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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



Jun 



10, 1918 



and mirror frames, lamp mats, checker boards, card or tea tables, 

 and the like. There are several species of sumac in this country, 

 the wood of all being much alike in color. The leading species 

 are staghorn sumac and small sumac. The latter is often larger 

 than the former, in spite of its name. 



Louisville Veneer Mills Gets Out Booklet 



"The Last Word in Good Furniture" is the title of an interesting 

 folder issued by the Louisville Veneer Mills, Louisville, Ky., for 

 the purpose of bringing together the many facts it has learned 

 regarding the beauties and great desirability of red gum as a 

 finish and furniture wood. The booklet gives a brief history of 

 the commercial development of this wood from the time it was 

 marketed abroad extensively under various trade names such as 

 satinwood, nyssa, etc., to the present day when this splendid wood 

 is recognized as one of the leading cabinet woods of our American 



The Louisville Veneer Mills has r 

 ind is right up to the lead in comm 

 Tient of red gum as a high-class fur 



Decialty of this materis 

 ■ and effective develop 

 id finish wood. 



Program Promises Interesting Veneer Meeting 



Secretary Howard S. Young of the National Veneer and Panel 

 Manufacturers' Association has just issued a program covering the 

 annual meeting of that body at the Auditorium hotel, Chicago. 

 June 18 and 19. Mr. Young states that the officials of the asso- 

 ciation realize that anything not having to do with the status of 

 the industry in connection with the war should not have a place 

 on the program. 



The war service committee will make a full report in connection 

 with which Harry M. Webster, who has been employed by the 

 committee and has spent several months in Washington as its rep- 

 resentative, will describe what he saw and learned there. 



A. C. Burrage, Jr., now at the head of the veneer and plywood 

 bureau of the signal corps, will be at the meeting. There has been 

 some misunderstanding in the past between the signal corps and 

 the veneer and plywood industry. It was considered that the best 

 way to overcome this was a personal meeting and Mr. Burrage 

 has agreed to give data and information and to allow a full and 



rived at. 



John N. Van der Vries, central district secretary of the Chamber 

 of Commerce of the United States, will talk on war service com- 

 mittees in the various industries. 



Clyde A. Teesdale of the Forest Products Laboratory will col- 

 laborate with the others in connection with the war service com- 

 mittee work at the meeting. 



W. M. Hopkins, traffic expert of Chicago, who has addressed 

 the convention before, will analyze the new problems developing 

 in transportation. 



H. A. Wheeler, formerly president of the Chamber of Commerce 

 of the United States, will address the meeting. Mr. Wheeler has 

 talked to this association before and his address will be anticipated 

 with great pleasure. 



Indications are that the attendance will be good. 



The announcement emphasizes that invitation to attend the 

 meeting includes all veneer and panel manufacturers regardless 

 of whether they are association members or not. 



At Mobile, Ala., the Dann 

 $100,000. 



ipany has incorpc 



A veneer plant has been purchased at Lufkin, Te 

 Mengel Box Company of Louisville, Ky. 



A. R. Robinsoi 

 Birmingham, Ala. 



ill conduct a veneer and 



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