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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



March 25, 1922 



UNDERWOOD QUALITY 



VENEERS 



PROMPT^DELIVERIES 

 ATTRACTIVE PRICES 



PANELS 



During the past twenty-five years our constant aim has been 

 to make Veneers and Panels especially adapted to the needs of 

 our customers and our ever-widening field of trade has been built 

 up on this principle. 



We carry a large stock of both logs and seasoned Veneer at 

 all times. Our shipping facilities are excellent and orders are 

 promptly filled. 



Send us your inquiries. We carry a large stock of Three and 

 Five-ply Panels on hand at all times — Write for list of sizes. 



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UNDERWOOD VENEER CO. 



WAUSAU, WISCONSIN 



Huge Wire Bound Box Merger 



Harry W. Embry, president of the Embry Box Co., Louisville, 

 Ky., announced the week, of March 4 that a consolidation of 

 wire bound box interests had resulted in the organization of the 

 Continental Box Co., capital $16,000,000, headquarters in Chi- 

 cago, Mr. Embry will be vice president of the merged interests, 

 w^hich will be composed of twelve companies, with fifteen plants. 

 It is pladtiedrto produce closer to source of raw material where 

 possible, and for the nearest plant to fill orders, reducing trav- 

 eling, freight and other expenses. The Louisville company will be 

 known us the Embry Box Company, Louisville division, Con- 

 tinental Box Co. Most of the companies are wire bound concerns, 

 although the John B. Ransom Co., Nashville, the Embry Box Co., 

 Republic Box Co., New Orleans, and Forrester-Nace Box Co., 

 Kansas City, also have nailed box departments. The plants will 

 dot the country from New^ Orleans to Northern Wisconsin, and 

 from Detroit to Kansas City. 



bring the various foremen and superintendents into closer rela- 

 tions and also for the purpose of listening to the discussion of tech- 

 nical problems. 



Waetjen Gets Committee Job 



George L. Waetjen, president of George L. Waetjen 6c Com- 

 pany, veneer panels, 110-120 Reed Street, Milwaukee, has been 

 appointed a member of the jobbers' committee of the Milwaukee 

 Association of Commerce for the newr year. John H. Moss, 

 vice-president of the Rockwell Manufacturing Company, and a 

 former president of the Association, has been appointed a mem- 

 ber of the committee on national affairs. John W. Kieckhefer, 

 president of the Kieckhefer Box Company, is reappointed chair- 

 man of the finance committee. 



Woodworking Foremen and Superintendents 

 Organize 



The Foremen and Superintendents' Society, composed of the 

 foremen and superintendents of the various furniture and some 

 of the other wood-working plants at Evansviile, Ind., has been 

 perfected. The organization has started off with a membership of 

 thirty-six and it is thought that a great many more will join at 

 the next meeting. R. R. Kunkle of the Wemyss Furniture Com- 

 pany, was elected temporary president of the organization with 

 E. G. Deal of the Evansviile Top and Panel Company, as secretary. 

 The board of directors is composed of S. A. Brentano, OrviUe Ab- 

 shier, W. E. Sabel, Henry Bruening, Herman Schelosky, Fred Ost 

 and E. L. Kroener. The purpose of the nevf organization is to 



Two Generations Opposed 



The Milwaukee Sunday newspapers of March 1 8 published an 

 interesting article concerning Lewis M. Smith, secretary-treasurer 

 and manager of the Wisconsin Manufacturing Company of Jeffer- 

 son, Wis., a large producer of chairs, and his son, Lynn H. Smith, 

 a leading attorney of Jefferson. The father is president of the 

 Jefferson County Bank, and the son has recently been elected 

 president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank. These are the 

 only two banks in Jefferson and rival institutions. They are of 

 almost equal age and size and competition between them is very 

 keen. 



The Kiel Furniture Company, with factories at Kiel, Wis., and 

 Milwaukee, has recently added more men to the forces of both 

 plants and extended the working hours from a basis of eight hours 

 a day to ten hours. The concern is considered to be the largest 

 exclusive manufacturer of fine tables in the w^orld. 



