 Babcock decided to utilize his trained salesmen and distribution resources of his company to shift its attention to the sale and distribution of products from other manufacturers 

In 1948, E.V.died at the age of eighty-five, leaving his company to his son, Fred Courtney Babcock.Between 1951 and 1960, Babcock Lumber Company purchased two of its competitors, as well as built two more distributional warehouses to keep up with demand.