Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



March 25, 1921 



Solid Walnut Chest Is Rare Novelty 



There is probably not another chest in the world in which such 

 a quantity of figured walnut lumber is used, as in the chest illus- 

 trated here. American walnut has become far too expensive and 

 precious a material to permit of such use for the ordinary pur- 

 poses of trade. But this chest was made by one of the leading 

 walnut manufacturers in the country for a present to his daughter. 

 Frank Purcell of the Frank Purcell Walnut Lumber Company of 

 Kansas City, Kans., had the chest made from a log which was one 

 in thousands. Ordinarily it would have been cut into veneers of 

 the highest quality and used to decorate many pieces of furniture. 

 A furniture manufacturer would regard it as a waste and an 

 extravagance to use the solid stock, and would have had a hard 

 time finding a buyer who would be willing to pay the figure at 

 which the chest would have to be sold. Without a doubt there is 

 not another a.s beautiful solid walnut piece of furniture in the 

 world as the chest made by Mr. Purcell for his daughter. The 

 chest is lined with aromatic cedar. 



Michigan and knows the veneer and lumber game from logging to 



selling. 



Roddis Sales Manager of Broad Training 



The Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company, manufacturers of 

 plywood products, Marshfield, Wis., announces that Lacy H. Ser- 

 gent has been made sales manager. Mr. Sergent has had a wide 

 general experience and his chief characteristic is an ability to w^ork 

 long and hard. His entire business career has been spent w^ith 

 woodworking, veneer or glue organizations. His early experience 

 was with the Grand Rapids Veneer Works and later w^as secretary- 

 treasurer of the Michigan Maple Block Company, Petoskey, Mich., 

 a position which he surrendered during the war to take charge of 

 lumber drying for the U. S. Aircraft Board in the New England 

 states. After the war he joined the Casein Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of New York in the Waterbury glue division. He joined the 

 Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company in January. He is a native of 



A Novel Use of Figured Walnut Lumber 



