\(/ood,Ply Research Foundation Annual Meeting

Sitting, lelt to right: Thos. W. Fry, Fry-Fulton Lumber Co., St. Louis, Mo.; D' CorlYsle Msclea, The M(rcleq Lumber Co" Bcltimore' Md"' Alvin I. Huss, Huss Lumber co., chiccgo, nr., L i. -dl"ti,-t*i" citv Hardwood co,, -st' Pqul, Minn.; George w' Bqtemqn' Dcniel Buck' Iac" philcdelphic, pcr.; J. cleino;C"hill" *estern Haidwood Lumber c1"., i"r 4"g.i"", cclil'; Alvc c. sconce, omahc Hordwood Lumber co" Omohc, Nebr,,. Wellington B. Burt, Wood-Pfv n.""ii"fr Foo"Joto". Inc', Chtigo, Ill.; T. E. Youngblood, Bennett-Bailey Lumber Co" Minuecpolis, Minn.

Stcnding, lelt io right: Frede4c C. Igy, The Mqclecr Lumber Go., Bqltimore, Md'; L. R. Wcldvogel, Chcrles F Fischer d Co" Inc" New york, N. y,; Frqnk f. connolly, Westem Hora*ooJ-io-ii; C;., t"" e"g"t1", Colil.; D-c-niel R'-Forbes, Counsel, Wcshinston, D' C"'Jcmes A' Roland, Fry-Fulton t"J;;E;.; st. iouis, rvro.; l"ttt"s n.- srottlctd. chcrl6s F. Fischer 6 co', Inc., New York, N' Y'; George D' Pqtterson' pcrtterEon-Buck HcrawoJJ co,, oetroit, Mich.; Dcilce-D;;;";; ihrlich-Hsrrison co., Seattle, wqsh.; s. wvlie Buck, Jr., Dcniel Buck' Inc" Philodelphia, pa,; Robert rrro"or, -'o-"rtc Hqrdwood Lumber co., omchcr, Nebr.; I. E. Hiqgins, Jr- J' E. Higgins Lumber co" sqn Frcrncisco' Calil.; Wm. t. Herweg, grr"" Lo-l"r Co., ChiccgJ, iiii i r. -igttln,_Fiuttt ett-welgter L-ulmber Co., Inc., New Rochelle' N' Y'; Chcrrles F Gerwig, plunkett-websrer L;;;";-C;., irc., Ne* n"-"rt.rr", it. y,, n. R. Plunkett Plunkett-webster Lumber co., Inc' New Rochelle, N' Y'; M' I' E; Hoban. Foresl products corp,. Fort Lquderdor", ni,iJ-.-r. u"cit-i"t, winde, Mccormick & chcpin, Inc., chcrrlestown, Mose'

Directors of the VERIPLY organization-the WoodPly Research Foundation, Inc., held their third annual meeting at the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, on September 30 and October l, 1946.

The Foundation has made a great deal of progress during the past year in the development of new plywood and relatecl products, and as conditions improve in the next few months, it is expected that manl' of these ply'rvoocl products will be on the market.

The major program lvhich rvas launched cluring the past year by the Wood-Ply Research Foundation is the VERIFLV gtu" program. VERIPLY plastic resin rvaterproof glue is unexcelled {or use in bonding lumber and plywood ind has made a phenomenal sho',r'ing in the few months it has been on the market' Reports are coming in from all over the country that VERIPLY glue is the ideal glue for bonding wood, chiefly because it is rvaterproof and is alg'ays fresh.

The group decidecl to continue the VERII'LY aclvertising program in regional tracle papers and rvill expand its national advertising program as soon as plylvood products are in better supply.

President George W. Bateman sumtnarized the l-neeting by saying "The progress oI the Wood-Ply Research Foundation to date is indicative of the promising future for the plywood industry. In the next few months it may be expected that plywood will be in greater supply and we should come nearer to satisfying the demand than in the past."

Managing Director Wellington R' Burt said "As soon a. ply."ood mills are able to get into production on new plywood products, we will be able to furnish the public 'rvith modern construction materials which r,vill mean better homes and furniture for better living for everyone."

The new officers of the Foundation are as follows: president, George W. Bateman, r'ice-president, J. Glennon Cahill, secretary-treasurer, Wellington R. Burt.

Executive committee: Alvin J. Huss, D' Carlysle MacLea, Alva C. Sconce.

Board of directors: T. E. Youngblood, George W. I3aternan, Dallas Donnan, James A. Standard, M. J. E. Hoban, James A. Roland, W-. J. Heru'eg, D. Carlysle Maclea,

Alva C. Sconce, George D. Patterson, Charles F. Gerwig, J. E. Higgins, Jr., Lawrence S. Clark, J. Glennon Cahill, J. K. McCormick.

Headquarters of the Foundation are 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago 3, Illinois.

Who Indeed?

Men don't believe in.a Devil now, As their fathers used to do; They've forced the door of the broadest creed To let his majesty through. There isn't a print of his stealthy foot, Or a fiery dart from his bow. To be found in earth or air today, F'or the world has voted it so.

But who is mixing the fatal draught That palsies heart and brain. And loads the bier of each passing year With ten hundred thousand slain?W_ho blights the bloom of the land today, With the fiery breath of HelI?

If the Devil isn,t and never was. Won't somebody rise and tell?

Who dogs the step of the toiling saint, And digs the pit for his feet?

Who sows the tares in the field of time. Wherever God sows his wheat?

The Devil is voted not to be And of course they think it,s true:But then, who is doing the kind of work That the Devil alone, can do?

\Me are told he does not go about As a roaring lion now; But whom shall we hold responsible For the everlasting row

To be heard in home, in church, in state To the earth's remotest bound. If the Devil, by unanimous vote. fs nowhere to be found?

W9n't somebody step to the front, forthwith, And make their bow, and show How the frauds and crin:es of a single day Spring up? We want to know.

The Devil was fairly voted out, And they claim the Devil's gone;

But simple folk v",ould like to krro* Who carries his business on?

27/o to )0/o oore capacity due to solid edge-ro.edge stackrng. !e1c1 e.ualitr drying on lor tenperaturec with a fast reverriblo crrculationP:t-*."-"kt"g costr-just solid edge_to-edge ctacking in the rrEplost torn.

She Recrlly llls parti t. So thf girl: I pass a six year old ular fi1e girl could easily teyrher decided to try her.

A Boston mother sought io Words her five year old daughinformed by the manager under the age of six. The ter in a kindergarten, but that they accepted no mother insisted that n She said tolhe "Say sorrfe w;

The little considered tlle suggestion for a moment. and then

"Y some purely irrelevant words?',

George Wcshington Said:

"of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity. religion and morality are indispensable supports. fn vain would that man claim the tribute of patiiltism who should labor to subvert these great pillars tf h.r*"r, happiness."

An Apple A Dcy .,

It should be easy to heed the old l^ry'tn^t says that ,,an apple a day keeps the doctor a*a{/in this country, for apple authorities tell us that not lesvs than seven thousand separate and distinct species of apples grow in this country.

Chinese Wisdom

The Chinese are masters of the art of condensing wisdom into a few sentences. For example: .,If there is rlghteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. ff there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.',

The Future

'We hae a wee-bit bairn at hame.

So blithesome, c4nnie, bright, That ever since the day he came

Has filled the house with light; Who kens the wee thing; what'll he be

When " \o.. of.yea"rs fr"". go""i

Will he glad \is tdther's grateful e'e?

Or pierce h{rr6reast wi, thorn?

Yard, I)oeks and Planing Mill

Wilrnington, California