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Lawrence Hettinger
Lawrence Hettinger
Lawrence E Hettinger (June 8, 1902 – May 19, 1975) grew up in Boise. He was a businessman who founded and ran Producers Lumber Company with his wife, Edna. Lawrence enjoyed fishing, bird hunting, and the outdoors. He was an airplane pilot, flying his Cessna into the Idaho back country. He was part of the El Korah Shrine, and enjoyed being a Shriner.
Lawrence had a twin brother, Clarence. Clarence's wife Anna Hettinger was the first woman mayor (interim) of Boise, and was on the Boise city council for many years.
Lawrence worked for Boise Payette Lumber co. (executives pictured) at Emmett, Idaho (1934 to 1936) before starting Producers Lumber.
Lawrence and Edna prepare their Cessna plane for a flight.
1954
Edna Hettinger
Edna Hettinger
Edna Steckman (January 30, 1906 - August 26 1992) grew up in Meadows, Idaho. For High School, Edna attended Intermountain Institute in Weiser, Idaho. She then attended Lewiston State Normal School (for teaching), and Southwestern University in Wichita, Kansas. She married Lawrence Hettinger in 1933. Edna and Lawrence enjoyed spending the summers in McCall, Idaho, and in winter would often travel south to warmer climates. Edna loved social gatherings, and was interested in business. She enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, traveling, golf, playing bridge, and was active in various organizations (Columbian Club, Daughters of the Nile, Nampa Business and Professional Women's Club, Idaho State Federation of Women's Clubs, Boise First Methodist Church). She was an airplane pilot (and a member in the Ninety Nines).
Edna Steckman teaching at Gilmore school (1926-1928)
Children at Gilmore School, Gilmore, Idaho.
Teaching at Lakeview (resigned in 1934)
Producers Lumber
Producers Lumber
Producers Lumber Company was started in 1937 by Lawrence and Edna Hettinger. Producers had Offices in Boise, Payette, and Salt Lake City. Eventually, Producers Lumber's main yard would occupy the area north of the beginning of Chinden Boulevard, where the Riverside Hotel is now located in Garden City.
Babe Stunz and Lawrence Hettinger
Producers Lumber Company was started in September 1936.
Producers Lumber's first sawmill on Daggett Creek, 1935-1937.
Clarence (Lawrence's twin brother), Brewster, and Lawrence. At Daggett creek, 1936.
At Daggett creek, 1936.
At Daggett creek, 1936.
At Daggett creek, 1936.
Boise, 1942
Albert Darkwood and Frank Messick
The sawmill near Barber
The mill pond near Barber
Frank Messick at the mill pond near Barber, Boise, 1944
Saw blades at the sawmill near Barber, Boise, Idaho
The sawmill near Barber
A young forklift operator (circa 1948)
Larry Hettinger at the sawmill. (circa 1948)
Aerial photo of Producers Lumber from August 11th, 1954. This location is where the Riverside Hotel is now located.
Acoustical Building, Garden City, 1959
Acoustical Building, Garden City, 1959
Lumber Sheds in Garden City, 1959
Inside the sawmill (circa 1965)
Inside the sawmill (circa 1965)
The sawmill (circa 1965)
Construction of the planer (circa 1965)
April 1967
A fire where a portion of the lumber yard was burnt.
Hettinger Ranch
Hettinger Ranch
Hettinger Ranch on the South Fork of the Salmon River
Construction of the road and mill at Hettinger Ranch, August 1959.
Construction of the road to the Hettinger Ranch, August 1959.
Lawrence landing at Hettinger Ranch, March 1959
The Hettinger Ranch on the Southfork of the Salmon, 1966
Looking northin at the sawmill at the Southfork ranch, 1966.
Looking west across the Southfork of the Salmon river to sawmill.
Looking south with a view of the sawmill and burner at the Hettinger Ranch on the Southfork of the Salmon River
Producers Lumber was sold in 1967.
The Senior Center & Heron Park
The Senior Center & Heron Park
The land for the Senior center was donated by Lawrence and Edna in 1968 to Garden City. A Senior Center was build on the land, and functioned until construction for Heron Park began in 2019.
Photo from the Idaho Statesman
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