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Kenneth Smith R.etires From TPL; Corl Bohr to Heod lumber Sqles

A. Stanwood Murghy, president of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, announces the retirement of Kenneth Smith, vice-president and treasurer. Mr. Smith, who has been an active and vital force in the lumber industry since 1911, joined The Pacific Lumber Company in May' 1948 as assistant to the president and was elected treasurer of the company the following year. His appointment as vice-president was made in January 1954. His career in the lumbir business embraced 14 years' service with LongBell Lumber Company in manufacturing, accounting, export and domestic sales, of which the last fiveyears were as district sales manager in New Orleans, San Francisco and Philadelphia. He was appointed sales manager of E. K' Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, in 1926, and secretarymanager of Lumber & Allied Products, Los Angeles, in 1928.

In 1931 Mr. Smith established his own business as economic consultant to the forest and allied products industry, and also served as executive officer of the Retail Lumber 'Code Authority for Southern California from 1933 to 1935. From 1936 to 1940 he was manager of the reorganized Lumber & Allied Products Institute. In 1940 he was elected president and general manager of the California Redwood

Association, San Francisco, and served in this capacity until he joined The Pacific Lumber Company in 1948.

Despite his multitudinous duties in the lumbering industry, Kenneth Smith has always found time to devote to other interests, both in civic and business circles. In addition to his previous executive position with the California Redwood Association, he is also a past president of the California Forest Protective Association and the Associated Secretaries of Los Angeles. He is presently a director of the California Taxpayers' Association, California Redwood Association and the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. a trustee of the Foundation for American Resources Management, and a past director of the American Trade Association E,xecutives. He is an active member of the San Francisco Sales Executives Association, the California State Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Rotary Club of San Francisco and the Commonwealth Club of California.

Mr. Smith is going to resume practice as an economic consultant, a field which he pioneered in the forest products industries in 1931.

At a recent meeting of the board of directors of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco (and Chicago), Carl W. Bahr was elected vice-president in charge of lumber sales, announced A. Stanwood Murphy, president. Mr. Bahr has been eastern sales manager for The Pacific Lumber Company, with headquarters in Chicago, since 1946. Prior to joining the organization, he was general manager