OBITUARIES

Jerry Blue, 60, salesman for Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim, Ca., died Nov. 10, 1992, after an extended illness.

Mr. Blue began in the lumber business in 1955 as a load builder and truck driver with Costa Mesa Lumbor, Costa Mesa, Ca., later moving into sales. He joined Ganahl in 1974 and soon beca:ne the finn's first outside contractor salesman.

John L. Maxwell, founder of La MeSa Planing Mill, La Mesa Ca., 80, died of heart failure Nov. 10, 1992, in San Diego, Ca.

Born in Texas, Mr. Maxwell worked for a construction company until 1937, when he starred his owir business. He had been a member of Hoo-Hoo Intemational since 1945.

Alfred X. Baxter, 67, chairman and chief executive officer of J. H. Baxter & Co., San Mateo, Ca., died of a heart atlack Nov. 22, 1992, while vacationing qff the coast of Argentina.

Born in San Francisco, Ca., Mr. Baxter joined the company in 1948, becoming chaimran and ceo in 1980. He was a director of the Forest Hisorv Society, past president of the Nationdl Forest Products Association, American Wood Preservers' Association, American Forest Insdfite and Western Wood Preservers Institute; and past chairnan of AWPA, Wood Marketins, Inc., American Wood Preserveis

Institute, AWPI government affairs committee and NFPA committee on forest chemicals.

Eugene E. Turner, 66, fomrer U.S. Division chief inspector of the Pacific Lumber lnspection Bureau, Bellevue, Wa., died Nov. 7, 1992, in Tacoma, Wa.

Mr. Turner served PLIB frst as a resident Tacoma inspector for nearly 20 years, then as an area supervisor and U.S. Division chief inspector for 10 years prior to a disabling injury and subsequent medical retirement in 1989.

Ron Barrie, manager of Meeks Building Center, Yuba City, Ca., died Nov. 6, 1992, after a year-long battle with leukemia.

A native of the Yuba area, he began his building industry carcer as a construction worker before joining Meeks as a warehouserum in 1979, working his way up to manager in 1985. Mr. Banie was 1986 Meeks Manager of the Year.