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C. C. Barr, 78, pioneer resident of Whittier, passed away at the Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena on Januarv 27, follor.r'ing an illness of several months.

Mr. Barr, a resident of Whittier for 38 years, r'vas active in many civic affairs. He helped organize the Whittier Rotary Club, and was a former president of the Whittier Chamber of Commerce. He was active in the Methodist Church, serving as its finance officer for many months.

He was manager of the Barr Lumber Company at Whittier for many vears, and was vice president and a director of the company. He also served as an ofificer of the Whittier National Bank.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna E. Barr, two daughters, Mrs. Bertha E. Knox of Whittier and Mrs' Alice Hunnicut of PaSadena; five grandchildren ; a sister, Mabel Barr of Whittier and a brother, W. B. Barr of Denver. Funeral services were conducted in Whittier on Saturdav afternoon, January 29.

Louis J. Simpson

Louis J. Simpson, 71, member of a pioneer Oregon lunlbering and shipbuilding family, passed arvay at Coos Bay, Oregon, on January 17 following a long illness. He was the first mayor of North Bend in 1904-05, and was a candidate for governor of Oregon in 1918.

He lvas the son of the late Asa Simpson ,founder of the Coos Bay Lumber Company, rvhich in its earlier clays rvas knou'n as the Old Town Lumber Mill. Funeral services vi'ere held at Coos Bay on January 19.

A. M. Anderson

A. N{. Anderson, 62, passed a\4'ay on Thursday, January 6, follorving a heart attack. Two years ago, lVfr. Anderson retired as chairman of the board and president of The Sisalkraft Company, Chicago. He had been active in the building industry for over twenty years.

Hcrry L. Ccll

Harry Lindsay Call, 75, retired lumberman, passed a'rvay at the Glendale Sanitarium on Friday, January 28.

I{e went with the tr. K. Wood Lumber Co. in 1927 at their Oakland yard as manager of the specialty department, ar-rd in 1931 he came to'the Los Angeles office where he was manager of their branch yards until his retirement about a year ago. Before going with the E. I(. Wood LumLrer Co., he was in the lumber business in Minneapolis, N{ontana and Oakland.

Surviving are his rvidow, Nell Call; a foster daughter, Martha Mitchell, a sister, Katherine, and a brother, Grant Call. Funeral services were held in Pasadena, Tuesday morning, February 1.

Hcrry Siskin

Harry Siskin, 74, Los Angeles furniture manufacturer, passed away at his home in Los Angeles on January 27 follor,ving a three months' illness.

A native of Poland, Mr. Siskin came to the United States as a youth and lived in Philadelphia until coming to Los Angeles in 1901, the year he founcled the Angelus Furniture Co.

He leaves four sons, Isidore, Abe, Joseph and Leo Siskin, all of whom rvere associated with him in the furniture company, and a daughter, Mrs. Florence S. Greenberg. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday afternoon, Tanuary 30.

Eugene O. Satncn

Eugene O. Satnan, 52, San Diego, passed away on January 13 from a'cerebral hemorrhage. Ife was a draftsman r,r'ith the Glasson Mill & Lumber Co. of San Diego and had been rvith the company for nearly five years. He was a member of Hoo-Hoo.

Surviving are his rvidow and a son. Funeral services 'ivere held in San Diego on January 17.

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