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HARDWOOD RECORD 



December 25. 1921 



THE FULL VALUE OF OUR CLEAN, WIDE 

 BOARDS IS PRESERVED THROUGH CARE- 

 FUL HANDLING AND PILING ON OUR 

 MAHOGANY YARD AT NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



Joe Thompson Heads Memphis Club 



Joe Thompson, head 

 of the ThompsonKatz 

 Lumber Company, will 

 serve the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Memphis as 

 president during 1922. 

 This was decided at the 

 annual election of offi- 

 cers held at the Hotel 

 Gayoso Saturda.v even- 

 ing, Deceml>er 17. when 

 he defeated Franlt T. 

 Dooley, of the F. T. 

 Dooley Lumber Com- 

 pany, his opponent for 

 the highest office in the 

 gift of this organiza- 

 tion. 



Other officers chosen 

 at the same time were : 

 First vice-president, T. 

 E. Sledge, May Bros. ; 

 second vice-president. I.. 

 H. Pope, L. D. Murrclle 

 Lumber Company ; sec- 

 retary-treasurer, J. T. 

 Kendall, Richards Hard- 

 wood Company ; direc- 

 tors, M. B. Eutslcr, Tal- i -n. .u i i -jj.t. 

 , ^ \ , , ^ . * Joe Thompson, the successful candidate 

 lahatchie Lumber Com- 

 pany; J. F. Mingea, Stilllons-Mlngea Lumber Company, and E. A. Ncely, 

 Franli A. Conkling Lumber Company. 



The Blue ticket elected Its standard bearer, Mr. Thompson, and one 

 director, E. A. Ncely. The Red ticket captured everything except the 

 first and last-named men thereon. J. T. Kendall, elected secretary- 

 treasurer, was the nominee on both tickets. 



The election was one of the most novel in the history of this organiza- 

 tion. The campaign, scheduled to run one week, was cut to one hour 

 on account of the death of the father of Mr. Dooley. Electioneering did 

 not begin until six o'clock Saturday evening, while the polls opened at 



7 p. m. But into that brief hour was crowded the most notable activity 

 ever seen here, with nil sorts of new "stunts." One of the most original 



was tile parade of the 

 entire blue ticket, in- 

 cluding the nominating 

 committee which placed 

 the candidates in the 

 field, through the main 

 dining room, the messa- 

 nino foyer, the lobby 

 and other parts of the 

 hotel behind a band of 

 musicians that certainly 

 knew how to make a 

 ludse. Every man in 

 the parade proper was 

 clothed in blue garb, 

 representing the outfit 

 of foremen, sawyers and 

 (►thcr employes in the 

 Itimlier game, with caps 

 to match. The name of 

 each was blazoned on a 

 piece of cardboard 

 pinned across the cap 

 and every man marched 

 "lock-step." It was the 

 feature "par excellence" 

 of the occasion. 



Slogans of every sort 

 abounded, the walls be- 

 ing fairly placarded 

 with these. Red and blue ballons, filled with gas. rested against the high 

 ceiling of the big auditorium, while Joe Thompson, with the assistance of 

 his campaign committee and associate nominees, actually performed 

 miracles with water and a few chemicals illustrating the impossibility 

 that their opponents should triumph over them. The red candidates 

 carried out their color scheme with red coats and hats to match. 



A delightful buffet luncheon was served during the evening while the 

 ballots were being cast and while the votes were being canvassed. 



The newly elected ofllcers will be inaugurated at the first meeting of 

 the club to be held in 1922. At the same time the present administration 

 will submit a record of its achievements and step down and out. 



F. T, Dooley, who set a hot pace for Thompson 



