Obituaries

\f. P. Johnson L ). Gardner

W. P. Johnson, manager of Hallinan Mackin Co., Ltd., wholesale lumber firm, at Los Angeles, was killed in an automobile accident n ear Moriarty, New Mexico, Saturday, May 17. He was returning from Minneapolis when the accident occurred. He was 54 years of age.

Mr. Johnson was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, then a great White Pine producing center and obtained his early lumber experience there with the Daniel Shaw Lumber Company. He came to the Pacific Coast about 32 years ago, and has been con-

John J. Gardner passed away at his home in San Diego on Friday, May 9. A native of Wisconsin, and a former resident of Aberdeen and Elma, Wash., Mr. Gardner had been a resident of San Diego for twenty-two years. For more than twelve years, he was connected with the McCormick Lumber Company of San Diego.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner; a daughter, Mrs. Valrie E. Preslin; a brother, Adam Gardner of Onalaska, Wis., and a sister, I\[rs. Cora Chisholm of Cloquet, Minn.

Mrs. Ella E. Henry

Mrs. Ella E. Henry of San Marino passed away in a Santa Monica hospital, Friday, May 16. She was 84 years of age. Mrs. Henry was born in Lyons, I11., and had been a resident of Southern California for 45 years. She was a member of the fmmanuel Presbyterian Church.

tinuously connected with the lumber industry. In the She is survived by two sons, Charles P. Henry of Los early part of his career on the Pacific Coast he was lum- Angeles' Southern California representative of Clark-Wilber buyer for w. E. Kelley & co. of Chicago, and was son Lumber Co'' and William M' Henry of Los Angeles; associated with the standard Lumber company, The Mc- i#,.til'.,:11"-,ntff''#T;.X

Cloud River Lumber Company, and Sugar Pine Lumber services were conducted Monday, May 19, in the chapel at Company. Inglewood CemeterY.

In 1916, he assisted in the organization of the California White & Sugar Pine Manufacturers' Association and was the Association's chief inspector for six years, having written and revised their first standard grading rules. During this period, he acquired an extensive acquaintance with the lumber consuming trade as well as with the manufacturers, as he spent six months of each year in Chicago or New York, settling and adjusting claims and doing research work.

He was manager of the Anglo California Lumber Co. at Los Angeles for three years, and last December took over the management of Hallinan Mackin Co', Ltd.

He was widely known as "White Pine" Johnson. Always active in Hoo-Hoo affairs, he was a former Snark of the San Joaquin Valley district, and at the time of his passing was a member of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Nine. He was a Mason, and a member of McCloud Local Lodge No.43O.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary S. Johnson; three brothers, I. M. Johnson of Placerville, A. E. Johnson of Sacramento, and Charles O. Johnson of Birmingham, Ala.; and three sisters, Mrs. Julia Torrell of Los Angeles, Mrs. I\Iarie Jonnas and Miss Lily Johnson of Minneapolis.

Funeral services were held from the chapel at Pierce Brothers, Los Angeles, Thursday afternoon, May 22. Interment was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.

Mrs. Cecelia Huff

Funeral services for Mrs. Cecelia Huff were conducted Thursday, May 15, at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. She was 82 years of age. Mrs. Huff was born in Baltimore, Md., and during her early childhood frequently saw President Abraham Lincoln riding his horse down Pennsylvania Avenue during the final years of the Civil War.

She is survived by two sons, George Huff, president of the Huff Lumber. Company of Los Angeles, and Charles Huff; and two daughters, Mrs. Bert C. Smith and Mrs. Byrde Campbell.

F. W. Alexander

The lumber industry of the Pacific Coast lost one of its best and widest known figures with the recent death in Seattle of F. W. Alexander, secretary-manager of the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. He was born in Victoria, B.C., December 19, 1869. He spent much of his early life in Vancouver, where his father managed the so-called old Hastings mill, and virtually grew up in the lumber industry.

In 1903 Mr. Alexander was one of the prime spirits in forming what shortly thereafter became known as the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau and had been head of the Bureau since 1904. He married Miss Martha McVay, formerly of South Dakota, in 1908, who survives.