World of Wood JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOOD COLLECTORS SOCIETY A Dedicated Group of Wood Collectors and Crafters Volume 70, Number 3 May/June 2017 2017 — The 70th Anniversary of the IWCS World of Wood Vol. 70, No. 3 ISSN 1068-7300 May/June 2017 The International Wood Collectors Society, founded in 1947, is a non-profit society advancing information on wood. Officers and Trustees President: Elaine Hunt, Florida, USA Contents E-mail: [email protected] President Elect: Gary Green, Indiana, USA President’s Page . 3 E-mail: [email protected] Pioneer Member Profile: Dr. William Stern #311HL . 4 Vice President: Jim Ciesla, FL, USA E-mail: [email protected] AAW Feature: The Invisible Clip . 5 Secretary-Treasurer: Patti Dickherber E-mail: [email protected] IWCS AGM 2017 & 70th Anniversary Celebration 10 Publications Chairman: Duane Keck, South Carolina, USA E-mail: [email protected] Book Review: Southern African Wood . 11 First Past President: Garry Roux, Illinois, USA SE Regional Meeting Raises Over $3400 for IWCS . 12 E-mail: [email protected] Second Past President: Art Lee, Maryland, USA Shrubwoods of the World . 14 E-mail: [email protected] Endowment Fund Chairman: Greg Reed, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Black and White . 16 E-mail: [email protected] Archivist: Dennis Wilson, Alpena, Michigan, USA From White to Black and Every Tint in Between . 20 E-mail: [email protected] Six Subfamilies in Leguminosae! . 21 Regional Trustees AustralAsia (2016-2019) John Lyons, Victoria, Australia Regis-Tree . 23 Canada (Interim): Robert Ritchie, Ontario, Canada EuroAfrica: Open Memorial for Myrtle Cockrell #4654L,HL . 23 UK (Interim): Ramsey Pattison, Essex, United Kingdom Where Does Paper Come From - One Aspect . 24 USA Central (2014-2018): Wes Kolkmeier, Missouri,USA USA Great Lakes (2011-2017): John Burris, Indiana, USA Wood Fuel: A Short Look at a Long History . 25 USA NE (2016-2018) Mark Peet, Pennsylvania, USA USA NW (Interim): Alan Curtis, Oregon, USA Member Listings and Requests . 29 USA SE (2016-2019): Mark Weaver, Virginia, USA Wood Meets Calendar . 30 USA SW (2011-2017): Dave Mouat, California, USA Committee Chairs and Service Providers Announcements. .30 All-Mail Auction: Open Membership Committee: Bob Chastain, Indiana,USA. AGM 2017 Registration Form . 31 New-member Correspondent: Garry Roux, Illinois, USA Nominations Committee: Garry Roux, Illinois, USA Corporate Membership: Eric Krum, Maryland, USA Student Membership: Open Membership Directory: Erlene Tarleton & Jim Ciesla, Florida, USA Website Committee: Art Lee, Maryland, USA Webmaster: Erlene Tarleton, California, USA Wood Import Permits: Alan Curtis, Oregon, USA Wood Specimen Kits: Gary Green, Indiana, USA World of Wood is published bimonthly by the International Wood Collectors Society (IWCS). IWCS is devoted to distributing information on collecting wood, correctly identifying and Editor Mihaly Czako PhD naming wood specimens, and using wood in creative crafts. Contributions for publication may be educational, scientific, technical or of general interest to members and relevant to the purposes of the Society. Papers may be refereed by an Editorial Board of technically trained E-mail: [email protected] members. 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Background: End grain of a rare fish scale pattern stick of Asian rosewood (Dalbergia oliveri), Laos (Mihaly Czako). 2 World of Wood May/June 2017 From Raking to a Road Trip Elaine Hunt #8174HL The yard work has begun. Actually, it should have started sooner, but we are in a drought in my area of Florida, USA and nothing is growing. My grass is brown and crunches when you walk on it, so no mowing until we get some rain. The work I’m talking about is raking. I love my trees except this time of year. Quercus virginiana, Live Oak, is a familiar tree to most everyone that has traveled or lives in the southern USA. These are large, spreading and majestic trees with Spanish moss hanging from them. What most people don’t realize is there is a smaller version, Quercus geminata, Sand Live Oak and I have 15 of them in my front and side yard. Both of these trees drop their leaves just before the new growth and catkins appear. So here it is the middle of April and most of my yard, here in west central Florida, is covered with leaves. Raking would be easier if the leaves were light and fluffy, but instead they are hard, leathery and slightly cupped. In some places they are so thick that when the rain does come, the grass wouldn’t grow under such a thick blanket. Therefore, I get a good workout every morning raking and disposing of leaves before it gets hot and I head inside for a while. Once all the raking is done I can sit on my front porch with a glass of iced tea, hope for rain and admire my beautiful Sand Live Oaks. If you have a favorite tree or wood, write an article about it for WOW. There are a lot of us that would love to read about why it is special to you. If you have a different type of wood collection, eggs, spoons, thumb tacks, etc., let us know about it. There are so many things that can be written about when it comes to wood and working with it. Mihaly is always looking for new and different articles. Give it a try, you may surprise yourself with the finished product. We are still celebrating our 70th anniversary with member profiles. These 10 members have the lowest membership numbers and have contributed a great deal to IWCS. In this issue we honor Dr. William Stern 311HL written by Jim Ciesla. You can find the article on page 4. There are a lot of things to do in the coming months. On June 3 is Sawmill Day at Ladoga, Indiana, USA and on August 5 is the 13th Annual Festival of Wood in Milford, Pennsylvania. September 4 brings the IWCS Australian Conference in Northland, New Zealand and the IWCS AGM in Shipshewana, Indiana. These are all opportunities for gathering together to learn more about the wood we love, see old friends and meet new ones. Check out the Wood Meets page for more information on these meetings. I know I am going to the 2017 AGM in Shipshewana, Indiana USA on September 5th – 8th. My traveling partner Joyce Symonds will be in the passenger seat and we are looking forward to the road trip. See you there. A note to contributors Please submit articles as you complete them. They could be placed into future editions so each edition will present a balance of topics. Last minute changes before June 25 for the July/August 2017 issue. May/June 2017 World of Wood 3 Dr. William L. Stern #311HL interviewed by Jim Ciesla #9275 Dr. William L. Stern was born on Sep- comprising thousands of wood speci- tember 10, 1926, in Paterson, New Jer- mens and a related extensive library after sey, where he spent his childhood. He Wilson died. That material is now at the graduated in 1944 from the agricultural Smithsonian. curriculum at Paterson Central High He doesn’t really have a School and immediately enlisted in the favorite wood. He does have a U.S. Navy where he saw duty during least favorite wood, Florida poison WWII on Guam. Following his discharge wood, Metopium toxiferum, from his first in 1946, he enrolled through the GI Bill encounter collecting wood specimens in what was and is called The National in Florida for Yale University so many Farm School and Junior College, now years ago. He was carrying the newly cut Delaware Valley College. After a year, specimens in the crook of his arms, and he enrolled in Rutgers University and this was soon followed by blistering pus- graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in tules and a flaming red rash that laid him botany in 1950. He was accepted as a up for quite a while until he got rid of the graduate student and teaching assistant at disease.