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Jesse A. McCAIN

Jesse A. McCain, 60, well-known Los Angeles lumberman, died January 26. He had joined the old Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill and Lumber Co. as a bov in the Pomona yard and remainea wittr the firm until it was liquidated in 1947. He then started his own wholesale business as a mill representative and was operating the McCain Lumber Co. in San Gabriel at his death. He had been in failing health the past few months but remained active and was in Santa Barbara, Calif ., for the day undergoing treatment and examination when he was stricken and died last month.

McClure E. HALI

McClure E. Hall, Sr., 63, owner and manager of the Hall-Shepherd Lumber C,o.,_Long Beach, Calif., died January 20. The lumber dealer had been a dentist in Kansas City, Mo., until 1927 when he was stricken with polio. He took his family to Long Beach ln 1928. He leaves his wife Frances of the home at 3013 E. 6th St.; a son, McClure, Jr.; a brother, Harry, and two sisters.

Berl L. COOK

Bert Levi Cook, 76, owner and operator of the Cook Lumber Companv in llawthorne, Calif., for 36 years, died January 24 in his home at 3525 W.79th St., Inglewood. He was a native of Iowa. Mr. Cook leaves his wife, Minnie E., and a son, Charles.

Perry E. CANFIELD

Perry E. Canfield, 87, died January 23 in Seattle, Wash., where he had been living. Since 1936 he had oper- ated the Canfield Lumber Co., Burbank, Calif., a branch of Perry E. Canfield Wholesale Lumber, Seattle. The Burbank yard had been closed for two weeks but was reopened February 6 with the reorganization to be announced shortly by a nephew of the deceased. The late Mr. Canfield started in the lumber business in the Midwest.

where he operated 58 years with yards in Denver, Kansas City, Omaha, Fort Wayne and Iowa locations which are leased.

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James H. Bester, 87, former director of the Long-Bell Lumber Co. and general manager of the company's mercantile interests, died December 18 in Santa Monica, Calif., where he had retired. He joined Long-Bell in 1901 and became manager of the company store in Yellow Pine, La. In 1904 he was placed in charge of the entire Mercantile department, then consisting of seven stores, and continued in that capacity 43 years until his retirement at the end of 1947. LTnder Mr. Bester's manag'ement, the stores were elevated from the usual sawmill town commissaries to modern stores and the chain had grown to 18 in the South by 1920, which did not include the later West Coast stores. He headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., but transferred to Longview, Wash., a few years before his retirement. He was elected to the Long-Bell board in 1920. B:urial was in Inglewood, Calif. Emil W. Gallaher, 51, president of Slide Master Sales Co. and one of the originators of the sliding glass door, died January 30 in his home at Van Nuvs. Calif.

Son Diego Lumbermen Elect Bob Sufton President

The San Diego Lumbermen's Association held election of officers at the regular meeting, January 20, in the city. For their 1959 president, the board of directors elected R. M. Sutton, Dixieline Lumber Co., San Diego. Gordon Frost, Frost Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego, was elected vicepresident, and John Sullivan, Western Lumber Co. of San Diego, was elected treasurer. V. M. Capesius was reelected secretary-manager. All the choices were unanimouslv made.

A busy year is anticipated by the members and officers, reports "Cap," and various committees have already been appointed by the new presiderit and are at work.