OBITIUARIES

Roberto F. Estudillo Sr., 80, founder of Maderia San Ysidro, one of the oldest lumberyards in Tijuana, Mexico, died Oct. 9, 1991, in San Diego, Ca.

The Estudillo family came to Mexico when it was a colony of Spain and Califomia a sparsely populated tenitory of Mexico. The Spanish crown granted the Estudillos huge tracts of land, much of which was lost when California became a state. As part of one of the founding families of Tijuana, Mr. Estudillo was influential in the continuing development of the city.

Though retired from the lumber business, he was the oldest dues paying member of the San Diego HooHoo Club.

Art Crauthamel, retired San Diego, Ca., lumberman, died Sept. 22, 1991. He was 71.

A past president of the San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club, Mr. Crauthamel worked for Sullivan Hardwood for 20 years then San Diego Wholesale for l0 years before retiring in 1983.

James Joseph 3'Jiprr Kahler, 59, corporate credit manager for the six store Barr Lumber Co., Los Alamitos, Ca., died of lung cancer Oct. 17, 1991, in Fountain Valley, Ca.

Born in Great Neck, N.Y., he began his career in 1953 as a counter salesman at Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., Long Beach, Ca., becoming credit manager. When Rossman closed, he became a partner in Barnett Lumber Co., l,os Alamitos, and stayed on as the firm was sold to Sun Lumber Co., then Ward & Harrington Lumber, Lone Star Industries and finallv Louisiana-Pacific.

Mr. Kahler also worked for Delaney Sash & Door Co., Los Alamitos; James Lumber Co., Huntington Beach, Ca., and Las Vegas, Nv.

Dog & Cat Auctions

Auctions sponsored by regional lumber and building material associations to give members an opportunity to dispose of stagnant and overstocked merchandise date back about four years.

At this time Bob Johns, executive vice president of Mid-America Lumbermens Association. and Richard Peak, a manufacturer's rep to the lumber and building material trade and a former lumberyard owner, organized an auction that has become an annual affair with MLA. Since then other associations have used auctions to help their members turn surplus stock into cash.

Called a "pooled auction," these sales offer merchandise from many dealers and lumberyards in a neutral location to avoid affecting the local retail trade of any one participant.

Lumber & Machine Staining........33

Herbert Lumber Co.

Hirt & Wood... ......................26

Hoo-Hoo International ..........................,.......46

Huff Lumber Co....................,..,..,..............,,..28

Idaho Cedar Sa|es..............................,...........44

Indiana Wood. ..-.--.--........32

Indian Country ................,....43

Inland Timber Co. .............................Cover III

Keller Lumber Co...........,,....,.................,......34

Keller Lumber Sa|es.........,............................42

Louisiana-Pacifi c..-..-.-----...,............Cover I

MacBeath llardwood Co....................Cover II

M&M Builders Supply,

Navqio Forest ProductsIndustries...............l7

Norman Lumber Co.

Oregon-Canadian Forest Products ..............16

Pacilic Forest Products.......,..-.-.-.-.,.-........35

Pacific Lumber Co.....,.,.........,.........................8

Pacific Mill & Lumber...................................43

Panel-Tex, I

Philips Lumber Sa|es...................,............,....53

Product Sales Co. .............................................4

Redwood Coast Lumber Co......,...................42

Reliable Wholesale Lumber...,..,.,..........,......30

Rossmann MacDonald & Benetti. Inc..........19

Schaller Forest Products .............,......,,.....,...54

SCR, Inc.......... .--.-..-.-.......32

Simpson Timber Co. .......,..................Cover IV

Siskiyou Forest Products...............................40

South Bay Forest Products Co......................29

Southwest Plywood & Lumber Corp...........31

Swan Secure.... ......................36

Thomas Forest Products, J,M.......................33

Thunderbolt Wood Treating Co...................2

Trans Continental Transport, Inc. ....Cover II

Trinity River Lumber Co..,......,........Cover III

Unity Forest Products........,...........................49

Waldron Forest Products...........,..,..........,....36

Western Wood Treating................,.......,..,....23