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At Fourth Generation Lumber Co., lt's Business As Unusual

In an age of decreasing home starts and escalating d-i-y rates, one lamily business has been growing strong into its 77th year and fourth generation of management by looking the other way.

"We are not a d-i-y operation," says Dirk Etienne, president of Tynan Lumber Co., Salinas, Ca., and great-grandson of the founder. "lnstead of going to a mass market operation, as many companies did during the last few years, we stayed with our contractors and they stayed with us. Developing one-on-one relationships with a contractor, big or small, is a lot more rewarding to mg.tt

He attributes the business's recent growth to his mother, Pat Tynan Chapman, who took over the company in 1980. A University of California, Berkeley graduate, she had little business experience, having spent most of her life as a fulltime housewife and mother. "Her whole philosophy was to continue nurturing our relationships with con- tractors," Etienne says.

Yard manager Michael Vosti, who joined the company the same year Chapman did, says: "We've grown a lot since I startedthe business has probably tripled. We still take the personal approach and that makes the customers very faithful." The firm now has 52 employees and annual gross sales over $13 million.

Chapman's grandfather, Jan Tynan, started the business in 1912 as Monterey County's first lumber company. His son, Michael L. Tynan, took over in the 1920s and more than 50 years later was recognized as having served as chairman of the board of a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange longer than any other executive in history. During that time, the operation expanded to three locations: Salinas, Monterey and King City, Ca.

When Tynan passed leadership to his daughter, heads turned. "She was a middle-aged mom entering a male-dominated industry," Etienne says. "But that didn't stop her. She came in here, felt her way through and breathed new life into this company."

Chapman was excitednot wor- riedabout taking over the family business. She incorporated a number of innovations, including the Salinas yard's Tynan Custom House, a custom bath, kitchen and cabinet shop.

Chapman remains chairman of the board and an integral force in the operation. Says Etienne, "She is one hell of a business person. We have an incredible synergism when we make plans and decisions that is more than a mother/son relationship. This is more than just a funky old family business."

Monterey Club Reborn

The Coast Counties Hoo-Hoo Club of Monterey, Ca., has been reactivated.

Hoo-Hoo dignitaries Phil Cocks, Brent Crosby, Bernie Barber Jr., Jimmy Jones, Dan Bonnington, Dwight Curran, Neil Keefer, Kevin Hill, Dave Casella and Scott Fossum attended a Jan. 13 reactivation meeting.

The Coast Counties steering committee includes Steve Thomas, Don Willard, Cliff Coffey, Bill Sullivan, Earl Johnson, Brian Pierce and Rick Thayer.

Of Building

Coos Head takes pride in its service to its customers and invites all inquiries, including the difficult- and hard-to-find items. Let our inventory be your inventory.

^ Green DF S4S lumber lx2 - 6xl6 r Krln dried S4S lumber l" & 2"

^ Complete line of panel products

^ Laminated beams

Coos Head Forest Products

r Shakes, shingles, hip & ridge (sales rep for West Forest Wood Products)

^ Cedar r Hem/Fir r CCA pressure treated lumber- dimension

^ CCA pressure treated posts

^ CCA pressure treated decks & fencing

^ Rentokil/SupaTimber pressure treated lumber fsales agent for Durawood Treating Co.

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Laminated Logs

An engineered laminated building log for log home construction has been introduced by Anthony Forest Products Co.