Gabrielle Toilet

Apex Supply Company began during the struggling era of the Depression when only good business, dependable service and quality products could keep a company alive. Joe Lerer, who was born in Eastern Europe, founded Apex in 1933 at the corner of Cedar Springs and Alamo in Dallas, Texas. There he worked with his father, Ellie Lerer in the junk business. Joe separated cast iron tubs and started a small side-business with used tubs, lavatories and reconditioned water heaters. Joe listed himself in the telephone book as Apex Supply in order to be first under the "A's" in the plumbing section.