Obituaries

A. W. Clcpp

Augustus Wilson Clapp, nationally known lawyer and counsel for the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., passed away in a Tacoma, Wash., hospital on October 5. He came to Tacoma from St. Paul, Minn., in 1940, and held the positions of vice president, general counsel, director, and member of the executive committee for the company there.

He u'as born in lludson, Wis., February 9, 1877, grad,uated from Yale in 189.8, and was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1901. From 1907 to l9l2 he rvas chief lawyer for the office of the commissioner {or the five civilized tribes in Muskogee, Okla. He became a member of the Clapp and Macartney law firm in St. Paul in 1912, and remained with them until 1940.

During World War I he headed the labor section for the war priority division of the War Industry Board in Washington, D. C., and was a member of the executive committee of the Lumber Code Authority under the NRA in r 933-1 934.

He 'n'as a member of the Amer-ican and Washington Bar Associations, Phi Beta Kappa, Minnesota Club in St. paul, Bohemian Club in San Francisco, Tacoma Club, Tacoma Country and Golf Club, Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, and Rainier Club in Seattle.

Surviving are his rvidow, Giadys H. Clapp of Taconxa; a daughter, Dorothy Clapp of Santa Rarbara, Calif., ar-rd a son, A. W. plapp, Jr., of St. Paul.

Funeral services were held in Tacoma on October g. Burial was in St. Paul.

Robert A. Forsyth

Robert A. Forsyth, retired, passed alvay in a Los Angeles hospital on October 12 follorving a short illness. He was 77 years of age.

Mr. Forsyth had been connected with the Security_First National Bank of Los Angeles for many years. He was a member of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, and was well known in lumber circles in the I-os Angeles area. He is survived by a son, D. W. Forsvth, l,ho is purchasing agent for the Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc., at Santa Moniczl.

Funeral services were held at the Churcl-r of the Reces_ sional, Forest Lawn Memorial park, Glendale, October 16.

William A. Scmpson

William A. Sampson, 57, president of Sampson Company, Pasadena, passed away suddenly on October 15 from a heart attack while on a l.runting trip in Miller, South Dakota, with his son, John, and some friends.

Born in West Union, fowa, he came to Los Angeles with his parents in 1890. He was a member of the San Gabriel Vallel' Committee of Ducks Unlimited, and Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Norma Whitney Samp_ son; a son, John Sampson, who was associated with his father in business; two daughters, Mrs. Harold Bollinger and Miss Joan Sampson; three grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. -fennie A. Sampson, and a brother, Richard H. Samp_ son.

Funeral services \\rere held at All Saints Episcopal Chrrrcl-r, Pasadena, Saturclay morning,.October 19.

Wcrlter A. Hewitt

Walter A. Hewitt, 69, passed away suddenly on Septem_ ber 28 at his home in Los Angeles from a heart attack. He had been manager of the T. M. Cobb Co. at San Diego for eight years, and had been on sick leave for the oast year. Before going to San Diego, he was associated with the lumber business in Los Angeles for a number of years.

Surviving are his u'idor.v and a daughter. Funcral ser'ices u'ere held in Los Angeles, October l.

Gilford Pinchot

Gifford Pinchot, Sl, first chief of the U. S. Forest Ser_ r.'ice, passed away in New York October 4.

Graduating from Yale in 1889, he studied forestry abroad and in December. 1889, he began initial systematic forest rvork in the United States. president McKinley appointed him chief forester of the Division of Forestry in lg9g, and he became chief forester of the U. S. Forest Service in 1905, holding this position until l9lO. lfe was named pro_ fgssor of forestry at Yale in 1903 and retained this post un- til 1936 when he became professor emeritus.

Nfr. Pinchot served two terms as governor of pennsvlvania, 1923-27 ancl 1931-35. Funeral services r,vere held at Nlilford. Pa.

National-American Lumber \(/holesalers Meet in Washington

President T. W. Hager presided at the 54th annual meeting oi the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association held at The Mayflower, Washington, D' C', on October 7.

The following were elected as directors: For a threeyear term expiring in 1949-H. F. Beal, Beal Lumber Co', iacksonville,^Fla.; T. Noel Butler, Vy'ister, Underhill &' -Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Max J. Fellows, Fellows Sales Co', Omaha, Neb.; John O. Gronen, C. O. Gronen Lumber Co', Inc., Waterloo, Iorva; G. M. Harrington, MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., San Francisco, Calif.; R' T' Jones, Jr', R. T. Jones Lumber Co., North Tonawanda, N' Y'; Paul B. Kern, Paul B. Kern Lumber Co., Washington, D' C'; C. W. Matheus, Matheus Ltrmber Co., Seattle, Wash'; D' R. Meredith, D. R. Mereditl-r Lumller Inc., Nerv York, N' Y.; Otis N. Sheparcl, Shepard & Morse Lumber Co', Nerv York, N. Y.; Dale L. Smith, T. H. Smith & Co., Salt Lake City, Utah; W. H. Stttrdivant, W. FI' Sturdivant Lumber Co., Toledo, Ohio; C. A. Weiss, Pine Lumber Co', Spokane, Wash. For a two-year term expiring in 1948-L' J ' Fitz' patrick, J. !. Fitzpatrick Lumber Co., Madison, Wis' For a one-year term expiring in 1947-H. B' Cooper, Cooper Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.; D A. Weidler, Weidler Lumber Co., Chicago, Ill.

Secretary Darling revie'rved briefly certain activities since the last annual meeting, and Paul C. Stevens, Western Manager, reported on conditions in the West. The secretary reported that the membership at the close of the fiscal year \,\'as 371, and covered 38 states in addition to Canada' A motion picture was presented the following morning by the American Forest products Industries, follorved by an explanation of the program by Directing Manager Chapin Collins. Members of the association attending were invited to sit in at the open meeting of the bo,ard of directors'

President Hager called the meeting of the board of directors to order, 23 directors being present. The follorving officers were elected for the coming year:

President, T. W. Hager, T. W. Hager Lumber Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., (reelected); first vice president, W. T' Turner, Pal-Metto Lumber Sales Co., Inc., Spartanburg, S' C', (reelected),; second vice president, E. W. Conklin, Mixer & Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.; treasurer, William Schuette, Jr., Wil- liam Schuette Co., Ner,v York, N. Y., (reelectecl) ; secretarydirecting manag'er, Sid L. Darling, New York, N. Y' (reelected for the l1th year). C' J. Fisher, New York, N' Y', was reappointed as assistant secretary, and Paul C' Stevens, Portland, Ore., reappointed Western manager'

The Executive Committee for the ensuing year, in addition to the president and two vice presidents, will consist of the following directors: E. N. Beard. E. N. Bearcl Lumber Co., Greensboro, N. C.; R. B. Cowles, Carlos Ruggles Lumber Co., Springfield, Mass.; J. A. Currey, J' C. Turner Lumber Co., Nerv York, N. Y.; R. C. Herrmann, Ducluesne Lumber Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Edgar A. Hirsch, Flirsch Lumber Co., New York, N. Y'; Roy M. Janin, Rov M' Janin Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.; Paul B. Kern, l'aul B' Kern Lumber Co., Washington, D. C.'

The board unanimously approved a resolution far-oring the immediate and complete decontrol of all federal government controls over the manufacture, distribution and pricing of lumber rvhich tend to stifle production, hamper distribution, and create black markets.

The 55th annual meeting of the association will be held at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Ill., April D and 30, 1947. Secretary Darling was elected to represent the National-American as trustee of the newly formed National Association of Wholesalers for the ensrring vear.

Col. \7. B. Greeley Awarded Schlich

Memorial Medal

Col. W. B. Greeley of Seattle, Wash., former chief forester of the United States, uow chairman of trustees oI the American Forest Proclucts Industries Inc', was arvarded the highest honor in American forestrY, the Schlich memorial medal, on Septembet 12 at the national r.neeting of the Society of American Foresters in Salt I-ake City, Utah.

Only three previous awarcls have been made to Americans. The first u'as in 1935 to President Franklin D' Roosevelt for his support of forest conservation' In 194O, it u,as arvarded to Gifford Pinchot, former chief of the Forest Service and founder of the Society of American Foresters' The third award, \n 1944, went to Henry S. Graves, dean emeritus of the School of Forestry, Yale University, and also a former chief of the Forest Service.