September 25. 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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trie power plant, both to serve the mill a.,,1 inctory and ^■.':';"»'"'^'.';' "f '*' 

 of current. The Kiel power plant has been serving the city of Kiel ami 

 private consumers for many years and the present '"'P'"''''^':"' ^^^n 

 care of prospective increased demands for at least l.ve y'^''_J^;^.^E'l"'P^^ . 

 is being purchased and contracts tor the power house addition wlil be 

 awarded at once. 



The Capital City Taltern Company, 013 Williamson ^^^J- ^^^^^"l 

 Wis., has been granted a permit to build a new shop on "« ™» ^t^f '■ 

 cost about $15,000 with equipment. W. J. Gregersen is president and m n 

 eral manager of the concern. 



Thoralf Docka, purchasing agent of the f"-'"'^"/;""'';' ^^^r.^.j 

 roortman Wis was married September 14 to Miss Lauia A. Klewe 

 SheboTga'n, Wis., at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Klewe furmerlv 

 was an instructress in the public schools at Goodman. 



Four furniture factories in Sheboygan, Wis., shared in a earlot order 

 for frrnuur^'placed by the Con T. Kennedy «>;o- -iu>n ^Ij^^y ^^f 

 in Shebovc'Ui during the recent homecoming celebration. The "i"*'^ "" 



St ben' m.ed and "shipped. Those participating In it were the No,,beru 

 Furniture Company, Phoenix Chair Company, NorthheUi Companj 

 Sheboygan Fibre Furniture Company. 



The John Schroeder Lumber Com^ny of Milwaukee has purchased the 

 Two Rivers pail factory at Two Rivers. Wis., which a short time ago was 

 ^cTui ed ly the A. D. Schinner Company of Milwaukee, a large jobber o 

 rod::war'; and specialties. The factory has been ^He for some time an 

 is now being overhauled tor an early resumption of oP^'«''»"^- 

 Schroeder company has retained Fred Johannes as superintendent. 



John W Kieekheter. president of the Kieckhefer Box Company and the 

 KieckhefTr Container Corporation of Milwaukee, is prominent y mention d 

 as a andidate tor the presidency of the Milwaukee Association of Coni^ 

 merce Mr Kieckhefer is now serving as a director and as chairman of 

 Teveral of the most important committees of the association and his wo k 

 ?or the civic and commercial betterment of Milwaukee has attracted wide 



^^The' Wisconsin Textile Manutacturing Company of Two Rij"^' J'^;; 

 has recently been obliged to extend its operating schedules and take o 

 more men to handle increasing orders for bobbins, spools and s.mUar 



''Tte'Ma^shfleld Casket Company is a new organization fo™^'! byj>"-^;, 

 ness men of Marshfield, Wis., to engage in the ™.-"f-*";-%°i ™f °/„tX 

 caskets It has taken over the plant and equipment of the Elgeuton 

 Sanufacturing GfiWS&nv, which is retiring from the talking machine and 

 . phonograph cabii^ business after a year's activity. Tha new company is 

 capitated at $25,000. Experts in casket -^'^-'!^^^^' '^^^J^^^' 

 have been engaged to take charge of the mechanical end of t^e factoi.v. 

 The Wisconsin Parlor Frame Company, 540 Lapham street, Milwaukee. 

 is resuming production after an interruption of several ^-'^^•',^^f""°%" 

 the effects of a recent blaze were repaired. The loss was between .>4,00n 



'"'Th?Gurney Refrigerator Company of Fond du Lae, Wis., is again operat- 

 ing at normal capacity after being closed for about five weeks for inventory, 

 repairs and overhauling. The efficiency of the plant has been increased 

 by rearrangement of equipment and addition of some more machinery. 



The Pettingill Company of Fond du Lac, Wis., has changed its cor- 

 porate title to Pettingill Furniture Company and increased its capitaliza- 

 tion to consist of $60,000 of preferred stock and 1,000 shares of common 

 stock without par value. 



The Badger Cabinet Company of Plymouth, Wis., which for several years 

 has manufactured kitchen cabinets, has recently developed several new 

 lines, the most important being chairs. For the present the kitchen 

 cabinet line will be discontinued in order that attention may be concen- 

 trateu upon chair manufacture. H. C. Dornbush, one of the largest stoeK- 



■ holders, has disposed of its interest to Gerald and Fred W entz, Ms 

 nephpws, who have taken active charge of the business. 



Leonard W. Lord, superintendent at Carter. Wis., of the Oconto, Lumber 

 Company, Oconto, Wis., died recently after an illness of several weeks from 

 typhoid fever. He was 34 years of age and leaves a wife and two little 

 sons The funeral was held under Masonic auspices at Oconto. 

 • ■ The Wiese Laboratory Furniture Company of Manitowoc, Wis., has 

 recently booked a number of important contracts which are keeping the 

 factory business at full capacity with an augmented working force. The 



■ largest contract is to furnish the equipment for the new laboratory of th.- 

 Michigan State Board of Health at Lansing and amounts to $37,500. It 

 also will equip the new Fond du Lac (Wis.) Iligih school and a new high 

 school at Munisiug, Mich. 



The Oshkosh Millwork Company is the title of a new corporation which 

 has been organized at Oshkosh, Wis., with a capital stock ot $25,000 by 

 Joseph Johanson, Earl H. Marquart and Earl Born. 



The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. SO East Jackson 

 boulevard. Chicago, has tentative plans for a new freight and passenger 

 car repair shop, estimated to cost about $250,000, to be erected at West 

 Milwaukee, Wis., to replace the unit destroyed by fire about a year ag". 

 Beginning ot construction work is indefinite, being contingent upon th.^ 

 development of railroad financing. A. A. Wolf is district carpenter chief 

 at the West Milwaukee shops. 



P. H. Koebe, who has conducted a factory at Merrill, Wis., for several 

 years, manufacturing hardwood novelties and specialties, has incorporated 



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