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Obituaries

Leonard C. Hqmmond

Leonard Coombes Hammond, president of the Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, passed away at his home in San Francisco on December 20, alter an illness of several months.

lle was born in Missottla, N{ontana, 61 years ago, and came to San Francisco in 190O rvith his family. He attended the Gttnnery School in Washington, Connecticttt, from 'ivhich l.re was graduated into Harvard, finishing his education at Stanford University.

He then became iclentified u,ith the Hammond Lumber Company, founded by his father, the late Andrer,r' B. Hammond, and continrred n'ith the company until the time of his death except for the period of World War I. He first served u,itir the Frer.rch in the Harjes Ambulance Corps. When the United States entered the lvar he returnecl to California for military training 'nhich eventrrally took him into the United States Air Force. There he serve<l u'ith great clistinction, becoming an ace, and receiving manlr dscorations from the United States and foreign goverrlnrclrts.

In addition to his official position as president oi thc Hammond Lunrber Companv ancl its affiliate, Flammon<l Shipping Companl', N{r. Han-rmond rvas a director of thc American Trust Company. He rvas a trustee of Mills College, a member of the Pacific Union Clult, San Francisco Yacht Club, San Francisco Golf Club, Commonlvealth Club, the Arlington Club of Portland, Oregon, and the Cvpress Point Club of Pebble Beach, Calif. In Eureka he u'as a nrember of American Legion Fort Humboldt Post No.2l2, and of Eureka Lodge No. 652, B.P.O.E.

Surviving him are his r,vidorv, and her son by a former marriage, Lt.-Commdr. Alfred D. Bell, Jr.; four sisters, Mrs. Frank B. King and Mrs. W. S. Burnett of San Francisco; Mrs. Florence H. Whiteside of New York, and Miss Daisy E. Hammond of Beverly Hills, Calif.

Funeral services tvere held at Grace Cathedral Chapel, San Francisco. December 22.

Mqnuel J. Enos

Manuel J. (Baldy) Enos passed away in Santa Clara December 10. Ife was owner of the Santa Clara Lumber Company, which he had operated lor 2O years, and was active in civic affairs.

He was born in Gilroy, Calif., 54 years ago, and was a member of American Legion Post No. 419.

Funeral services were held in Santa Clara on Decernber 13.

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