Obituaries

Albert A. Schafer

Albert A. Schafer, president of the Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingles Co., Schafer Bros. Logging Co. and Steamship Line, passed away in Montesano, Wash., Wednesday evening, November 21, following a heart attack. He was 66 years of age.

He was the son of the late John D. and Mrs. Anna Muller Schafer, who homesteaded in the Satsop Valley, Wash., in 1820. He and two brothers, the late Peter and Hubert Schafer, in 1893, got the consent of their parents to cut some logs on the family place which they sold to the local sawmills. F'rom this small logging operation began the development of the Schafer interests, now one of the largest lumber anci logging concerns in the Pacific Northwest. The holdings of the company include the mill in Aberdeen, a plant in Montesano, and extensive holdings in the Olympics and Lewis County. The steamship unit owns three coasd liners which were operated by the government during the war. The company has offices in Aberdeen, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Eugene and Reedsport.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Albert A. Schafer; a son, Captain Albert M. Schafer, U. S. Army, and daughter, Mrs. Maurine Close.

Funeral services were held on November 26.

Mrs. Alma M. Wood

Mrs. Alma M. Wood of Lafayeite, California, widow of Walter T. Wood, former vice president of E. K. Wood Lumber Company, San Francisco, was instantly killed in a head-on collision when her sedan skidded in the rain into the path of an Army truck in Contra Costa County, November 16.

Mrs. Wood was a director in the E. K. Wood Lumber Company.

She is survived by her mother, , Mrs. Elizabeth B. Mitchell, Lafayette; a son, John B. Wood, vice president, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., and three daughters, Mrs. Marian Fee of Lafayette, Mrs. Elizabeth Heywood, Lafayette and Chicago, and Mrs. Frances Bell of Piedmont.

Funeral services were held in Oakland on Monday. November 19.

John N. Berry

John N. Berry, director, treasurer and sales manager of the Scott Lumber Company, Inc, Burney, Calif, died suddenly frorn a heart attack in his office on November l. He was 72 years of age, and was born in Ashley, Pa. He was a member of the Masonic lodge

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Julia E. Berry; a daughter, Mrs. Emily Tatler, and two sons, Raymond H., vice-president of the company, and John N. Berry, Jr.

Albert Lansrell

Albert Langrell, president of the Coos Bay Logging Co., North Bend, Ore., died October 31 on a train near Pocatello, Idaho. He was born April 14,1897 in Pine Valley, Ore. He was active in fraternal circles. and was commander of Coos Bay Ilost No. 17 of the American Legion at the time of his death.

Amendment 12 to Second Revised MPR 215

Washington, D. C., November 16.-Softwood lumber distribution yards may compute mark-ups only on the basis of mill f.o.b. ceilings, without any additions for method of shipment or type of sale, the Office of Price Administration announced today.

This action becomes effective November 21, 1945.

In explanation, OPA said, in some cases the various lumber regulations permit certain additions to ceilings for mixed car or less-than-car-load shipments which do nr:t affect the physical condition of the lumber.

Contrary to the intent of the regulation, some softlvood lumber distribution yards in computing their maximum prices have been adding these additions to the basic f. o. b. mill price when purchasing or selling mixed car or lessthan-car-load shipments.

(Amendment No. 12 to Second Revised Maximum Price Regulation 215-Distribution Yard Sales of Softwood Lumber-effective November 21, 1945).