Acknowledgement: This History of Lowell has been made possible largely through the great generosity of the business men and institutions mentioned in the following pages. Grateful acknowledgement is extended.

The slogan of the Hoyt Lumber Company, established in October, 1927, is "Everything to Build Anything." This concern, in addition to selling a complete line of lumber materials, has also entered the construction business, having at present five jobs underway, tow of which are in other villages. A real effort is being made to live up to the slogan.

Although a comparative newcomer to Lowell, Mr. Hoyt loves this community and plans to make a permanent home here. His history is one of interest. M.D. Hoyt was born April 7, 1886, in Reed City, Michigan. He soon moved to Ionia County and attended the grade schools in Easton, Michigan, and he later entered McLachlan Business University. From 1906 to 1911 he was connected with the Antrim Iron Company in Mancelona, and he then became affiliated with the Nufer Cedar Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked in a branch factory in Whitehall from 1911 to 1915, and then he went to the home office of this concern in Pittsburg, where he was in charge of five box-factories until 1923. His love from Michigan caused him to return to the state of his birth, and in 1923 he was in charge of a bank and also of a lumber yard at Alto, Michigan. In 1927 Mr. Hoyt purchased the lumber yards at Middleville and Lowell from the Dessert and Brown Lumber Company, and it did not take him long to decide that Lowell would be his home. He disposed of his interests at Middleville in 1927 and has been giving his undivided attention to his business here. We predict a bright future for the concern and we wish Mr. Hoyt much success.

Mr. Hoyt has a wife, and a son, Fred, who is attending Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Methodist Church, the Mason and of the Odd Fellows.