot in the Korean War, he flew 100 combat missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Upon completion of his military service in l9-53 and the subsequent death of his lumberman father, Henry Francis Chaney, he became an executive at both Medford Corp. and Baker, Fentress Corp. of Chicago. In 1961, he was promoted to president at Medford Corp. and then in 1965 he was named chairman of the board.

He retired in 1989.

Paul L. Traba Sr., 81, a retired salesman from the now-defunct Northcrest Inc., Crescent City, Ca., died Dec. 1l in Stanwood, Wa.

A native of Valley Ford, Ca., Mr.

Traba served with the Navy during World War II.

He started bucking logs at the age of 16, eventually co-founding AdamsTraba Lumber Co., Santa Rosa, Ca., in the 1960s. After it closed, he wholesaled for C&D Lumber. Riddle. Or., and then Northcrest Inc. before his retirement.

George Sharp, 65, retired salesman for Sierra-Pacific Industries, Redding, Ca., died from bone cancer March 9 in Redding.

He retired from Sierra-Pacific in 1997 after 22 years with the company.

Mike Dode. 55. a salesman at Agwood Mill & Lumber, Ukiah, Ca., died Feb. 22.

Russell Wallace Cornell, 79, retired lumberman at Moss Lumber, Redding, Ca., died Jan. 6 in Redding.

A native of Albany, Or., Mr. Cornell moved to Shasta County, Ca., in 1922. He served with the Army Air Corps during World War II.

James Eijner Henningsen, 92, former co-owner of Sturgeon's Saw(Please turn to next page)

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