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Buck Elmore, in his soft-spoken matlner, did an excellent job of rounding -up the Kittens from the Vichy Springs watering hole a_nd guiding them through the gatei and inTo the garden_of Ho_o_-Hoo. A good snappy Degrie Team, captained by Snark Hess, did the rest iriria tnE standard'Concat high-jinks.

Besides the 13Kittens, the club also reinstated Al Thrasher,.-now operating the Al Thrasher mill at Calpella, and Molalla Forest Products sales chief, Cliff Smoot. -

A fine steak dinner, follow_ed by some sharp story-telling by John _Crofoot. and Pete Kulynych, a guesi of liockporl Redwood and vice-president oi Buchan"Supply in fai-off North Carolina, brought the meeting down t-h-e itretch to a successful close.

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lumber Yord Fires Up in 1958

Fires cost lumber and coal yards almost $17.400.000 last year, according toa report just released by the .i.,lational Fire Protection Association. The 1958 loss total is a decrease of approximately $1,600,000 from the previous year. The estimates shor.v a rise in tl-re number bf vard hres. however, from 1,600 in 1957 to 1,800 in 1958.

Jqmes K. LAWLER

James Kenneth Lawler, 61, owuer of the Gardena Valley Lumber Company, died in Commur.rity l-rospital, Gardena, November 8, bf cancer. The popular and widely respected dealer had beer.r well known in tl-re Southern California lumber industry for 38 years. lle was born August 8, 1898, in Indiana and entered the California industry in the early 1920s with Patten-Blinn Lttmber Co., where he was em-

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Nels E. NELSEN

Nels E. Nelsett, 65, veteran Bay Area lurnbermau and founder of Hayward Mill& Lumber Company in Hayward, Calif., died October 16 from a heart attack immediately following an operation in Eden hospital in Castro -Valley.He had enteredlhe hospital for a routine operation. Mr. Nelsen was born in nearby Benicia and spent l-ris boyhood there before entering the boat-building business. During l92l he moved to Hayward and founcled the Hayward Mill & Lumber Co., which he built into one of the leading orgauizations in the area. lle was president and general manager of the concerl.r at l-ris death. Besicles nearly four clecacles in lumber, he rvas long active in local civic affairs inclucling the- Hayward Rotaiy club and was a long and l-ronorecl member of Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39. He leaves his wife Harriet of their Hayward home; two solls, Raymoncl ancl- Ralph, both associated with Haywarcl Mill & Lumber, atr<l trvo grandchildren. Burial was in Hayward, October 19.

Chorles S. HONEYCUTT

Charles S. Honeycutt, 53, president of the Nlidway-Lu-mber Company, Tucson, Ariiona, died November 25 of a heart attick at Tucson Medical Center' lle was born in Reece, Kansas, and attended KSAC at Nfanhattan. He tllou.d with his wife Bonnie to Amarillo, Texas, in 1933 and entered the lumber business. They moved to Tucson in 1954. He rvas also vice-president of the Oracle Road Lumber Co. In addition to his wife of the home at 1115 N. Bryant Ave., Tucson, he leaves three sisters.

Hqns HETLOREN

Hans Hellgren, manager of the Calistoga. Lumber Company, diecl iri Stanford hospital, .San^Francisco, December 3, a"victim of cancer. He was only 29 years olcl' He joined the Pailey T,umber Company organization several years ago at Clear Lake Lumber Co. and was promoted to- manag-er 9! the ,yard at Calistoga last year. Thi young dealer leaies his wife of Calistoga and three small sons.

In Memoriqm

Walter L. Montgomery,87, former owner of the Montgomery Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and the Frank Sebastian Cotton Club, Culver City, and a retired banker of Sioux City, fowa, died December 2 at his Hawthorne. Calif.. home. He had been a Southern California resident since 1926. He leaves a daughter, two sons-and three sisters Robert Oxlay Devereux, 55, manufacturer of wood shutters in the Devereux Products Co., Santa Monica. died November 27 at his home, 229 S. Anita Ave. He leaves his wife. Rosary was recited in Saint Martin of Tours church . William F. Stevens, 70, died November 24. He was associated with the California Portland Cement Co. for more than 30 years and was assistant salesmanager at the time of his retiiement in 1956. He leaves his wife,1 daughter and two grandchildren.

Milf Gensch Joins Stqnton

- l{il1 Gensch, well-known Southland wholesaler, has joined the sales staff of E. J. Stanton & Son, pioneer Los Angeles lumber distributor, ieports Roy Stantoti, Jr., e*ecutive vice-president.

Forestry Division Files Accusqtion

An accusation has been filed by the California Division of Forestry before the director of ihe Department of Natural Resources charging the Sweet Timbei Company of Point Reyes. -M_"rit C-ouity, with violation of the io...t practice rules of the Redwood Forest District.