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D. Frcnk Pcrk

D. Frank Park, La Mesa retail lumberman and businessman, passed away in a San Diego hospital, Thursday night, August 1. He was 57 years of age.

He came to San Diego county with his parents from Kansas at the age of three years, residing in Nestor until moving to La Mesa forty-nine years ago. He was graduated from the San Diego High School.

Mr. Park operated the Park Lumber & Investment Co. at La Mesa for a number of years. Last October, he sold an interest in the business to Fletcher M. Olson, Minneapolis retail lumberman, the name was changed to the Park-Olson Lumber Co., and Mr. Park became vice president of the company. He also had interests in other La Mesa properties as well as being active in the real estate business.

Ife was mayor of La Mesa from 1932 to 1934, and also served on the City Council there f.rom 1924 to 1928. He hglped organize the Masonic order and the American Legion in La Mesa, and participated in the establishment of the Bank of La Mesa. now a branch of the Bank of'America.

Mr. Park was a member of La Mesa Lodge No. 4O7, F. & A. M., of which he was a past master, and was also affiliated with La Mesa chapter No. 30O, O.E.S.; Scottish .Rite bodies; Al Bahr temple of the Shrine; and La Mesa Post No. 282, American Legion. He was active in Hoo-Hoo and was a past vicegerent snark of the San Diego district, and a past president of the I.a Mesa Rotary Club.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Georgia Park, and a daughter, Miss Julia Park. Funeral services were held at La Mesa, Monday afternoon, August 5, under the auspices of the La Mesa Masonic Lodge. The Rev. Willard A. Schurr assisted at the services.

Cecil Pcrul Henderson

Cecil Paul Henderson, purchasing agent for the Woodhead Lumber Co., Los Angeles, passed away suddenly on July 29. During all his twenty-six years in the lumber business, he was with the Woodhead Lumber Co. He was a native of Illinois, and a veteran of World War I.

Surviving are his widow, Rosamond; a brother, Hugh I{enderson; two nephews, Dick and Pete Henderson, and a niece, Mary Ruth Green. Funeral services were held in Los Angeles on August 3.

Louis C. Everding

Louis C. Everding, retired lumberman and member of the California Highway Commission under former Governor Richardson, passed away at his home on Balboa fsland, August 1. He was 80 years of age. Born in San Francisco, IVIr. Everding was for many years se'cretary-manager and a member of the board of directors of the Northern Redwood Lumber ,Co. of Korbel, Humboldt County. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Nate Libby of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Carl Zamloch of San Francisco.

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Hoo-Hoo Conccrt To Be Held In Scn Frcrncisco Sept. 4

A Hoo-Hoo Concatenation sponsored by San Francisco and Oakland Hoo-Hoo districts u'ill be held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on Wednesday, September 4.

The initiation ceremony for the Kittens will be held at 5 :30 p.m., and dinner will be served at 7 00 p.m.

E. G. Davis is vicegerent snark of the San Francisco district, and D. Normen Cords is vicegerent snark of the Oakland district.

Sawmill Burns

Mt. Pitt Lumber Company's sar,vmill at Central Point, Oregon, was destroyed by fire luly 2O. The mill had a daily capacity of 65,000 board feet. It will not be rebuilt.

Congrrcrtulctions

Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Hills, Jr., are receiving congratulations on the birth of their second daughter, August 7.

Mr. Hills has been with the San Joaquin Lumber Company, Stockton, Calif., since his release from Naval ,.rlni"".

Becomes Partner in Business

Hamilton H. Knott has become a partner with C. Walter Krumbholz, having bought out R. N. Whittington's interest in the K-Y Lumber Company of Fresno.

Mr. Knott was associated with the Southern California Gas Company in Los Angeles for a number of years where he had charge of their advertising. He is an old resident of Fresno having attended the local schools and graduating from Fresno State College.

Hecvy Fire Damage'At Modesto Yard

Fire destroyed 200,000 feet of lumber and a large quaqtity of other building materials at the Modesto, Calif., yard of United Lumber Yards, July l?. The cause was not determined.

The main lumber shed, the Tenth Street side warehouse, cement lvarehouse, paint supply room and insulation warehouse were destroyed, while the office building, main metal warehouse, the planing mill, and the materials in open storage were saved.

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