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HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 10. 1922 



In Veneer Mills 

 Everywhere — 



"PROCTOR" AUTOMATIC 

 VENEER DRYER 



YOU will find the "Proctor" Automatic 

 Veneer Dryer used and recommended 

 by the best-known veneer mills from coast 



to COElSt. 



Whether drying fir in Oregon, pine in 

 Maine, or hardwoods in the Mississippi Val- 

 ley, the "Proctor" Dryer has proven satis- 

 factory and economical beyond the best work 

 of any other equipment. 



Whether drying fine figured woods or the 

 more lowly crate or core stock, the "Proctor' 

 Dryer has always made its users sure of uni- 

 formly perfect drying, without warping or 

 checking — a matchless quality of flat, pliable 

 veneer. 



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PROCTOR & SCHWARTZ, INC. 



FORMERLY THE PHILA. TEXTILE MACH'Y CO. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Cincinnati, has returned from a trip in Indiana, where he renewed several 

 r-ontracts fur walnut lumber with the company's mill connections in that 

 state. 



.\ugust P. Hagemeyer, 72 years old, retired secretary and treasurer of 

 the Baldwin Piano Company of Cincinnati, died September 28 at his home 

 in Norwood, O., following a sudden attack of peritonitis. Mr. Hagemeyer, 

 who retired from an active life more than ten years ago, was connected 

 with the Baldwin Piano Company (or twenty-flve years. Fifteen years ago 

 he served a term as treasurer of the city of Norwood. He is survived by 

 his widow, two daughters and a son. 



George W. Hand, vice-president of the Bayou Laud & Lumber Company, 

 who submitted recently to a minor operation at Christ Hospital, is 

 rapidly recovering at his home in Madisonville. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The Whitmore handle factory, at Mt. Vernon, Ind., was destroyed by 

 fire recently with a loss of $30,000. The origin of the fire has not been 

 ascertained. The factory and sheds were filled with hickory lumber and 

 the heat of the flames was intense. A complete line of handles and base- 

 ball bats was manufactured. The loss is partly covered by insurance. 



The Rice Hub & Rim Company of English, Ind., has changed its name 

 to the Rice Basket & Box Company. 



Creditors of the Indianapolis Body Corporation, which was adjudged 

 a bankrupt on September 19, have been notified that a hearing of the 

 creditors will be held by the referee in bankruptcy in the Federal building 

 there October 3, at which time the creditors will be asked to prove their 

 claims and appoint a trustee. 



Plans tor a large factory addition at the plant of the Hoosier Desk 

 Company at Jasper, Ind., are being drawn. The new addition will be three 

 stories high and will be 60 by 200 feet, of brick and mill construction. 



H. B. Wilkinson, receiver for the Wabash Basket Company, Marion. Ind., 

 tor which a receiver was named at the request of a coal company, will sell 

 the plant, machinery, good will and everything but the sprinkler system. 



LOUISVILLE 



E. B. Norman, Sr., president of the Holly Ridge Lumber Co., Louisville, 

 with mills at Holly Ridge, La., and other delta poiuts, left Louisville with 

 Mrs. Norman on Sept. 29, to visit the mills, and then go to Rayville. Ala., 

 for the wedding there on October 5, of E. B. Norman. Jr., to Miss Evelyn 

 .\bell of Rayville. Mr. Norman's son is employed by the Holly Ridge Lum- 

 lier Co., at Holly Ridge. Colgan Norman, a brother, and his wife also left 

 Louisville later to attend the wedding. 



The Louisville Point Lumber Co. has only been operating about two 

 days a week due to log shortage, caused by Inability of the coal carrying 

 railroads to handle log shipments or supply cars freely. River log supply 

 Is also shut off, as the Ohio River is lower than at any time In fifteen 

 years, and even the small gasoline boats and barges can't operate on 

 account of sandbars. The company recently installed a couple of new dry 

 kilns, and has Just taken out the first 100,000 feet of dried lumber. 



O. B. Andrews, lumberman and box manufacturer of Chattanooga, 

 Tenn., was recently In Louisville, where he aided in organization of a 

 local chapter of the Civilian Club, similar to the Rotary, Optimists, 

 Kiwanis, Lyons and other clubs. Mr. Andrews is an active member of the 

 Chattanooga club, and president of the International Association. 



EVANSVILLE 



Clarence H. Althelde ot Evansvllle has accepted a position as salesman 

 for Charles T. Abeles of Little Kock, Ark., and will have charge of the 

 states of Indiana and Kentucky with headquarters in Evansvllle. Mr. 

 Althelde for the past two years has been associated with his father, Christ 

 Althelde, In the lumber brokerage business here. 



The marriage of Miss Mary Pleasants Davis, daughter of Francis Davis, 

 one of the best known lumber salesmen here, and Benjamin Harrison, a 

 business man of New York, was solemnized here a few days ago at the 

 home of the bride, the ceremony having been performed by the Rev. Leslie 

 G. Whltcomb, pastor of the Walnut Street Presbyterian church. 



Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wertz have returned from their bridal tour and 

 are now living on Washington avenue here. Mr. Wertz Is secretary and 

 treasurer of the Maley and Wertz Lumber Company. 



William S. Partington, secretary and treasurer of the Evansvllle Lum- 

 bermen's Club and traflSc manager of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Com- 

 pany, says that the embargoes of many of the southern railroads have 

 been lifted and as a result he is expecting more logs to come out ot the 

 South during the next few weeks. 



The McDowell Lumber Company at Hartford City, Ind., formerly the 

 Tindall Lumber Company, which was purchased recently by Frank Mc- 

 Dowell, has started operations. 



George T. Schultze of the Schultze Lumber Company, along with many 

 other lumber men in this city, is heartily in favor of a river and rail 

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