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WFCA Covers Much Ground In Sqn Frcrncisco Meeting

San Francisco-E,. R. Aston of Omak, Washington, was elected president of the Western Forestry & Conservation Association for 1955 at the 45th annual Western Forestry Conference. Other officers elected include first vice-presidents John R. Liersch, Vancouver, B.C.; Corydon Wagner, Tacoma, Wash.; E. P. Stamm, Portland, Ore.; George Neff, Bonner, Mont.; J. M. Brown, Jr., Sand Point, Idaho; Walter S. Johnson, San Francisco. Also elected were George S. Long, Jr., secretary, Tacoma, Wash.; C. S. Cowan, treasurer, Seattle, Wash.; Carl V. Hersey, assistant secretary-treasurer, Portland, and Stuart Moir, forest counsel, Portland.

Two industrial forestry leaders, George L. Drake and Clyde S. Martin, received engraved plaques. The alvard, made annually for outstanding ,contribution to forestry and conservation, went to Drake and Martin for their part in "many notable developments in western timber management." Drake, who once served as president of the WFCA, had recently retired from the Simpson Logging Company, Shelton, Wash. Martin, who recently was appointed as advisor to the Hoover Commission, retired last fall as forest counsel for the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Tacoma, Wash. Both men are now consulting foresters at Tacoma.