Central Lumber Co. of Stockton a Growing Concern

Service and Courtesy mean more than mere Price alone.

President.

S. H. Rothermel,

The Central l.umber Co. of Stockton, California, is one of the most progressive lumber concerns in that part of the State. They have, just completed new and modern sheds and warehouses covering one entire city block. Located between the Southern and Western Pacific railroads, they have spurs from each road into the yard. This is not only a convenience but provides a low cost of handling in the yard. The yard is situated in the center of the city only one block from the passenger depots of both the railroads, on the Central California Traction line and Miner Subway.

The new sheds are commodious and up-to-date in every way. The offices are not elaborate but spacious and convenient. The warehouse and mill are located convenient to the offices and sheds so that everything can be reached with a minimum waste of time and energy.

The Central Lumber Co. rvas originally the C. L. Hatch Lumber Co. and was purchased by the present owners in 1919. The name was immediately changed and under the new name and new management the company has grown to the present proportions.

The business has been built up by the persistent and untiring efforts of the President, S. H. Rothermel, and the Secretary-Treasurer, O. V. Wilson. They have both been on the job continuously, giving their entire time and best thought to establishing a lumber business where Quality,

Mr. Rothermel is a native of Philadelphia, coming from the old honest Quaker stock. He resideh in Duluthl Minnesota, for a number of years where he engaged in the wholesale plumbing businiss. Ife was on thetiiy Council of that city for four years and on the Board of Trade for five years. Having removed to Portland, Oregon, in lW, he was interested in the lumber and timber business until he purchased the Glendale State Bank of which he was president for eight years. He is thoroughly familiar with the lumber business from the stump to the finished prod- uct. In 1919 he went to Stockton as president of the-Cen- tral Lumber Co., where he has madi an enviable record as an executive and business manager.

O. V. Wilson, the Secretary and Treasurer of the Company, is a native of Kentucky. His father was a lumber and mill man so he had an opportunity to learn the lumber business in his early years from actual experience. After having graduated from college he went to Texas ri,rhere he taught school for a number of years. He was instructor in Baylor University at 'Waco, Texas, for four years but al. ways looked forward to a business career in the lumber industry. In l9l2 he removed to California and.soon found an opportunity to re-enter the lumber business. He associated himself with the Central Lumber Co. in 1919 at the time of the reorganization and has been its Secretary and Treasurer since that time. Mr. Wilson takes an active part in all lumber organizations. He was president of the Central California Lumbermen's Club last vear. and is now chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hoo-Hoo Club of Central California.

The officers of the Central Lumber Co. are S. H. Rothermel, president; A. S. Rothermel, vice president; and O. V. Wilson, secretary-treasurer. The directgrs of the company are S. H. Rothermel, Stockton; A. S. R"6thermel, Stocliton; O. V. Wilson, Stockton; J. W. Jacobson, Los Angeles; and A. A. Snyder, Glendale.