THE CALIFOR.NIA LUMBER MERCHANT
September I, 1932
Henry F. Faull Dies Suddenly Much Interest Shown in Official Spring Board, Says Hugh Handley While on Hunting Trip Henry Fiske Faull, sales manager of the Hammond Lumber Company, San Franeisco, died suddenly from a heart attack while on a hunting trip in the mountains east of Merced in Inyo County, Tuesday, August 23. Mr. Faull and his party, which included Ralph P. Duncan, general manager of the Merced Lumber Co., Merced, left on Friday, August 19, for Crystal Crag, with the intention of packing into the high Sierra from that point. It was necessary to bring the body out on a pack horse for 2O miles to the automobile roadMr. Faull was one of the best known lumbermen on the Pacific Coast, and he had a host of friends all over the country. He had always enjoyed the best of health and his passing was a great shock to all who knew him. He was born in San Francisco August 10, 1879, and was in the service of the }lammond Lumber Company for 30 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Maude S. Faull; one daughter, Mrs. Helen Faull Lueschner, of New York; trvo sisters, Mrs. Joseph Gerould and Mrs. Willard O. Wayman, and a brother, John A. Faull. The funeral service, held on Friday morning, August 26, was attended by a large and most representative gathering of lumbermen.
MAX COOK VISITS LOS ANGELES Max Cook, Oakland, Calif., was a recent Los Angeles visitor where he spent several days on business.
Hugh W. Handley, sales manager of Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned August 14 from Los Angeles where he attended the Olympic Games. Mr. Handley was particularly interested in the diving and swimming events, and reports that much interest was manifested by swimming coaches from all over the world, as lvell as by the competitors in the Brandsten International and Intercollegiate Official Spring Board used in the diving events. This board with its new fulcrum equipment is manufactured and sold exclusively by Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co.
The new adjustable fulcrum, invented by Ernie Brandsten, head coach of the American Olympic diving team, adjusts the amount of spring a diver desires in a board, and the diver adjusts it by turning a wheel with his foot.
GIEB LUMBER CO. MOVES SAN GABRIEL YARD TO NEW LOCATION The Gieb Lumber Co. has moved its San Gabriel yard to its nerv location at 6ffi444 South San Gabriel boulevard on property owncd by the firm; the lease on the old site expiring this month. Claude Wilson is manager of the San Gabriel yard. The Gieb Lumber Co. head offices are at Huntington Park, Calif.
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State action through a conference of the Governors of the principal timber States. Actio,n Recommended:
(a) Consideration by principal timber States to the need for modification of timber taxation. (b) Prompt and wide-spread release of the Forest Service Inquiry; (c) Consideration of a Conference of Governors. By Whom: (a) Timber States; (b) Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture; (c) The President of the United States."
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