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HARRIE P. WOODSON, left, stands at the counter with employee Rudolph Slovacek sometime in the early 1920's at Woodson Lumber Company. The company will celebrate its 90th anniversary this week at seven locations.Woodson Lumber to celebrate 90 years of business in CaldwellWoodson Lumber Co., will Leon County to replace the Yard in Brenham in 1938.existing lumber yard, Blum said.Jim Woodson died on Oct. 3, 1940, and his wife Mary wascelebrate its 90th anniversary from Thursday, Oct. 9, through Saturday, Oct. 11, with a series Caldwell and Woodson's have killed on Dec. 22, 1939, in an of galas at its seven Central enjoyed a special relationship automobile wreck. HarrieTexas locations — thanking their customers for decades oflovaltv.from the start. The original owners, Jim and Harrie P. Woodson, launched theThe activities will begin from Caldwell lumber yard on Dec.1, 1913, after buying out the Reeves-Sullivan Lumber Com-a lumber yard in Port Lavaca5-8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9, with a Caldwell-Lexington contractor-customer appreciation night at the CaldwellCivic Center. That event willbe invitation only and will in- but was looking for a yard of elude door prizes, including a his own in some Texas city. The grand prized deer hunt for owners of the Port Lavaca two, free food and drinks, prod- yard, operating from a San uct literature and samples Antonio headquarters, sug-Woodson then operated the business with Jim's two daughters. In 1944. he bought the Grant Lumber Yard in Cameron, and in 1945 he bought Jim's interest in thepany in November of that year, business from his daughters Jim Woodson was manager of Emily Hughes and Mary Cade.Bv 1946, Woodson made his sons-in-laws M.G. Perkins and Tom Yager partners, and he later sold all of his interests to them. Today the company is owned bv AnnYagerfrom more than 40 vendors, gested the Caldwell yard as a Chapman, a granddaughter of product demonstrations, good location and highly rec- Harrie Woodson. Through the games and special purchase-incentives from national vendorSommended the community's strong business climate. Though the Woodson's father.On Friday, Oct. 10, and Sat- living in Richmond, Mo., hadurday, Oct. 11, free food and drinks and drawings will be o fie red for walk-in customershis doubts, his sons persuaded him. Their father's primary concern at that time wasyears, Woodson's has also benefitted from loyal employees, some of whom have worked there for decades. John Hejl, Sr., worked there for 58 years, and his son John Hejl, Jr., worked there for 40at all heven locations in Caldwell's lack of paved years. Bernard Rvchlik haCaldwell, Brenham, Bryan, streets.worked there for 47 years.Lexington, Groesbeck, Mexia The mud would get so deep Some of the well-known earlierand Buffalo. In addition, K-TEX-106 radio in Bryan will have a live remote broadcast.All of this is Woodson's way of thanking customers in all of our towns for their businessin front of the lumber yard that it would take four or five yoke of oxen to haul feed away from the oil mill across the street, Harrie Woodson reemployees included Robert Vychopen and Arthur Pape. The company incorporated in 1952. The corporations formed were Woodson Lumber Corn-called in the company's official pany Wholesale, WoodsonLumber Co., of Caldwell,over the last 90 years, said history.Woodson President Craig The Woodson brothers kept Woodson Lumber Co., of Lex-Blum. This is also the kickoff dreaming and building. In ington, Woodson Lumber Co., to what we hope will be many 1924, they bought a yard in of Cameron, Woodson Lumbermore years of business in the Brazos Valiev.''Lexington. Other yards were Co., of Brenham, Woodsonbought in Madisonville andIn the near future, the com- Normangee in 1926, the GrantLumber Co., of Brvan and Woodson Lumber and Build-pany plans to build a new lum- Lumber Yard in Bryan in 1937 ing Co. her yard in 2004 in Buffalo in and the Wood Son Lumber
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Caldwell Burleson County Tribune
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