George E. Geory Refires After 56 Yeors in lumber Business

George E. Geary, for the past 56 years active in the lumber business on the west coast and for the past four years with Sun Lumber Company, Wilmington, retired January 31, 1961. George started his career wit}t the McCloud River Timber Company in McCloud California way back in 1904.

During the past six decades George has worked for various organizations throughout California, Old Mexico, Oregon and Idaho. In February 1925 he came to Los Angeles from Sacramento to enter a seven year association witll E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc., and a few years with W. E. Cooper Co. He left the Cooper lumber people to join the stafr of E. K. Wood Lumber Company in Los Angeles where he remained for more than 23 years in the sales department. When E. K. Wood closed its retail business George joined the inside sales sta.ff of Sun Lumber Company where he has been since that time.

Very few of Geary's customers have met him personally. They knew him only via the telephone and his happy ,,hello', before going into his sales pitch. He has been active in southern California lumber circles for the past 35 years and has watched this area grow from small communities to its present leadership. He has furnished a lot of the building materials for this growth.

George intends to take it easy by loaflng and lazing in the sun, make a few trips by auto and then later in the year, if conditions permit, take a slow boat to China and around the world. Have fun, George, you will be missed at Sun Lumber Company and by your many friends in the industry.