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HARDWOOD RECORD 



December 2.j. 1918 



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THEO. FATHAUER CO. 



1428 CHERRY AVENUE 

 Telephone "Diversey 1 824 



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had been to Washington nnd stopped here on the way to the reconstruc- 

 tion congress at Atlantic City, while Mr. Haning came in search of wal- 

 nut for aircraft construction. 



=-< EVANSVILLE >.= 



The new officers of tbe Evansville Lumbermen's Club, elected at the 

 last meeting, will be installed at the next regular monthly meeting of the 

 club, that will be held at the Hotel McCurdy on Tuesday evening, January 

 16. The new officers are as follows : President. Joseph W. Waltman of 

 the Evansville Band Mill Company ; vice-president. J. C Greer of the 

 J. C. Greer Lumber Company: secretary and treasurer, William S. Parting- 

 ton ; directors. Elmer D. Luhring of the Luhring Lumber Company. D. B. 

 ALTcLaren of the D. li. MacLaren Lumber Company, and Louis Iloltman of 

 the Schnute-IIoltman Lumber Company. Mr. Waltman takes the place as 

 president of George O. Worland of the Evansville Veneer Company, who 

 served faithfully in this capacity for tbe past two years. Mr. Partington 

 was re-elected secretary and treasurer of the club. He has held this 

 position for a number of years and has helped to make the Evansville 

 Lumbermen's Club what it is. It is expected that John C. Keller will be 

 reappointed traffic manager of the club, which position he has held since 

 the formation of the club. At the January meeting the standing com- 

 mittees will be appointed by President Waltman and he is expected to 

 outline his policy for the coming new year. The Evansville Lumbermen's 

 Club is one of the "live wire" organizations of this section and has done 

 much for the lumber industry and allied trades since its organization 

 about fourteen years ago. 



The lumber manufacturers of Evansville are interested In the proposi- 

 tion of E. H. Hyman, secretary and manager of the Evansville Manufac- 

 turers' Association to establish Ohio river terminals here that will cost 

 between $150,000 and $200,000. Mr. Hyman has drawn the plans for 

 the proposed terminals aud they have been submitted to Colonel Lansing 

 H. Heach of Cincinnati, engineer in charge of the United States work on 

 the Ohio river and the latter has approved the plans. Both the Evansville 

 Manufacturers' Association and the Chamber of Commerce have appointed 

 committees to arrange ways and means to build these river terminals. 

 B. F. VonBehren of the VonBehren Manufacturing Company, makers of 

 spokes and hubs, is at the head of both committees. Among others named 

 on the committees are George O. Worland, Frank W. Griese, Evansville 

 Bookcase and Table Company, John H. Rohsenberger of the Buehner Chair 

 Company, and field secretary of the National Rivers and Harbors congress 

 nnd Henry J. Karges of the Indiana Stove Works. Many of the cities 

 along the Ohio river are arranging to build river terminals to be prepared 



to handle the freight properly after tbe system of locks and dams on the 

 river has been completed. 



Charles A. Wolflin, general manager of the Wolflin West Side Lumber 

 Company reports trade showing some signs of improvements and he is 

 of the opinion that next spring will find things booming in the retail line. 



Veneer manufacturers in Evansville and other cities in the tri-state 

 territorj- say that trade has been picking up steadily for the past month or 

 two and that in most instances the plants are being operated on steady 

 time and they are looking for a nice volume of trade in 1919. 



::-< COLUMBUS >- 



The I^akeviow Luniln-r Cunipauy. Lakcvicw, o., has Iieen chartered with 

 a capital of $15,000 by Peter Kuntz, Martin Kuntz, JLary Kuntz, E. R. 

 Allbaugh and Ada R. Allbaugh. 



C. H, Foote, president of the C. H. Foote Lumber Company of Cleve- 

 land is on the road to recovery after a severe attack of pneumonia. 



The Meek Lumber Company of East Palestine has sold out to the East 

 Palestine Lumber Company, 



The Streb Brothers Company of Zoar has been reorganized into the 

 Streb I..umber Company. 



It is announced that Earl Matbis of Barberton, O., has purchased his 

 father's interest in the firm of C. W. Mathis & Son. 



Edgar C. Weybrecht, a sergeant in the American Expeditionary Force 

 who before enlistment was in charge of the olBce of the J, T, Weybrechts 

 Sons Company of Alliance, O., has been killed in action. 



R. W. Itorton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, reports a rather 

 quiet hardwood trade in central Ohio territory. He says prices, however, 

 are well maintained at the levels which have prevailed tor some time. 



=-< NASHVILLE >--- 



R. S. Maddux, state_ forester of the State Geological Survey has re- 

 turned to Nashville from Knoxville where he made investigations of ex- 

 tensive forest fires in that district, especially along the Tennessee Central 

 Railroad. An extensive area of trees was burned, some two, five and 

 ten years old. Forest fires are also reported in the vicinity of Dickson 

 and Waverly. Tenn,. west of Nashville. Black locust trees have been 

 planted along the watershed of the Tennessee river and the Mississippi. 

 This watershed extend.s from Henry and Weakley on the northwest to 

 Hardeman and Fayette counties in the southwest parts. 



Hotel Farragut, Knoxville, elegant new hotel in which appears much 

 fine hardwood work and southern products opens on January 15. 



It is reported that the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad under con- 



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