New Heads of C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation

Announcement was made in the last issue of THE CALIFORNIA LUI\,IBER MERCHANT concerning the election of officers of the C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation, Portland, Oregon, replacing those rvhose lives were so shockingly lost as the result of a plane crash.

Ffere are a ferv more details concerning these nervly elected officials: Robert F. Johnson. nervly elected president, is official and managing head of the big lumber organizatior.r. He is a brother of the late Dean and Ernest Johnson, and a grandson of the founder of the business, the late C. D. Johnson.

Robert E. Flowerree Jr., neu,lv elected vice president, has been appointed manag'er of the sarvmill division ait Toledo, Oregon. He has been associated with that division for six vears in all departments. He is a native of Neri' Orleans, a graduate of Tulane University, and in \\rorid \Var Tl.vo \\ras a Lieutenant in the Navy.

I-. H. I4cReynolds, another nerv vice president, has been placed in charge of shipping at Toledo. He has beerr u'ith the company since 192;{. He is a graduate of the Oregon Institute of Technology and the North.ivest School of Commerce.

C. D. Johnson -fr.. is the nern' secretarl' and treasurer of the firm, and will continue as comptroller, rvhich position he has had for several years. He went to Cal Tech engineering and business schools, and during the late war lvas in the Navy.

Two recent appointments are announced: Carl C. Jacoby has been elected a director of the company. He has {or years been head of the company's logging and forestry operations. George R. Birkelund, of Baker Fentress & Companl', Chicago, is norv chairman of the board.

Given Appreciction Awcrd

Trvo representatives of the Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., Wilmington, Frank Hill, vice president, and Austin Ratchelder, secretary, receivecl the Optimist Clrrb Appieciatiorr An'ald on behalf of their firm at ceremonies in the Don I Iotel on September 5. They rvere presented rvith the iramecl cei'tificate bv James Dreu', Optirnist president.

The arvard, an innovation in Optimist circles by the \\'ilmington Club, is in token of outstanding contributions to the community by business organizations. Rossrnan N{ill & Lun.rber Co. is the fourth Wilmington firm to be so honored.