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33 Edward Street, StouMle BUSINESS: Lumber still king at former planning will . June 6m W h Sc hell Lumbm Home Buddong Centre woutd Me to WW“? everyone to ow (3mm m 8. 00th Anmversmy celebration fmm Wednesday, lune 6th » Saturday June 0m 1 ‘ us to: m stow deals, plOdut demonstranons. doc: puzes and a chavity BBQ «.upm 1 Slouflv‘dle Lions (sub (FM 8: Sat onfy). See our website to pvevnew om Nye! GRAND RE~OP‘ENING 8: 90TH ANNIVERSARY Plenty of Schells on hand for 90th anniversary events 9056403440 wwwxhemumbemom nmg rOin of Wesley Schcll's suns. ‘ lawn tMugh the mmpany’s patriarch has penned on. there remains three generations of Srhvlln npvmting tho famin btminess. includ ing Perry Sahel] and his brother “any. who despite being in mm ms. mu regulariy work a! the Edward Snot-t company. - THREE GENERATIONS AT WORK Hu- duu actually nwmx! the slow until about [0 ymrs ago when they passed it on to lhvir suns Run and S‘u‘w. The ynungux! Schcll' cmplayvd at the sum- is H. [Eleven years ago. Wesley Schell‘s great- gramkiuughwr Meliwa lhntmiyliarper's first job was. as a rashipr m Schell lumber. Now. she's upstairs in the office working in sales and accounting. “1 likvd it. I [flu-d thr alumspherr. l likud being dth w my tamily." Mrs. lmbuis-l {any er And than \hl‘ is hm a mupk‘ of dt‘fikh" away from huh. is her 11:01th ludy's. As a tumagcr. Ms Schcll spent her 5% mt‘rS Working fur the family business. but droid“! i! wasn't I'm NP! and wvm to univer- saw But hm mes charth and 25 - Ms 51'th inmth the wmpany in 41th. in m't'uummg "\‘Vv .lll gm along H W;- ull kind ufhaw? um syntialinvs m the business." she said. [who mrlicst days uf {he Slmszvflk' Plan- ing Mil’l'» mx‘muun. it had thmecmpkryws. awarding in Porn; dell. whn joined the mmpany in 1950. In l955. (he company name dung“! m Lumber Ltd. A! the stunt? time. the sums expanded and (I 2.5 m‘rv sin- wm. purrhuM-d just to the north for the lumber yard. 1118 company continued In gum wuh t'xpanskms again in I960. [974. 1988 and in 2004 when they purchased lhv formvr (1) up building dirertly mmle lhvm m hnuw Schell's design (79mm and country 910W. Schcll Lumber now has 45 employ/(vs. with 14 of them from the Schell family. lhmu mt thv (hunk-s. Schvll mm. aw»- ciated wi ' Ace Lumber and HM - BR MAR I'. In it joined forms with I lomo l larch/um- "We're not hardwam Wv'n‘ a building w” m-. mo." Ms thvli ~said. "We've always been wly ( ( numuur ~ based but also (sold to) individuals But xmu- lhr community has gmwn. wv'n- grmng mun- hunmwvners." Mu. lmlmiwilanm mu! mu EXHNDED ('mmecling with the mmmunm tu-wm! the retain/customer relationsth hm always been key to the Schell family. “I'm a big kaM‘l' in taking mrv n1 lhv Infill (,fnmm‘unity." Ms Schcll said Since 1953. the company has t‘lllt'fl‘d a float into the Stmszvim‘ Kinsmcn \mm (dam parade and the bllsim‘sx' unnuulh spuan local yuulh spun». teams. "I believe that is gnod for the: Lhddll'n tn get out thereff Ms Schcll said. " I‘lu- mmmu nity is vow impnnam to us on a pvrwnal mu! busimm Icvt-I.” am