Iron County Record | 1942-05-14 | Page 2 | Wood Successfully Replacing Metal for Many Purposes

Wood Successfully Replacing Metal for Many Purnoses Though historians skipped It a wood age must have preceded the Stone, Bronze, and Iron ages, but that oversight is now to be remediedA reme-diedA Wood age is going to follow fol-low them. We are now in the first phases of this new wood age. It is ushering In new businesses and reviving re-viving old arts was revealed In a survey of displayed consumer goods items at a large merchandising center cen-ter in Chicago, III More on the artistic 'side are displayed dis-played scores of new woodenware products that come under a gift classification. Among these is a table ta-ble piece carved in the form of a lobster with a well in its back for salads or snacks. Then there is a variety of carved trays, and platters. plat-ters. Some of the latter have grooved outlines to fit the shape of turkeys, ducks, etc. Here are more items being made out of wood instead of metal