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Show John Tanner and His 8 Family Tanco Pingree, Lloyd, Harold of Cache County, and the couple moved to Magrath, Alberta, in March, 1903. The country was being opened up to agriculture and stockraising, and the family entered into the program with a will. In 1911, at the age of twenty, Earl Pingree Tanner, Sr., obtained a position as branch manager of a lumber company, an occupation he would follow the rest of his life. The father and three sons, E. Pingree, Jr., Lloyd B., and Harold F., have enthusiastically joined in the industry known as Tanco Millwork Products. The company experienced steady growth and includes in its products patented windows and doors which have become widely known in the area. has the three brothers with 45,000 square feet of quarters recently than season more At fifty men are employed, peak working space. and a payroll of approximately $300,000 helps to enliven the econ omy of the small agricultural community. Last year the company did more than a million dollars in business. The Tanco Mills are moved into who owned and managed by new Pingree Tanner family. Byron by Nathan Tanner, Jr., graduated from law school and set up practice in Magrath. Success smiled and Byron became moderately wealthy through the practice of his profession, but more particularly as a realestate agent. A son, Byron Chester, is known throughout Canada as a states Canada Franklin was kind to the Annie Tanner, her youngest son man, accountant, and a man of affairs in many fields. In his own words: "I am a partner in B. C. Tanner & Co., Chartered Account- |
