OBITUARIES

Earle A. Sanborn, longtime lumberman, died October 20. He was 69.

IIe began his lumber career unloading cars for E. K. Wood Lumber Co. in Huntington Beach in \922 not knowing redwood from fir. It wasn't long, however, till he was changed to counter work and thence to E, K. Wood's San Pedro yard and later on moved to their Los Angeles ofrce where he was located in the Industrial Department serving the oil industries, manufactuters, motion picture industry. For the last six years with E. K. Wood he was assistant to the late Percy Mercetino in the wholesale and purchasing departments.

In 1944 he joined Barr Lumber Company and worked for them for 17 years until he retired in 1963.

He is survived by his widow, Mary, a daughter and three gr:andchildren.

Lloyd M. Eebbron, Sr., veteran Sa^nta Cruz retail lumberman, died after a two month illness, December 2. Mr. Hebbron, a civic and fraternal Santa Cruz leader, was 67 and had spent his entire active career in the Monterey Peninsula lumber industry. He was president of Hebbron-Nigh Lumber Company and a past foreman of the Santa Cruz Grand Jury,

He also served on the Santa Cruz dra^f,t board during WWII and was exalted ruler of Santa Cruz Lodge B.P.O.E., as well as past president of the Santa Cruz Rotary Club.

He is survived by his widow Malvina of their Santa Cruz home; a son, Lloyd Jr. of Santa Cruz; and a daughter, Mrs. William Newby of Monterey.

CALIFORNIA LUilBEN'IERCHANT

Robert Forgie, pioneer California lumberman whose career spanned a period of more than half a century, died December 4. He was 86.

Forgie began in the lumber business at the turn of the century in Aberdeen,Wash. During his more than 50 years in the industry he was associated with the Robert Dollar Co., San Francisco; Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Co., Bellingham, Wash.l Sante Fe Lumber Co.. San Franeisco, and the Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton. He was a member of Hoo-Ifoo for over 40 years, and was also a Mason and belonged to the Scottish Rite.

He leaves his widow, Helene; one son' James H. Forgie, vice president of Robert S. Osgood, Inc., Los Angeles, and two grandchildren, Peter and Cynthia of Los Angeles.