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OBOTUARItrS
CHARLES E. CLAY, JR.
Charles E. "Chuck" Clay, 61, representative of Eueene-Willamette Lumber Co.. died Julv 22 of cancer.
Mr. Clay was born in Portland, Or., and graduated from the University of Oregon. While attending school he worked for Timber Products Company and for the past several years until his death he represented EugeneWillamette. He was the past President of the North American Wholesale Lumber Assn.
Survivors are his widow. Dorothv. and two sons.
FRANK M. SCHEBLE
Frank Morrison Scheble. 59, owner and president of Wenatchee Lumber Co, Wenatchee, Wa. died July 13, of a heart attack.
Born October 12, 1914 in Wenatchee, Mr. Scheble sraduated from Stanford University in- 1937 with a degree in political science. He was a member of the Wenatchee Golf & Countrv Club. the Elks and the fraternal order irf HooHoo.
Survivors are his widow. Jane: his mother, one son and a daughter.
James Frank Jump
James F. Jump, hardware manager for Swan Lake Moulding Co., Klamath Falls, Or., died July l4 of a heart attack.
Born June 22, 1914 in Whiting, Ks., Mr. Jump formerly worked as a salesman for K. C. Paint Co., Klamath Falls and as manager for Edgerton Bros.. Adin. Ca. He was with Swan Lake Moulding Co. for approximately l0 years.
He is survived by his widow, Nora; a brother and one son.
HENRY H. LAWS
Henry H. Laws, one of California's most resDected retired retail lumber and building- materials dealers, died of a heart attack at 87 in Santa Rosa, Ca., August 16.
He was born in Milford. Delaware. and lived for 43 years in Santa Rosa. He ourchased the old E.U. White Lumber Co. in 1931, changing the name to the Henry Laws Co. Later it became Laws & Yaeger, and later yet and currently, Yaeser & Kirk. Mr. Laws was a meriber, officer and director of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California for manv vears. He was well known for honeitbusiness ethics and progressive merchandising. For 25 years he was a valued director of
Willits Redwood Products Co., where his prowess with the dice box at the monthly luncheons was legendary.
For 33 years he was a director of the locally owned Exchange Bank, and the senior member of the board at his death. He was active locally as a charter trustee of the Doyle Trust, which funds the Doyle Scholarship program at Santa Rosa Junior College. He was also president of the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce in 1937.
His other activities included the Santa Rosa Rotary Club for 43 years, Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Shrine, and First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are his widow, Edna; a daughter, a brother, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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