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TIi'ENTY.FII'E YEARS AGCD TCDI'AY
As Reported in The California Lumber Merchant, April lt 1936
Gus Tyler, formerly with the Barr Lumber Company, has opened a retail lumber yard in Whittier, California. His son, Monte, formerly with the Joslin Lumber Company at Lennox, will be associated with his father.
Leonard C. Hammond was elected president of Hammond Lumber Company at a stockholders' meeting held San Francisco on March 28. Son of founder A. B. Hammond, Leonard Hammond aided his father in the concern's management. He has been prominently identified with the Califorrria
Redwood Associates as a director ancl past president. During World War I he gained national distinction for his record as an Ace in the U. S. Air Service.
George M. Hammond, former vice president, secretary and general manager of the Bowerman Lumber Company, Ltd., at Glendale, California, has been elected by the board of directors to succeed the late Chas.
C. Bowerman as president, treasurer and general manager. Mr. Hammond has been associated with Mr. Bowerman in business for 17 years, having come to California from