"No Plc,ce Like Home"

Caiifornia Tumber Iaerchant

Be it ever so humble, this was Home Lumber's old "home" in San Leandro, Calif. The retail yard recently set up shop on a brand new 3lz acre, all-modern location in the downtown section of the peninsula city.

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tsOts \lEYER. owners of rr the newly-relocated Home Lumber Company yard in San Leandro, operate pretty much like any other heads-up father and son team. Home Lumber Company started more or less on a shoestring in 1946, and now, 17 years later, the company occupies an imposing 3r/z acre location with all modern facilities including two large warehouses and an excellent store for both the builder and walk-in trade.

But there is a little switch in the story here. Bob Meyer started the business and his dad joined him as a partner a year later. And we don't believe we're hurting anybody's feelings here because during our lunch with this affable pair of lumbermen it was apparent that Henry was just as proud o{ his son as IJob was o{ his dad's impressive lumber career. But let's start at the beginning.

Henry Meyer was born in San Fran' cisco in 1887, and started his lumber career with the old Sunset Lumber Company in Oakland in 1910. He probably didn't realize it then, but Henry was about to enter a 36-year association with another widely-known lumberman, James Tyson.

As the years slipped by, Henry worked his way up to manager of the Sunset or' ganization and was then sent to .Wilming' ton to run Consolidated Lumber Co., an' other Tyson enterprise.

Meanwhile, Bob was attending college and working part-time with the Oakland Lumber Company, another name that has faded into the past. After graduation Bob began full time duty with Oakland Lumber, but then came WWII and an entirely different type of employment.

Prior to Rob's war duty, Henry Meyer returned to Oakland to manage Sunset Lumber Co. And that's where he was when Bob returned from the war, equipped himself with a modest GI loan, and went into "competition" with dad by opening a retail operation at 14511 East l4,th Street, San Leandro.

The business prospered and a year later.

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