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Ganahl Centennial

(Continued from page I7) to work at the firm full-time; Their sister, Louise Delaney, is also now active in the business.

The seventies were a time of growth for Ganahl Lumber. The Anaheim operation, always the largest in terms of size and dollars, was fragmented and outgrowing its facilities. The mill and warehouse were located several blocks away on Santa Ana St., separated from the store on Lincoln. And twelve parking spaces hardly seemed Iike enough to handle all the new business that was anticipated. So in the late seventies, when Anaheim underwent urban redevelopment, it was time to move. On April 16, 1978 the Anaheim operation moved to what is now their existing location on Ball Road with 16 acres of sales, office and storage space and a railroad spur at the west end of the yard.

Today Ganahl Lumber employs over 325 people, three-quarters of whom are employed at the Anaheim location. The Anaheim yard, managed by Jim Taft, is the flagship of the chain with over $25 million in sales annually. The -other branches (Lake Arrowhead, Corona and, most recently, Garden Grove) contribute an additional $10 million in annual sales. The milling operation, located behind the lumber yard on Ball Road, was split into two distinct profit centers in 1980. The Architectural Mill, managed by Mike Seeds, specializes in custom millwork and counts among its customers some of the largest commercial builders in the country. At the helm of Ganahl's Planing Mill is Dan Butterfield, a veteran millman from Washington State who brought more than 30 years of milling experience to the high-volume production operation. The two milling operations add another $6 million to the company's annual gross sales.

In the lumber yards, the customer mix varies from site to site but there are basically three types of customers: contractors, industrial and retail. Contractors account for approxi-

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