OBITUARIES

C. A. HAYWARD

(i. A. Hayward, president of the Hayward Lumber & Invesment Co., died at his home in Los Angeles, Saturday evening, April 3, following a long illness.

Mr. Hayward was the son of a lumberman, born in Illinois in 1868. He started in the ret.ail lumber business in Mount Vernon, Illinois, and in 1900, he and his brother, Ifomer T. Hayward, bought a yard at Sterling, Colorado, and they extended their operations there to include seven yards located at various points along the South Platte River.

They came to California in 1910 and formed the Hayward Lumber & Investment Co., their first yards being at Long Beach and San Bernardino. The company's operations include eighteen yards in California and one in Arizona, with the main offices at the Los Angeles yard. In 1919, Mr. Hayward bought out his brother's interests in the company,

I{e is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nancy Hayward; two sons, Samuel T. and Max E. Hayward, and a brother, Homer T. Hayward of Salinas.

H. S. RISER

H. S. Riser, president of the H. S. Riser Lumber Company, Glendora, passed away suddenly Thursday afternoon, April 1, from a heart atta,ck. He was 54 years of age.

Mr. Riser had been in the lumber business in Glendora for thirty years. He was widely known for his philanthropic work, and was called "Santa Claus" by the children of Glendora. Each Chrismtas for the last twelve years he leased a Glendora theater and gave a Christmas party for every child in town. I{e was also head of the Riser Fruit Company.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, NIrs. E. H. Hammington, and his father, Henry Riser;

MRS. E"LTZA PHILLIPS

Mrs. Eliza Phillips recently passed away in Santa Ana at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Bramley, where she made her home for the past seven years. She was 90 years of age.

Mrs. Phillips resided in Santa Ana since 1912, and is survived by her daughter and five sons. The latter include Maurice, who has been associated with the C. H. Chapman Lumber Co. of Santa Ana for many years; Ernest, of North Adams, Mass. ; George A., of Southbridge, Mass.; John, of Long Beach; and Will Phill'ips of Huntington Beach.

WILLIAM A. BAUMGARTEN

William A. Baumgarten, vice-president of the Pacific System Homes, Inc., passed away Thursday evening, April 1, at hrs home in Los Angeles. I.Ie had been rvith the company since the close of the World War, of which he was a veteran. Ife formerly resided in Davenport, Iowa.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Wilma Baumgarten; his mother, Mrs. Emily B. Baumgarten; a brother, Dr. Walter L. Baumgarten, and a sister, Mrs. Edwin F. Schallert.