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A GOMMITMENT TO EXGETTENGE
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I PRESERVES AND ENHAIICES
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Ann H. Higman Honorcd
Ann H. Higman, president of Reliable Lumber Co., Rosemead, Ca., has been honored for 40 years of industry service by the Lumber Association of Southern California.
Friends, family and industry coworkers attended the San Gabriel Valley area LASC meeting in Rosemead where E.L. 'Al" Newkirk, LASC president, made the presentation. (This regional meeting was one of eight being held by LASC.)
Mrs. Higman took over active management of Reliable Lumber Co. in 1946 when her husband died. As the only woman in the lumber business in the San Gabriel Valley, she was responsible for three employees and the business which had been established by her husband in 1930 at 8614 Valley Blvd., Rosemead, in addition to being the mother of two small boys.
Both the business and the boys have grown. Jerry and Dan now work with their mother as do two of her grandchildren. Her sons hold the offices of vice president and treasurer. The business has expanded to four operations located in Rosemead, Temple City, Huntington Beach and Fontana.
Mrs. Higman still lives in the family home next to the Rosemead yard and is at work between 5:30 and 6 a.m. each morning.
In addition to runnins the business and raising her boys, she found time to be involved in local youth work as well as the Chamber of Commerce, Rosemead
Woman's Club, Boy Scouts, Little lrague baseball, adult bowling and basketball teams. Her more recent community efforts have been directed to*ard Ingleside, a home for retarded persons, the City of Hope and other philanthropic groups. She has been active in the Democratic Party and sponsored the American
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FAMILY present at plaque presentation included sons Jerry and Dan standing on either side of their mother Ann Higman. Jerry's wife, Colleen, and Mrs. Higman's granddaughte6 Denice, are at right.
