Dick ond Duke Speer Buy Hommond's Conogo Pqrk Yclrd

Howqrd (Duke) Speer (left), W. W. (Dick) Speer (right), ond Gory Duke (Shqke) Speer (center) ore shown in front of the old Hommond Lumber ComPonY yord ot Conogo Pqrk lost month os they prepored to reploce the 44-yeor-old <ompony nome wiih the "Speer," onolher "Speer" ond rhe "and," respectively. The populor Speers -Dick ond Duke-fnther ond son, between them toiql considerable experience in the retoil lumber business, ond Mrs. Dick Speer is olso octive in the lumberyord. And it's probobly nol out of order to soy thol young "Shoke" 5peer is leorning rhe business from fhe ground up (if he ever gets thot "qnd" off the groundl); ihe youngster is the child of Duke ond Betty Speer

\\-. \\'. ( I)ick) Speer lrrrrl his son I lon'ltrcl \\'. ( T)rrke ) Spce r har-e l)urchllscd frorn (ieorgili-1'acillc Co11l. the I Ilrrrrnr,rrrrl I-rtnrl;cr (l()lttl)ztttr,',r'arcl irr ('atlog:t l'arl<. ('alif.. :rrlrl lrssunrerl 1hc t.rn trcrship ott .\1rril 1 of tl'rc old vltrcl at 7233 I )e ering -'\ r'ettttc. 'lhe-r' rvill cotrtitrttc the rctltil tlpcrlttion rrrtrler thc firrn rrante of Sl)eer anrl Spct'r, I-ttntlicr llcrcllants. Iior.rn<lctl il l(11.1 as thc Otvcllsnrortth vartl ot tl're llt'st ll irrnn'rotttl l,tttllre r ctttlrire crcltterl 'lr-t' tlie lirtc -\ntlrclv lJ. Ilamnrond, tlrc var<1 \\'as itlltollg thosc irccluirttl lr)' (ietlrgiu-l'acillc llrst Octolrer. I[ ]l:trtr1t9r'r<1 lr:t11 cotttitrltc<l thc varrl until this Jrrl-r'1. I)ick Speler u'ottltl havc rtl1rs 111) a rec()r(1 of -10 r'e:trs in their clttpl()\'lLlld 37 vcars lllitllag-cnrent irt thc -r'rLrrl he took cl'rlLrge rii in l1)20:ttl<l tlou'h:rs jtrst lrought rr'ith his s()rr. His rviic.\lt:L ha-s iLlsr, lreetr:tctive irr the olrcr:ition thc pltst 15 veltrs. Tlleir son l)uke. a I'S(i grlL<lrratc :rnd lictttctrarrt vcteritn of thc L'SAF, ltlsrl lcltrrretl thc businc-ss tl'rcrc a.ntl \v:ts activc irr tlrc rctail r-lLrd ti11 lris '\rnrv service fronr n'hich he u'lLs tlischirrge cl last I)ecenrl)er. I )tllie iLnrl his l'ifc l-]cttv h:Llc rt .J-r'cltr-<,ltl-sorr. (i:rr-v I )rrke ( Sh:Ll<e ) Slrce r.

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Pomeroy Adds Kennelh Buck to rhe TMANC Siqff

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-\ native of Ilrrsl<cgorl, Xlichig:ttl. lrtlrl lt \ tt('l-;tll "i si'x Yeitrs'Frrr I'-ast rltltY Nith thc N:Lr'1'1>ehirltl hirrr, l"rtc'l< is e t.r:Lrlrratc oi (iol<lcn ( itLrr Ilr.rsi1lrss ('r,l1cge irr Salr IirlLt-tcisc,. I'ri,rr t. 'ltis itss,,t'i;tti6t't l ith llorlttl()1ll('r\'' \\':Lrr1 & ('o., he u.lrS arlntiilistrirtiYC assistlrnt t0 _l 0C Kot-ct. rii KorCt .i Calii.rrria, irt Sltrr lirltllcisco.

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Iluilrling l)(,f1nirs rLt $1,ls.-{00 hlLr c lrccn issucrl l^' thc SantrL IllLrlrrtrrt ('outtlv l:l1rlg. I)eP1. for 1() lrcrl hotllt: itl tlrc $l.l-$17.000 r;rrrge irr (':Lrpirrtcria.

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Hondfing cosrs . . .'& dutr) $ Ftuctuqtion o, ,o*", ": ' $ Depreciotion, etc ' $

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