DKCEMBEU 29. I!t21 



The Florists^ Review 



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itic two big ranges located in Anacostia 

 ,11(1 northeast Washington. Mr. Giide 

 ; iirchased from the corporation the Ana- 

 i,stia range. This occupies thirty acres 

 , I' ground and includes 200,000 feet of 



.-MSS. 



A new corporation, known as A. Gude 



■itns Co., was formed, Mr. Gude be- 



,.g its president. With him were asso- 



Mted his three sons and a daughter. 



.. E. Gude, who upon his return from 



rviec in the aviation corps during the 



ir, had taken charge of tlie wholesale 



jiartiuent of the Gude Bros. Co. store, 



1214 F street, northwest, became vice- 



csident. The twins, Edgar R. and Ed- 



in N., who had been witli their father 



' the Anacostia houses, became general 



.mager and secretary, respectively, and 



Miss Esther C. N. Gude l)ecaine treas- 



ler. The new corporation secured pro])- 



rty at 1318 I street, northwest, for its 



. holesale headquarters, in charge of A. 



, ,. Gude. 



The Gude Bros. Co., with William ¥. 



''iude at its head, has continued the 



operation of the retail establishment at 



iL'14 F street, northwest, and the grecn- 



iiiuses on Tihulensburg road. With him 



■Te associated his two sons, Ernest and 



iranville, and his daughter, Ameli.-i 



iiide. 



November 20, 1888, Adolphus Gude 

 married Miss Mary I]. Knoll, of Wash- 

 ington, D. C. He had three sons and two 

 !:iugliters. 



During tlie war Mr. Gude was chair- 

 iii.'in of local draft board No. 11. He 

 ■ilways was prominent in Civic and fra- 

 frrnal activities. He was one time presi- 

 'icnt of the Anacostia bank; was vice- 

 j'lesident of the Good Hope Or])han 

 Home; life member of the Board of 

 Trade and Chamber of Commerce; mem- 

 l>rr of the Anacostia Citizens' Associa- 

 lion; life member of the Citv Cluli; mem- 

 Imt of Washington Lodge, 'No. 15, B. P. 

 '). E.; Central Lodge, No. 1, Odd Fel- 

 1(1 ws; grand commander of I). C. Grand 

 <'(iiiuii:indery, Knights Templ.ar; treas- 

 urer and past commander of De Molay 

 ''omniandery; past master, Anacostia 

 Lodge, No. 21; treasurer and past high 

 I'riest of Anacostia IJoyal Arch Cha])t('r, 

 No. 12; jiast grand high priest of I). C. 

 Hoyal Arch Masons; a thirty-second de- 

 i;ree Mason of Albert Pike Consistory, 

 \o. 1; Mitlir.as liOdge of Perfection, No. 

 1; Evangelist Cha])ter, Rose Croix; Rob- 

 il D. Bruce Council, Kadosh; Adoniram 

 'ouiicil. No. 2, R. and S. M.; i)ast poten- 

 tate of Almas Temple of the Mystic 

 ~^lirine; past patron, Electa Chapter, No. 

 Order of the Eastern Star; past grand 

 !'(tron, O. E. S. of D. C; dir(>ctor, M.i 

 luic Mutu.al Relief Association, ami a 

 'M'mher of Kallipolis Grotto, Veiled 

 "lophets. 



He was likewise active in trade or- 

 ■-'iiiizations. lie served as vice-president 

 •f the Florists' Club of Washington. In 

 'I'20 he was elected vice-president of the 

 ■ ■•iiciety of Ain(>rican I'lorists and it was 

 ith regret that the Tn(?mbers of the 

 ■•ganization, at the Washington conven- 

 lon last August, learned that his ill 

 'icaltli would not j)ermit of liis accejtt- 

 nce of the office of president. Hard as 

 "e tried to do his part in the convention 

 '^(^Tk and to welcome his fellow florists 

 ^■■hen they came, he was compelli^d bj' ill 

 i'ffilth to leave the city during that hot 

 • lonth. Ilis absence then was keenly re- 

 ■,'retted and his loss now is felt poign- 

 antly by many florists. 



Herman G. Kretsclimar. 

 Herman G. Kretsclimar, 71 years of 



Adolphus Gude. 



age, of 2."i7 I^iiicoln road, j-'l.it liush, 

 Brooklyn, N. \., died Dccemln'r L'o, of 

 heart disease. He was horn in Saxony, 

 Germany, and came to Brooklyn with 

 his parents, (iottlieh and Rosalie 

 Kretsclimar, when he w.is .a Ixiy ot' Ki 

 years. His father established the range 

 on Clarkson .avenue. The business is 

 now being cariiril on bv the sons, .\rniiii 

 B. and Winlicld F., at West Nvack, 

 N. Y. 



Mr. Kretsclimar was ;t nn inbcr ot the 

 Society of American l^'lorists .and !it 

 tended the Scliermerhorn Street (ierman 

 Evangelical Lutheran church. He is 

 survived by a widow, two sons and om 

 daught(>r. 



The I'liner.al services were held at the 

 home Saturilay afternoon, December 21. 

 and the remains were later cicm.ited .it 

 the United States Crematory in Middle 

 X'ill.age, with interment of the ashes at 

 Greenwood eemeti^rv. 



COAL OUTPUT SLUMPS BADLY. 



The eumiilati\(' iiu1]iut of cnal I'or 

 1021 is 4l,0(H),n(l(l't(ins behind 1010, a 

 year of de])ression in the coal trad(\ 

 and 1 1',.";, 000,000 tons behind 1920, ac 

 cording to statistics of the United States 

 bureau of mines, based on reports oi 

 loadings of soft coal. 



The bureau ]ioints out that, alth()ugh 

 soft coal j)roduction is normally at a 

 maximtim at this season of the year, it 

 has in fact dr(i]>pe(l back to the level of 

 last April, normally the lowest month 

 of the ye.ar. P'or two weeks in succes- 



sion iirixluction has liiiug .iniund 1,- 

 2iH).(ioti tons j)er day, it says, whereas 

 the smallest output in any December 

 (if the iireceiling eight years was 1,379,- 

 iioii tons. 



In cdii nect inn with this subnormal 

 Iiroiluction two facts must be remem- 

 bere(|, says the report. The first is that 

 the UKivenient of coal u|i the hakes has 

 iinw virtu.ally ceased. The second is 

 that during October, with a railroad 

 strike in prospect, consumers hastened 

 tn increase their stocks, and some mil- 

 liiiiis of tons flowed into storage. At 

 preseii) tlie th.w out of storage, 7,200,- 

 nOo tons a week, is not siiflicient td meet 

 current consum]plion and exports. Ulear- 

 1\', if continued too long, the draft on 

 stiicks mioht carry reserves below the 

 danger jininf. 



''Sii yreat ;i curt.a ihiieiit of demand 

 has attended the industrial depression 

 th.at the total proiluct imi lor the calen- 

 d.ar year 1!I21 will jirobablv not exceed 

 lln.ODo.iiiio tons." the report adds. 

 "The last ye.ar in whi(di the country 

 used so sin.all ,an amount was l!)|l.'' 



The total outjtut during the week of 

 December 10 is estim.ated ,at 7,235,000 

 net tons, as aj;ainst 7,10t.i)(i() tons in the 

 week precediMLT. A >('ar ago jiroduc- 

 tion w.as 12,s|;;.i)(i(j tons. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — A greenhouse, 

 24\1(M> feet, has been completed for 

 Wessling's Lakewood Greenhouses, 3538 

 IbMinepin avenue. This greenhouse was 

 erected by Weeber & Race. 



