Dascomb-Daniels Lumber Company was the first lumber yard in Gould. It was built across the street south of Beanland Garage and was managed by B.R. Coleman. The office building was a long modern looking building. Across the drive way was a huge shed for storing lumber and items too large for the office building.
The Gould Lumber Yard was built in 1930 with Lloyd Rice as manager. He established the "Ice House" on the lumber yard property. It was a building with very thick walls and floor; tall enough to stand up In and about 8x10 feet. The ice was hauled from the Hollis Ice Plant in 300 lb. blocks. It could be broken into 25, 50, or 100 lb. blocks. They delivered it to homes in Gould.
Kids followed the delivery truck all over Gould, hoping that when the ice was chipped to the size ordered, a piece would break off. If so, there was a mad scramble for it in the dirt.
Mr. Rice sold the lumber yard in 1934 and moved to Clinton. There is no record of who bought it. In 1945 Sherman Spradlin bought it, sold butane, ran two trucks and built contract housing. Spradlin sold the lumber yard to a Mr. Wenthe and put in a butane company in Hollis. Wenthe kept the lumber yard awhile then sold it to Carl Putnam. Roy Robinson was bookkeeper for Carl.
Tommy and Charles Earls bought the lumber yard from Putnam. Roy was also their bookkeeper. Tommy built several houses in the county. His carpenters were L.E. Ford, Roy Walkup, Archie Ketchersid and M.L. Milligan. Ira Keith "Hoss" Metcalf worked as salesman and bookkeeper. Tommy and Charles closed the lumber yard, and it was never opened again.
The "Ice House" that set on the Lumber Yard property was moved to Dub and LaVerne Williams� Grocery Store.
The WPA (one of Franklin Roosevelt�s programs to make jobs for people out of work) built the Gould School, bus sheds and the junior high building.
The people of Gould decided they needed a community building. The WPA built one to be used for public gathering, meetings, etc. The upstairs was for the Masons and Eastern Star. In the fall of 1938 movies were shown every Saturday night.
The C.C.C. Camp was build south of the Gould School. It had several barracks. The men did landscaping, built fences, planted trees and helped farmers on conservation planning. It brought help for environmental problems.
