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John W. FISHER

John W. Fisher, a beloved veteran of the Southern California retail lumber industry, died August 9 at his Santa Monica home. He had been confined to his bed since a stroke early this April had caused him to forego his usual attendance at the first annual convention of the Southern Cali-fornia Retail Lumber Assn. that he had missed in many, many years. His age was 86 but his activity belied it.

Mr. Fisher started retailing lumber with the L. F. Croven Lumber Co. in 1896 in Taintor, Iowa, working there seven years. In 1903 he joined the Hawkeye Lumber Co., Oskaloosa, but quit because of low wages in l9l2 and started the Fisher Lumber Co. in Centerville. Iowa. lle sold that yard in 1920 and, went to Long Beach, Calif., where he started the Century Lumber Co. later that year. He sold that yard in the Fall of 1922 and opened the John W. Fisher Lumber Co. in Santa Monica in the Spring of. 1923. For the next 23 years, Mr. Fisher was one of the most forward-looking lumber merchants in the area, training many outstanding young dealers who later went out on their own to carry on his fine ideals. He sold the Santa Monica yard in December 1946 to Tom Fox, who had been with him many years, but maintained his active advisory participation in the yard that bears his name until his stroke this Spring. Mr. Fisher was a business and civic leader of the Bay City, one of 15 early residents who drafted its present city charter, and served its chamber of commerce. He was a presi-