May 25, 1922 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



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 lustily. By this time it has reached such husky projiortious that 

 the Empire Case Goods Company's plant is the largest furniture 

 factory in a community of large establishments of this kind. 



But Frank O. Anderson is more than a furniture manufacturer; 

 he is a servant of the people of his city and section. Withal, he 

 is full of life and of good nature; he wins and holds friends by 

 the strength of his personality; he contributes liberally of his time, 

 his talents and his money to the church and to every good cause 

 in the city of Jamestown. 



Jamestown owns a municipal water plant and a municipal light- 

 ing plajit, managed by a commission. Ten or twelve years ago 

 Mr. Anderson accepted appointment of the mayor as a member 

 of the water commission. No salary is attached to the office; it is 

 conducted for love of the city and its people. And yet during the 

 past decade Frank O. Anderson has given as freely of his time and 

 his executive ability to the management of this plant as he has to 

 his own business. Under the stimulus of his direction the water 

 system has been developed and practically rebuilt, and is recog- 

 nized as the best managed municipal plant of any kind in the 

 world. Recognizing his public services the common council of the 

 city secured an amendment to the city charter uniting the water 

 and electric light plants under the management of one commission, 

 and Mr. Anderson was placed at the head of the two systems. 

 What he did for the water plant he has also done for the lighting 

 plant. Jamestown is furnishing electric lights for city purposes 

 and commercial purposes at a lower cost than is recorded in any 

 other American city where electricity is produced with coal burn- 

 ing furnaces. 



Mr. Anderson is deeply interested in the Jamestown Manufac- 

 turers' Association, in the Furniture Manufacturers' exposition 

 building of that city, and is at the head of the Jamestown Furni- 

 ture Market association, all of which have felt the benefit of his 

 wise judgment and his untiring energy. He has taken an interest 



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in the development of other manufacturing enterprises of the 

 city, and with marked success. His latest move has been to head a 

 syndicate, composed of furniture manufacturers, that has pur- 

 chased the property of the First Presbyterian church at the busy 

 corner of Third and Cherry streets, with the intention of erecting 

 a large and well appointed hotel, of which Jamestown stands in 

 need. 



He is a public spirited citizen, whose heart feels and responds 

 to the call of things that stand for the advancement of the best 

 interest of the city of his adoption and the people of that city. 

 Widely known as he is in the furniture trade, he is still better 

 known by the people of Jamestown, by the boys on the street and 

 the children in the public school^.' There is nothing exclusive about 

 Frank O. Anderson; he is a commoner of the very best American 

 type, with a love in his heart for his fellowmen, and with a pocket- 

 book that has no ironclad lock. A genial companion, he is a wel- 

 come guest in any company. With a vein of humor that is inex- 

 haustible, he draws men to him for the love of companionship, and 

 they are never disappointed. 



The L. M. John Company of Rockport, Ind., has incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $10,000 for the purpose of manufacturing 

 household furniture. The organizers of the company are Logan 

 M. John, Henry J. Kersteins and Downy W. Kessner. 



The Vernon Woodcraft Company has been organized at Indian- 

 apolis with a capital stock of $25,000 for the purpose of manu- 

 facturing art goods and novelties. The men interested in the 

 company are W. T. Sanders, Elmer S. Smith and W. T. Semon. 



The Automatic Display Fixture Company has been organized at 

 Indianapolis with a capital stock of $50,000. The organizers of 

 the company are W. J. Bethard, J. A. Nickerson, Asa E. Chambers, 

 Newton L. Wann, Fred D. Bethard and Herbert Powell. 



The Indianapolis Chair Manufacturing Company has extended 

 the period of its corporate existence to fifty years from May 1 , 1 922. 



