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Hardwood Record — Veneer 6i Panel Section 



November 25, 1920 



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LONG-KNIGHT 



LUMBER COMPANY 



WALNUT- HARDWOODS 



Veneers 



Mahogany, American Walnut, Quartered White Oak 

 Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Indianapolis, Indiana 



New Veneer G)inpany Organized 



The Phoenix-Parfrey Company of Prairie du Chien, 

 Wis., has been organized to engage in the manufacture of 

 veneers and hardwood products of various kinds. It is 

 formed by Charles A. Parfrey, who conducts a cheese box 

 factory at Richland Center, and members of the Phoenix 

 Printing Company of Milwaukee, which manufactures be- 

 sides ordinary printed matter a wide range of wooden 

 products such as coat hangers, laundry specialties, etc. 

 Prairie du Chien was chosen for the location of a plant to 

 work hardwood logs into semi-finished material because 

 of the amount of hardwood timber still remaining in that 

 section of western Wisconsin. A new factory, two stories 

 high, 50x120 feet in size, is now under construction and 

 will be ready to commence operations immediately after 

 January 1 . Mr. Parfrey will assume the active manage- 

 ment of the plant. 



The Two Rivers Millwork and Cabinet Company at 

 Two Rivers is planning the erection of a new factory cost- 

 ing about $50,000 at Seventeenth and Monroe Streets. It 

 will be two stories high, 60 by 1 50 feet in size, equipped 

 for the manufacture of veneers, cabinets and similar 

 stock. Work will begin about March 1 , according to 

 present plans. 



Announcement has just been made of the taking over 

 by a receivership of the Flora American Plywood Com- 

 pany, Ltd., which has its sales and executive offices at 1 65 

 Broadway, New York City. Max Lowenthal of Nevf 

 York City has been named receiver for the company. 

 The mills of the company are situated at Macon, Ga., and 

 in New England. 



Logging Operations Begun 



The Underwood Veneer Company of Wausau has 

 already commenced extensive logging operations which 

 will be continued at full force throughout the winter 

 months. Seven camps are now at work. It is expected 

 that the cut at these camps will be about 1 2,000,000 feet. 

 In addition, the Underwood company will take the input 

 of five other camps operated by jobbers who will furnish 

 from 3,500,000 to 4,000,000 feet. The company's own 

 camps are employing more than 300 men, which number 

 will be increased to some extent as the season advances. 



Among other notable features of the first post-war 

 aeroplane designed by Fokker, the maker of the famous 

 German war-plane bearing his name, is the substitution 

 of wood for all the wing parts where fabric is generally 

 used. This craft, a monoplane, recently made its maiden 

 trip from Amsterdam, the site of the factory v/here it was 

 constructed, to England. On its official trial the mono- 

 plane climbed to 1 5,000 ft., or nearly three miles in sixty 

 minutes. It is built to carry six passengers and two pilots 

 and maintain an average speed of 80 miles an hour. The 

 plyvifood vvfing measures 60 feet from tip to tip and is 

 2 feet by 6 inches deep at the center, tapering toward 

 each end. 



