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H.M. Weis Dies at 65

KINGSVILLE, Tex. - Henry Mahlon Weis, Chairman of the Board of Weis-Fricker Lumber Co., died Monday night. He was 65.
A graduate of Pensacola High School, he attended Washington & Lee University and the University of Florida and was a member of the original planning board of Pensacola.

Weis' father, C.A. Weis, was founder of the local fine woods importing concern. The elder Weis had originally opened logging and saw mill operations on Bayou Chico to process cypress and other local woods. A national move to mahogany as a furniture preference caused him to begin importing operations in 1929 with a cargo of logs from Cuba. By mid-1933 the father and son had accumulated more than two million feet of mahogany lumber in the yard. It was about this time that Frank A. Fricker joined the firm as one of the nation's recognized sales specialist in the lumber trade.

H.M. Weis and his father pioneered mahogany cutting programs in tropical Central and South America. The firm, under the name of Weis-Fricker, became one of the world's largest processors of mahogany. At one time the Weis-Fricker shipments through the port of Pensacola constituted one of the major tonnage items of the port.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Wing Weis of Kingsville; three daughters, Mrs. H.C. Land of Pensacola, Mrs. J.W. McCoy of Bishop, Tex., and Miss Evelyn Weis of Toronto, Canada; and a son, C.A. Weis III of Pensacola; and 11 grandchildren.

Funeral services and burial will be in Pensacola with Fisher-Pou Service directing.

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Weis Services Set Thursday for At McIlwain

Funeral services for Henry Mahlon Weis who died Monday in Kingsville, Tex., will be held here at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at McIlwain Memorial Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Donald Dunkerly will officiate. Burial will follow in Bayview Memorial Park Cemetery with Fisher-Pou Funeral Service directing.

Mr. Weis, 65, was chairman of the board of Weis-Fricker Lumber Co. He had moved to Texas several years ago. He was born in Decatur, Ala.

A graduate of Pensacola High School, he attended Washington & Lee University and the University of Florida.

He was on the original city planning board, and chairman of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce Inter-American Division. He also was a member of the Escambia County Community Council, board of directors of Sacred Heart Hospital, board of directors of the Salvation Army, member of the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, and director of the Mahogany Association.

Weis' father, C.A. Weis, was founder the local fine woods importing concern. The elder Weis had originally opened logging and saw mill operations on Bayou Chico to process cypress and other local woods. A national move to mahogany as a furniture preference caused him to begin importing operations in 1929 with a cargo of logs from Cuba. By mid-1933, the father and son had accumulated more than two million feet of mahogany lumber in the yard. It was about this time that Frank A. Fricker joined the firm as one of the nation's recognized sales specialists in the lumber trade.

H.M. Weis and his father pioneered mahogany cutting programs in tropical Central and South America. The firm, under the name Weis-Fricker, became one of the world's largest processors of mahogany. At one time the Weis-Fricker shipments constituted one of the major tonnage items of the port.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Wing Weis of Kingsville; three daughters, Mrs. H.C. Land of Pensacola, Mrs. J.W. McCoy of Bishop, Tex., and Miss Evelyn Weis of Toronto, Canada; and a son, C.A. Weis III of Pensacola; and 11 grandchildren.