D00RS "Rezo" Hollow Gore

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QllJtffif-Jv1cple

"Ask Our Present Customers, Then See For Yoursell"

Established April ll, 1899, and therefore no\\' in its 50th vear oI useful service to the pubiic, the large lumber and building rnaterial yard of Peoples l.umber Co. nrr South A Street. Oxnard, \ientttra Count_v, Calif.. ftrllv merits its slogan. "One Stop Yard." For tml,r- the colltractor. hotneou'tter, prospcctive hotncou'tter, frrrmer, or other purchitser, cal't lruv cverything here th:tt goes into a building.

It is a fa; crv bacli to the crrcl oi the last ccutttry u'het-t all ,,f tlre lunrlrcr- lhat calllc illto this vard u'as brought in bv ship to tlrteueme, irtrshed or-erboard, ancl floated in tr,ith the ticle. Nou' the lumber zrrrives mainly byrail, is unloaded at the spur tracl< that accommodates 11 cars, atld from there is handiecl bv lift truck and carrier to its proper place in the vard.

The office building is of strictlv Spanish architectrrrc. It has an exposed beam ceiling. 'lhe cotllrter' n'hich extends the length of the olhce ar.rd hardu'are store, is (r0 feet long. ancl is of sandblasted redu'oocl. All u'rlod trsctl in the office, store, and manager's office is recln'ood.

The aerial picture of the yard sho'rvs the lariotts buildings, n'hich have a total floor area of :rllout 40,000 stltlarc feet, including a building material \\'zlrehotlse, 190 feet long by 30 feet rvide'

A feature of the building material department is :r display of variotts kinds of brick, clay tile, server pipe. concrete blocks, ar.rd flagstone. This display is close to the outer rvire fence at this point, I'here it can be seen even

Oxnard, Calif. Yard o[ Peoples Lumber Co. Now in its 50th Year

rvher.r the yarcl is closed.

The mill, formerll' a large oue, has been rccluced to the size rrecessary for the yard's requirements. the main mill being at the Verrtura vard. The space saved is nos' used for arr u1t-to-clate sash and door Narehouse, 11'itl.r facilities for glrrzing and harring.

Thc stock of brrilders har<l'n'are carriecl is otre of the largest in the corrntr,. The stock of IJoYsen pairrts is in large r':trietr'. Thc pairrt <lepartment has a flreproof pairrt roo l1l.

Peoples I-urnber Co. bu1's practicallv everything irr carIOacl lots, arrcl complete inver.rtories of all species au<1 itcurs of lun-rlter, arrcl all kincls of building n-raterials are carried. The varrl emplovs 38 people, five of u'hom are irr the ofEce.

The managers of the vard in Past vears rvcre S' 13' I3agrrall,1899to1908;.T.H.Sharp,1908to1918;\Valterliiler', 1911t to 1938: llol' Nfvers, 1938 to 1939; Harr-r' Rilev' 1939 to 1946.

Ii. J. "Tommy" Thompson is nlanager nou', atld \\r' (" "N[ert" Cartacly is his assistant. ,,.I

Manager's Career

\Ir.Thompsouhashadaninterestingcareerirrthelttrlrber business. He lvas born and raised in Mason Cit1" Iotva, anci rr.as gracluated from the University of lo$'a. He serYe cl in tl.re N{arine Ct>rps in" \'\r.orld War I' His first job in the lumller business u'as u'ith Hammond Lumber Company, I-os Angeles. in 1924' Later that year he rvent rvith I'acific Door & Sash Co., I-os Angeles, and u'as rvith that firtn for seven vears, until it rvas liquidated' He rvas rvith Hull llrothers l,umber Co'. \\rest Hollyu'ood' from 1931 to 1940.

F,rpm 1942 to 1944 he rvas rllanager of the lumber yard at ihe Naval Supply Depot at Hueneme' Calif' Here he had to handle a normal lumber stock of 200 million feet'

H. G. Dowson

A. W. Lingoos

ROGUE TUMBER SATES COMPAI{Y

Clydc M. Shumoker, Sclcr Monogcr

P. O. Box 7O7, lilledford, Oregon

Phonc: Gcntrol Point, Orcgon l09l

T.T. Ccntral Point 65

Specializing in the Distribution of All

WEST COAST WOOllS

Our subgidictry, the Southern Oregon Plcning Mill Compcny, Inc., is nour conatructing courplele dry ehede lor tbe winter months cheqd. Dry Bilne cre trow opercting. In addition to our getrerql wholescle buginess, we will uow be cble to lunrish lor prompt locding, mixed cars conttrining pine commona qad cleqrs, bundled lir uppers, }iln dried lir lirrieh. Thege ccn be hondled in coniunction with your selection ol lir dimension and boqr& sll in one ccr.

WE INIIITE

'NQU'R'ES

Exclurive Sales Agents for Southern Oregon Ploning llill Compony, Inc. ond

Jockson Creek Lumber Compony, lnc.

Stondqrd Yord ltems

No. Colifornio Represenlctiver:

Rudboch Gortin & Compony

444 Morket Slreet

Son Froncisco 4 Colif.

Phone; YUkon 6-1075

So. Colifornic Represenfcfiver:

John A. Rudboch Compony ll2 West Ninth Street

Los Angeles 15, Collfornio

Phone: TUcker 5l l9

Orher Reputcbla 5oles Repre:entotion Throughout the Nation

PTYWOOD

FOOT

Pqrtiql view ol the olfice, and some of the orders ran into astronimical ligures. For example he once took 94 carloads of plylvood otlt of stock to filI one order. He has been u'ith Peoples Lurnber Co. in charge of the Oxnard yard since 1946, and it can be said he is doing a fine job, ancl the 1'ard is doing an excellent volume of business.

Mr. Thompson married Nfiss Gladys Hou'e, an experienced lumber secretary, in 1938, in West Hollyrvood. They have four children, trvo boys and trvo girls. \\rhile the family is mttcl.r interested in television at the moment, Mr.

Rounds Trading Company

Wholesole Distributors of Double end trimmed, surfoced or run lo pollern

Ponderosa Pine

WPA Groded

Product of WINONA INVESTMENT COMPANY (Coliforniq Division) Morysville, Colifornio

Dry Redwood

Product of ROCKPORT REDWOOD COMPANY (tlcnbcr Cslilornh Bcdw@d A$@lrtlon) Rockport, Colifornio

ROUNDS & KITPATRICK LUMBER CO. Rounds, (Neor Astil Cqlifornio

DOUGTAS FIR - SUGAR, PINE

CEDAR SHINGTES

GENERAT OFFICES

Crocker Bldg., Son Froncisco 4, Colif. Phone YUkon 6-0912 pfte1se-[619 Beoch 7-2781 - Zenith 6041

It0 West Oceon Blvd., long Beoch 2, Colif.

Thompson's hobbv is geology, in rvhich he majored at fou'a, and he gets a lot of pleasure out of .spare time trips to the desert areas to search for rocks. I{e has collected sonre interesting specimens.

Eight Yards In County

The People's Lumber Co. has been a big name ir-r retail lun.rber and building material ltttsiness in Ventura County for many years. The company wzrs founded October 2, Iu90, in Ventura. The first directors elected C. D. Bonestel, presiclent ; F. A. Foster, secretary, and J. R. Willough-

Now available rtl

NORTH ATNER,ICA'S FINEST SIDEWAtt

IN VARIOUS LONG-IASIING COTORS

Also stocked for immediole delivery: CEDAR SHINGTES AND SHAKES

BOTH SAWN AND SPLIT

SIDEWALL TUMBER CO.

NORTHERN CATIFORNIA DISTRIBUTORS

1994 Ookdole Avenue, Son Froncisco 24

ATWATER 2-8112

R. H. (Bobl Briggs, Soles Monoger

CUSTOTA MIIIING AIR DR,YING KIIN DR.YING

Resowing * Surfocing * Pofiern ltems * tlouldings

Double-end trimming * Sorting * Dipping frlilling in frcrnsit

WPAGertifiedGroders

SNIDER LUMBER PRODUCTS COMPANY

3rd qnd C Streets

Turlock, Coliforniq

Speciatizing

DOUGTAS FIR,. REDWOOD - PINE

DRY}YOOD LUMBER CO'NPANY

1485 Boyshore Boulevqrd

Phone JUniper 5-74A6

Sqn by, treasurer. NIr. Bor-restel 'n'as appointed general maltager, a position he held for manv vears. Today there are eight 1'ards in the cotltlty, located zlt Ventura, Ojai, Fillmore, Santa Paula, Moorpark, Can-rarillo, ancl Oxnard. Tl.re present directors are Adolfo Camarillo. president ; H. S. Corbett, first vice president; C. A. Lir-rd. second r,ice president; C. E. Bonestel, J. C. Crump, A. J. I)ingeman, and H. H. Eastrvood.

Ben C. 13artels is the general nranager, rr,ith the general office located at \rentura.