tlARDWOOD RECORD 



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JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



BAND MILLS 



MEMPHIS, TENN., DYERSBURG, TENN. 



VENEER MILLS 

 MEMPHIS, TENN. 



were burned on May 21. the loss belnff $G,000. without Insurance. Colum- 

 bia Is Inland and has poor fire protection, with the results that rates are 

 prohibitive. 



Pneumonia resulted In the death of Walter L. Gillette of Louisville, 

 on May 27. Mr. Gillette was thirty-four years of age, and . secretary- 

 treasurer of the Louisville Oak PloorlnK Company, having for several 

 years prior to that connection been with his father W. n. Gillette, In 

 the Gillette Manufacturing Company, manufacturer of hickory vehicle 

 parts. The old vehicle plant was sold to the Pioneer Interests of Plqua, 

 O.. about four j-ears ago, following which the two Gillettes entered the 

 flooring business. 



The new wire bound box department of the Embry Box Company was 

 placed In operation late In May. T. C. Howard of Chicago, being placed 

 In charge of the department as manager. Mr. Howard has had a number 

 of years experience In this line before coming to Louisville. 



John Churchill, a two-year-old colt, named after John Churchill of the 

 Churchill-Milton Lumber Company, recently went over at Chnrchlll-Downs 

 rare track. Louisville, paying $.S1.80 for a $2 ticket to win, .$9.10 to 

 place, and $3.80 to show. It was the colt's flfth attempt to become a 

 winner. 



News was received in Loulsvlllo on May 25, relative to a commission 

 being handed to William Wymond, as first lieutenant. Aviation Service, 

 Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. Mr. Wymond was with the Holly Ridge 

 Lumber Company, and left that concern last fall to enter the service. 

 He is a son of L. H. Wymond of the Chess & Wymond C.impnny. 



R. R. May. secretary of the Louisville Hardwood Club, and manager of 

 the Louisville office of the Southern Hardwood Traflic Association, has 

 left on a six weeks' trip for the association through the South. F. B. 

 Larson, of the Memphis office, has come to Louisville to hold down things 

 In the meantime. A. A. Eagle, chief rate clerk, has succeeded Roy Brown- 

 ing in the office. Mr. Browning was recently drafted, reporting to Ft. 

 Thomas, Ky.. and later being transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C, where 

 he is in the Field Artillery, as a private. 



The Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, Louisville branch, con- 

 tinues to grow, and reports acceptance of two new members, these being 

 Charles IT. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind., ami the Shlppen Lumber Company, 

 of Kelser, Ark. 



Edward Shlppen, who is now devoting most of his time to the Shlppen 

 Lumber Company, of Keiser, Ark., recentl.v arrived in Louisville In con- 

 nection with his interests in the Louisville I'oint Lumber Company. 



T. M. Brown of Louisville, who is chalniKin of the grading rules com- 

 mittee of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, is much pleased 

 with the response that has greeted the m-v. iin'nt to operate under one 



set of grading rules. This has proven a popular measure, and it looks 

 certain that the plan will be adopted at the annual meeting in Chicago. 

 A. O. Davis, secretary-treasurer of the Southwestern Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association, In a recent letter to the Louisville Lumbermen's Club, 

 stated that the organization at a meeting in Houston on May 27, went 

 on record as generally in favor of the plan of one set of uniform grading 

 rules. 



Raymond L. Stoy. who for some time has been with the New Albany 

 Veneer Company. New Albany. Ind.. has enlisted In the navy, and gone 

 to the Great Lakes Naval training station. 



Announcement was made at Lexington, Ky., on May 30, to the effect 

 that the general sales office of the Turkey Foot Lumber Company would 

 be moved to Huntington, W. Va., on June 1, and consolidated with the 

 company's associate offices In that city. W. T. Schnaufer. president of 

 the company, made the announcement. A local office will be maintained 

 at Lexington, however. 



■< ST. LOUIS >•= 



The following telegram was sent on May 31 to W. C. Kemlall, manager 

 of the Car Service Section at Washington City, by the secretary of the 

 St. Louis Lumber Exchange, whjch explains Itself : 



Association in mnctliicr todny. asks If you won't cancel embargo Issued bv 



Regloniil Director SpmHi .... i i.,.r to points east of Pittsburgh, to enable 



mills to nink.. sl)iii i :ii i i., five-cent advance authorized by the 

 Direct. >r CiTi.i;]! ii accepted. Will be big help to lumber 



induslry l)..tli III and save great amount of litigation. 



(signeii. C. A. I'l. I L.jiiis Lumber Exchange. 



All members ot Ih... 11.... wli.. wish to be present at a novelty dinner 

 for members of the fraternity, should communicate with Miss Pearl Kinder. 

 at the Hoo-Hoo office, who is the chairman of the committee on invitations 

 for the event, set for June 13, at the Ridgedale Country Club. 



This dinner will be conducted by a committee of Moo Hoo women, work- 

 ing under the direction of Stephen J. Gavin, the most noted bachelor Hoo- 

 Hoo in St. Louis. Mr. Gavin was named to appoint a cr.mmlttec to be 

 hostesses at this dinner, a year ago, at tb. -I • '■ • ^'-ht" dinner at 

 Cigardl's when the success of that affair w.i< ■ i. Mr. Gavin 



had the rest of the summer and all wlnt. r y out of the 



situation that confronted him. lie solved it -.i by Issuing 



invitations to a number of Hoo-Hoo women to .line with liini at the Mer- 

 cantile Club. Then and there he organized the committee that has been 

 meeting at Intervals. The members and special assignments of the commit- 

 tee are : 



Chairman— Miss Julia Gavin. 



Menu — Mesdames Geo. W. P'unck and J. F. Judd. 



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