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Telephone Lckehurst 2-27 54

Veteran of \(/estern Pine Inspection

Forcc Retires

Henry Jensen, f.ot 26 years a member of the Western Pine Association lumber inspection staff, retired on August first. He is the dean of lumber inspectors in the Association's Bureau of Grades, both in length of continuous service and in age. Mr. Jensen has spent nearly 50 of his 71 years on lumber grading and inspection u'ork in the soft pine industry.

His first contact with it was at white pine mills in Michigan in the nineties; then in Minnesota and later in the Inland Empire of the Pacific Northwest, lumber grading continued as his main interest. It was at Potlatch, Idaho in 1907, soon after the Potlatch mill started, that he begarr his long connection with the Western Pine industry. During this extended period, he has witnessed the development and publication of standard grading rules applying to Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine and associated woods of the region, the first such rules having been published in 1910 as an adaptation of northern rvhite pine rules which originated in the Lake States.

"Standard grades have been of great value both to buyers and sellers of Western Pines," said Mr. Jensen, "and the care and steady improvement in grading and manufacturing that I have seen during my years on inspection work make it clear to me at least rvhy lumber from the Western Pine region enjoys a fine reputation for uniformity ol grades, sizes and good seasoning. I shall alu.ays remember with much pleasure these experiences and the friendships formed through the years."

Although eligible earlier for retirement under the Association's pension plan for staff employees, he has continued his regular assignment until now as his way of helping in the industry's war effort. However, his age and occasional poor health have imposed upon him the need oi less activity.

'fn announcing N{r. Jensen's decision to retire, SecretaryManager S. V. Fullaway, Jr. said, "The industry is losing the services of a thorough lumberman, an expert lumber grader and a loyal, dependable member of the Association staff but the relief from arduous duties and responsibility is richly deserved."

Henry Jensen expects to continue to make his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Ralph \(/. Hopey

Ralph W. Hopey, of Los Angeles, was killed in an airplane accident on August I while flying from Mexico City to San Luis Potosi in Mexico. He was 43 years of age.

Mr. Hopey was a lumber buyer with the Tropical & Western Lumber Co. of Los Angeles, and had spent a number of years in the Philippine Islands and South American countries.

He is survived l>y a brother, K. C. Hopey, of the General Hardwood Co., Tacoma, and a sister, who resides in Seattle.