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J. YIf. HENDRICK CO.

Edward P. Ilolderness, 79, retired busi' nessman and lumber wholesaler of Tlrcson, Arizona, died October 1 from injuries.received in a head-on collision 30 miles south of Socorro, New Mexico. His wife, Mary. was taken to an Albuquerque hospital with critical injuries.

Reared in California, Mr. Holderness first came to Arizona in 1899. He spent 20 years as a mining engineer in this country, Mexico and Central America.

In 1942 Mr. Ifolderness came to Tueson to retire but instead opened and managed Eil Ifolderness Supplies Inc., a wholesale lumber outlet. Ife retired in 1959.

Walter Yanlandingham, the president of Walter Vanlandingham, Inc., 400 W. Madison St,, Chicago, and Vanlandingham, Inc., Fresno, California, died in Fresno on September 18.

Mr, Vanlandingham spent better than 50 years in the wholesale lumber business and was active until the day he died, in spite of the fact that for the past four years he spent most of his time in a wheel chair due to arthritis.

The widow, Mrs. Frances E. Vanlandingham, survives.

New Coloverqs Ofiice Building

Administrative employees of the Redding, Calif. plant of Calaveras Cement Company, a division of The Flintkote Company, have moved into a new $106,000 office building on the plant grounds.

The 3352-square foot building will house plant manager James T. Curry, assistant plant manager Art Stauber, engineer Tom Clement, office manager George Thompson and staff, storekeeper James Poe, and personnel and safety director Russ Abraham. Other department heads will maintain ofEces in the plant shop and warehouse building.

Ttre new structure is built of concrete masonry block with flcor-to-ceiling windows. In addition td offices for ten administrative employees, it has a 13 x 16 foot lobby, a 20 x 16 conference room, a small kitchen, rest rooms, store roorns, and a utility room.

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