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When You Buy PINE ond FIR From Us, You Buy From FINE, DEPENDABLE MILIS in Northern Colifornio ond Southern Oregon gpedallzlng la frlfued he-l aad Carc

Representing in Southern Calilornia: lvriter, Erle Stanley Garclner, a Temecula resident. Funeral services rvere in Riverside. NIr. Neinke went to the Temecula Valley 43 years ago, took a buggl' ricle in the back country and decided on the valley as his fttture home. He gave up his job as foreman of a lumberyard in Redondo Beach and established the Temecula Valley Lumber Company in 1915 on Front street and becanre a respected businessman through the u'hole Elsinore Valley. It lvas s:ricl of him, "He possesses that rare quality of bringing out the best in everyone." After retiring from the Temecula vard' he returned al>out 1942 to the logging cotlntr)' u'hcrc hc hacl n'orked his younger years.

Chcrles 5. Swiers

Charles S. Su'iers, 82. retired mirllager of the Sarr Gallriel Valley Lumber Co., diecl April 29. His ht'nrc u'as in Alhambra. N{r. Su'iers had been retired many years but is believed to have managed the San (labriei retail Yard about 20 years ancl. ltefore that, rvorked at the old Geib Lumber Company in Los Angeles. He started in retiiil lumber in Nlinnesota. u'here he had also been in the banking business'

Forresl E. Brookmqn

Forrest Il. Brookman, 54, rvell-knou'n San Francisco foreign-tracle merchant and a partner in the foreign-traclc house of Atkins, Kroll & Co., San Francisco, dicd sud<lerrlv April 17:rt his San Mateo home' A native of the citl'. hc hacl served as chairmiln of the 1952 World Trade Weclt committee.

Wollqce P. MARSH

Wallace P. Marsh, 62, one of the seven brothers u'ho founded and cleveloped Marsh \\rall l'roducts, Inc" and other building materials firms at l)ol'er, Ohio' died N{arch 9 at his Nelr' Philadelphia, Ohio, home after several 1'ears 'rvith a heart ailr.nent but rvhich had not kept him from remaining active in business. Wallace N{arsh rvas vice-president and assistant treasurer of the Nlarsh l'umlrer Co', treasurer of Stone Creek Brick Co. and vice-presiclent and director of Ava Brick Co. A life member of the ()hio Re- forestry Assn., he .was active in colservation programs. He leaves five of the original brothers in the X{arlite firm: Alvin C., Joseph H., John J., Victor R. N{arsh, all of Neu. Philadelphia, and \Villiam H. N arsh, Santa llosa, Calif., as r,r'eli as two sisters, Miss Mary C. NIarsh ancl N{rs. Rose Smith, both of the Ohio tou'n. The other brother, lTarry E., diecl rn 1917.

In Memoriom

Herbert Fleishhacker, Sr., 8.1, Slrn Francisco Iinancier ancl businessn.ran fctr many decades, died of a hezrrt ailment in his suite at the St. F'rancis hotel there, April 2. Knou,n as the "father" of the San Francisco Zc,o, he rnade his name in the paper industry after startir-rg q'ith a lumlter contpan\. ne:rr Eugene, Orc., and in utilities; he operated railroacls, l)o\\'er ccimpanies, steamship firms arr<1 vast tracts oi litncl . . Mrs. Alice Hooper McKee, ,S3, member of the ltior.reer California banking ancl lumber Iamily, died NIay 17 a,t her ho're in \\roodside. S^rr Fra'cisco-b'rr-r ancl the *.iciolv .I Dr. Albcrt NIcKee, she u-as a descencla"nt of ii member o[ Gerr. George \\rashington's staff and her parents came fronr Nlaine in the gold rush to become maj()r clevelopers ol San Francisco and the J3ay area. N{rs. NfcKee hacl lilerl since 1906 at her Woodside estate on the grounds of u.hich is the Hooper Adobe, built in 1835 and still in use. She le:lves four sons, Albert lr,. NIcKee, Jr., presiclent of the Forest Lnrnlrcr Co., Los Angeles; Norman C., Donald H. ancl Robert ; tu'o brothers, seven grandchilclren and one great-grandchilcl. One grandson, Albert Kingston NIcKee. ancl a nephen', Fr:rnk P. Hooper, Jr., are also actir.e in the Los Angeles retail lumberl.ard concern K. Sandy Sennes, 5(r, pionccr subdivider of I-anciister anrl I,alnrclale, Calif., ancl immetli:rte past president of the Califcirr-ria Council of Flome Buildcrs, 1953 prcsidcnt of the Hcime l3uilclers Institute and builcler of hones in 'lorrance, Pomona. C.omptorr ancl Riversidc, clied May 23 in l-os Angeles fronr a heart ailment

Raymond C. Van Deusen, 62, u.ho retired :rs szrlesnranager f<>ur \-ears ago aitcr 43 years u,ith thc U. S. Gypsum Co.. diecl \Iay lcS at his Glenclale home

Elliott Walter (Al) Orcutt, business representative for the Los ,\ngeles l3uilding and Constnlction Trades Councii, u'as killecl \'Iarch 30 at the site of the Hollenbeck Center All-Natio's Club, r.vhcre he u,as pers.rallr. superr.isine construction, rvhen a truck ski<lded into him. Hc hacl frequently obtainecl free laltor :rnd mirteriais i,rorn rrnions :rnci srrppliers for such non-pro{it clubs and charitics Lou Brero, o\\'l1er of the Brerci & Co. logging ancl lnutber contracting firm, Arc:rta, died from the results of a sports-car accident in Hau'aii Apri| 21 . . Fnneral services n.ere held ir.r 13urlingalne for Carolin,e Korbel, daughter ot Joseph I{or}rel, u.ho u.ent tci San F'ratncisco irr 1851 and fourrdecl the large tirnber and steam-schooner ol)eration ir-r Humbolclt county l'orttrna, Calif., Lumbcrman Walter Bernard Schulze, 52, died in April of a sudderr heart attack at his home Joseph Wayne VanDeVanter, retired Fortuna Iunrberman, died at his home April 11. He \\.as one oi the builrlcrs and co-ou'ners of the VanDeNor Lumber Con-r* pany, Arcata. and later associated n'itl-r the V-an\\rorth Lumber Co., Honeycleu', retiring in 195.1 after 50 yclrrs of lumbering.

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for heaaE dutg GRAIN for fi,ni,slt, beautyAou get them both w,ith

Largh

one oJ tlte d,ependable woods from the Western P,ine m,itls

Larch is a strong, beautiful wood that can be used ideally for either structural purposes or for many types of interior architectural woodwork.

It comes in 3 select, 5 common. 3 structural, 4 dimensional grades, and can be ordered in straight or mixed car lots along with other woods from the Western Pine mills.

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