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William Bailey Wickersham, 73, retired lttnrber exectttive ancl one of the most highly respected members ever active in the Southern California lumber industry, died September 12 in the Murphy N{emo,rial hosp_ital, Whittier. He had retired on Septeurber 30, 1950, after 34 years in the lumber business, all bf them with Pope & 'falbot and its preclecessor, and as district mana,ger of the P&T lumber clivision, in Los Angeles, since 1935.

Mr. Wickersham graduated from Purdue in 1909, went to Southern California irr 1911 and, iu 1916, started as bookkeeper for the San Pedro Stevecloring Co., which was. the dock-operating end of Chas. It. McCormick & Co., whose salesmanager,- John Olson, recognized the friend-making potential oi ttre yourlg Wickersham ancl soon started him selling lumber in the Los Angeles territory. Wherl Pope

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& 'Ialbot, Inc., took over the \llcCormick lumber interests, Mr. Wickersham naturally went along. He is known for lTis pioneering of creosoted lumber in Southern California at a time rvhen treated lumber was unknou'n to the retail tracle. But N{r. Wickersham convinced his dealer friencls ancl built a tremendous volurne of this line.

"\\rick," as he rvas affectionately knorvn to all, first becanre itrterested in Hoo-Hoo in 1920, ancl from therr on he was a workitrg member of the Orcler, further deeperrirrg his circle of friends in the industry. At times he servecl as Snark of the Southern California <listrict, as r,r'ell as president of the Los Angeles club. He rvas a trustee ancl- clirector of Whittier college and, from 1914-49, head of the American Friencls Service Committee, handling a relief program at home and abroad.

Wl'reu he retired to his \Arhittier, Calif., home in 1950, "Wick" said he would devote his time to l-ris friencls and his avocado grove, and, as this rnagazine reported at tl-re time, "No fitter, more high-minded Christian SJentleman, ever workecl in the lumber industry." I'Ir. Wickersham leaves his wife, Ruth, of the home at"8303 Ocean Ave., r*rhittier, ar.rd a brother, Ralph, Los Angeles.

SCRTA Reprints Moulding Cotolog

Because of its widesDread use in the Southern California industry, the Southern-California Retail Lumber Assn. has had to reprint a new supply of its popular Moulding Cata-

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1og 55. As an industry service, the SCRLA increased the cost of copies only five cents over what the book was first ptrblishecl at four years ago, despite many increases in labor and material costs since that time.

The Moulding Catalogue costs $l .30 a copy for 25 or less, $1.25 for 26-lOO, $1.20 for l0l-200, $1.15 a copy for 201-300 copies, $1.10 for 301-400, $1.05 for 401-500, ancl $1.00 per copy for more than 500 copies. The Association offrce in Los Angeles rvill quote prices for imprinting firm names.

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AWI Plons 7rh Workshop Convention

ChicagoThe Architectural Woodwork Institute has completed plans for its 7th Annual Workshop convention here, October 13-16, with the millwork men scheduled to concentrate on better management methods as a major key to holding a fair and profitable share of the building rrtarket in 1960. "Blueprint for Progress" is the convention theme.

Guests to address the convention will include D. Kenneth Sargent, dean of the School of Architecture of Syracuse University, and J. Stewart Stein, president of the Construction Specifications Institute. More than 300 members and guests of the AWI are expected at the Chicago meeting. All sessions will be held in the LaSalle hotel. AWI membership now includes more than 500 quality millwork manufacturers and their suppliers in the U.S., Canada and Australia.

Brass-tacks sessions of the 4-day workshop will center on topics of prime interest to AWI members. Management control and shop practices will be handled in panel dis-

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Teamsters closed about 50 lumberyards in New York City and Long Island last month on a strike action. Closed companies account for over half of the lumber shipped into the city and Nassau county. Teamsters are insisting that clerks and office personnel be included in the union.

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The October conclave will mark another year of progress for the AWI in getting millwork men to work together in selling wood and rvood products against the sharp competition each faces from other building materials. As an association, the AWI is a member of the National Wood Council and a report on NWC progress will be a part of the conventlon program.

A primary focus of AWI attention has been the architect, both residential and commercial, and much successful promotion is directed to this profession. Another AWI goal has been improvement in methods used by millwork men to estimate, to plan and to detail. The type of millwork members produce is a custom product and increased costs all along the line have re-emphasized the need for accurate figuring.

Election of new officers, a breakfast honoring sustaining members and a modest amount of entertainment for accompanying wives will round out the AWI program.

Ston Preble to Hqrbor lumber

Stan Preble, former partner and operator of Humboldt-Mendocino Lumber Co., near Thorn, California, has joined Harbor Lumber Company in San Francisco as a combination buyersalesman. Preble started his career with Stebco, Inc., at Vancouver, Washington, and moved to California in 1949 to take over as resident manager for Clay Brown & Company. He later spent two years with the old Walter G. Brix mill as salesmanag'er, leaving there to

L.A. Builder in Gheyenne Troct

Los Angeles Builder-Developer Al Freed plans to build 1,000 homes on a I,448-acre tract south of Cheyenne, Wyo.