Represents

Aberdeen Plywood Co. in Northern California

Eilwin G. Gallagher

Edwin G. Gallagher, who has been with White Brothers, hardwood dealers, San Francisco, for the past 14 years, has been appointed Northern California sales iepresentative for Aberdeen Plywood Company, Aberdeen, Wash., manufacturers of Douglas Fir plywood, succeeding the late G. H. Brown.

Mr. Gailagher worked in various departments at White Brothers, and for the past several years has been purchasing agent.

The appointment is effective February 1. He will have his office at the Building Material Exhibit, 557 Market Street. San Francisco.

East Bay Club Hears About Money

East Bay Hoo Hoo Club held its regular monthly dinner meeting at the Athens Athletic Club, Oakland, on Monday evening, January 18.

The speaker of the evening was A. W. Reese, chairman of California State Teachers' economic committee, who spoke on "Mechanics of Money."

President Miland R. Grant was in the chair, and there was a good attendance.

Back From Northwest Trip

Garnet T. Fraser and William C. Peterson, Fraser Lumber & Supply Co., San Francisco, have returned from a business trip to the Northwest. They report that the mills have plenty of business and the rail demand from the Middlewest and Eastern territories is very heavy. Fraser Lumber & Supply Co. specialize in shook and crating.

Harry E. Oflicer

Harry E. Officer, of Portland, well known lumberman, died suddenly in Denver, Colo., on January 21, while on a business trip for his firm, Dant & Russell, Inc., Portland.

Mr. Officer, who was a native of North Carolina, was well known in California, where he spent a good many years of his business life. Before the world war he traveled for E. K. Wood Lumber Company and Dant & Russell in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. After his war service he was associated with A. O. Anderson & Company of Portland, and later with G. W. Gates Company, Portland, both wholesale lumber concerns.

In 1925 he came to San Francisco as sales manager for Santa Fe Lumber Company and remained in this position until 1931, when he returned to Portland as their Northwest representative. He again became associated with Dant & Russell in 1933 and held an important position with this firm until his death.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marguerite Officer; three children, Harry E., J.., Barbara and Leon; two brothers, Herbert and Wilfred Officer, and two sisters, Mrs. J. S. Duesenbery and Mrs. L. D. McGrath.

Funeral services were held in Portland on Monday, Januarv 25,

Reports Philippine Mahogany Sales Up

A satisfactory increase in sales for 1936 over 1935 is reported by R. S. "Bob" Osgood, sales manager of Cadwallader-Gibson Company, Los Angeles, in spite of the interference with Philippine lumber shipments by the maritime strike in the last two months of the year.

"We are particularly pleased with the spread of our distribution of Philippine Mahogany toall parts of the United States and points in Canada," Mr. Osgood says, "the larger volume now coming from markets that never used Philippine before, and the increase in the number of industries using Philippine woods is very gratifying to us."

Retires Old Favorite

Bates Smith, of the Los Angeles office of MacDonald & Harrington, has pensioned his '23 Cadillac and has bought a shiny new Dodge. The old car, well known in California lumber circles, had gone more than 235,000 miles.

Opens Pacific Coast Ofifices

Establishment of a number oi new district and branch ofifices of the Building Materials Division of the Armstrong Cork Products Company, Lancaster, Pa., has been announced by H. R. Peck, general manager of the division, Several personnel changes also were announced by Mr. Peck.

New distr;ct offices have been opened in Los Angeles and San Francisco. C. B. Saue.r, formerly manager of Armstrong's Des Moines office, has been appointed Los Angeles district manager. He will be assisted by George S. Griffith. F. K. Pinney, formerly a contract salesman with Arm'strong's floor division, will serve as manager of the San Francisco office, and will be assisted by John W. Harvey.

The new district offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco will handle the sale of fibreboard insulation, tile floors, acoustical materials, and contracts selling job linoleum. The Van Fleet-F-reear Cotnpany will remain exclusive distributor in the Los Angeles and San Francisco territories for Armstrong's Cork Insulation.

A new branch office of the Armstrong Building Materials Div;sion will be opened at Seattle, Wash. Richard S. Near will be resident salesman. The Asbestos Supply Co. will continue as exclusive distributor for Armstrong's Cork Insulation in the Seattle and Northwest territory.

G. A. Brewer Appointed Assistant Manager

G. A. Brewer of Seattle, Wash., was appointed assistant manager of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau at a meeting of the board of trustees on )anuary 7. Mr. Brewer has been associated with the lumber industry in the Northwest for a long period, and was with the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for many years. Fon the past year or more he has been dorng special work for the Shingle Bureau.

As Manager W. W. Woodbridge spends a great deal of his time on trade promotion activities in the various sections of the country, Mr. Brewer will be in charge of the Bureau's Seattle office.

Earl Bowe Resigns

Earl Bowe resigned his position as salesman with the Reilly Tar & Chemical Corp., effective January 30. He was connected with thecompany's Los Angeles office.

Mr. Bowe will continue to be associated with the lumber industry but as yet has not announced his plans for the future.

t. t. Donovan

J. J. Donovan, Bellingham, \Mash., vice-president and general manag'er of Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills until his retirement in 1932, died January 9. He was 78 years of age.

He was born at Rumney, N. H. in 1858. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 'Worcester, Mass., as a civil engineer in 1882 and followed that profession until 1896. He became associated with J. H. Bloedel and they founded the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, now one of the largest lumber manufa'cturers in the Northwest.

Mr. Donovan was a former president of the Pacific l,ogging Congress, Washington State Chamber of Commerce, Washington State Good Roads Association, and Bellingham Chamber of Commerce. He also served as a vicepresident of the Pacific Northwest Foreign Trade Conference, and was a director of the United States Spru,ce Corporation during the World War.

He is survived by two sons, J. N., who is vice-president of the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, and Phillip, who is also associated with the company; and a daughter, Mrs. Helen Cravens.

Benjamin \(/. Reed

Benjamin W. Reed, 57, formerly prominent in wholesale and retail lumber circles in San Francisco, died on January l3 of pneumonia, following a sudden illness.

Mr. Reed at one time operated a retail yard in San Francisco, and for many years was engaged in the wholesale lumber business. From 1920 to 1923 he was secretary of the San Francisco Lumber Dealers, and made a spectacular success of the job. He operated a battery separator factory for some time, but sold out this business and for the past several years was practically retired.

His wife, Mrs. Carmen Suttcin Reed, died several years ago. Two children, Elva Sutton Reed and Benjamin W. Reed, Jr., and three sisters of Mr. Reed survive.

BUYS ANOTHER "UTILITY'' CARRIER

Trans-Pacific Lumber Company, Port Orford, Ore., has purchased another Willamette "Utility" Carrier, which makes a fleet of three of these carriers used by this concern.

Edwin Chrietenron

Catherine G. Suddcn

Eleanor Chrirtenron

Only 1oo Years Ago

There was not a public library in the United States. Almost all furniture was imported from England.

An old copper mine in Connecticut was used as a prison. There was only one hat factory and it made cocked hats. Every gentleman wore a queue and powdered his hair.

Crockery plates were objected to because they dulled the knives.

Virginia contained a fifth of the whole population of the country.

A man who jeered at the preacher or criticized a sermon was fined.

Two stagecoaches bore all the travel between New York and Boston.

Buttons were scarce and expensive, and the trousers were fastened with pegs or lace.

Leather breeches, a checkered shirt, a red flannel jacket and a cocked hat formed the dress of the real artisan.

Beef, pork, salt fish, potatoes and hominy were the staple diet all the year around.

A day laborer considered himself well paid with two shillings a day.

The whipping post and pillory were still standing in Boston and New York.-Clipt.

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"But, my dear," bleated the poor little hen-pecked husband, "you've been talking for half an hour and I haven't said a word."

"No," snapped the wife, "You haven't said anything, but you've been listening in a most aggravating manner, and I'm not going to stand for it."

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My heart's a merry gypsy

That sings of roads to roam.

My heart's a homing pigeon

That bids me stay at home.

Now what would you, pray tell me, do

If you had such a heart?

For gypsies and the birds of home

I've got to keep apart.

-Mabel a Hanson.

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