Promotions Announc€d bv The Insulite Co.

NI. S. Wunderlich, chief research engineer of The Insulite Company, Minneapolis, N'Iinnesota, has been appointed to the newly created position of vice-president at International Falls, to have jurisdiction over plant and product development ancl research, and direct the nrill operations, according to an announcement received from 8,. H. Batchelcler. Jr., Insulite's senior vice-president.

Dr. John O. Burton has been promoted to fiIl the position of chief research engineer, vacated by Mr. Wunderlich and has taken over his new duties.

Mr. Wunderlich has spent the past nineteen years in the building material and insulation business as sales manager, research director and operations manag'er. During the past four years he has spent considerable time in England and Continental Europe where he made exharrstive stndies of the uses of Insulite.

"This important appointment," said Mr. Batchelder, "is one rvhich our continuing growth has clemonstrated the need for and it likewise reaches directly into our marketing activities. In selectir.rg Mr. Wunclerlich to filI this important post, we are putting in charge of our plant and product development a man rvho has had many years of marketing experience, keenly realizes market needs ar-rd, througl-r his comprehensive grasp of trade problems, will be al>le to closely coordinate these with the development of proclucts. research and development of a physical nattlre."

In addition to the promotion of Messrs. Wunderlich ancl Burton, other changes were announced by R. H. N{. Robinson, business manager for the trustees of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company, parent company of Insulite. These are the promotion of Clarence Larson, who becomes resident manager of the I\t. & O. Paper Cornpany and resiclent vice-president of subsidiary companies in the International Falls Division; E. L. McCormack, rvho becomes general superintendent of paper and pulp operations, and the resignation of F. A. Morris, former resiclent manager of the International Falls Division and resident vice-presider.rt of subsidiary companies, r,l'ho is leaving to accept an executive position in Europe.

G. W. ACKERMAN LOS ANGELES VISITOR

G. W. Ackerman, sales manager of the Sr,vayne Lumber Cornpany, Oroville, Calif., was in Los Angeles recently on business. He conferred with E. W. Hemmings, the company's Southern California representative.

ON PACIFIC COAST VISIT

R. W. Horton, sales manager of the Wm. Ritter Lumber Company, Columbus, Ohio, who is on a visit to the Pacific Coast, recently spent a ferv days in Los Angeles.

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\(/aterproof Plywood Used in Construction of Aber deen Yard

lfire accornpenying 1>ictttre shorvs a vierv of the vard of Lumbcr Suppiies, Inc. at Park & Wishkah Streets, Aberdeen, Wa-h. The exterior covcring is ){-inch Super-Harbord cut in tiles 4 feet squarc, edges shiplapped, and outside edge; easect so as to form slight V-joint at all four joints. The Super-Harbord is applied directly to the studs without sheathing. In erection the edges were smeared

James Tyson

James Tyson, veteran steamship and lumber executive, passed away at his home in Alameda November 6, after having been ill for some time. He was a prominent figure in Pacific Coast lumber and shipping circles for nearly half a century.

Born in Denmark, he came to San Francisco r,vhen he was 16 and entered the firm of his uncle. Charles Nelson. His trncle died in lX)7 and Mr. Tyson then became president of The Charles Nelson Company, holding this position until his retirement two years ago.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Grace If. Tyson, trvo sons, James, Jr., and John H. Tyson, and a brother, Captain Mitchell Tyson.

Funeral services were held at the Chimes Chapel, Oakland, on Tuesday November B, and were largely attended by lumbermen and shipping men.

Thomas H. Kewin

with white lead paste. No interior lining is used in the r.rarehouse. The oifice is lined with Harbord plywood of various species, one room in Lauan, one room in Redwood and the main salesroom in Fir. The building was framed with trusses incorporating the Harbord fish plates. Wallace I\{cClymont is manager of Lumber Supplies, Inc. Clarence W. George, Aberdeen, Wash., rvas the architect of the building.

Carl Bahr In East

Carl Bahr, president of the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, is on a two weeks' Eastern trip on the business of the Association.

Bruce Executives On Coast Trip

McEwen "Q" Ransom, vice-president of E. L. Bruce Company, Memphis, Tenn., and Ed Bruce, Jr., were recent visitors to San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Thomas H. Kewin, president of the United Lumber Yards, Inc., Modesto, passed away at Kewin's Mill, 15 miles above Sonora, November 5. Death was due to a heart attack.

Born in Gardner, Illinois, 66 years ago, Mr. Kewin had a varied and colorful career. He struck out for himself at the age of 14 and came to California in 1888, opening a general merchandise store in Salida in 1898. He moved to Modesto in 1915 and later became vice-president of the United Bank & Trust Co. While with this institution he entered the lumber business.

He married Miss Nova Melton in 1898. They had trvo children, George M. Kewin, who is manager of the United 'I-umber Yards, and Mrs. Mona M. Say of Sacramento. He n.rarried .again in 1928 and leaves his widorv, Mrs. Iris S. Kewin. He was active in politics and was prominent in Masonic circles. Funeral services were held in Modesto, November 8.

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