T\TENTY.FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reported in The California Lumber Merchant August 15,1930

The August conference of the ifornia, held at the Huntington 7-9, w,as a big success and largely Bernhauer presided and W. L. of arrangements.

Millwork Institute of Calhotel, Pasadena, August attended. President A. W. Leishman was in charge

The Southern district of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association held a conference at the Elk's club, Los Angeles, August 7, and was attended by dealers from all over Southern California. A. J. Stoner, Sawtelle Lumber Company, presided. Among the speakers were Frank N. Gibbs, Anaheim; Harrv A. Lake, Garden Grove; Dee C. Essley; Chas. P. Curran, Pomona; O. H. Barr, Santa Ana; Paul Hallingby, Los Angeles; Frank Kranz, Santa Monica; Henry Adams, Anaheim ; C. W. Pinkerton, Whittier; Hal Baly, J. NI. Buhler, Frank Burnaby, all {rom Los Angeles; R. \\/. Blanchard, North Hollywood; Wayne Mullin, Los Angeles. ancl F. N. Dudley, Santa Monica.

Ten years of idealistic service rvhich had rvon him zL place in the hearts of lurnbermen and Hoo-Hoo everyrvhere came to a ciose August 1 rvhen Parsolt Peter A. Simpkin, Supreme Chaplain of Hoo-Hoo, passed away. He died at the home of a son in N arshfielcl, Ore., after a vear of lessening strength and health. A minister of the gospel for many years in Salt Lake City, he also servecl other chnrches for shorter periods of time, and then spent the last vears of his life actively I'orking for the Concatenatecl Order of Hoo-Hoo. He was second to no other American from a standpoint of sheer platform eloquence, and to see and listen to the slightly built little man soar into the very clouds in bursts of oratorv lvas somethinq ner.er to be forgotten.

J. H. Burnside, sales manager for the Fir-Tex Insulating Board Company, St. Helens, Oregon, is in California and announces the follol'ing sales connections for this territory: Dant & Russell, Inc., Portland, are general clistributors for California ancl Arizona; agents for California are Thomas W. Dant, for I-os Angeles, and Ralph C. Turner, for San Francisco.

C. A. Suiter. prominent Southern California rctail lumberman and an olficer of the Fox-Wooclsum Lunrber Company, Los Angeles, died there August 10 at the age of 41.