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Hardwood Bark, 1922

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  • MAIL BAG GOSSIP News and Personals from the Field should be sent in so as to be in the Editor's hands before the end of the month. Shortening of articles, due to space limitations, sometimes is necessary, but is no reflection upon the contributor. Care will be taken to preserve the writer's meaning in all cases. OUR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION John T. Nagle John heads the list of salesmen this month. Although he looks to be capable of knocking 'em down and taking the orders away from them, that is not the way he goes after business. John has that faculty of looking a man squarely in the eye as he takes him by the hand and sending out to him that subtle message—unspoken, but no less powerful—of good fellowship, which is more impressive than a beautiful flow of "sales talk." But when the occasion arises, John can give you the finest "spiel" about Ritter products that you ever heard. He can tell you that buying and selling is no mere card-index affair, but that a touch of sentiment, friendship, optimism, and humor here and there helps mightily when gathering in the orders. H. W. Shawhan is wearing a broad smile these days, the cause of which is a young man by the name of Hubbard William Shawhan, the 4th, born July 27th. Mr. Patton has been sending questionnaires to the salesmen. Our speedy West Virginia salesman, Ed. Longyear now comes back with a questionnaire of his own. He asks: "How would you charge a fine of $5 for speeding if pinched while hurrying for an order?" Miss Weichold says, "Tell a man something and it goes in one ear and out the other; tell it to a woman and it goes in both ears and comes out her mouth." V "b If you think clothes don't make any difference in a man, just try walking down street without any. Hazel Creek We'd like to hear more about that 26,883 feet of % inch by 2M inch flooring that Lower Elk made in one day. Was it made on one unit? Was it run in ten hours? The reason we are curious is because we noted McClure bragging of making 16,344 feet of % inch by 2l/i inch in ten hours on one unit, on May 22nd, and as we ran up 16,786 feet on August 4th, we felt rather proud of it, as we believe it to be about the maxi- num capacity of crews under present manufacturing instructions. Maybe we are "off" on record- breaking, but we have another achievement which our planing mill crew is entitled to have credit for. In spite of three days down to install end-matcher chains, and one-half day down on account of rain (our roof leaks), we are finishing up the month with over 100% production, and our hat is off to Mr. L. C. Carroll for the speed and hours he put in on the changing of our end-matcher chains. Some things we'd like to have come to pass: 1. The end of the railroad strike and "embargo" removed from the dictionary. 2. All box cars fit for flooring loading. 3. Non-producers, loafers and shirkers put at hard labor. 4. A mild winter, with little need for coal. 5. Revival influences which last longer than six weeks. 6. The desire for bed at night as strong as it is in the morning. Some things we'd like to hear about: 1. Why M. E. N. of the Philadelphia Office doesn't give us any more news or poems. Ruth Craddock, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Craddock, of Hazel Creek. Ed. says "she is qualifying for a job as stenographer in the Columbus office by practicing making noise with a drinking cup." 2. Also what's wrong with the New York Office and the Flooring Corporation, as well as the sales force. Surely they are not all so busy writing orders that they miss the news items they run across. 3. The name of Buck Weaver's latest girl. 4. Why J. B. Fullerton doesn't get married. 5. The number of social letters E. L. Mosby writes in a year. 6. If B. L. Simpson has returned to London. 7. Where Walt Snidow is working now, and how Mrs. Snidow is progressing. 8. Why J. S. Meyers never comes to Hazel Creek. § gift ft: -(,;::.;■ fttili .. J" .»l!-)II;: ft ;r ft Some of the Hazel Creek Planing Mill Crew; the day they ran 16,786 feet of 13/16"x 2}4" in ten hours. A bunch of cracking good workers. five
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