fiarilsn firove Lumher & Cement Co. Keeps Up l{ith The Times

This is a story about vision and faith. Back when.this century was just getting started, a man by the name of W. L. Jencks accompanied the work crer,v that was laying the tracks for the Pacific Electric rcute through what is norv the Garden Grove, Orange County, Calif. area. Garden Grove looked mighty good to him, so he bought a piece of lancl there, and shortly afterwards in 19O5, started the Garden Grove Lumber & Cement Co. on this site, the corner of Garden Grove Blvd. and the Pacific Electric tracks. This was the first business firm to be established in that tou,n, and it and the town have grorvn together.

In 1910 the business \\'as purchased by the late H. A. Lake ancl \\r. W. Dungan. The following year Mr. Lake bought out Nfr. Dungan, and at the present time Mr. Lake's son, Louis, is orvner and manager of the business.

Last 1'ear the old building was torn dolvn, and construction started on a fine new establishment, one rvhich shows that the owner of this business has faith in his business and his torvn. Huge plate glass lvindows on trvo sides give an inviting vierv of the interior. Decoration is provided by natural llervn flagstones, and the attractive yellow trim. Display rooms are attractively finished in knotty pine, Etchrvood, and combed fir. A feature of the interior is a glass-rvalled bttsiness offrce, rvith "half-1,a11s."

The ceiling is finished in U. S. Gypsum insulation Tyle Bord, and the floor in asphalt tile. A neu,-type gas heater keeps temperatures perfect throughout the year, as it becomes an air-conditioner in the summer. Fluorescent lighting is used throughout the building. There is plenty of parking space in the cement parking area directly in front of the showrooms.

The founder of the business, W. L. Jencks, lives in Los Angeles nou'.

Thig is how the sqme buginess looked in 1905. The sign scye "Gcrden Grove, the Home Town -We Furnigh the Lumber to Build ihe Homes."

The preserrt owner, Louis Lake says, "With our new building, we are prepared to continue our policy of supplying Garden Grove with everything in the way of lumber and building supplies. We invite Garden Grovers to drop in at any time to see our new store, and to inspect our many fine lines of nationally advertised merchandise."

Agcrin Hecds Home Show

Earl T. Heitschmidt, member of the firm of Earl Tl-Ieitschmidt and Charles O. Matcham, architects, Los Angeles, has been re-elected president of the Construction Indrrstries Exposition and Home Shcrv of Southern California.

William Curlett rvas re-elected first vice president; J. A. Powers, second vice president; Frank E .Hess, secretary, and A. L. Stone was re-elected treasurer for the fifth time.