Brush Industrial Lumber Co.

Wholesale

5354 Eagt Slauson Ave.

Los Angeles 29, Calif.

ANselus 1-11 55

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WHOI.ESAIE AITD IOBBING

H. Milton Cross

H. Milton Cross, 58, president of the Cross Lumber Merced, Calif., passed away February 27 after a long ness.

He was born in Caney, Kansas, and went to Merced in 1911. With his father, the late C. M. Cross, and his brother, Marion C. Cross, he bstablished the Cross Lumber Co. He was a director for many years of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, and was a member of the Merced Rotary Club, and the Elks Lodge.

He leaves his widow, Mrs. Sybil Rose Cross; three children, Robert Cross, Marion Rose Cross, and Mrs. Jean Elizabeth Singer, two brothers, one sister, and three grandchildren.

Funeral services u'ere held in Merced on Saturday, March 1.

Ccrl Blackstock

Since 1888

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GOAST I.UMBER

Carl Blackstock of Seattle, Wash., passed away suddenly on February 17 during a visit to Palm Springs, Calif.

He was president of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Washington, D. C., during 1941 and 1942, and in 1935 and 1936 he was president of the 'Western Retail Lumbermen's Association. For several years he was a member of the executive committee of the National, and also served as director at large and on the National board of directors. His notable service to the industry included war-time service on the Industry Advisory Committee to the War Production Board.

He is survived by his wife, and a brother, and two sons in the retail lumber business. Funeral services were held February 21 in Seattle.

Ben Tyre

Funeral services for Ben Tyre of Beverly Hills, 53, lvho, with his four brothers founded the glass company bearing their name over forty years ago, were held in Los Angeles Tuesday, Macch 4. He passed away at his home March 2 following a heart attack. He was a past president of the National Association of Glass Jobbers and the B'nai B'rith, and a member of the Shrine and Rotary Club.

He leaves his widow, Mrs. Sadie Tyre; three daughters, Mrs. Beatrice Epstein, Mrs. Ruth Sklar and Eleanor Tyre; and four brothers, Sam, Jack, Louis and Morris Tyre.

Herbert L. Owen

Funeral services for Herbert L. Owen of Los Angeles, 41, president of the Cedar Best Shingle Products Co., who passed away on February 23, were held at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, on February 27. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Wilma D. Orven; four sons, Ronald, Lyle, James and Robert Owen; his mother, Mrs. Nellie Owen; and three sisters, Helen McCollum, Blanche Ashcraft, and Elizabeth Stevenson.