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William "Bill" Hammer, 58, manager of fleet operations, Roadside Lumber & Hardware, Inc., Agoura Hills, Ca., died of cancer Aug.27.

He was a mechanic and driver for Fleming Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., prior to being hired by Roadside Lumber in 1990.

Jack Smith, 66, Western U.S. territorial manager-Uniwood division of International Paper, died Aug. 22 in Hollister, Ca.

He was born in Los Anseles and served in the Navy during the Korean War.

He worked for Permaneer Corp., Louisiana-Pacific Corp., DMK Pacific and operated his own firm, Mission Forest Products. Hollister. prior to working for International Paper.

Frank O. Billings, 72, import manager, Robinson Lumber Co., Buellton, Ca., died of cancer July 28.

He began his career in the lumber industry with Simpson Redwood Co.

He joined the hardwood importing division of Herrgott & Wilson in 1982 and later worked for Snavely Forest Products and Berdex Inc.

In 1993-1994. he worked on a sawmill consulting project in the Russian Far East.

He served on various committees for the International Hardwood Products Association and was a member of the National Hardwood Lumber Association.

He began working for Robinson Lumber earlier this year.

Megan Wilton, 17, daughter of John and Beth Wilton, California Forest Products, Inc., Gilroy, Ca., died Sept. l8 after a short illness.

New Treated Wood Standards

The American Wood-Preservers' Association is replacing its longestablished Commodity standards with a new format, the Use Category System.

While the standards' technical content will not change, all treated wood commodities vyill now be irlaced within a series of different exposure categories.

Three reasons give rise to the change: to make the standards easier to understand; to coincide with a new standard for treated wood based on an exposure category system being developed by the International Standards Organization, and to conform to a World Trade agreement placing international standards ahead of those of member countries.

The next system is expected to become official by August 1999.