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lililliam M. Moores, 51, prominent real estate developer and former president of Hollow Tree Lumber Co. of Ukiah, Calif., was killed in a crash May 2?th moments after taking off in his twin engine Cessna 337 from a private airstrip located two miles north of Manchester, Calif.

Mr. Moores made a normal takeofr and continued on a northwest course over the ocean. Seconds later the plane, losing alti- tude and with the left wing low, was off course flying in a southerly direetion. It disappeared from the view of onlookers and crashed about a half-mile south of the airstrip. fle was active for many years in the Boy Scouts of America and was a member of the Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club and the Redwood Empire Association. He is survived by his widow Mickey and three children.

A native of Two Rivers, Wash., Mr. Moores attended the University of Oregon at Eugene. His first position after leaving the university was with Pope and Talbot Lurnber Co. in Portland.

In 1946, in partnership with W. H. A. Smith, he founded the Hollow Tree Lumber Co. In 1949 they purchased a sawmill and built a re-manufacturing plant. Hollow Tree was sold in 1962 and, since that time, Mr. Moores had been developing property for homesites and recreation in an area known as Irish Beach.

Leonard "Bill" Messer, 44, died. of a heart attack June 10. He was employed by the Commercial Lumber lCb. in Downey, Calif.

Mr. Messer was borlt July 28, 7922, in Walsenburg, Colorado and had also worked for Ralph Barto Lumber Co. and Los Cal Lumber Cb.