Opens New Store

In order to properly celebrate the first year of the one hundred per cent locally owned partnership of the WhitingMead Co. of San Diego, they opene<i on July 9 a new store at 825 A Street, National City, just one block from the city's ,central business corner.

The new store will be supplied in all ten departments with all the merchandise available, and the company will continue to try and live up to its slogan, "Everything for Building," just as fast as materials can be obtained. A line of electric appliances will be added as soon as they are available. The various departments will include electric fixtures, material and appliances, hardware, paint, roofing, rvallboard, plumbing, sash and doors, cement and plaster, and lumber -the last item being very scarce.

John Gardner, who will be in charge, is not only a partner in the business but has been a member of the Whiting-Mead family for the past twenty-five years. He will continue to have charge of the Plumbing Installation Department, both in National City and San Diego. The stafi of competent and friendly employees will include three National City residents-IVlr. Gardner; his wife, Mrs. Marguerite Gardner; and Mrs. Sue Gray, and they will also have the services of Marce Jauregui of East San Diego. Mr. Gardrrer is a member of the City Planning Commission in National City.

This new store is tl-re company's fifth in San Diego Coun- ty, and will be under the supervision of F. E. Miner, Branch Store Supervisor, whose special effort will be to keep it supplied with all the best merchandise that the market afiords.

Special credit should be given to William H. Stewart, one of the partners, who did a remarkable job in planning and 'completing this modern, up-to-date store. He, with Paul Stake, Merchandise Manager, planned the arrangement for display of the merchandise in their stock. There is now located on the site of an old warehouse, a remodeled, modern store, complete with yard, sheds and storage, occupyinga space of.l75 feet on A Street and 115 feet on Ninth Street.

For the past thirty-three years, the Whiting-Mead Co. of San Diego, has served home owners not only with material for new homes, but also for household needs as well, and they have been very fortunate during this critical war period in securing a remarkable amount of items for home owners.

Purchases Snellstrom Holdingn

The Long-Bell Lum,ber Co. has purchased the Snellstrom Lumber Co. holdings at Vaughn, Ore., eight miles west of Eugene, which include a sawmill with an annual capacity of 25,000,00O board feet, a planing mill, and ,lO,00O acres of timber.