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Byron ttBarneytt Miller, 80, retired president/co-founder of Arcata Redwood Co., Arcata, Ca., died Sept. 28 in Eureka, Ca.

He began his 39-year career as a forklift operator and was promoted through several jobs. In 1939, he cofounded Arcata Redwood and became its president in 1969.

He retired in 1978.

Theodore Lilley, 71, chairman of Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, Or., died Sept. 6 after 36 years with the company.

Paul Penberthy Jr., 77, tetited president of PenberthY Lumber Co., barson, Ca., died Sept.2l in Pasadena. Ca.

Born in Los Angeles, Ca., he was a navigator in the U.S. Air Force during WWII, based in England. After graduating from Stanford, he served as president of PenberthY Lumber for bver 20 years before retiring in 1986.

Norman Lillard Mikalson, 86, co-founder of Mikalson Lumber Mills, Chattaroy and Spokane, Wa., died of a stroke Oct. l0 in Spokane.

Born in Eureka, Mt., he moved to Spokane in 1930. In the 1940s, he bought a sawmill in ChattaroY and a milf in Spokane with his father and brother Arthur. Later theY oPened mills in Kettle Falls, Colville and Arden, Wa.

After selling the mills to Boise Cascade. Plum Creek Timber and others, they operated their timberland as Evergreen Tree Farm, Inc. In the 19904, Mikalson was president of Arden Tree Farms.

He served two terms as President of the Spokane Hoo-Hoo Club and lf you enioy tolking was former president of the Northwest Wood Products Clinic. He also served on Hoo-Hoo International's board of directors and was awarded its highest award twice.

At age 74, he became the third oldest person to climb Mt. Killimanjaro in Africa.

New Termite-Protected Wood

Insect-protected wood designed for use in wood home construction particularly in areas of the South with a high termite infestation has been developed by Osmose Wood Preserving and its Blue Star Ventures, Inc., subsidiary.

Advance Guard wood is treated with U.S. Borax's Tim-bor Industrial, a broad spectrum insecticide similar to that used by pest control applicators for remedial freatment. However, in this case, the wood is impregnated with the insecticide prior to construc- tion. Non-corrosive and non-hazardous, Tim-bor is used widely in Hawaii where the vast majority of new homes have "whole house" treatment due to Formosan termites.

All of the lumber and plywood in the framing of an Advance Guard home have this pre-treatment, and the framing carries a lS-year limited warranty.

Distributors Less Confident

Wholesaler-distributors' confidence in current business conditions decreased on a short-term and longterm basis, according to a new Arthur Andersen LLP survey.

Current Quarter Index (July-Sept. 1997) fell from 122.7 to 119.6. The Year Ahead Index (forecasting July 1997-June 1998) slipped from 107.6 to 106.2.

The index operates on a base of 100, recorded in second quarter 1991.

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