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principles of a small town business. Employees are instructed to focus on meeting customers' needs above making a sale. When called for, they'll suggest repairing worn parts over buying new ones.

And although the store is closed on Sundays, the Ongmans regularly bend the rules for ever-occurring emergencies. "There's hardly a Sunday when I don't come down here and get something," Ongman said. "That's just part of being in a small community. You can't leave someone broke down."

Story at a Glance

Lumber yard expands as town's economy grows... new-fangled sunoundangs don't change oldfashioned business principles.

The already wide assortment of products has become even wider due to the expansion. Ongman illustrates the breadth of inventory by recalling a man who came into the store about 20 years ago looking for a piece of oak to build an ox yoke. While Merrill Lumber didn't stock hardwood lumber, they did, buried in a dusty back corner, have an old ox yoke. The man walked out of the store, project completed, for $1.75.

Today Merrill Lumber is all out of ox yokes, but does offer that same personal service.