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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



May 10, I 92 I 



The plant of the Evansville Veneer Company at Evansville, ind.. 

 which started to run full time a few weeks ago has cut its time 

 again and is now operating only a few days a week, or as orders 

 come in. The plant of the company located at Mobile, Ala., has 

 been closed down for several weeks and it is not known when it 

 will start up again. The Evansville plant is selling more walnut 

 and oak veneers just now than any other kind. 



Leading Woodworkers in Politics 



In the city primaries held in Evansville, Ind., on Tuesday, May 

 3, Benjamin Bosse, democrat, w^ho is now serving his second term 

 as mayor, was renominated without opposition. Mayor Bosse is 

 the president of the Globe-Bosse-World Furniture Company and 

 is associated with a dozen or more large industries of the city. 

 The republicans nominated J. S. Hopkins for mayor, he having no 

 opposition. Mr. Hopkins is the general manager of the Never- 

 Split Seat Company, which is one of the best known industries of 

 the city. Mayor Bosse and Mr. Hopkins are both directors in 

 the City National bank here. 



Carriage Makers Elect Officers 



Officers for the current year were elected at a meeting of the 

 Cincinnati (Ohio) Carriage Makers' Club in conjunction with an 

 entertainment. The following were named: F. V. Overman, 

 president; R. E. Friederich, 1st vice-president; P. J. Zimplemann, 

 2nd vice-president; Milfor Weiman, secretary; T. Hess, treasurer. 

 The organization, which is the oldest of its kind in Ohio, voted to 

 hold its annual outing on June 18. 



Jamestown Opens Exposition 



The semi-annual furniture exhibition opened at Jamestown, 

 N. Y., on May 2, and will continue through the month. The ten- 

 story exposition building, w^hich has floor space of about 100,000 

 square feet, is filled with furniture. About one hundred furniture 

 buyers from various sections of the country were present on the 

 opening day. The display of stock is said to be the finest ever 

 made in the city. Business is expected to be a good deal less 

 active than several years ago, w^hen the buyer was pleading for 

 consideration, and all the factories were rushed with orders, yet 

 manufacturers are hopeful that sales will be in fair volume. 



The Evansville Furniture Manufacturers" Association is ex- 

 pected to fix the date of its annual summer outing within a short 

 time. The outing probably will be held either in July or August, 

 the date to be fixed later on by the executive committee of the 

 association. George O. Worland, of the Evansville Veneer Com- 

 pany, is a member of the executive committee. These outings 

 of the association have been held for many years and members 

 and their friends always look forward to them. 



Globe-Wernicke to Sell Stock 



President H. C. Yeiser of the Globe-Wernicke Company, Cin- 

 cinnati, O., notified brokers and holders of the common stock of 

 the company that the board of directors desires to be at liberty 

 to dispose of 1 0,000 shares of 6 per cent preferred stock, author- 

 ized at the last anual meeting when the proper time comes for 

 making the proceeds of the sale. 



New Talking Machine Company 



Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of 

 state for Indiana by the Latona Talking Machine Company of 

 Evansville, Ind. The company has a capital stock of $100,000 

 and will manufacture cabinet talking nnachines. The directors are: 

 Oscar Grimwood, Thomas G. Grimwood and John S. Scott. 



Fire Damages Allen-Eaton Plant 



Fire caused a loss of from $7,000 to $10,000 at the Allen- 

 Eaton Panel Company plant in Memphis on the night of Wednes- 

 day, April 27. The loss was chiefly occasioned by water damage, 

 which will necessitate a shutdow^n for from three to four weeks. 

 The plant is fully covered by insurance. 



Silas B. Crocker, one of the founders of the Crocker Chair Com- 

 pany and other large woodworking interests in Eastern Wisconsin, 

 died at his home in Sheboygan, Wis., on April 22, at the age of 

 71 years. He was born in Willsboro Falls, N. Y.. November 12, 

 1849, and learned the cabinet trade in his father's shop. He went 

 to Sheboygan in 1853 and in 1866, with his father and a brother, 

 established the nucleus of the present large Crocker plant, one of 

 the principal chair manufacturing works in the country. 



The Craft Novelty Makers, Inc., is the name of a new corporation 

 which has been organized at Milwaukee to manufacture and deal 

 in w^ood, metal, paper and composition novelties and other special- 

 ties. The capital stock consists of $50,000 of preferred stock and 

 350 shares of common without par value. The incorporators are: 

 John H. Roepke, Alfred E. Zschech and William A. Check. 



Blum Brothers, Marshfield, Wis., manufacturers of cheese boxes, 

 veneers and similar goods, sustained an estimated loss of between 

 $15,000 and $20,000 by fire on .April 29. The blaze is believed 

 to have originated from defective lA'iring or a hotbox in the blo\ver 

 system. Buildings, machinery and equipment were badly damaged 

 and about 100,000 cheese boxes destroyed. Insurance amounts to 

 about 75 per cent. Rebuilding is contemplated immediately. 



