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article is plainly marked as to application and priie, a paradise for the general contractor as well as the weekend builder and remodeling mechanic.

The 2ft-acre yard and storage area is just as well-kept. Good housekeeping is evident everywhere, from the storage of all lumber and building materials to the receiving docks at the Santa Fe spur track, where lumber and allied materials arriving by rail are handled only once, from the car to the yard.

But if something is needed for building it is available at the Encinitas Lumber Co. It is quickly available and easily selected because good management seems to just ooze out of every area and section of this retail yard. They are able to supply the lumber, materials and tools to complete each and every project, regardless of size.

Eugene J. Gauthier, president of Encinitas Lumber Co., acquired the present location of the yard early in 1943. He had started his lumber career with Bauer Lumber Company in Carlsbad early in the 1930s.

It was his plan (which certainly appears to be most successful) to own and operate the finest retail lumber establishment in Southern California. He surrounded himself with capable and honest employes and he was off to achieve his mark in the retail merchandising field. He was later joined by his son, M. A. "Jim" Gauthier, who is now general manag'er of the Encinitds operation.

Early in 1946, the St. Malo Lumber Company in Oceanside was opened under the capable management of a sonin-law, Bill Meredith. It, too, is a show place of efficiency. Good housekeeping, service and complete inventory mark the success of the branch yqrd. Duplicate stocks are kept in this establishment, but whEn needid it just takes minut'es to draw on the home office for anything in short supply. It requires the services of approximately 40 to-45-em(Continued on Page 62)

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