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H. C. Niemann 



{t'ontiiiKt d fnnn /iitt/r 1 Th 

 lius liiiilt nil u thoroughly t'flicient jihiiit wliit-li (n-cmiies one squar.' 

 lilock. The total business of the f:ietory during the first yeivr aver- 

 aged only $900 per month, but through its steady yearly growth thr 

 firm has now passed the millionth table mark. 



Mr. Niemann served his apprenticeship in table making with the 

 old Xieniann & Weinhardt Table ('(im])any. for which he began 

 work at the age of fifteen as a cabinet maker. He worked at this 

 trade for three years and then went into the machine room for a 

 year. Next he was j)romotcd to the shipping room where he also 

 remained a year. After this came the exi)cricnco of selling exten- 

 sion and kitchen tables on the road for a year, and then he was 

 sent into the office for a like year of experience in office methods. 

 Thus he received a thorough training in the table business and 

 when the next year, at the age of twenty-two, he went in business 

 for himself he was well equipped. His company now specializes in 

 the manufacture of solid walnut and mahogany dining extension 

 tables. The company also makes beautiful hand-carved extension 

 tables in the modern and period designs. Mr. Niemann has de- 

 clared that "we pride ourselves on satisfying customers from the 

 State of Maine to the City of San Diego." 



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J. Geo. Mohlhenrich 



{Vt>nthtufil from patjc 15,1 

 thougli lie had to leave school and go to work at the age of thir- 

 teen, his father, a blacksmith, having become an invalid. 



His first .iob was in the factory of the Atlantic Furniture Com- 

 [lany, and he continued his education at night school for several 

 years. In 1886 he organized the Reliable Furniture Manufacturing 

 Company. He is also connected with the Mohlhenrich Furniture 

 Company, which specializes in high grade dining room furniture in 

 period styles and maintains show rooms jointly with the Eeliable in 

 New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. He organized, in 1900, the 

 Wisconsin Furniture Manufacturing Company, which took over the 

 )ilant of the Xeillsville Manufacturing Company of Neillsville, Wis., 

 whieli had long been idle. After having been visited by two disas- 

 trous floods and a fire the company discontinued business in 1910, 

 after paying all of its obligations in full. 



In 1897 he married Miss Marie Griesman and they have two sons 

 and two daughters. 



During the war Mr. Mohlhenrich represented the dining room fur- 

 niture manufacturers of the Middle and New England states on the 

 war service committee. He made a trip to Europe, in which he com- 

 bined business and pleasure, gathering ideas for designs in furniture. 



Clubs and Associations 



New Orleans Club Meets January 18 



The Southwestern Hardwood Mainira<tiin'i>i' CUiIi will hold its Januar.v 

 meeting on the third Wednesday (.Tiiimar.v 181 instead of on the second 

 Thursday as heretofore. After this month, the meetings will be held during 

 (lie second week, as heretofore, but on Wednesda.v. instead of Tliursda.v. 

 Provision for this change was made at tlie December meeting of tlie club 

 so that out-of-town hardwood manufacturers might "kill two birds with one 

 stone" by coming into the Crescent City one day early for the Tuesda.v 

 noon nuH-tings of the Xew Orleans I.nnibtTtnt'n's flvib. 



Michigan Manufacturers Will Meet in Detroit 



The regular mid-winter meeting of the Michigan Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers Association will be held at the Statler Hotel, Detroit, Michigan, 

 Thursday, January 19, at 11 a. ni.. according to announcements sent out 

 over the signatures of F. O. Harden, president, and .1. C. Knox, secretary. 



The secretary urges the importance of attending this meeting by the 

 members, because the work of the association for the year following will 

 be determined. There will also be a general discussion of the recent 

 Supreme Court ruling in the hardwood ease, in the light of the effect, if 

 any, on the activities of the association. 



In addition reports of standing committees will be made, stock reports 

 of January 1, actual cut for 1921, estimated cut for 1922, wage reports, 

 shipments and production for the year, and other statistics of real interest 

 to all manufacturers of hardwood lumber. 



The market conditions committee will meet on Thursday morning at 9 

 a. m. and all members are invited to be present. 



lo hn.n will be served at 1 o'lloek, so that members may be able to 



calcb altiThiiiin trains out. 



Evansville to Install Officers 



Al the rcKi.bn- ni..nthl.v nie<.tin}; „( ibe Evansville Lumbermen's Club 

 thai will Im' held at Ibc New Vendonie hotel „n Tuesday night, January 10. 

 Ihc new (.Hirers li.r llw year will be installed and J. C. (ireer. president! 

 will announce his standing conunittees for the year. John C. Keller, traffic 

 manager, will make an address on freight rates and there will be a dis- 

 cussion of several (ither business problems. It is expected that Charles A. 

 Woldin ..r il„. WoKlin West Side lannber Cmpany will report the names 

 (il sexeral Mew members. 



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National Association to Move 



the unices of Ibe National Whidesaii' Lumber Dealers' 



Association will be nu.ved from GO Broadway to the I.iggett building, 41 



Kast Fort.v second street. .New York City. llead<|iiarters have been mtain- 



I''' fwent.v-one years, and during that time the Manhat- 



On l''ebrnai-y 

 .■\ssociati 

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tained at "(JC," for ovc 



ton Life building has already become a landmark in the lumber industry. 

 However, fnr some years the drift of the nietn.pcdilan lumber sectbm has 

 been up town, and inasnuich as the facilities al IJC Itreadway have proved 

 inadequate to meet with the growing needs of the membership, Secretary 

 W. W. Schupner states that the larger and lighter space in the Liggett build- 

 ing will permit the association to more efficiently cater to the membership. 



Chicago Association Will Hold Annual January 18 



■J'be annual meeting and dinner of ib.' Lumbernieii's Associalbm of 

 Chicago -will be held cm Wednesday. January l.s, accnrding to announce- 

 ment made by S. P. D. Meffloy, secretary-manager. The business session 

 will be held at the association ' headquarters in the Lumber Kx<-hange 

 building, between 4 and (! o'cdock in the afternoon. At 0:30 o'clock the 

 annual dinner will begin in the ballroom of the LaSalle Hotel. In con- 

 nection with the dinner an elaborate entertainment will be given, an 

 important part of whiili will be athletic contests. That this entertainment 

 will be up tn the mark is assured by the personnel of the entertainment 

 committee nf which tin- venerable J. L. Lane is chairman. The members 

 are L. J. Pomeroy, F. M. P.aker. Wni. E. Trainor, Harvey I). Welsh and 

 E. W. Dierssen. 



The meeting was to have been held on January 10. the date fixefl by the 

 by-laws, but the date was changed in order to secure accommodations for 

 the dinner and entertainment. 



Xiiminations have already lieen nuiile for the purposes of elections at the 

 business session by seven of the nine divisions making up the association. 

 They are for directors and members of the arbitration and appeals com- 

 mittees. In addition these divisions have already elected their executive 

 committees, which in some instances have already app(Mnte<l the division 

 committees for 1922. 



Each division is permilted to select a member of the board of directors 

 and one member each of the arbitration and appeals committee. In vir- 

 tually every case a nomination means election. The nominations are as 

 follows : 



Division "B" for director, W. L. Schuppert, Nichols & Schuppert Lumber 

 Co. : for arbitration conunittee, W. C. Schreiber. W. C. Schreiber Lumber 

 Co. : for appeals committee. Frank J. Ileidler. Ileidler Hardwood Lumber 

 Co. The following were elected members of the division executive commit- 

 tee : F. H. Deacon, chairman, J. R. Benedict lannber Co. ; W. L. Schuppert 

 and J. H. Dion. Maise.v & Dion; Waller O'lirien, O'Brien Lumber Co.; 

 and T. F. Scanlou, McParland Lumber Co. A committee on market 

 conditions composed of five companies was also elected. These are Theo. 

 Fathaner Co.. chairnuin : Ki-ith Lumber Co. : Malsey & Dion ; Columbia 

 Hardwood Taunber C'o. ; and Ileidler Hardwood Lumber (^o. 



Division *'C" — for directfu-s, S. C. Bennett, Hardwood Mills Lumber Ct>. : 

 for arbitration committee, .-X. H. Ruth, C. W. Jones Lumber Co. ; for ap- 

 peals committee. E. J. Lundin, D. K. Jeffris Lumber Co. 



Division "D" — for director. Frank H. Burnaby, Bnrnaby Bros. Lumber 

 Co. ; arbitration committee, Francis J. Pike, Pike-Dial Lumber Co. ; for 

 appeals conunittee, Chas. Westcott, Hayden & Westcott laimber Co. The di- 

 divlsion executive committee was elected as follows : .\. W. Lammers, chair- 

 man A. W. Lammers Tainiber Co. ; Chas. E. Conklin. White Stjir Lumber Co. ; 

 John A. Spencer, I*urt(ui-Beebe Lumber Co. : P. L. Musick, Hilgard Lumber 

 Co. ; and A. Fletcher Marsh, Marsh & Truman Lumber Co. 



Division "E"- — for director. C. W. Lawrence, Long-Bell Lumber Co. ; for 

 arbitration comniiltee. S. E. Barwick, Long-Bell Lumber Co. ; for appeals 

 committee, W. L. Godley. W. R. Pickering Lumber Co. 



Division "F" — for director, Chas. L. Baxter. Chas. L. Baxter Lumber Co. : 

 for arbitration committee. Richard Cortis. Lumber Mills Co. ; for appeals 

 committee, A. J. Sine. Sine Bros. Executive committee for the division was 

 elected as fidlows ; S. K. Taxey. chalrnnin. Taxey Lumber Co. : .\inos (1. 

 Allen, Edmund A. .Mien Lumber Co. ; Thos. J. Warren. Thos. J. Warren Co. ; 

 X. T. Hand. N. T. Hand & Co. ; and E. A. Dollarlible. Dollarhide Lumber Co. 



Division "H" — for director, Frederick Klapproth. Chicago Mill & Lumber 

 Co. : for arbitration committee. Robert O. Stlnson. Stinson Box Co. ; for 

 appeals committee. John Stunkel, Republic Box Co. Executive committee 

 for division is composed of R. C. McWhorter, .\cme Box Co. ; W. S. Good- 

 wllUe, D. M. GoodwiUie Co.. and Wm. F. Kurz. Knr-/. Bros, Lumber Co. 



Division "I" — for director, Wm. Nnssbaum. Ritzweller Lumber Co. Exec- 

 utive committee; W. O. Johnson. T. Johnson Co.; August Elzner, John 

 Eizner Co., and John T. Daniel, J. II. WInterbotham & Sons Lumber Co. 



