ftEdc.ffit MERCURY HARIIWI|I|II LUMBER CtI.

Roberr King

Jerry Lopin durine bis lifetime, had worked many years with lumber companies in Kern-county which lsrew him as a very capable lumberman whose passinq wil[ be a loss to his many friends. Mr. Turoski Ieaves his wife [Ielen-bf tlre home at 1006 33rd St., Bakersffeld; his son Leonard, three sisters and a grandson. Interment was in Garden of Memory, Greenlawn Me,morial Park, Bakersffeld, following funeral services in Greenlawn Ctrapel where Mr. Turoski's pallbearers were Bill Mac Eacheron, Larry Kini, Grant Marshall, SydnerMarshall, Charles Milyus and Foster Ward.

Jeeph rrlf. DEAL

Woril is sorrowfully received from t"he east of the death in Great Bend, Kansas. Ianuarv 9. of Ioseph William Deal. veteran retail lumber dealer who wai still ictive ii &i operation of his yards. Mr. Deal, who was one of the genuinely beloved ffgures in this industry, made his home of recent yeari in Laiamie, Wyoming, where he hail a retail yard, but made frequent trips back to his extensive interests in Kansas, where the main -vard wis at McPherson. He was ffrst associated with the Long-Bell iumber Co. in the Kansas City offices for 26 years, then lO years with the Pickering Lumber Co. there. His death came in the hospital following a shoke incurred while on another business trip with his -wife, MaudeJ a forrrer Kansas City, Kansas, schoolteacher.

'Joe" DeaI also leaves two daughters; ono son, T. A. Deal, himself

DOUGTAS FIR, R,EDWOOD. HEMLOCK PONDER,OSA SUGAR. PINE

CEDAR . WHITE FlR, wholesole only!

H.t. ]{ELS0N [umber (ompnny phone ' S:'::.liii, Kirk' Corrine a well-known industry ffgure who has been many years s7ift T,ong-Bell at Weed, Calif., a grandion, T. A. "Tad" Deal, Jr., who is with Arcata Redwood Co., Arcata, Calif., and his grandchildren.

New Western Pine Directorlt

Portland.-The 1960 membership directory of the Western Pine Association is off the press, a Z4-page publication listing approximately 400 mills manufacturing lumber products in the l2-state region. Showing mill locations, sales office addresses, species details and standard and special products manufactured, the directory is published as an aid in the merchandising of Western Pine region lumber throughout the United States.

Moie than 350 companies are represented in the producer group, and the combined production of member firms is estimated to exceed 85/o of. the total production qf all mills in the region. The directory is being given wide distribution in the lumber trade throughout America.

The ORIGINAL Crystol Cleor Plqstic Spor. A finish especiolly recommended for oll types of wood. Accenls, beoutifies ond retqins the originol color. Suitoble for interior or ext.erior use.

Coll or wrile us for triol order. We guqrqntee you won'l be disoppointed.

Course in Rerqil Soles Promotion

For the first time in Los Angeles, a course in retail sales promotion-covering every phase thoroughly for advertistng people, for the small store owner, the merchandiser, buyer, branch manager, store manager and salesman who sells the retail store-will be offered by University Extension, IJniv_ersity of California, Southern Area, stariing Feb. 9 in the Hillstreet Theatre building, downtown L. AI

The course, to be given by John Pearl, managing director of the National Federation of Advertising Ageniies, on Tuesday gv_9ni1Sg (7:00-9:00 p.m.) for 15 inee-tings, will cost-only $2_5 (Address : The Regents of the University of California, Information Office, UC Utrirre.sity Extension. 813 _S. Hill St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.)

Classes will hear how_ to set up an advertising-publicity division, evaluating and selecting media, wheri ind how to promote; actual production of advertising layout, copy and art; publicity budgets, window display, interior disp.lay, signs, and will visit a newspaper plant to see advertising matter actually set up. The classes will run from Feb.9 through May 17.

Wiley Yord in long Beoch on Block

It !s regretfully reported that the George T- Wiley Lumber Company, in Trong ,Beach, Calif., one of the most progressive- re,tail yards in Southern California, is being offired for sale following the recent, untimely death of Dealir Wiley in his early 40s. The yard is liquidating its lumber in order to make a package sale of the store and site more attractive. Since its beginning in 1949, the business was developed to return more than 20/o on the investment, reported Orrie W. Hamilton in a recent bulletin of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn.

JORDAN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, San Francisco, hosted a dinner for a group of Bay Area hardwood lumbermen, bankers, State officials and shippers in the Sheraton-Palace's California Room on January 4, honoring two Burmese government officials, Colonel Kyi Maung and U Saw Min. Colonel Maung, chairman of the Union of

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