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\(/ilson Heads Central Lumber Co. at Stockton

O. V. Wilson has been elected president of the Central Lumber Qompany, Stockton, succeeding S. H. Rothermel who has retired and is moving to Portland. Mr. Wilson was formerly secretary-treasurer of the company.

Mr. Wilson and Mr. Rothermel were associated together in the Central Lumber Company since 1919 when the company was incorporated to take over the assets of the C. L. , Hatch Lumber Company with which Mr. Wilson was connected.

Mr. Rothermel's retirement follows the sale of his financial interest in the Central Lumber Company to Mr. Wilson and his three sons, who are also members of the company. They represent the third generation of the family in the lumber business.

The Central Lumber Company built an entire new yard in 1928 and is one of the most modern ooerations in the San Joaquin valley.

Mr. Wilson was born in Kentucky. His father, Joseph E. Wilson, was a lumberman and sawmill owner. He was brought up in the business having cut, logged, rafted and floated the logs down stream; however, it was not until l9l7 that he reentered the lumber business in California.

In the past, Mr. Wilson has been prominent in civic affairs in Stockton, having been president of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A., and a charter member and vicepresident of the Kiwanis Club. He is well known in lumber tircles. In 1927 he was etected president of the Central Valley Lumbermen's Club, and he was also active in Hoo Hoo affairs.

Paul W. Wilson is secretary of the company. He is a graduate of the College of the Pacific, where he was prominent in student activities and a member of the varsity football team for four years. He has been in the oil business since graduating from college and is not active in the management of the Central Lumber Company.

Vincent 'Wilson, the new treasurer, has been connected with the Central Lumber Company for the past two years. Previously he was connected with the Redwood Manufacturing Company of Pittsburg, California.

Martel 'Wilson, the new vice-president, is a graduate of Stanford University and the Graduate School of Business Administration of New York University. During the past eleven years, he has been in the investment banking business in New York. He has been identified with several building and development companies in connection with financing and reorganization. He has just recently come from the East to join the new management of the Central Lumber Company.

M. D. CAMPBELL VISITS CALIFORNIA

Mark D. Campbell, Campbell-Moore Lumber Co., Portland, spent a couple of days around the first of the month at the company's San Francisco olfice, conferring with Jas. E. "Jimmy" Atkinson, and J. H. "Jerry" Stutz.

Mr. Campbell was on his way back to Portland from a five weeks' business trip to the East, Middle West and Southwest.