Blast from the past--news, notes and commentary culled from the back pages of Wood & Wood Products and its ancestral publications.1948 REAR ADMIRAL LEE TO SPEAK AT FPRS FPRS Forest Products Research Society (Madison, Wisconsin) FPRS Federal Property Resources Service FPRS Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery FPRS Floating Point Registers State (SPARC) BANQUET Rear Admiral Paul F. Lee, chief of naval research for the U.S. Navy, is the first scheduled speaker of the March 23 banquet for the Forest Products Research Society's National Annual Meeting at the American Furniture Mart, Chicago. He will speak on the overall research program of the Navy and, to a certain extent, the role of forest products in Navy research. Admiral Lee was in a large measure responsible for the success of the Naval Shipbuilding Program during the war, at which time he was head of the Progress Division of the Shipbuilding Division. Speaking on Army Research will be Col. Charles S. Lawrence Charles S. Lawrence (December 22, 1892 - June 12, 1970) was a United States Army colonel who would survive the Bataan Death March to later become the first Executive Vice President of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). , commanding officer, Quartermaster quartermaster Officer who oversees arrangements for the quartering and movement of troops. The office dates at least to the 15th century in Europe. The French minister of war under Louis XIV created a quartermaster general's department that dotted the countryside with Food and Container Institute for the Armed Forces, Chicago. In charge of the most scientific and far-reaching food and packaging research program in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Col. Lawrence is a man who probably appreciates food much more than most of us. As a Japanese prisoner for 40 months and a participant of the infamous Bataan "death march," his ration often consisted of only one-tenth of a pound of fish heads or meat and a little rice. The banquet menu is as follows: Supreme of Fruit, Chicken Gumbo gumbo, another name for okra; also applied in the W United States to a rich, black, alkaline alluvial soil, which is soapy or sticky when wet. gumbo Soup, Top Sirloin The Top Sirloin is cut from the loin of a steer or heifer. Top Sirlon steaks differ from sirloin steaks in that the bone and the tenderlon have been removed. Some American butchers call a thick top sirloin steak a chateaubriand, although the French reserve that term for a much better cut of Beef, New Peas, AuGratin Potatoes, Chef's Salad, Ice Cream Cake Ice cream cake is either ice cream in the shape of a cake or ice cream and cake layered together to make a single form. The idea of ice cream cake came from desserts composed of cream and cookies or cake called trifles, which first turned up in the Renaissance. with Raspberry Sauce and Coffee. Tickets are $4 in advance or $5 at the door. 1930 PROGRESS IN THE WOODWORKING INDUSTRIES Woodworking, that ancient and honorable, decrepit de·crep·it adj. Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. See Synonyms at weak. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d , backward-going business is backward no more. Despite the stiff battle all sorts of substitutes are giving, it is holding its own with a toe hold and half Nelson and is anything but infirm INFIRM. Weak, feeble. 2. When a witness is infirm to an extent likely to destroy his life, or to prevent his attendance at the trial, his testimony de bene esge may be taken at any age. 1 P. Will. 117; see Aged witness.; Going witness. . It seemed to take a long time to get the modern idea of woodworking started, but started it has and is going strong. Changes, additions and entirely new devices, methods and equipment are coming on every month. The ads in the trade journals announce it, the achievement in the up-to-date plants affirm it, and scientific methods and management give it momentum. Yet, the percentage of the entire industry that is affected is small. For every modern plant, there are 10 to 15 old timers. If the geezers are not being wiped out, they are gradually catching on and "giving rise to themselves." The old-time swinging cut-off saw that nearly took your arm off pulling it through the stock is superceded by the straight line cut-off saws that almost pull their way through the lumber by their own accord. Another example is the new ripsaws; they are a vast improvement over the old. The board is under perfect control at all times, saw rim speeds of 12,000 to 14,000 feet per minute are attained, and feeds of 80 to 150 feet per minute are now possible. Making joints direct from the ripsaw is an assured fact, and keeping the saw in the perfect condition necessary is assured by means of the automatic jointing devices attached to the machine. |
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