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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 10, 1918 



Donalilson I.mnluT Company has a loB supply wliioli will enable the mill 

 to run far Into the year I'.IIS. Along In the siirint; and tliroui;h thi' sum 

 mer the mill will he working on soft woods, Including hemlock, pine and 

 tamarack. 



With Its exti'nslve planing and flooring ndll operations at Uhinelander, 

 In addition to the brand new sawmili, tlie company expects to he In better 

 shape than ever to take care of its large and varied trade, particularly 

 in the specialty of mixed car shipments. 



The Muson-Konaldson company has built up its business on the basis of 

 enterprise and service, and its way of doing things is typified by the 

 energy with which it attacked the problem of providing new sawmill 

 facilities in a short time. 



In Training for Commission 



Paul B. Berry, who nnlll a few mouths ago was traveling In northern 

 territory for Nickey HrotliiM-s, Inc., of Memphis, Tenn., writes a very 

 interesting letter from Camp Sevier at (Jrecnviile, S. C. ; 



I have graduated frou' Camp Sevier, (ireenviilc; S. C, and will on 

 January :{ leave for the officers training school at Camp Stanley. Leon 

 Springs, Texas. We havi' a three months' course of training there begin- 

 ning January 7 and ending .\pril ."i. 



The fighting end of Uncle Sam's army offers much more excitement than 

 the forestry division. whi<li is my reason for having renuiincd with the 

 infantry, .\nyway. there will be plenty of lumber and veneers left to be 

 made when we all return from over seas. 



I haven't lucn linck to .Memphis since we embarked for Sevier in Sep- 

 tember. Kai't is. 1 haven't been any farther than (Jreeuville, S. C, so I 

 am more than glad of this opporlunitv to b'ave for Texas. 



Wishing yon a Happy I'.ils. ] am, 



Sincerely, 



Paul Beht Bakiiy. 

 ( ompany "A, 



120th Infantry, Camp Sevier, 

 Greenville. S. C, or 

 e/o Nickey Bros., Memphis, Tenn. 



Important Change in Shafer Company 



As a natural consequence of its rapidly growing volume of business, the 

 Cyrus C. Shafer Lumber Company of South Bend, Ind., has materially 

 expanded its organization. 



George O. Tburn, who after continued service for more than thirteen 

 years with the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend. Ind., and Detroit, 

 Mich,, has resigned the position there as lumlier purchasing agent and pur- 

 chased an interest in the expanded Shafer company. He assumed his 

 position as secretary on Januar.v .1. 



The Studebaker Corporation is a factor of considerable magnitude from 

 the lumber consuming stanilpoint, and Mr. Thurn has behind him experi- 

 ence in supplying its requirements of 40,000,000 feet of lumber a year. He 

 has accumulated no end of knowledge as to special values in cutting up 

 lumber for usi' in manufacturing purposes, and his work with the Stnde 

 baker Corporation has partiiulnrly fitted him for active participation in 

 the Imnber business. 



At the time the United States entennl the war, the wagon and vehicle 

 purchasing committee was authorized and formed, and Mr. Thurn was 

 made chairman of the buying or sub-committee. This committee was 

 formed to assist various wagon manufacturers who had government con- 

 tracts to locate and obtain the necessary wood stock with which to con- 

 struct army vehicles. As buyer on the sub-committee he had charge of 

 the dimension stock branch, which in addition to his other duties required 

 his most careful and his keenest application. Ills services on this com- 

 mittee were much appreciated and his associates unanimously regretted 

 his resignation. .\s a committee member he is succeeded by H. B. Kimblo 



of South Bend. B. U. M'axson will nil the vacancy left by Mr. Thurn as 

 lumber purchasing agent for thi' Sludebaker Corporation. 



The foundation of Mr. Thurn's career was practically laid from 1899 

 to I!I04, when he held the position of assistant purchasing agent for the 

 licrdge Manufacturing Company of Mlshawaka, Ind. 



The exitansion In the Siiafer business also Involves the opening of an 

 ollice at 21G1 Itailway Exchange building, St, Louis, Mo. W. W. Dings or 

 "Billy" Dings, as he probably is best known, will have charge. Mr. Dings 

 is one of ' the best known factors in the marketing of hardwood lumber. 

 He has many years of experience behind him and with an unusually keen 

 aldllty for analysis, his views on marketing and future riossiblllties will be 

 worth a great deal to tlie Shafer i-ompany. Mr. Dings has a very large 

 following with the consuming trade and lias made a splendid record not 

 merely for sales hut in belialf of ills customers. 



Mr. Dings will look after ail the interests of the Shafer company In 

 that Held. He will cover all of the western part of the country as his sale 

 territory, and will handle the general line of southern hardwoods carried 

 at the yards and mills of the Shafer company. 



Col. George M. Paine 



Col. George M. Paine. Osbkosli, Wis., pri'sident of the Paine Lumber 

 Company, and one of the pioneer manufat'turers of that city, passed away 

 Saturday noon, December 20, after a brief illness of general debility. lie 

 had been in a critical condition for several weeks at the Lakeside hospital, 

 but up to the time he had been taken ill he not only was in apparently good 

 tiealth but devoted several hours a day to the management of the big 

 sash and door plant of which he was the head, and took his accustomed 

 mile walk each day. 



Colonel Paine was eighty-four years of age. He was born November 11, 

 1.S3S. at Orwell, Bradford county. Pa., being the son of Edward L. and 

 lOleanor Kose Paine. His education was received at Elmira Academy and 

 .Mfred Seminary. New York, but he served an apprenticeship of several 

 years and came to Oshkosh with the family in 1855. The father and sons, 

 including Colonel Paine, brought with them the machinery for a saw- 

 mill which was erected in this city and which was the nucleus of the 

 present million-dollar establishment. At the beginning the mill had a 

 capacity for the manufacture of 60,000 feet of lumber in twenty-four liours, 

 and ffir many years thereafter it w'as the destination of millions of feet 

 of logs cut in the virgin forests of central and northern Wisconsin and 

 rafted down the Wisconsin, Wolf and Fox rivers to this point. The first 

 sawmill as well as its successor burned down, but both were quickly rebuilt 

 by C. N. Paine & Co. Early in its history a planing mill was made a 

 part of the plant and formed an increasingly important factor in' the 

 upbuil<ling of the company. The firm name continued until 18.S2, when 

 it was succeeded by the Paine Lumber Company, Ltd., incorporated with 

 a (tapital of .$1,000,000. Charles N. Paine was named as his successor, 

 and s(j remained up to the time of his death. The other brothers were 

 Nathan Paine, who was a major in the civil war and was killed at the 

 battle of Campbelltown,, Ga., and Edw'ard H. Paine, who became a physi- 

 cian and predeceased his brother many years. The father passed away 

 in 189". at the age of ninety-three years. 



The Paine Lumber Company, Ltd., continued to grow under the leader- 

 ship of Colonel Paine, and is recognized as the largest sash and door fac- 

 l.iry in the world. When operating at full capacity it employs 3,600 

 people. Its other officers are vice-president, Nathan Paine ;■ secretary, 

 Edward W'. Paine, both sons of the deceased, and treasurer, Charles 

 Nevitt, the latter a son-in-law. The military title accorded Jlr. Paine 



PAUL B. BERRY, OP MEMPHIS WHO IS I.N 

 TRA1NIN(; AT CAMP STANLEY, TEXAS . . 

 . FOR OFFICERS CO-MMISSION 



THE LATE G. M. P.MNE, OSHKOSH 



W. W. DINGS WHO OPENS ST. LOUIS OFFICE 



FOR JYRUS C. SHAFER LUMBER 



COMP.VNY 



