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Redwood Seosoning Committee Meets Af Holmes Eureko Home Office

The importance of quality in the improvement and holding ofa favorable redwood market was the theme of the 115th bi-monthly meeting of the Redwood Seasoning Committee held at the home offices of the Holmes Eureka Lumber Company, hosts for the meeting.

W. A. McKenzie, chief engineer of Simpson Timber Company, Seattle, spoke to the committee on the properties of steam, its history and uses by mankind, and the various purposes that steam serves in the drying of lumber. Sam Brown, Simpson Redwood Company, reported on the quality of drying which results when the kiln schedules are controlled on the basis of information obtained from kiln samples, as compared rvith drying quality obtained when the kilrt schedules are controlled on the basis of the lumber's history. Members of the CRA Technical Division gave an outline

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A discussion of future topics to be taken up by the committee, such as an investigation of the practicability of pre- dryers in the redwood industry, followed the membtrs' reports. The topic of the paper to be presented at the May 1958 meeting of the Western Dry Kiln Clubs in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, was opened and suggestions are to be brought to the next meeting.

Seoside Seeks Federol Aid

Seaside, Calif--This city has applied to the federal government for $41,693 to finance a year's studv of an urban renewal project in the area bounded by Hilby, Waring and Broadway streets and the city limits. The project is earmarked at $2,879,904 with a federal grant of 9999,936 anticipated.

Chqrles E. DEVLIN

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Charles E. Devlin, 50, man:rging clircct<.rr of thc National I)lyu'ood I)istributors Association. Pcirtland, Ore.. clic'd sudcler.r11' Nor.ember 12 rrhilc attcnding an NPDA meetir.rg in N[iami, Florida, similar to tl're regional meeting he had just conductecl in San Francisco, October 29 (see I'age 100). It is reportecl fronr San Francisco that he u,as ill u'ith influenza during the meeting at the Sheraton- Palace nnd apparently in much discomf ort but pcrsisted in trying to keep rr1-r u'ith his duties there. He had u'itle and varicd rtssociations in forest products sales and promoshocked to learn of his untimelv

Charles Devlin u'as lrr.,rn in Grccn I3ay, \Vis., in 1907 and, after nen'spaper rvork upcln gratluation from scl'rool, joined

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the Douglas Fir Plyrvood Association in 1938 as publicity director. In 194(r he r'vas named managing director of the DFPA and for three years guided that industry trade promotion group through one of the industry's most spectacular periods of grorvtl.r. In 1919, he u'as appointed salesmanager of Simpson Logging Companl' and sultsequently became a vice-president in charge of sales. Then, in 1953, he joined the National Plyrvood Distributors Association as managing director in Chicago, moving the olfices to Portland this Spring. He u'as a man active in civic and industry affairs, a past president of the Fir Door Institute, mernber of the Promotion committee of the West Coast l-umbermcn's Association and other groups. I-Ie leaves his rvife and two yorlng' children of the home in Portlancl, his mothcr in -I-acoma, a sister and tu'o brothers.

Wqlter PETERSON

Funeral services n,ere held November 13 at Saint Paul's Jipriscopal church, Bakerslield, for Walter Peterson, rvhose sudden death Noven.rber 11 lvas briefly reported in the Nor-ember 15 issrre. "I'ete," as he r,vas affectionately knorvn throrrghout the industry, died in a Bakersfield hospital hc hacl jrrst enterecl November 10 after becoming ill follou'ing his trip to the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. Exposition in I'hilaclelphia (see Page 12). Dealer Peterson had spent a lifetime in lumber, clating back to an affiliation rvith Bakershelcl's old Union Lumber Company. During the 30s he joined Bakersfield Building Nlaterials Co. and rose to general manager. When it rvas purchased this April by the King Lumber Company of Rakersfield, he became purchasing agent for the King organization. In acldition to active participation in civic and Hoo-Hoo alTairs, XIr. Peterson devoted considerable time to the l-umber N{erchants Association of Northern California, of n'hich he rr,as currently a. rlirector ancl mer.nber of the I'-xecutive committee. lIe leaves his l.ife "N{ittv" and a son Normar.r, of l,os Angeles.

W. B. KENNEDY, Jr.

\\r. B. Kennecly, Jr., Oklahoma City, recent president of thc Oklahoma- I-nmberrnen's Association, died sudclenly November l0 in Neu' York City, u,here hc had gone follo\\'ing his attenclance at the NRl-l)A Exposition in I'hilaclclphia a feu' rlays earlier. The unexpectedness of his death from a heart attack shocked the National Itetail Lumber Dealers .'\ssociation in Washington, of rvhich he had been chairnran of the I,-xposition Attenclance committee and did lun outstanding job of secnring dealer attendance at thc Exoosition. Fle had rvorked closelv rvithThe California l,uhber N{erchant anrl other indrrstry trade papers in that capacitv. Dealer Kcnnedv \\'as ir tireless u'orker in behalf of the industry ancl rvill Le greatlv missecl botlt in the National, his <.rn'r'r O],A and:un()ng the clealer ranks as n'ell.

In Memoricrm

Peter B, Kyne, noted San Francisco rrovelist u'hose books u'ill outlive many yet unplanted stands of timber, diecl there November 25 at tl're age o[ 77. LIis "Coppy Ricks" stories u'ere based on the colorful development of the Pacific Coast lumber ancl shipping industries and were generally regarded as a prototype of the late Capt. llobert I )ollar, founder of the steanrship line norv olierating as American President Lines. N{r. Kvne had becn ill several u-ceks at Veterans -\dministratiori hosnital. Irr his vouth, l.rc camc home from the Philippines campaign rvith dyrentcr,y unrl trrbercrrlosis and declared he curecl the latter lly