C&E Lumber Company

Doweled Rail Fencing Tree Stakes Tree Posts

Bollards, Light Posts

Special Milling: Split, Quartered, Slabbed,Sanded, Smooth Peeled & Hand Peeled Natural (No Bark) after-school and summer employee for Copeland Lumber, Ashland, Or.

He served in the Navy during WWII and managed Copeland's Chiloquin, Or., yard part-time while attending Southern Oregon College after the war. He served in the Korean War and was named manager of Copeland's Riddle, Or., yard upon returning stateside in 1951.

He became a salesman for Pacific Yard Service in'1954, eventually becoming part-owner in 1960. He sold the business to Palmer G. Lewis Co. in 1968, but continued as general sales manager until 1977.

That same year, he and his family purchased Umpqua Building and Hardware in Reedsport. In 1984, he and his son, Ed, added a branch in Florence. In 1987, he separated the stores and changed the name of the Florence unit to Ace Building Center, which he sold in 1990. Ed Balfour continues as owner and operator of Umpqua Building and Hardware

He was a past president of the Western Building Material Association.

Everett L. "Ole" Johnston, 78, former manager, Coast Wood Preserving Co., Ukiah, Ca., died May 19.

He graduated with a Masters Degree in Forestry from Colorado A&M University and served in the Army during WWII. He was the manager of Pacific Wood Preserving Co., Cloverdale, Ca., in the '60s and '70s, before joining Coast Wood Preserving Co.

He also built a treating plant in El Mira, Ca., and was a past president of the Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club.

Roy Marlow Towers, 77, former co-owner and operator, Northcrest Mill, Inc., Crescent City, Ca., died of cancer May l5 in Crescent City.

A native of Washington, D.C., he served in the Army during WWII. He worked at Northcrest Mill from 1952 until it closed in 1988.