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HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 25. 1922 



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OUR SPECIALTY IS 



American Walnut Lumber and Veneers 



Our Band Mill at Cincinnati is in daily operation and we now 

 carry a stock of over three million feet of walnut lumber. 



We have also ready for prompt shipment three million feet of 

 walnut long- wood veneers, half million feet of walnut stump- 

 wood and one million feet of African and Central American 

 mahogany veneers. 



We Also Handle MAHOGANY Mexican, Philippine 



The Kosse, Shoe 8c Schleyer Co. 



EASTERN BRANCH: 

 8 E. Lexington St., Baltimore, Md. 



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Home Office: Cincinnati, Oliio 



Lock Box 18. St. Ilernard Branch 



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Notable Career as Lumberman and Citizen Ends with Death of 

 A. E. Norman, Sr. 



In the death of .\. 

 E. Norman. Sr., presi- 

 dent of the Norman 

 Lumber Company of 

 I.ouisvllle, on the 

 evening of March 

 25, following an ill- 

 ness of two months, 

 Louisville lost one of 

 lier i>ioneer hardwood 

 men, a man much be- 

 loved by the local In- 

 <lustry, and one who 

 had been a warm sup- 

 porter at all times of 

 any movement that 

 would aid the lumber 

 industry. Mr. Norman 

 was a member of the 

 nlil school of gentle- 

 men and modern 

 school of lumberman. 

 Mr. Norman was 73 

 years of age, born at 

 Nor niandy, Spencer 

 County, a few miles 

 from Louisville, on 

 Fob. 15, 1850. a son 

 of Col. S. R. Norman 

 and Lucinda Van Dylto 

 Niu-man. He attended 

 (Georgetown College, 

 Georgetown, Ky., leaving there in his senior year to go with the Govern- 

 ment in a survey of Oklahoma territory, starting as a chain carrier and 

 becoming chief of the survey In two years. lie was so well liked that the 

 town of Norman, Okla., where the Oklahoma State University Is now 

 located, was named for him. In 1S75 he came to Louisville and married 

 Miss Catherine Barry of Maryland and engaged in business here, establish- 

 ing the Norman Lumber Company about thirty years ago. Mr, Norman 

 was widely known In church and business circles, and it is said that his 

 three greatest Interests in life represented his borne and family, his busi- 



The Late A. E. Norman, Sr. 



noss antl the iumher industry, and his church and c'hurch work. At the 

 time of his death he was chairman of the board of deacons and chairman 

 of the board of trustees of the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church and active 

 in statewide church work. 



Surviving Mr. Norman are his wife, Mrs. Catherine Barry Norman, and 

 three sons, J. Van Dyke Norman, counsel for several of the lumber and 

 coal trade associations, and well known interstate commerce lawyer ; E. B. 

 (Barry) Norman, president of the Holly Ridge Lumber Compan.v. with four 

 mills in the South, and A. E. (I'Mwln) Norman, Jr., vice-president and 

 general manager of the Norman Lumber Company, the latter concern 

 Bpecializing in poplar lumber, siding and box shocks. There are six grand- 

 children, including C(dgan Norman. Barry Norman, Jr., Van Dyke Norman, 

 Jr., John Cecil Norman, Mary Cecil Norman, Mary Henry Norman and 

 Colgan Norman, the latter being a great-grandchild. 



Mr. Norman in his youth was a prominent athlete and always favored 

 athletics. He believed in college education and athletic training, and his 

 sono and grandsons have made history on the gridiron and in sports gen- 

 erally. 



Mr. Norman was one of the organizers and charter members of the 

 Louisville Club, being its first president, and holding that and other offices 

 at various times. lie later attended many nn'ctings of the club when his 

 son. A. E. Norman, Jr., presided. lie was also a hacker of the organization 

 of the Louisville division of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, 

 and Interested in several of the national and sectional lumber organiza- 

 tions. 



Manning Is Resting in Canada 



.\rthur M. Manning, sah'.s manager of tlie soft wood department of the 

 Felger Lumber & Timber Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., since 1915, 

 resigned about two weeks ago to take a much needed rest. Mr. Manning 

 is now taking a vacation on the farm of his sister at Wilton Gm'ovb, 

 Ontario. lie expects to return to Grand Rapids in a short while and make 

 now business connections. 



Sturm Heads Buffalo Exchange 

 Elmer J. Sturm was elected presiilent of the r.uffalo Lumber Exchange 

 at the annual meeting of March 10, succeeding Harry L. Abbott. Ganson 

 Depew was elected vice-president and John S. Tyler secretary and treas- 

 urer. The directors chosen are as follows : Elmer J. Sturm, Harry L. 

 Abbott, Ganson Depew, F. Chase Taylor, John H, Wall, Edwin B. Lott, 

 Harry L. Vettcr, John S. Tyler, A. J. Ellas, Willis K. Jackson and Harold 

 G. Ilauenstein. 



The exchange Is considering the matter of having a summer clubhouse 

 for the members' benefit and a committee will report on the feasibility of 

 the plan. 



