Leaf Lumber & Veneer Works
Standard gauge, -lb rail Headquarters: Leaf, MS Mill Location: Avent (Benjoe), MS (Greene County) Mill Capacity: 25,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1924-1929 Miles Operated: Locomotives Owned: 2 |
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Leaf Lumber & Veneer Works was incorporated at Leaf, Greene
County on April 14, 1924, by B. E. Green, of McLain; J. C. Daughdrill, of
Leaf, and H. M. Hempstead, of Mobile, AL, with authorized capital stock of
$100,000. In early 1924 the company purchased the plant of the Overstreet
Veneer Company, at Beaumont, Perry County, and moved it to Avent, adding a
bandsaw, edger and trimmer. The Avent mill, with a cutting capacity of
25,000 feet per day, cut hardwood and cypress. In April 1929 the company bought the plant and timber holdings of the Southern Saw Mill Company, at Greenville, Florida, and moved its operations from Avent, MS, to Greenville, FL, with operations commencing there in July 1929. |
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
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For more information contact Tony Howe at howe6818@bellsouth.net or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net