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But survive they did and co-owners Bill Blackwell and Bill Ceccarelli, who founded the firm June l, 1973, ended up last year with a gross of around $4 million.

B & C moved to its present four acre site in November of 1974, after outgrowing their original location in less than a year. They presently have 30,000 sq. ft., in two buildings, and devote 1600 sq. ft. to their store and about 4,000 sq. ft for offices. Sales to do-it-yourselfers make up only about 67o of their total sales, with the remainder to contractors, other wholesalers and some industrial business.

The present staff includes nine persons in the office, eleven in the yard, and three in the door department who run the prehanging door machines that constitute an important part of the business.

Making up the office staff are two salesmen, two countermen (or counterpersons, if you prefer) three office girls and the two owners. Incidentally, in order to keep confusion at a mini mum as to which "Bill" a customer is asking for, Bill Ceccarelli is known as Mr. "C" and Bill Blackwell as Mr. "B". The identifications appear in the office and the two "Bills" even carry it over (Please turn to page 46 )