OBITUARIES

A. S. Murphy, 71, Chairman of the Boald of Directors of The Pacific Lumber Company, died April 9 at his home in San Francisco, after a brief illness.

Mr. Murphy began working at PALCO's rcdwood lumber operations in Scotia, California in 1911. He was made Executive Vice President in 1925, President in 1931, and had been Chairman of the Board since February 1961, when the Presidency was assumed by his son, Stanwood A. Murphy.

Soon after he became President, the company pioneered in developing and marketing by-products from redwood bark and sawdust. It was also the first to produce end-glued and edge-glued redwood lumber products.

He instituted the first employee retirement program in the redwood lumber industry, and the first electrification of mills in the redwood region.

Mr. Murphy was also President and Director of the Penobscot Iron Ore Co. of Detroit, Michigan, and had formerly been a Director of the California Redwood Association and the Redwood Export Company. Also prominent in eattle ranching, he was active inthe Santa Gertrudis Breeders International.

He was born in Detroit and attended Detroit University. He started working at The Pacific Lumber Company during summer vacations, while attending college. During World War I he joined the U.S. Navy and served as a lieutenant.

In 1920, after war service, he returned to The Pacific Lumber Company and gained experience in woods and mill operations, eastern sales work, and export operations before being named Executive Vice President in 1925.

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brother, Donald M. Murphy of Green Bay, Wisconsin; and three grandchildren in San Francisco, Stanwood A. Murphy, Jr., Warren L. Murphy, and Suzanne S. Murphy,

Frank L. Jordan, 78, founder of the F. L. Jordan Sash & Door Co., Los Angeles, died March 27 following a lingering illness.

Frank was well known by old-timers in the millwork business, having started in 1906 with the City Mill & Mfg. Co., later taken over by W. P. Fuller & Co.

He arrived in Los Angeles in 1906, from Cripple Creek, CoIo. After 14 years with the Fuller Co., he joined with Fred J. Theriot and in 1926 formed the F. L. Jordan Sash & Door Co. Frank's son, "Spud," entered the business in 1927 and his stepson, Kenny Price, in 1934.

Fiank Jordan will be remembered by many for his enthusiastic support of industry association work and other industry problems. He was an old-timer in Hoo-Hoo, carrying cafi. 534622.

He maintained a very active part in his business until last year when his health took a turn for the worse.

Notable advances in forest conservation and wood utilization, leading to PALCO's sustained yield forest operations, were made during Mr. Murphy's management of the company. Tractor logging v/as started in the 1930's, enabling the company to plan permanent rcdwood timber operations thtough selective cutting.

Mr. Murphy was a member of a family whose lumber operations started in Maine in 1833, and later extended through Michigan and Wisconsin to Northern California, where The Pacific Lumber Company was established. Other business interests included copper and iron mining, real estate, and ranching, ranging from the Middle West to Southern California.

Survivors include his widow. the former' June Dibble; son, Stanwood A. Murphy; a

Mr. Jordan leaves his wife, Henrietta; sons, Merle and Spud; stepson, Kenneth Price; stepdaughter, Mrs. Elinor Neiren; and six grandchildren.

Fred Anawalt, 71, owner of the Anawalt Lumber Co. of West Los Angeles and Bev' erly Hills, died March 27 at his home, 1355 Monaco Dr., Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Mr, Anawalt leaves his wife, Gertrude; son, Richard; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Myers and Mrs, Margaret Myers, and three brothers, Bernard, Bruce and Howard,