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E. U. Wheelock

E,drvard Upton Wheelock, 73, president of E. U. Wheelock, Inc., Los Angeles ,passed a$'ay at his home on January 13. He had been in ill health since last October.

Born in Chicago, he came to California over forty years ago and engaged in the lumber business, going rvith the Brookings Lumber Co. at Redlands. Then he became assistant manager of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. at Los Angeles, and later became manager of the C. A. Smith Lumber Co. and Consolidated Lumber Co. In 1920 he went in business for himself and organized E. U. Wheelock, Inc. He rvas widely known and was held in high esteem by the members of the lumber industry.

He was treasurer of the Los Angeles Baptist Missionary Society, a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Hollyrvood, and rvas formerly on the agriculture board division of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Jonathan Club.

He is survived by his widor'v, I{rs. Blanche N. Wheelock, and tu'o nephews, George W. Brooks of Chicago and Eugene N. Brooks of Portland.

Funeral services r'vere held at the First Baptist Church. orr Mor-rday morning, January 17. Dr. Harold L. Proppe \\'as the officiant. Interment was in Forest Lau'n Nfemorial Park.

A. B. Johnson

A. B. Johnson, of the A. B. Johnson Lumber Company, 'San Francisco, passed away in San Francisco January 11. He was the last of the old San Francisco lumber pioneers of the 1880's, and had been in the lumber business there since 1888, having come there in that year to sell the lumber manufactured by Wilson Brothers in Aberdeen, Wash. He became a junior partner in the Wilson firm in 1889, and continued with them until 1918 when the partnership was dissolved. The A. B. Johnson Lumber Company was organized in 1921, a partnership consisting of his rvife, his son, A. B. Johnson, Jr., and himself.

It is recalled that Mr. Johnson was one of the original incorporators of the torvn of Aberdeen. He rode horseback from Portland to Aberdeen on the second horse that entered that town. He used to tell that the first lumberman he met in San Francisco lvas Joseph Knowland, owner of the Gardner Mill, and whose grandson, Wm. F. Knowland is now United States Senator for California. He also said that Tom Hogan of Oakland rvas the first man he sold lumber to in the Bay district.

Up to 1898 Mr. Johnson superintended the construction of six sailing vessels, and from that time untrl 1926 he and \\rilson Brothers built seven steamers.

N{r. Johnson would have beeu 84 in February. He is survived by his son, A. B. Johnson, Jr., and a iaughter, N{rs. Esther J. McRae; a sister, Mrs. Henry Wilson. and a brother, William Johnson of Paynesville, \{inn.

Ray Wiest

Ray Wiess, manager of the Trade Relations Department of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, died very suddenly at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 19th. He had been rvith Weyerhaeuser for about fifteen years. He was born in Beaumont, Texas, 72 years ago, a member of one of the most famous lumber families in Texas history. For many years he was general sales manager for the Kirby Lumber Company, and was well known nationally as a lumberman of great ability, and a gentleman of high degree. He is survived by his rvife, tu'o daughters, and two grandchildren.

Western Building Climbs in 1948

In the 11 Western states, Hawaii and Alaska, engineering construction rvork in 1948 shorved an increase over 1947 by almost a half billion dollars. Contract awards totaled $1,922,374,59I last year, while in 1947 the total rvas $r,407.502,943.

In December, 1948, the awards r'vere $173,079.6O8 as against $103,417,912 in the final month ol 1947.