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Published monthly to advQllce and promo te friendly service with the customers of Th e Lufkin Foundry & Machine Co" Lufkin, Tpx flS

Vol. 2 July-August, 1922

The Lumbermen Hold Another Meeting in the Convention City, Lufkin, July 15, 1922

P art of the group attending the Convention of Mill Ma nagers who enjoyed the opening hospitalities of the new Hotel An gelina

No. 3

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LUFKIN'S NEW HOTEL

THE NEW H OTEL ANGELINA A credit to the best town in the South. Modern in every respect and whe:-e courtesy and s ervice are paramount. T. H . Barnett, Manag er (Insert. )

U LY 15 marked the beginning of a new epoch in Lufkin as a "Hotel T own," with the opening of the "An gelin a," a modern fir eproof hotel, equal in all its appointments to any la rge city hotel except for size ; and even th en it s t acks up w ell with six ty-five (65) room s, forty-s ix (46) hav ing ba ths, and running water in ev ery room throug hout.

A lthough a form al openin g is planned a littl e later, (due to some un avoid able delay in th e furni shin gs, parti cula rly carpets) th e lumberm en really "opened" the doo rs to the public, g ivin g it a fin e s tart.

The managem ent even with "green" help w as equal to th e occasion, servin g a seven course lun cheon to about fifty s tockholders a t 11 A . M. , and one to a hundred lumb ermen a t 1 :15 P. M. , in a way th at would do credit to any hotel in th e country. . The buildin g is five s tories hi gh , designed so that all

1!00111 S a re on the o utside-with wide walls leng thwise on each floor- accessible from th e lobby by elevator service.

Th e firs t floor contain s a spacious lobby, a large dinin g roo 111 , and a modern hotel kitchen, etc.

The room s a re handsomely furni shed with h eavy ca r~

pets and draperies, the best furniture obtainable, and a s pecial screen door on each room tha t wi 11 insure a cool ni ght's sleep to the w eary traveler.

The lobby is spacious, w ell furni shed with the ve ry lat es t rug·s and upholstered furniture, and every comfor t for the traveling public.

The dinin g room is la rge and beautifully decorated and furni sh ed with a la rge supply of linens, china and silver of the ve ry finest , to suit the mos t exacting ; three hundred can be se rv ed at a banquet comfortably and well.

Th e large kitchen has a g reat cookin g range, s team warming ovens, electric dish washers, cold s torage with ev ery modern appliance used in the cooling a rt of a hotel, a re provided equ al to any (except in size) in this country .

\\' e are pl eased to present to our r eaders a half tone (Continu ed on page 5)


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GEORGE A. KELLEY J O SEPH H . KURTH, Sr.

TWO LUFKIN LUMBERMEN WHO MADE THE HOTEL POSSIBLE

U FKI N has m ade g reat er progress to civ ic betterment in the last three years under Mayor K ell ey's administration than in the t en years. previous- an example of what business m ethods properly applied to city administration wi ll do--to insure confidence-to create a united public spirit that has shown expression in many civic improvem ents, in

paved streets, and las tl y in a magnificent n ew hotel shown on the opposite page.

W hile Dr. T. A. Taylor should b e given credit as perhaps th e original promoter, G. A . K elley and J. H. Kurth, Sr. , t aking p ractically half the stqck, the other t o be taken by th e business m en of Lufkin and A ngelina County, made the hotel possible. Their b acking the proposition soon developed the desire for the balance of th e stock, not only in Lufkin , but by som e of our exlumbermen who w ere fo rmerly interested were g lad 'to come in , among these b eing: A . J. Peavy, E. A . Fros t, S. F. Carter, B . F . Bonner, J ohn Bonner, S. M. Morris, an d in Lufkin A . L. Boynton, L ee Ziegler , S. 'vV. H enderson, R. 'vV, Sw ank, E. L. Kurth , 'vV. C. T rout and oth ers.

T h erefore th e "Angelin a" is an expt'ession of th e lumber frat ernity's confidence in Lufkin , and their desire th at th ose who t ravel to see them shall h ave all the comforts a modern hotel can give.

'vVhil e th e direc tors of the project took exceptional interes t : in the· buildin g-, it must b e said tha t M1'. K elley fath ered th e und ertaking, Riv ing it his personal attenti on for nearl y a year-architect s and contractors left a lone will des ig n and fini sh the building-but, like building a saw mill , the personal supervision and interest of th e owner m akes a wond erful di ffe rence in the results-and in a hotel, even more than other structures, there is a never endin g number of details to pass upon, from the di gging of the fo undations until the fir st g uest r egist ers.

In this M r. K ell ey took th e personal interest necessary and th e buil din g and its appointments show the result.

Long ago, seein g the need of a new hotel for Lufkin, J. H. Kurth , Sr ., w as among the earliest champions of the project . U nfortunately. how ev er, owing to sickness, he was away from home a g reat deal of th e time, especially durin g the early months of construction; n everth eless he was much interested in the building and the fin al results.

The stockh olders, citi zens of Lufkin and the traveling p.ublic w ill probably never know the sacrifice these gentlemen , particularly M1'. K elley, h ave made for their comfort and conveni ence-yet it must be said that those 1l1terested fully appreciat e this expression of real service to this community.


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Observations at the Lumberman"s Convention LUFKIN, TEXAS, JULY 15, 1922 ~L

/ FROM THE " LUFKIN LEADER"

ILE wa n d e r in g around the edge of th e crowd, O. D . Newby of Camd en los t hi s hat ; claiming Bon

==== ner took it. ]. H . Kurth, Sr. ,

calling H arry Roehl " Sonni e." It would have been a calam

ity if the eleva tor had s topped runnin g.

A certain lady from Polk County was consid ered the best looking a t the conventi on.

Harry R oehl lost his rain coat-why carry one-th ere was no raln.

S. M . Morris was much among the missing .

Getting rn arried didn' t prevent F rank Tuxworth from getting up a good dry kiln a rticle fo r the m eeting .

E. L. KURTH J ohn Bonner 's "Josiah and Cachunka," and hi§ neK~o sermon are more popular th an ever.

Mayor Kell ey shoul d have heard all the complimentary remarks about the hotel.

Big Bob Carpenter broke the new barber chail- tes tin g' it out for the firs t t im e.

T h e carpets w ere on the fifth fioor, as w ell as a ll the ' ·Trimmings."

J ohn Phillips, the " I ce man" knows h ow to entertain and serve frozen w atermelons- and Bonner kn ows how to eat them.

E rnest K urth and J ohn Bonner can sing well together w hen they are "fit."

F rank T uxworth and his blushing bride took the doll with long tresses and a "comfort"-presented by Bonner <.s g racefully and as appreciatively as coul d be expected. Yet we cannot help but fee l tha t the groom had a yearning desire to g ive som eone respc;msible-a vigorous lift in th e r ear extremity.

Lufk in's new Hotel A ngelina know s how to "serve" a lumb er conventio,n <crowd' and keep th em all happy-· eatin g, s leeping, dancing or drinking "punch."

John Bonn er and \ iVatson Walker made th e 2 :45 A. M. train for H ouston.

Bob Carpen ter located his pocketbook in time to leave Sunday noon.

A ll in all, everyone h ad a good time tha t wi ll n.ot b e forgotten soon. Lufkin can be classed as a convention city .

J aspe r Peavy know s how to m ake it plain and t ell it straight. H is speech was to the point and hig hl y comm ended.

Tullos and Barnett amply exemplified th eir experience as city hotel m en. Their arrangem ents, even w ith g reen h elp , were like clock work.

-W a rd Kelley and Harry Roehle cam e loaded w ith stati sti cs on cost s of supplies, but failed to r egister. But they had a good time. T heir turn will com e next t ime.

A l Boynton wore th e elevator ou t.

T he lad ies committee attended th e v isiting ladies royally-keeping the wives away from th e hotel during th e refr eshment period.

J ack W ilson was a welcom e new member who thorough ly enjoyed the convention.

A lex T hompson of Houston, E. E . H ays and wife of Carson a nd Zycher Baber of Main e, \N. VV. 'Wallace and wife and Miss Carpenter were amon g th e notable who added dignity to the p roceedings.

Chas. Haggerty w as th e Beau B rummel of the conven-

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tion. . Chiefl.Vleyer=o 'V,f iergate can always h ave a good time. Page Baxter S talcup was the quietest man a t the

m eeting. Westly \i\T est sat still for fo ur and one-half minutes

by the watch. Everybody enjoyed the "lake supper." Barbecue goat

and "gar" as Bonner put it, still h e couldn ' t sati sfy his appetite fo r "cat."

L ee Ziegler 's auto "service" w as the bes t ever. H arrelson should be hung for running off with the

badger v icti m. Eagle lost his chance fo r l-evenge. It is evident between hi big Sund ay Bib le class ai} d

the Mill Managers Associa tion, Hi ckerson w ill make a good president.

Mrs. E rn est Kurth w as apparently among those missm g.

Everybody agrees th e new h otel was p roperl y initi ated.

LUFKIN'S NEW HOTEL (Conti n ued from Page 2)

of th e new hotel, together w ith th e insert of T . H. Barnett, wh o will manage it .

Mr. Barn ett has spent all his life in th e hotel busin ess, g rowing up through the mos t diffi cu lt end wh ere the money is made or los t (the dini ng room and kitchen ) ; is experienced thoroughl y as a steward chef. and mananger in th e la rges t an d b est hotels of th e South- The Battl e H ouse and B renville a t Mobil e, the S t. Chal-ies at New O rleans, and others of equal repute, so that h e not onl y has the necessary experience but busin ess acumen that is required to run a modern hotel. Jud ging by the s tart made, th e A ngelina is to be well man aged and a successful venture fo r both the hotel and opera tin g company.


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PROGRAM MILL MANAGERS MEETING

Lufkin, July 15, 1922

12 to 1 p. m. Regi stration members and guests. 1 :J 5 p. m. Luncheon, Hotel Angelina. 1 :30 p. m. Photo of conventi on to be made 111 front

of hotel. 1 :45 to 4 :30. Business ~ 1eeting at Hotel. 4 :45. Auto trip to Lufkin I ce Company for frozen melon

feast. 5 :30 to 7 p. m. Auto rid e about city, landing at Jon es

Lake for barbecue and fi sh dinner at 7 o'clock.

8 :30. Return to Hotel. 9 p. TIl. R eception and dance until 12 midnight.

"WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS"

vVhat thi s country needs is not a new birth of freedom, but the old-fashioned 2 lower birth.

\iVhat this country needs isn't more libel-ty, but less people who take liberties with our liberty.

\i\That this country needs is not a job for every man, but a real man for every job.

vVhat this country needs isn't to get more taxes from th e people, but for the people to ge t more from the taxes.

vVhat this country needs is not m.ore miles of territo ry, but more miles to the gallon.

vVhat this country needs isn' t more young men makin g speed, but more young men p lanting spuds.

\ iVhat this country needs is more paint on the old p lace and less paint on the youn g face.

vVhat this country needs isn 't a lower rate of interest on money, but a higher interes t in work.

v\That this country needs is to follow the footsteps of the fathers instead of th e footsteps of the dancing master.

WHERE IS YOURS?

A colored parson was r ead in g the Ten Commandments to his congregation, and when h e came to the one that leads to R eno, a sporty broth er in the congregation sn ap~ ped his fingers and registered an air of satisfaction, then whispered to his neighbor: "Now Ah knows wh ere Ah left mah umbrella."

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"\Vhat party do you affili a te with?" the registrar up at Haynesvi ll e asked a dusky dam sel who would be a voter.

"Huh! Do I has to answer that beEo I kin vote? \ IVe ll , I wants to tel l you I 'filiates with a r espectabl e man , and ' I ain' t t ellin ' who h e is, vote or no vote!"

Employer: "And you were in service during the war?" Applicant: "Yes, I was a pil ot ." Employer: "Air service?" Applicant: "Nope, cavalry." Employer: "Pilot, cavalry? \ iVhat were your duties?" Applicant: "I used to pilot here and pilot there."

- Back Fires.

Another new song-The Stockyard Blues; the word are not much but the air is b ull y.

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own horn

Our Beaumont Branch D ue to cha n ges at the C rosby Hotel

Building , and our inability to renew our lease, our office has been moved to 204 San Jacinto Building . Our warehouse facilities will be maintained as before.

Our f riends will be welcome to our new offices a s before-make it your headquarters while in Beaumont. Our 'phone is still 12.34. Mr. Edwards will as heretofore represen t us and manage this branch, and Mr. Ivy H orn will have charge of Office and W arehouse.

Your . phone and mail orders will have the sam e p rompt attention.

Phone 1-2-3-4

OUR ANNUAL PICNIC

As is our custom, the employes and th eir fr iends wi ll h ave their annual picnic at Brookshire's L ake L abor D a:y, September 4th.

Th is is a big even t not onl y fo r the employes, but for th e ci ti zens of Lufkin, parti cularly those associat ed w ith the Foundry; also its im m.edia te custom ers, who have always taken g reat interes t in this event.

The fun starts a t 10 A. M., and th er e is not a minute wasted during an entire day. Games of all sorts-t ug of war, baseball , battles royal, a badger fi ght, swimming contest, are the main features that keep th e fun going.

Brill's band of 40 pieces will furnish m usic a ll day. A h uge barb ecue dinner , and wat ermelon feas t in the evening , as w ell as a continual round of refr eshments, a re p rovided.

T he L ufkin Foundry takes a g reat interes t in the welfare of its employes- which is reciprocated and apprecia ted by them. T his p icni c is run by th e employes, they and th e co mpany sharing th e expense equally- a manifes tation of the fee ling tha t exist s.

"The company has had no labor trouble in fourteen years, even during the war .. - F rom L ufki n L eader.

LUFKIN LINE LOGIC E very dog h as his day, but the dog with the sore tail

has his w eak-end.

E dison th inks college s tudents are ignoramuses . Can it be that is t he reason mi ll ionaires keep on end owing colleges?

The only American J:? ook tha t has obtain ed extI"eme populari ty in E urope, is the A merican P ocket-Book .

If th ere be two sid es to th e Irish ques tion, the sam e individual never sees both of them.

The sense of touch seems to be developing at the exp ense of the sense of taste in Europe's sugges tions as to the cancell a tion of the foreig n debt.

Man may be the h ead of the household and yet may be m er ely a blockhead.

What is near-bier ?

Having sunk the sh ips, now how shall w e sink th e world's floating debt ? .

It might be just as w ell not to k ick about our coffee. The day m ay com e wh en w e sh all all be cold and weak.

Marriage sta r ts with billing and cooing. A nd the billing lasts .

Now w e have scrapped the fl ee ts, it might be just as w ell to scrap a few ambitions.

POST GR AD UATE. A graduate from a correspondence school.

One good thing about rubber p lants is tha t they are w ater-proof and require no w atering .

Many a sweet pensive little girl gr ew up to be just expensive.

SPIRIT CO NTROL. The physician. F orm erly the butler.

It is not the rents tha t a re tottering so much as those who are paying the rents.

The hig h cost of ki lling is getting to be as important a factor as the high cost of living .

They say tha t vVood is fitt ed for P os t in P h illipines. W hy not ?

The peacemaker is most blessed in the eyes of the underdog.

D on' t g ive up th e sip.

It is not the race bu t the streak that is the real ye llow peril.


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