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The Strong Wood Turning Corp. Novelty mill was operated for fifty-four years by Carroll H. Brackley (1885-1975), producing wooden handles, knobs, caps, rings, toys and countless other novelties which were shipped all over the country and abroad. In addition, miscellaneous flatware items and toothpicks were produced by another division of Strong Wood Turning Corp. on the premises.

This game, made by Strong Wood Turning Corp., was lathe-turned in three pieces, the ball, the cup and the handle. It was sealed and lacquered, and was assembled with a 12 inch piece of string.

To use, the ball was hung on the string, then swung or tossed and caught in the cup.

Strong Wood Turning Corp. made multi-colored lacquered napkin rings. These would be used to decoratively contain cloth napkings in a formal table setting.

Strong Wood Turning Corp. produced thousands of different styles of novelties. These candle holders were one of the novelties.

Sealed salt & pepper shaker sets were one of the novelty styles produced by Strong Wood Turning Corp.. They had perforated screw-on caps and were offered as unfinished, sealed or lacquered and decorated.

Lacquered/decorated salt and pepper shakers produced at Strong Wood Turning Corp. had screw-on, drilled caps. Some were unfinished, others were only sealed. Most were sealed and lacquered.

This darning egg was lathe-turned of birch wood at Strong Wood Turning Corp. and was finished in clear lacquer.

A darning egg is an ovoid (egg-shaped) item of stone, porcelain, wood, or other hard material, to be inserted into the toe or heel of the sock to hold it in the proper shape and provide a firm base for mending the toe or heel. When finished, the darning egg is removed.

Strong Wood Turning Corp. produced bottle caps for English Leather cologne and aftershave lotion.

The cap was lathe-turned to shape and finished with clear lacquer, then a plastic cap was pressed into the hole in the base. The caps were then shipped to be placed on English Leather bottles.

This little canister was lathe-turned by Strong Wood Turning Corp. in two pieces. The cap is sized to slip over the hollowed base.

The canister was very handy to safely store stick matches for travel or to keep toothpicks sanitary on the dining room table.

Wooden decorative apples were used to adorn table centerpieces and other seasonal decorations, before plastic and foam decorations were created.

This novelty was lathe-turned and finished in red lacquer by Strong Wood Turning Corp.