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O. N. Reyntrrd

Oris Neal Reynard, for many years assistant manager of the Ambrose Mill & Lumber Co., Santa Barbara, passed away at his home on June 28 altet a long illness.

Mr. Reynard was born December 9, 1887, in Iowa. Twenty-five years ago he came to Santa Barbara with the Ambrose company and worked up to his executive position from that of chief cler!. He was a past president of the Exchange Club and had taken a prominent part in the afiairs of that organization.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Susan Grace Reynard; three daughters, Mrs. S. F. Harberts, Anne and Hazel Reynard; a son, Neal Jr. ; a sister, Mary Reynard of Fort Morgan, Colo., and two brothers, Ernest Reynard of Seattle and Fay Reynard of Centerville, Iowa.

Funeral services were private.

Frcnk H. Powell

Frank H. Powell, president of the Southwestern Portland Cement Company, Los Angeles, passed away on July 6 of a cerebral hemorrhage at the Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born in San Francisco July 15, 1883.

Mr. Powell was a director of several companies, including the Blue Diamond Corporation, Grand Canyon Lirne & Cement Co., Holly Development Co., and Farmers & Merchants National Bank.

He became associated with the Southwestern Cement Company 42 yearc ago, and became president oI the company in 1927. He was a regent of Loyola University, and a member of the California, Los Angeles Country an<i Jonathan Clubs.

Besides his widow, Mrs. Amy Leonardt Powell, he leaves a son, Frank H. Powell Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. William C. Brophy; and a sister, Mrs. Kenneth E. Nash.

Funeral services were held on Saturday morning, Jull' 9, at the St. Vincent's Church, Los Angeles.

IVlrs. Frcrnk Currcrn

Mrs. Margaret Curran, wife of Frank Curran, Sr., prominent Southern California retail lumberman, passed away at her home in Santa Ana, July 7, following a long illness.

Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Howard and Frank Curran Jr., who are associated with their father in the Frank Curran Lumber Co., and four daughters, Frances, Catherine and Aileen Curran and Mrs. Esther Gomes.

Funeral services were held at St. Joseph's Church, Santa Ana, Saturday morning, July 9.

Nathcrn Chcrce

Nathan Chace of Long Beach, passed away June 28 following a heart attack. Ife was 82 years of age. Born in Independence, Iowa, he spent his boyhood in Golden Cit-v, Missouri. From 1898 to 1924 he operated lumber yards in Stanton, Fremont and Wayne, Nebraska, living in Stanton. In 1924 he moved to California and with his son Burton opened the Chace Lumber & Supply Co. in Long Beach, operating as a parthership until 1939. Since then he had devoted his time to private interests. He is survived by his wife, Jessie W. and sons Eugene, of Chace Manufacturing Co., Brea, Calif., and Burton.

Building Costs Decline In Pacific States

F, W. Dodge Corporation reports on the basis of an opinion survey among builders that building costs in the Pacific States have declined between 7 and 10 per cent in the last year in this region, with an expectancy on the part of builders of a further decline of 10 per cent in the next five months. The decline which has taken place af{ected single-family houses more extensively than largetype buildings. The region is comprised of Washington, Oregon and California'

The Dodge corporation analysts reported that there has been a steady improvement in the productivity of building craftsmen during the last year, with the amount of additional output being approximately 10 per cent. Further improvement is expected during the remainder of the year, the survey shows.