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Wqrd R. Dudley

Ward R. Dudley, 51, partner in the Dudley-Thomas Lumber Co. with Ernie Thomas in Santa Monica. Calif.. diecl June 27, A native of Nebraska, he graduated from USC before becoming associated with the bay city retail yard. He leaves his wife Phyllis of the home at 835 Wellesley Ave., West Los Angeles, a son Frank and his mother. Private funeral services were conducted lune 29 in Santa Monica.

Ernest lVlerritt

E,rnest Merritt, 62, died suddenly May 28 of a heart attack. lIe was a partner with Leon Gillespie in the Northridge (Calif.) Lumber Co. retail business, and had been at the yard since it was one of the Hammond Lumber Co. yards in 1924. He had worked in the San Fernando Valley for }Iammond, Hull Bros'. in Reseda,andwasalso in business for himself there. Mr. Merritt started in the retail lumber business in Fresno about l9l3-14. IIe leaves his wife of the home at 21915 Cohass,et St.. and his son. Bob Merritt, who is also a partner in the

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Northridge Lumber Co. and the manager of the yard. Mr. Merritt had been active in the Chamber of Commerce, Masonry and other civic and fraternal affairs. His hobby and great love was fishing, which brought him much pleasure. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery in Chatsworth, Calif.

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Willard F. Constans, 31, well-known young west coast lumberman, died June 20 in Sacramento, Calif., after a lengthy illness. Born July 24, 1924, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, he moved with his family to Klamath Falls, Ore., where his father, Willard A. Constans, was salesmanager for Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. He was s,chooled there, attended college in Walla Walla, and joined the Navy in 1943. On his release in 1946, he went to Southern California, completed his education at Pasadena, and started in the industry as a salesman for the Live Oak Lumber Co. in Temple City, Calif. He married an Alhambra girl in 1949 and returned to Klamath Falls, where he joined Weyerhaeuser and remained till 1952, when he went to work for Winton Lumber Sales Company of California in Sacramento, Feb. 15 that year. Young Constans worked largely on the wholesale stock, lvhich acquainted him with a vast number of mills in Northern California and Oregon. He was promoted to assistant salesmanager in 1954 and held that position with Winton upon his untimely death last month. He leaves his wife, the former Jane Mathews, and a small son and daughter in Sacramento; his parents, now of Redding, Calif., a younger brother and a married sister.

Jqmes D. Orqnd

James D. Orand, 41, co-owner of the B and M Lumber Company, Ukiah, Calif., was killed when his car struck a curbing and careened ofi the road about 12 miles north of Ukiah on 101, June 17. He was apparently killed instantly when he was thrown from the car. IIe was a director of the Ukiah Hoo-Hoo Club and had just taken part in the formation of the Black Bart club when the big concatenation with 72 Kittens was held May 8.

Frqnk P. Borden

Frank P. Borden, 51, traffic director of the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. for 2O years and well known in the lumber industry, died suddenly June 4 in Ta-