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Chapman in 1904. Besides his wife, a resident of Pasadena, Calif., he leaves two daughters, five grandchildren and four sisters including the one with whom he resided at 3375 Highland Drive (1140 East) in Salt Lake City.

Mr. Merrill, of course, was very active in local and national affairs, serving on several bank boards and was an organizer of the old National Copper Bank. He had held office in Chamber of Commerce, state, national and lumber industry groups. He had served as an advisor to Bemard Baruch and been an escort of President William Howard Taft to services in the Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City, of which Mr. Merrill was arr organizer. IIe was active in Masonic affairs and a 50-year member of the Cheyenne lodge. Masonic funeral services were held June 7 in SaIt Lake City, followed by cremation and inurnment at Mount Olivet cemetery.

Word of Mr. Merrill's passing is kindly furnished by H. L. Cromar of the Cromar Lumber Company, Salt Lake City, who was associated with him in a close business way from early 1912 through 7947 at Morrison-Merrill & Co. until Mr. Merrill retired in early 1948. Mr. Cromar, who left the Morrisen-Merrill firm in 1957 and organized the Cromar company, says, "I value highly my association with Mr. Merrill in both a business and social way. It has been well said that the success of any firm or institution generally reflects the projected shadow of one individual, even though many individuals have contributed to that success in a greater or lesser degtee. That certainly must apply to the businesses that were headed by George Ei. Merrill, which were the outstanding successes of their respective kinds in the entire Rocky Mountain and Intermountain areas, during the time he was identified with them as well as the years since."

Euslqce Glen Reed

Eustace Glen Reed died June 10 in Bakersfleld. Calif. In recent years he had been enjoying his retirement after a full and active life in the Paciflc Northwest and Mountain States lumber industries. He had made his home at 1930 Dracena St. in Bakersfield, according to his close friend, Bakersfield Dealer Larry King, who has kindly sent the word of Mr. Reed's death. Mr. I{ing first met the late Mr. Reed when King received his WWI Navy discharge and joined the old Gem State Lumber Co. at Pocatello, Idaho, March 1, 1919. At that time, Mr. Reed was district manager of the Morrison-Merrill subsidiary. Later, when Gem State was merged, Mr. Reed went on to the Salt Lake City offices of Morrison-Merrill & Co. where, for many years, he worked closely with George E. Merrill and also George Ridgeway, secretary-treasurer of the firm, and A. O. Sheldon, then purchasing agent for MorrisonMerrill. Glen Reed's funeral services were conducted June 13 in Bakersfield,

Billy Beron

Brief word has been received of the death, May 23, of Billy Beton, head of Beton and Company, Inc,, in San F rancisco, where funeral services were held, l0'[.ay 25, in the Sinai Memorial chapel.

Cecil A. Luce

Cecil A. Luce, 58, Washington, D.C., manager for the West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. since 1948, died there suddenly June 16 from a heart attack. He was one of the country's outstanding lumbermen and a recognized authority in technical lumber problems. Representing the industry before goverment boards and commissions, his advice and counsel were often sought by government officials also on matters concerning'lumber specifying and procurement. Mr. Luce was a native of Newport, Wash., and grew up in the sawmill business of the Inland empire. He started his career as a youth at Lewiston, Idaho, and spent 25 years in the western pine industry. He was for five years the Washington, D.C., manager for the Western Pine Association immediately before joining the West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. IIe leaves his wife, a son and a brother. Funeral services were held June 20 in Arlington, Virginia.

Williom M. Bollew

William M. Ballew, retired longtime Long-Bell Lumber Co. salesman, died June 8 in Seattle, Wash., where he had spent most of his years representing Long-Bell in the Seattle-Tacoma area. He had retired Oct. 31, 1958, after more than 40 years' service with Long-Bell, which he had joined in 1915 in Kansas City after earlier lumber experience in tr'lorida. He transferred in 1924 to the Longview, Wash., operation and worked several years in the sales department. He moved to the Seattle area in October 1929 and continued in sales work there until his retirement. Mr. Ballew leaves his wife, Jane of the home at 3130 S.W. 167th St. in Seattle.

In Memoriqm

Ttmothy D. Turner, 67, died June 7 in La Puente. He had spent 40 years in the building construction business in Southern California , John Courtney Swlnford, 79, died June 7 in San Pedro. His father operated the first dredge used to develop Los Angeles

I{arbor, and father and son built San Pedro's first social hall. Mr. Swinford was the owner of a building materials supply business in his later years Joseph Slskin, 55, board chairman of the Angelus tr'urniture Co., died June 19 at his Beverly Hills home. He was a founder and past president of the Furniture Manufacturers Assn., and first president of the L. A. Home Furnishings Mart Mrs. Evelyn Retil died June 2 in Oakland, Calif. She was the mother of Bob Reid of Ziel & Company, San tr'rancisco.