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(Andy) Donovan

This is a thumbnail career sketch of A. W. (Andy) Donovan, of Los Angeles, who has been selling and talking Redwood for many years.

Andy, as he is best known to his friends, is Southern California manager of Hobbs, Wall Lumber Cornpany, Redwood manufacturers.

He was born in San Francisco, and after graduating from High School, he started to learn about Redwood, going to work f'or C. A. Hooper & Company in lX)4 at their Hardy Creek mill in Mendocino Countv, Calif. During 1907-1908, he was with the Spring Valley Lumber Company, San Francisco, as salesman and collector. He drove a horse and buggy .in those days and the boys nicknamed him "The Scout."

Then he entered Colorado College, class of L9I2, at Colorado Springs, Colo., where he studied Forestry and received the degree of Forest Engineer. He had rvide experience rvith the United States Forest Service in Colorado ancl Wyoming from 1909-1912 in connection with his engineering studies.

He returned to San Francisco and went to cruising timber. When the war came on he joined the @lst Engineers and was in the army nearly two years, spending over a year in France. He started as a Second Lieutenant, was promoted to First Lieutenant, and then Captain.

When he got back from France, he went with the Union Lumber Company and was with them for seven years, working on Redwood sales in their Los Angeles office. He resigned his position in 1926 to become Southern California representative of Hobbs, Wall Lumber Company and was with them runtil 1932.

For the next three and a half years, he had an important position as construction engineer and superintendent with the Bureau of Engineering, City of Los Angeles, directly under Lloyd Aldrich, city engineer, which duties he performed very satisfactorily.

He resumed his lumber activities on June I, 1937, as manager of Hobbs, Wall Lumber Company's Los Angeles office.

Andy is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, and Hollywood Post, No. 43, of the American Legion. He likes sports but his real hobby is his job-selling and talking Redwood.

He married Miss Margaret Sells of'Colorado Springs, November 24, 1915, and they reside in Hollywood.

In Southern California where he has worked many years with the lumber trade you hear nothing but good things about Andy Donovan.

Going and Coming

E. A. Lewis, Lelvis Lumber Co., Dexter, Ore., director of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, attended the Association's annual meeting in San Francisco, November 8-10.

Mason E. Kline, sales engineer, IJnion Lumber Company, San Francisco, is back from a business trip to Salt Lake City and Denver. He traveled by plane.

H. B. Hewes, left San Francisco November 13 to spend the winter at his old home in Jeanerette, La. He attended the annual meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association in San Francisco.

'Charles Snellstrom of the Snellstrom Lumber Co.. Eugene, Ore., recently visited San Francisco on business which included bei,ng present at the N.L.M.A. annual meeting.

Fred Chapin, Chapin Lumber Company, San Bernarclino, has re.turned from Iowa where he spent two rveeks visiting his father and mother.

Harry Smith, Bear State Lumber Company, I-ong Beach, and Mrs. Smith, are back from an automobile trip to Mexico City.

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