As a young man in school Don was a strong well-built athlete competing in many of the schools athletics. He particularly excelled at the high jump and qualified for the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, but, it is said his parents wouldn't allow Don to go. After completing high school he earned a degree in accounting from the La Salle Extension University of Chicago. On March 3rd 1917 he married Hazel I. Shuler they lived next to the lumber
company until 1958 when they built a new home on a small hill on Conneaut directly across from his father Fred.
Sometime in the 1920's Don bought the Hankey Lumber mill from his cousins Rufus P. who had already moved to Detroit and Philo who remained for a short while. He then incorporated it as the "The Hankey Lumber & Building Co." Don operated the company on his own for a short while and then brought his father in as advisor and President as well as his brother-in-law William I. Shuler. The company then
expanded into home building during the building boom as well as supplying the lumber for most of the construction that took place throughout the surrounding area and county. A majority of the homes in Bowling Green while the company was in its heyday were built from lumber supplied by Hankey and for years was one of the largest employers in the area.
company until 1958 when they built a new home on a small hill on Conneaut directly across from his father Fred.
Sometime in the 1920's Don bought the Hankey Lumber mill from his cousins Rufus P. who had already moved to Detroit and Philo who remained for a short while. He then incorporated it as the "The Hankey Lumber & Building Co." Don operated the company on his own for a short while and then brought his father in as advisor and President as well as his brother-in-law William I. Shuler. The company then
expanded into home building during the building boom as well as supplying the lumber for most of the construction that took place throughout the surrounding area and county. A majority of the homes in Bowling Green while the company was in its heyday were built from lumber supplied by Hankey and for years was one of the largest employers in the area.
As a young man in school Don was a strong well-built athlete competing in many of the schools athletics. He particularly excelled at the high jump and qualified for the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, but, it is said his parents wouldn't allow Don to go. After completing high school he earned a degree in accounting from the La Salle Extension University of Chicago. On March 3rd 1917 he married Hazel I. Shuler they lived next to the lumber
company until 1958 when they built a new home on a small hill on Conneaut directly across from his father Fred.
Sometime in the 1920's Don bought the Hankey Lumber mill from his cousins Rufus P. who had already moved to Detroit and Philo who remained for a short while. He then incorporated it as the "The Hankey Lumber & Building Co." Don operated the company on his own for a short while and then brought his father in as advisor and President as well as his brother-in-law William I. Shuler. The company then
expanded into home building during the building boom as well as supplying the lumber for most of the construction that took place throughout the surrounding area and county. A majority of the homes in Bowling Green while the company was in its heyday were built from lumber supplied by Hankey and for years was one of the largest employers in the area.
company until 1958 when they built a new home on a small hill on Conneaut directly across from his father Fred.
Sometime in the 1920's Don bought the Hankey Lumber mill from his cousins Rufus P. who had already moved to Detroit and Philo who remained for a short while. He then incorporated it as the "The Hankey Lumber & Building Co." Don operated the company on his own for a short while and then brought his father in as advisor and President as well as his brother-in-law William I. Shuler. The company then
expanded into home building during the building boom as well as supplying the lumber for most of the construction that took place throughout the surrounding area and county. A majority of the homes in Bowling Green while the company was in its heyday were built from lumber supplied by Hankey and for years was one of the largest employers in the area.
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