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Cqll lOrqin 9-7125 $lM tft0ll$ HARlltt00ll tu IUIBER c0tflPAllY ll7l9 South Alqmedq Slreel, los Angeles 59, Cqliforniq

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Harris, and tl.rey took over his father's vard. Tiris c()ncern operatecl for.52 years, r'ith a nrlml)er of l-os -\ngeles lards under their banner.

Mr. Lounsberry ltccame an outstancling leacler in the retail lumber indrrstry of Sr.ruthern California. In 1956 hc u'as electecl I'resident E,mcritus anrl Scnior I )irector of the Southern California ItetlLil Lun'rlrcr Associati,rn, irr rec.gr.ri- tion of his great serr-ice. He fourrrled and u'as president of the Lumber & -\11ied I'rociucts Institute. a former l,os Angeles lumbcr organization. I'Ie u.ns long an ofticer of the Soutl-rern Californi:r. ltetail l-un.rbcr .\ssociation and one of its n-rost active members. FIc n'as vice-ltresident and secretary of I-ounslrcrrv & IJarris r,rr-rtil illness cltrrsecl his retirenrent in 1!).5(r. He n'as ir p:tst president of tlre \\rilshire Countr\. Ciub. antl a menrlrer of the l,os Angeles liotariClulr.

Volrrrrrcs might lre n-rittcn :rbout the serr-iccr tlris most useftrl nlarl ga\-e thc. lumlrer inclustry.

C. V. Hooper

C. V. Hcroper, 83, head of thc retaii lumber firm of that nitme at Krrights Landing, Calif., clied October 5, after suffering a stroke tu-o days earlier. A native of Montreal, he had spent :r lifetime in lumber, having been s'ith Hammond Lumber Company many )'ears bef,,re starting his orvn busir.ress. 'fhe iiealer u-as zrctive in his Knights Landing yard (established in 1907) until the day of hiJ stroke, despite his :rdr,lrr-rced age.

In Memoriqm

Wade Sturgeon, 78. earl_r--dav Reclu.ood Empire logger, lumlrcrrnan ancl conservationist, diecl at l)alm l)rive hosp-ital in Santrr llosa, Clalif ., October 10 . John Karnotr, 67-year- ,1cl cleaf laborer, lr':Ls cleacl ,n a.rrival-zrt NIay*'o.<1 hospital. C)ctolrer 1(r, after being acci<ler-rta11y stnlck il,,u'n 1.,., Innr-

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