ultimately took over – Mel Yoder is chief
executive officer these days – and six
members of the third generation are already
on the scene, basically running the
company.
Between 180 and 190 employees now head
to work each day at one of four company-
affiliated facilities, three within 15 miles of
each other in north central Ohio and the
other about 120miles south inParkersburg,
W.Va. Two of the Ohio locations have
sawmills, while the third is home to the
lumber processing division that provides
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