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Hardwood Record — ^Veneer & Panel Section 



October 10, 1922 



Walnut Manufacturers Meet in Kansas City 



The American Walnut Manufacturers' Association held a two 

 day meeting at Kansas City on September I 3 and 1 4, as guests of 

 J. N. Penrod of the Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co., and Frank Pur- 

 cell of the Frank Purcell Walnut Lumber Co. Headquarters were 

 established at the new Kansas City Club, of which both the hosts 

 were members. 



The forenoon of the first day was devoted to a business session 

 and an inspection of the Purcell mill and yard. The forenoon 

 of the second day w^as devoted to a business meeting and an in- 

 spection of the Penrod lumber and veneer mills. 



At the business sessions reports were made as to the progress 

 of the national advertising campaign and further plans were made 

 for extending its effectiveness. 



The reports as to the market indicated that in so far as walnut 

 is concerned the period of depression is over. All the mills are 

 running except for temporary closing for w^ant of logs, due to rail 

 strike conditions. Many furniture factories heretofore using 

 only walnut veneer are now buying both lumber and veneers. 

 Total stocks of walnut lumber, which showed slight increases each 

 month for the first half of the year, both in July and August 

 showed decreases although August is the seasonal dull month. 

 The prospect for fall and winter business appears most encourag- 

 ing. 



The inspection of the two mills was most interesting to the 

 members. The Purcell plant, with plenty of ground room, is 

 modern in everything that will add to the value of the product 

 and the economy in handling it, the mill, kilns, and lumber docks 

 constructed on the best engineering lines. The members were 

 shown through the Purcell plant in parties by Messrs. Purcell, 

 Shanklin and Shelby. 



The visit to the Penrod mills, made the second day, w^as par- 



ticularly interesting because in addition to the lumber mill they 

 have a very complete veneer mill. Under the guidance of the three 

 Johns — Penrod, Rodahaffer and Stone, the members found the 

 trip most profitable. 



On the afternoon of the first day Mr. Purcell entertained at the 

 Meadovir Lake Country Club. After a very delicious luncheon the 

 battle for golf supremacy was on in earnest. Golf rivalries of 

 long standing were revived and some marvelous performances 

 recorded. 



Mr. Purcell. perhaps because he w^as more familiar with his own 

 course, was the principal star of the day having driven ten suc- 

 cessive balls into a small lake, w^hich required the accuracy of 

 a champion fly caster to hit. 



The second day's golf was on the course of the Mission Hills 

 Country Club as the guests of Mr. Penrod. 



At the conclusion of the tw^o days' playing it was absolutely 

 impossible to pick the champion since practically every foursome 

 for fome unknown reason chose to suppress their score cards. It is 

 suspected that there is a triple tie between Minigus, Rodahaffer 

 and Shanklin for the leadership of the second flight, while it is 

 believed that honors in the third flight were captured by President 

 Day, although he was hard pressed by Messrs. Purcell, Schmidt and 

 Moschel. 



In the championship flight, Jurden of the Penrod organization 

 took first honors but was disqualified because he received advice 

 from his caddy as to which clubs to use. His disqualification left 

 the matter of championship as much in doubt as ever and it w^ill 

 probably take another tournament next year to decide the ques- 

 tion. 



The other contenders in the championship flight were: Messrs. 

 Penrod, Knight, Pickrel, Clark, Lamb, Frank Purcell Jr. and Stem. 



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