HOOD RIVER — Hood River resident, cancer survivor and amputee Rebecca Johnston has been selected to participate in the Range of Motion Project’s (ROMP) 10th Anniversary Climb Team. Johnston and
PENDLETON — Tum-A-Lum Lumber, a TAL Building Center, was one of four retailers honored as Beacon Award winners Aug. 18 at the JW Marriott in Marco Island, Florida.
PENDLETON — On an early afternoon Tuesday, March 29, front-end loaders criss-crossed the parking lot of Tum-a-Lum Lumber. Trailers took up multiple parking spots. Even four days before its official
Forsythe helps rebuild Davidson mill
William Pop Forsythe, an early lumberman of Central Oregon, also operated Tum-a-Lum Lumber
William Leon Forsythe was born at Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 26, 1881. When he was 11 years old, he left home and began working in sawmills until he was 17. When he was 17, he was placed in charge of a sawmill.
In 1910, he came to Oregon and lived near Rainier until 1911. He then came to Central Oregon, where he entered the contract business.
While living in Central Oregon, Forsythe married Marilou Elizabeth Mickle on March 26, 1922. She was born on March 18, 1882, in Charleston, South Carolina. In the fall of 1922, they moved to Marshfield, Oregon, where Forsythe established the Western White Cedar company. Later, he moved back to Central Oregon and lived in Redmond. He began working for the Dant & Russell mill.