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J. P. Weyerhqeuser, Jr. Dies in Tqcomo

John Philip Weyerhaeuser, Jr., died December 8 at Tacoma General Hospital in the Washington city after a sudden and severe intensification of leukemia. He was 57 years old. The prominent lumberman had served dent of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company since was executive vice-president from 1933 to 1947. as presl1947 and

Born in Rock Island, Ill., January 18, 1899, he attended the Hill School in Pottstown. Pa.. and in 1920 received an A. B. degree at Yale University.

N{r. Weyerhaeuser started his career in the lumber industry in l92l u,'ith Edward Rutledge Timber Companv of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. In 1922 he became sales manager of that company. He became general manager of Clearrvater Timber Company in 1925 and held that position until 1931, when he became president of Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lerviston, Idaho. His appointment as executive vice-president of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company was made in 1933, followed by advancement to president in 1947.

Mr. Weyerhaeuser held many elective and honorary offices, including president of American Forest Products Industries, Inc. He served as a field artillery 2nd lieutenant during World War I. He was delegate to the Timber Committee, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Geneva, in 1955. In the same year he received the Distinguished Service An'ard in Forestry from the American Forestry Association.

Surviving are his wife, Helen Walker \Veyerhaeuser; daughters, Mrs. J. J. Pascoe and Elizabeth Weyerhaeuser, all of Tacoma; sons, John Philip Weyerhaeuser III, St. Paul, Minnesota, and George H. Weyerhaettser, Ettgenc, Oregon; sister, Mrs. F. A. Titcomb, Tacoma; and brothcr, Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser, St. Paul, Minnesota.

F. K. Weyerhaeuser Elected President

Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser rvas elected president of thtr Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, December l l, in a special meeting of the company's board of directors in Tacoma. Simultaneously, Chas. H. Ingram, a Weyerhaeuser vicepresident and the company's general manager, rvas elected executive vice-president. Mr. \Areyerhaeuser retains his pct- sition as chairman of the timber company's board of directors and presidency of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company. He became Sales Company president in 1929 and board chairman in 1955. Ingram also retains the present duties as general manager which he assumed in 1936. Ing'ram was elected a vice-president in 1947.

Jo. H. Shepord

Funeral services were held at Oakland, December 14, for Jo. H. Shepard, who died at his Piedmont home on December 12. Mr. Shepard, who was general manager of Builders Emporium in El Cerrito, leaves his wife, Edna, a daughter, two grandchildren, two sisters, and a brother, Charles L. Shepard, of Sacramento.

Jo. Shefard, a native of Sacramento, had spent his entire life in lumber. Prior to World \Mar I, he was affiliated with the Portland Lumber Company. Shortly after the war, he moved to Sacramento, where his father managed Friend & Terry Lumber Company. Mr. Shepard later became manager of this yard and then left to take over Martinez.Lumber Company, at that time owned by Santa Fe Lumber Company. When Mr. Shepard moved to Martinez, his.brother, Charles Shepard, took over management of the Friend & Terry yard. Jo. Shepard continued the management of Martinez Lumber Company until 1944, at which time he became associated with Builders Emporium, fnc..

Mr. Shepard was a member of both the Oakland and San Francisco Hoo-Hoo clubs and a member of the International Order.