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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Evansville Club Elects Officers 

 The Evansvillc (Inil.) I>uiiil>ciini'irs t'hili at Us n'^-iilar iimntlil.v nu'i'tiufc' 

 held Tuesday. I>i>ii>nil)iT 11. fU'clcil llie liillnwliij; dIHcits Ici sitvi' tlir ensu- 

 ing year : 



riiKsiDKiNT — (ieorge O. Worlaiid, Kvausvllle Veneer Ciinipany. 



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pany 



I'liEsiDENT — I'harles A. WolHlu, Wolllln West Side I.unilier Com- 



'. (Ireer, .1 

 I'ollewinf; standiii;; 



■y & Weitz. 



Lumber Cenipauy ; 

 ilreer Lumber t'om- 



nnimitte 



fur 



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lllin, ehalrman ; Paiilel Wertz 

 William It. Carltnn. ellair- 

 ehairman ; .Tolm 

 Klnier 



sV:ri!KT.M(Y TuK.xsruiai — William S. I'artinKten. Mai 



I)lKKCTnKs~ .l(isei>h W. Wallnian. .1. W. Waltman 

 Danii'l Wertz, .Maley & Wei-tz. and .1. * 

 pany. 



I'resldent Worland has annduueed Hk 

 the ensuing year : 



Mk.mbkiishii' Ci>.m.mittee — Charles .\ 

 and Henry Kollker. 



rrill.ll-ITV .\XI> liKSdl.lTlONS ('ojIMirTl'.K 



man : .hiseph W. Waltman and .Tcilin ('. Keller. 



liiVEU ,VM> K.Mi. I'oji.MrrTKE — William S. I'artiugton 

 C. Keller and Frank .M. I'utsinger. 



Knteutai.nment ro.MMiTTEE — William S. rartingtim. ehalrman 

 r>, l.ubring and .1. t'. <;reer. 



CimrKK.vTivK CiiMMiTTEE — Daniel Wertz, chairman ; .\nt<in Urueken 

 and Liaiis lleltnian. 



Mr. Wurlanil has served during the past year as president, and his 

 re-eleetlon was a deserved compliment to him. He was the unanimous 

 choice of the club for re-election. Mr. Partington, who has made a most 

 efficient secretary and treasurer, was also re-elected. Mr. I'artington was 

 first elected to the position several months ago when Mertice E. Taylor 

 resigned and severed his eonn.'cticin with the lumber industry. 



McSweyn Heads Memphis Club 

 J. K. MeSweyn of the Memphis Hand Mill Company, known affection- 

 ately as the "grand old man of South Memphis," will preside over the 

 Lumliermen's Club of Memphis during the ensuing year. He defeated 

 Earl rainier of the Ferguson & Palmer Company, Inc., in the race for the 

 presidency of this organization at the annual election held at the Chamber 

 , of Commerce December 13. Other officers and directors elected at the 

 same time are : 



KiKsT Vice-President — M. B. Cooper, Three States Lumber Company. 



Second Vice-President — D. P. Ileuer. A. X. Thompson Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



.SECnETARY-TRE.iSCKER — .T. S. Willit'ord. Bellgrade Lumber Company. 



Directors — W. C. Bonner. .1. 11. Bonner & Sons, E. L. McLallen, Nickey 

 Brothers, Inc.. and Richard Petrus, Stinftion Veneer & Lumber Company. 



For the first time in the history of the club, the Red and Blue tickets 

 elected exactly the same number of candidates, thus splitting honors 

 50—50. 



The electicm was characterized by much enthusiasm. The campaign 

 was warm, but it was conducted in the most friendly spirit, with the 

 result that all members have been brought into closer touch with each 

 other and are thus better prepared for the increased opportunities lying 

 before the club. 



Mr. McSweyn denied that he was anything of a .speech-maker, but 

 declared that he had a very warm heart and that his gratitude to his 

 committee and to his many friends who voted for him was unbounded. 

 He pledged his best efforts in behalf of the club and asserted that his 

 administratiou would be a success because he was sure that he would 

 receive the unqualified support of every member of the organization to 

 that end. 



Earl Palmer said be was glad bis opponent had been eli-ctcd because the 



latter deserved the complimenl. He entertalneii thi' club lor several 

 mliiuti's witli stories full of humor but. speaking seriously, said: "I 

 want to glvi' the new administration all the support I can. .\nd 1 hoiu' 

 that the club will take a brace on it.selt along civic lines. We ought to 

 be a little mi>re forward. We owe It to ourselves and to the city to do so. 

 We have not been taking proper part in civic afTalrs. We have been 

 rather too clannish. We have other obligations than those to each other, 

 and we ought to make our influence in tbi' cuiamnnity felt In a more 

 positive ami more jMiwerful manner." 



M. B. Cooper declared, after expressing his api>re<*iation of the honiu- 

 given him. that the club had a greater work than ever before U, because 

 of war conditions, and expressed the hope that, in service ami sai-rlfi<i>. It 

 would rise to both the occaslcui and the opportunity. 



.1. II. nines, defeated for tlie first vice-presidency, showed Ilia! his 

 iiiteri'st in the club was not thi' least Impaired. On the cunlrary. he 

 l)elievi'<l in nnu'e aggri-ssive tactics and more positive accomplishmenis 

 along much the same lines as laid ilown by Mr. Palnier. "We, represent- 

 ing the lumber interests, stand among the largest instltntlims in this 

 city and should do a much larger part than heretofore. We have prob- 

 ably not done ten i)er cent of what we could have done. Our opportunity, 

 under war ccinditions, is greater than ever before, and 1 hope that the 

 clult will muve foi-ward with all the impetus at its command." 



I). F. Ileuer spoke very briefl.v, but his election brnugbt a very interest- 

 ing character to the platform. R. .1. Hackney of Brown & Hackney, Inc., 

 his opponent. Mr. Hackney declared that all the lumbermen he approached 

 f(U* votes ilisplayed "brutal frankness" in telling bini they conlil not do so. 

 He also declared that Douglas Ileuer had more lathers than any other 

 man in Memphis, as the majority of the lumbermen claimed to have raised 

 him. Mr. Hackney also asserted that those who, after being defeated, said 

 they had enjoyed the race had a "very vague idea of fun." 



W. i\ Bonner promised that he would develop "some sjieeil" in the race 

 despite his abnormal size, and he said that his victory proved that he had 

 lived up to his pre-campaign pleilge. 



Mr. Wllliford, who was nominated on both tickets, could not feign 

 surprise over his election, but he was none the less happy on that account. 



President Ralph May occupied the chair and calleil out the names of 

 the successful candidates. 



Before the votes were counte<l the floor was given to Dr. Lillian Johnson 

 and Mrs. E. Sondheimer, wh<i made a brief plea for cnntributions from the 

 lumbermen in behalf of the Voung Women's Christian .\ssociation, which 

 will establish hostess houses at the eantonnnuit and do other work in 

 behalf of the .soldiers. The lumbermen subscribed $400. and then a 

 committee was appointed which agreed to underwrite .$1,000 for the club. 

 Before adjournment .|2.50 more was obtained, so that only .$3.'50 remains 

 to be secured. The lumbermen recently subscribed about $8.0u0 to the 

 Y. M. C. A. war fund. 



President May, on behalf of the members, presented Miss Florence 

 Corrington, assistant secretary, with a purse of $120. She responded 

 very briefly : "I thank all of you and love each one of .vou." 



The newly elected officers will he installed at the first meeting in 

 .January. The retiring ofiiii'rs will make their annual reports at the 

 same time. 



Tile attendance was very large. Ilefreshments were served during the 

 evening ami a splendid band added to the pleasure of the occasion. 



Xewlv Klecteil President Memphis Lumbermeu's 

 Club 



<}. O. W()KL.\.\1) 



Ke-elected President Evansvilh- 

 Club 



COIIl'EK 



Lumbermen's First Vice-President .Meniphi> 



Club 



Lumbermen's 



