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industry at a young age, working in his father's mill in Veneta, Or. He started his own logging company after serving in the Merchant Marines from 1945 ro 1950.

In 1951, he began building a sawmill that was the start of D.R. Johnson Lumber. He later added Riddle Laminators, Umpqua Lumber, Prairie Wood Products, and Grant West Lumber. He also owned and operated two wood-fired co-generation plants in Riddle and Prairie City.

ln 1994, the Douglas Timber Operators honored Johnson with its Tough Tree Award.

Michael James Stilwell,70, longtime Georgia Pacific sales manager, died Oct. 5 in Klamath Falls, Or.

After serving in the U.S. Navy, he joined Modoc Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Or., as a mill hand in 1964, working his way up to assistant sales manager. In 1913, he joined GP as an

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Bill Davis, 92,retired mill superintendent at Flodin Lumber, Plains, Mt., died Dec. l3 in Milton-Freewater, Or. During World War II, Mr. Davis worked on war planes at Boeing and served in the U.S. Army.

He spent more than 35 years with Flodin.

Bruce Valentine, 64, communications director for AWFS (Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers), Anaheim, Ca., died Dec. 3rd in Anaheim.

He joined the trade association. producer of the biennial AWFS Fair, in 1996 as marketing manager.

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