Burton Lumber Corporation Minutes and Financial Statements 1944-1965 (Dissolution and Liquidation), Houston and Lake Jackson, Texas

Dalls, Texas: Burton Lumber Corporation Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Brown imitation leather Wilson-Jones Loose Leaf Minute Book with gilt ruling, metal hinges and posts, about 9 X 12 inches. Marbled endpapers. 250 pages, of which 224 pages have been used. The contents include minutes and financial statements from the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders reports, each of which is followed by several Board of Directors meetings for that year, ranging from years 1944-1965, when the company was dissolved (dissolution documentation included). Each report is signed by the Secretary and President and dated. The first document is dated January 26, 1944 and acknowledges the passing of Willard Burton on November 24, 1943 (age 93) with a resolution to be included in the minutes of the meeting. This meeting also announces by resolution the closure of the Dallas yard and establishment of the Houston yard as the principal place for the conduct of business. Presidents through the years included W.B. Ferguson, W.B. Milstead, J. Clyde Jones, W.M. Lingo, J.H. Robertson, and W.M. Lingo, Jr. The company's registered office address was changed to a Lake Jackson, Texas address in 1964, just prior to the company's closing. Most of the annual meetings, however, took place in Dallas or Fort Worth. The Burton-Lingo Lumber Company was started in 1888, with Edward H. Lingo named as president and the name Lingo appears on the Board of Directors throughout the reports in this book. Willard Burton succeeded Lingo as president of the Burton-Lingo Company of Fort Worth and later founded the Burton Lumber Company, with yards in Dallas and Houston. He was also president of the Kemp Lumber Company. He was one of the largest lumber dealers in Texas and a director in the Lumberman's Association of Texas. 0.