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William M. Litchfield, founder of the former Litchfield Lumber Co., Glendale, Ca., died May 14, 1985, in Montrose, Ca., at the age of 89.

Prior to his retirement, he had spent 44 years as manager and president of the Glendale comPanY which was a continuation of the lumber business started by his father in Minneapolis, Mn., in 1885.

Mr. Litchfield is survived bY a son, two daughters, ll grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

William Swindells,Sr.,retired chairman of the board of Willamette Industries, Portland, Or., died July 8, 1985. He was 80.

Mr. Swindells joined the Willamette Valley Lumber Co. in 1930 and became president in 1951. In the 24 years of his management, Willamette grew from a company with three sawmills in Oregon to a nationwide corporation with over 50 plants.

Until he retired in 1975, Mr. Swindells was a director for the Western Wood Products Association and for the National Forest Products Association. He was an active member of many civic and Philanthropic organizations.

Mr. Swindells is survived bY his widow, Elizabeth, two sons, a daughter and eight grandchildren.

Joseph Edward Hunt, assistant manager at Double J Lumber, Orange, Ca., died of cancer on JulY 7, 1985. He was 67.

He had worked at Sutherland Lumber in the midwest before moving to California. He had been with Double J Lumber since 1979.

Mr. Hunt is survived bY his widow, Earline, three children, four grandchildren, three brothersand one sister.

Marketing Seminar Completed

The North American Wholesale Lumber Association's 1985 Wood Marketing Seminar was attended by 43 wholesalers, mill salespeople and distribution service suppliers. NAWLA's fifth week-long seminar, held at Oregon State University, brought the total number of seminar graduates to more than 250.

Students received more than 30 hours of classroom instruction on the basics of forest products distribution by OSU professors, NAWLA wholesalers and mill sales executives. There were also two field trips by Willamette Industries to local forests and production units.