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Ierry Sullivcn Ir.

Jerry Sulliva4 Jr., prominent in San Diego business, civic and fraternal circles for nearly forty years, passed away on October 23 at his home after an illness of several years.

He rvas president of the Western Lumber Company and Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Company. He had been affiliated with the hardwood firm since it was founded by his father, the late Jeremiah Sullivan.

Born in Michigan, he moved to San Diego in 1911. He was a graduate of the Biltmore Forest School in North Carolina, and rvent to Germany with his class to stucly {orestry.

Mr. Sullivan was a past president of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, a former commodore of the San Diego Yacht Club. Before his illness, he was a director of the San Diego Trust & Savings Bank. He was a member of the Rotary, San Diego, and Cuyamaca Clubs, Blackmer Lodge 442, F. & A.M., San Diego Commandery, Knights Templar, and Al Bahr Shrine Temple.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elsie Sullivan; two sons, James \\r. and John David Sullivan; a daughter, Mrs. Howard Wellman, all of San Diego; a sister, Mrs. William Frey, of Berkeley; a brother, Donald G. Sullivan, of San Diego; several nephelvs and nieces, including Robert J. Sullivan, secretary of the Sullivan Hard'lvood Lumber Company and president of the San Diego Light Opera Association; Jerry Sullivan, also of San Diego; and Mrs. Philip Olson, of Wapato, Wash.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon, October 26, in the Johnson-Saum Mortuary, in San Diego.

Edwin Leoncrd Shevlin

Edwin Leonard Shevlin, vice president and director of the Shevlin-McCloud Lumber Co., passed away in Minneapolis, Minn., on October 13. Born October 29, 1898 at Crookstown, Minn., he graduated from Hill School, Pottstowri, Pa., in l9l7 and from Yale University in 1921. At Yale he was a member of the track team, "Skull and Bones," and Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.

lTe was vice president and director of the .Shevlin-McCloud Lumber Company; executive vice president and director of The Shevlin-Hixon Company; director of the N{onarch Lumber Co., Great F-alls, Mont.: director of Building Service, Inc., Great Falls, Mont., and a director of Ponderosa Pine Woodrvork, Chicago, I11.

He had been in the lumber business ever since his graduation from Yale. He u'as lvith E,astern & Western Lumber Co. at Portland, Ore., for a short period, joining The Shevlin-Hixon Company at Bend, Ore., in 1922, and then was in the Neu'York sales oflrce of the Shevlin organization from 1925 to 1931. Returning to Bend, Ore., in 1931, he was there until 1939. On January 1,1939 he went to Minneapolis where he remained until his death. He served as a Lieutenant in the Field Artillery in World War I.

Mr. Shevlin was active in the work of the Community Fund, l\:as a past director of the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association, now the Minneapolis Chamber oT

Commerce. He r,vas a member of the Nlinneapolis Club, and president of the Woodhill Country Club at Wayzata, Minn.

Surviving are his widow, Ella B. Shevlin; a son, Edrvin Leonard Shevlin; a daughter, Jean, and a brother, Crosby H. Shevlin of Belvedere, Calif.

Funeral services were held at the \\,'estminster Church, l\finneapolis, on Nlonday, October 16. Burial was at Portland, Ore.

Jqmes Smith

James Smith, production manager for the Southern Division of the Hammond Lumber Company, died suddenly in Los Angeles on October 17.

He has been associated with the company for more than 26 years. He was rvell known for his ,cooperative efforts t'ith the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in connection rvith labor relations and air-pollution problems.

Mr. Smith rvas born in Scotland in 1892 and was a graduate of St. Andrervs University. During World War I he served rvith the British army.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Micros,copic Society of England, and a member of the California Academy of Sciences, the Los Angeles Museum Board, the Propeller Club, the Bilge Club, and the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

He is survived by his widow, I\[rs. Mary Colter Smith; a son, John, and a daughter, Mrs. Jane Matyas.

George C. Cornitius

George C. Cornitius, hardwood importer, and manufacturer of pine and fir lumber, passed away in San Francisco, October 2. He had been ill for about a year.

He rvas born 63 years ago in Brenham, Texas. He was one of the original importers of Japanese oak, and one of the pioneers in importing Philippine Mahogany. During World \\rar II he did a fine job in locating and producing oak timbers for the war effort.

Surviving are his rvidow, Mrs Jean K. Cornitius; a daughter, N{rs. Thomas Felt, Billings, Mont.; a sister, Mrs. Nfamie Knight, Willits, Calif., and a brother, Martin W. Cornitius of Los Angeles.

Willicm Wallace Bovyer

W. W. (Wally) Bovyer, 71, retired San Francisco lumberman, died October 7 as the result of an accident when he rvas crushed against the garage door by his own automobile rvhich he rvas putting away.

N'Ir. Bovyer was associated with Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco for about 40 years, a good part of this time as purchasing agent.

He t'as a member of the Scottish Rite, and a Past Master of Ingleside Lodge No. 630; F. & A. M.

He is survived by his rvidow, Mrs. Jessie G. Bovyer, and a claughter, NIrs. Nfargaret Clyde. He was a native of Prince Edu'ard Island. Canada.

Jqmes Hcrvey Trimble

Funeral services for James H. for the South'ivest Lumber Mills held in Phoenix on October 4. He two sisters and a brother.

Trimble, 65, accountant in McNary, Ariz., were is survived by his widow,

EverY srck of Celrveres

A.$'tyCcocot is brcted by the iotegdty eod.the Erour facturing experience of e comDany which for 25 yeats has 6eeri rccognized foi the excrllenc.e of its products ano scrlce.

Distribution Yard Wholesalers

Hold Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Distribution Yard Association was held Tuesday afternoon, September 26, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The business session was followed by a dinner party in the evening. Virgil J. Leech, retiring president, presided at the business session.

Officers elected for the coming year were: president, Alva C. Sconce, Omaha Hardwood Lumber Co., Omaha, Neb.; first vice president, Lawrence S. Clark, Twin City Hardwood Lumber Co., St. Paul, Minn.; second vice president, Thomas W. Fry, Fry-Fulton Co., St. Louis, Mo.; secretarytreasurer, Alvin Huss, Huss Lumber Co., Chicago, Ill.

The following were elected directors: George W. Bateman, Daniel Buck, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.; Vernon F. Christmann, V. P. Christmann Hardwood Co., St. Louis, Mo.; Frank J. Connolly, Western Hardwood Lumber Co-, Los Angeles, Calif.; Dallas Donnan, Ehrlich-Harrison Co., Seattle, Wash.; Harry D. Gaines, Gaines Hardwood Lumber Co., St. Louis, Mo.; P. R. Kahn, Forsyth Hardwood Co., San Francisco, Calif.; Daniel C. Maclea, The Maclea Lumber Co., Baltimore, Md.;Virgil J. Leech, General Hardwood Co., Detroit, Mich.; Edward C. Shoen, Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co., Chicago, Ill.; Robert J. Sullivan, Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego, Calif.; J. K. McCormick, Winde-McCormick Lumber Co., Charlestown. Mass.

Moves to Icger Qucrters

The Southern California branch of Rudiger-Lang Co., -formerly located at 622 S. La Brea Avenue, has been moved to larger quarters at 7965 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles 6.

The firm manufactures TENSION-tite, Rolt-Arvay and R-L 6xed frame screens at factories in Berkeley, Calif., and Toccoa, Ga.

The phone number of the Los Angeles office rvill be changed to WEbster 3-7273.

Terrible Twenty Croll Tounoent

The DZnd Terrible Trventy golf tournament u'as held at the Bel-Air Country Club in West Los Angeles on September 21. Eddie Klassen rvas host for the day, and there were 28 members and 12 guests in attendance.

Eddie Klassen turned in a net score of 68 and u'as the winner of first prize. Harold Hamilton u'on the second prize with a net score of 70.

The members journeyed north to Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula for the October tournament.

Ioe Petrash Represents Goestin-Hcrding in l^os Angeles

Joseph A. Petrash has been appointed as sales representative in the Southern California territory, effective November 1, by Gosslin-Harding Lumber Co., San Leandro. He will sell yard items in fir 'and redrvood to the retail trade. His address is 675 Caliburn Drive, Los Angeles 2. Telephone is Pleasant 3-9783,