HARDWOOD RECORD 



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S. E. BOUKEK, E. B. XOKMAN & CO. 



Orson E. Yeager invited the association to 

 holil the 1911 convention in Buffalo, and his 

 invitation nas supported by Mr. Underliill 

 and by Mr. Curry of Philadelphia. 



Nominations were then closed. A rising 

 vote was taken, first on the invitation of St. 

 Louis, which received 32 votes; next, Mem- 

 phis, which was given 57 votes. Buffalo re- 

 ceived 19 votes. 



President Dlggins : Gentlemen, Memphis hav- 

 ing received the majority of votes, I declare that 

 city as the place selected for the next annual 

 convention. 



Mr. Powe then moved that the selection of 

 Memphis be made unanimous, which was done. 



Mr. Agler : Mr. President — I cannot malie my- 

 self believe that I have performed my entire 

 duty without making this statement. During the 

 last three months of my administration the lum- 

 bermen of Louisville worked carefully and con- 

 sistently to make this meeting a success. We 

 have passed a resolution tendering to them our 

 thanks, which is all right, but they have spent 

 money and arranged for a beautiful banquet, and 

 it is their earnest request that you arrange your 

 plans so as to enable you to attend the banquet. 



President Diggins : The chairman wishes to 

 add his request to that of Ex-president Agler. I 

 have asked you to give me your loyal support. 

 One of the first things I will do is to ask you 

 now to remain in Louisville and attend this 

 banquet, because the Louisville Hardwood Club 

 is entitled to your support. 



The convention was then adjourned sine 

 die. 



MEETING BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



A Hieetiug of the Board of Directors was 

 held following the adjournment of the con- 

 vention. With the exception of the re- 

 election of Secretary Frank F. Fish and the 

 appointment of new members of the Execu- 

 tive Committee, the proceedings were of an 

 executive nature. The president appointed 

 as members of the new Executive Committee 

 the following: 



Earl Palmer, Paducah, Ky. 



Oliver O. Agler, Chicago. 



Charles A. Goodman, Marinette, Wis. 



Charles H. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind. 



D. E. KLINE, LOUISVILLE VENEEK MILLS 



The nominations were duly confirmed by 

 the Board of Directors. 



THE ENTERTAINMENT 



The Louisville Hardwood Club has made 

 the slogan, ' ' Look to Louisville for hard- 

 woods, ' ' famous, and now it has made ' ' Look 

 to Louisville for a good time" almost equally 

 famous. . 



The entertainment afforded the visitors at 

 the convention of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association by the Louisville lum- 

 bermen was a round of enjoyment. The Ken- 

 tuckians, who had seen Detroit set a hot pace 

 in that line in 1909, were determined to hold 

 up to that standard, and it is no reflection 

 upon the Michiganders to say that they went 

 all previous records one better, as is the habit 

 of Kentuekians, and took the post for hos- 

 pitality and generous good cheer. 



' ' We 're glad you came, ' ' was the warm 

 and hearty greeting with which the Louisville 

 hardwood men received their visitors, and 

 ' ' We 're sorry you 're going, can 't you stay 

 longer?" was the parting farewell. It was 

 typically Kentuckian, and typical also of the 

 Louisville Hardwood Club, which has won a 

 reputation everywhere for fair dealing, warm 

 welcomes and open-handed hospitality. 



There was an entertainment committee 

 which did a lot of work en the plans for re- 

 ceiving the hardwood men, and its members, 

 T. U. Brown of W. P. Brown & Sons, who 

 was elected the Louisville representative on 

 the directorate of the association ; Barry Nor- 

 man of the E. B. Norman Lumber Company 

 and Claude Sears of the Edward L. Davis 

 Lumber Company, deserve a lot of credit 

 for the work they did. But the whole 

 club, when the event rolled around, were on 

 deck as entertainers, and they stayed there 

 until the curtain was rung down on the big 

 show. 



There was A. E. Norman of the Norman 

 Lumber Company, president of the club and 

 the ofiSeial spokesman for the organization. 

 He extended the welcome at the opening ses- 



HARRY E. KLINE, LoflSVILLE VENEER 

 MILLS. 



sion of the association, and was on hand con- 

 stantly seeing to the comfort of the club's 

 guests. Edward L. Davis of the company of 

 that name was in evidence early and late, 

 endeavoring to make every one feel at home. 

 J. G. Brown of the W. P. Brown & Sons, with 

 his father, W. P. Brown, who came down 

 from Indianapolis to attend the meeting, was 

 in the forefront of the entertainers and 

 rivaled his brother, T. M. Brown, in that end 

 of the work. 



The C. C. ilengel & Bro. Company was 

 well represented during the meeting by Col. 

 Clarence E. Mengel, its president; Victor 

 Lamb, its treasurer, and D. C. Harris, trafSc 

 manager, and one of the most active mem- 

 bers of the Hardwood Club, of which he is 

 secretary. The Mengel Box Company was on 

 hand, too, with H. P. Roberts, superintendent 

 of the company, and C. E. Davis, who looks 

 after the hardwood end of the business, doing 

 the honors. The Ohio River Sawmill Com- 

 pany, with H. L. MeCowen, president of the 

 company, and Secretary Menaugh and Local 

 Manager E. F. Smith, did its share of the 

 work of entertaining, while the North Vernon 

 Lumber Company, one of the newest members 

 but one of the most active, was represented 

 by the Platter boys, who showed that they are 

 as graceful hosts as they are expert lumber- 

 men. 



Sam Booker of the E. B. Norman Lumber 

 Company was on hand with the head of the 

 firm, while Robert (''arnahan of the same in- 

 stitution assisted in the festivities. D. E. 

 Kline and Harry Kline of the Louisville 

 Veneer Mills, who have contributed much to 

 the success of the club since the firm entered 

 the organization, took prominent parts, and 

 the LouiBville Point Lumber Company was 

 ably representsd by Edward L. Shippen, who 

 scored hard and often as the official an- 

 nouncer, disdaining the use of a megaphone, 

 and Harry J. Gates, who proved to the vis- 

 itors that they own the speed cars in Louis- 

 ville, too. 



