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Golley Nqmed Officer' Sqles Director of McCloud

NfcCloucl Luurber Comp:rny recently announced the appointment of C. \\t. "Kelly" Galley (left) as vice-president and sales director to succeed Flerbert Habeck. l.ho has retired a{ter 38 vears of service u'ith the pioneer 'iunrl,er c()ncern. Galley, rvho ltas been associatecl rvith the McCloud org:rnization for 34 years, rvill continue rvith his neu' post at McCloud's San Francisco offrces, 889 Monadnock Building.

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Evqn MEHRTENS

Jivan Nlel.rrtens, 50, founder and orvner of the Mehrtens I-umber Company, clied September 4 at Queen of Angels hospital in Los Angeles, r.r,here he had been a patient for a l'eek. The lumber dealer u'as rvell knorvn in Eagle ltock civic allairs for many vears. He leaves his r'viie of the l-rome 't-t 1979 Glen Iris Ave., a daughter and two sisters. Services u,ere held September 7 at 51. Barnabas Episcopal church ar.rd burial s'as in a Glendale cemetery.

Edwin A. O'BR.IEN

Iidu,in A. O'Brien, 94, diecl September 9 in San Diego, r,r'here he n.roved in 1923 after his retirement from the lumber business in Northern California. Born in Nova Scotia, he moved to California in 1884, later took part in the Klondike gold rush of 1897-W and then rvent into the real estate business in Canada before entering the lumber industry. He