Lumber Trucking - Custom Inilling

Howord Wickershom on Leove

Howard Wickersham, manager of the Pasadena office of Getz Bros. & Co., has been placed on sick leave, N. Most, vice-president of the company, San Francisco, announced April 15. The announcement said Mr. Wickersham's healtb was such that it was not possible for him to have con- tinued in his duties to Japan that Getz Davis L. Borum Pasadena office. as manager nor to undertake the triJr Bros. had contemplated for him. has been appointed as manager of tht

U/. T. Weiser Retires; Sells Montebello Yord to Skewes

Af.ter 47 years in the lumber business, W. T. \Meiser, 75, 2404 Repetto, Los Angeles, announced last month that he was "retiring" to fish, travel and rest, and then will probably get back into business. He has sold the W. T. Lumber Co., 1919 Whittier Blvd., Montebello, to Willis Skewes, who assumed management aided by Howard Mefferd, longtime employee of the yard.

Dealer Weiser came to California from Montana 12 years ago and, after four months in Inglewood, moved to Montebello. He has owned and managed the retail yard bearing his initials for the past dozen years.

Willis Skewes and his family are recent arrivals from Nebraska and are making their home in an apartment at the yard .address. The new owner planned to rename the yard the Skewes Cas\way Lumber Co.

Russell Hecrds 'Keep Golifornio Green'

Harry Russell, log produ'ction manager of U.S. Plywood Corporation, Anderson, was elected president of Keep California Green at the recent directors' meeting in San Francisco. He replaces K. M. Macdonald, Sacramento Box & Lumber Company, Woodleaf, who served as president since 1953. The board moved to expand the fire prevention activities into eight additional counties of California and to ask labor unions to assist ,citizen committees with fireprevention education and promotion.

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The non-profit, industry-financed, fire-prevention organization now has 16 county citizen committees in the northern pine region of the state. Additional committees are planned in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valley counties.