HAMMOND LUMBER COMPANY

Martufacturers of

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San Francisco Los Angeles

Mrs. A. B. McKee , h., Sponsors Ship

A large crowd, including manY lumbermen, attended the launching of the Coastal Rambler at the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, on August 7.

The ceremonies opened with the playing of the National Anthem. Everett H. Seaver, executive assistant to the general manager, stated that the new motor shiP would be used to carry cargo for the Army and Navy. As a tribute to the San Pedro Lumber Company, he said the company had selected Mrs. A. B. McKee, Jr., wife of A. B. McKee, Jr., general manager of the San Pedro Lumber Company, to sponsor the ship. Mrs. McKee selected Mrs. Emerson Spear, wife of E,merson Spear, vice president of the Pacific Wire Rope Co.. as her matron of honor.

Mr. McKee spoke briefly, thanking the company for the adapted to carry and that some of these ships honor paid his concern, and stated that the new ship was be used by the lumber trade after the war.