OBITUARItrS

Harry D. Smith, sefietary manager, Northwest Hardwood Assn.. died suddenly April 18, 1975. He had moved to Tacoma in 1934.

Born in St. Paul, Mn., Mr. Smith graduated from St. Paul College of Law. For many years, subsequently, he worked for Weyerhaeuser as their Western regional manager of transportation. He became president of the Northwest Hardwood Assn. in 1962 and secretary manager in 1965 after retiring after 34 years with Weyerhaeuser. Mr. Smith was also active in the Masonic Lodge and the Shrine.

Heis survived by his widow, Kathryn; and two sons.

BERT VAAGEN

Bert M. Vaageq president of Vaagen Brothers Lumber, Inc., Colville, Wa., died April 28,1975 of a heart attack. He was 56.

; Born February '7, l9l9 in Carpio, N.D., he moved to Washington and in 195 I started his own lumber mill. Mr. Vaagen was the past president of the Upper Columbian Timberman's Assn., and a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. the National Order of In- dependent Businessmen and the Colville Chamber of Commerce.

Survivors are his widow, Roberta; four sons. one sister and seven brothers.

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500,000 sq. ft. Nord, which kiln dries all its own lumber to control the moisture content. also increased the number of kilns to 18, giving it a capacity of drying 1.5 million board feet of lumber per week.

Unencumbered by tradition, Eric Nord brought many innovations from his experiences in the custom millwork business. If there was no machinery available to perform a task, he designed and built it in his own machine shop.

Though interior and exterior stile and rail doors constituted the firm's basic product line, they diversified to include the manufacturing of spindles, porch posts, columns, wood screen doors, louver doors, blinds and firelogs.

The company now has two main door lines. There is also a new louvered door line and an expansion of the architectural spindle line.

Principals of the company are Eric A. Nord, president: Robert W. Nord, v.p. and general manager', and Paul G. Eklund, secretary-treasurer.