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November dip was due to seasonal changes.-l'ist month's figures iricluded 1,866 housing units, while- 1,712 were co_mpl-eted during the month. Since the first of the year, 22,756 housing units have been built in the city.

The -San Fernando Valley again led other parts o! tle city last month, issuing l,7O{ permits with- $12,817,074 valuation.

and a San Dieeo resident D years. Mr. Easterly

: ,Olin S. Easterly, 57, vice-president and salesmanager of the San Diego T,umber Company, died December 8 at his ranch in Lakeside, He had been with the company 25 years and a San Dies'o resident 29 vears. Mr. Easterlv was a mem- ber of Silver[ate Lodge 296, F&AM; the Scottish Rite . Der ot )rlvergate I ooge z)ro, I'ioaAlvr; fne Jcofflsrl rl'lle bodies, Al Balr Shrine; the San Diego Chamber of Com,ii,,merce, the San Diego Club and the Concatenated Order

' of H'oo-Hoo. He leaves his wi'fe of the home at 5723 Lindo ;,,".Paseo, a son James of San Diego, two daughters and five ;l , -?6-;^l^;L{ran r,.grandchildren.

Ingrom Retirement Sporks

Other Erecutive Chonges in Weyerhobuser Timber Compony

Tacoma, Wash.-fhas. H. Ingram, executive vice-president of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, will retire on January 1 but will continue to serve on the company's executive committee and board of directors, announces President F. K. Weyerhaeuser.

i' Mrs. Janet H. Lay, wife of Noble Lay of the Birch Whole-

Company, Pomona, died November 13 at Cedars of

Lebanon frosiital, where she had been ill many months. She was well knbwn in the Southland lumber industry with she and Mr. Lay have been identified more than two

In addition to her husband, she leaves a daughter,

Mrs. Harry Poppeny John H. Leik, 44, sales promotion manager fbr West Coast Plywood Co., Seattle, and well known in western forest products sales circles, died of a r 'heart ailment November 23 at his home there after long

After the first of the year, the company's top management will consist of the president, four major stafi executives and four major operational executives. The position of executive vice-prdsident witt be discontinued, Mr. Weyerhaeuser said.

Major staft executives reporting to the president will be W. B. Gullander, financial vice-president; J. E. Nolan, vicepresident and general counsel; C. D. Weyerhaeuser, maniger of forestry, lands and timber, and John L. Aram, vicepiesident and assistant to the president.

:' wood Association there in 1939 in advertising and publicity , work; he rejoined the DFP A in 1946 after Navy duty and in 1947 ioin6d the firm with which he was connected until fris deatir last month Mark A. McClelland, Tl, building illness. A native of Tacoma, he joined the Douglas Fir Ply.': superintendent of Imperial county the past 10 years, died ; December 7 in Community hospital, El Centro, of pngumonia and'a heart condition Harry Dieh'l Jenkins, 83, T.os Ane'eles hrrildine' contractor since 1905. died December

Los Angeles building contractor since 1905, died

4 at his Hollvwood home.

los Angeles Now Sure to Set New 'Annuol Building Records in 1957

Los Angeles buildine is now certain to set new records for 1957. aid also near-a new 1l-months record, G. E. Morris. city buildins superintendent, revealed this month. Since Januaiy 1, perm"its lotaling V78,641,W2 had been issued by ihe nuitai"g and Safety Dlpartmen!, 9n!y $6r300,00q below last year's all-time hieh of $4'U,962,749. The December perrnits'will approximaG $30,000,000 and boost constructioir of homes and buitdings to the new record peak. In last vear's same span, permits totaled W7,n1,025. ' During Novemb-er, 4059 permits were issued at $32,556,340, agaiirst 5002 at $41,758,091 this October. Morris said the

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- Mr. Aram will have both staff and operational responsibilities. As staff executive, he will have charge of public and industry relations, research and development activities and overall traffic policy. As an operational executive, he will have responsibitity for special products manufacture and sales, including pioduction of hardboard, particle r board, Ply-Veneer, and bark products.

Other operational executives reporting to th_e .president will be Howard W. Morgan, vice-president, with responsibility for all pulp and paper production and^ sales; George H. Weyerhaeusei, whowill have charge of forest.operations, lumber division production, and the engineering department, and vice-president John M. Musser, who will conlinue to direct the activities of the company's Thompson Yards. Lowry Wyatt, recently appointed director of personnel, will also. report to the president.

Organizational changes effective January 1 will permit the company's management to specialize to a greater extent along ploduct lines being manufactured,. Weyerhaeuser said, and stressed the need for continuous improvement of the company's products and manufacturing proces,ses.

"To-meit t6is need," he said, "the complny is placing great importance on research' and development-_and product planning. Today, any company which-fails -to improve its products continuously and to reduce its manufacturing costs cannot hope to attain a place in the forefront of American industry."