UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Atwood & Palmer, Inc.
Address: 800 West 47th Street
Suite 705
Kansas City, MO 64112
13F File Number: 028-06528
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Steven N. Palmer
Title: President
Phone: 816-931-2266
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Steven N. Palmer Kansas City, Missouri November 9, 1999
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
None
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Sealed Air Corp New Pfd $2 CNV 81211K209 1164 22934 SH SOLE 22934
A T & T Corp COM 001957109 5666 130264 SH SOLE 130264
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 259 7050 SH SOLE 7050
Amer Home Products COM 026609107 1013 24408 SH SOLE 24408
AmeriTech COM 030954101 1735 26000 SH SOLE 26000
America Online COM 02364J104 2778 26700 SH SOLE 26700
Amgen Inc COM 031162100 8976 110130 SH SOLE 110130
Atlantic Richfield COM 048825103 314 3540 SH SOLE 3540
Automatic Data Proc COM 053015103 6636 148698 SH SOLE 148698
BP Amoco PLC ADR COM 055622104 2770 24996 SH SOLE 24996
BancAmerica Corp COM 06605F102 5391 96799 SH SOLE 96799
Bell Atlantic Corp COM 077853109 417 6200 SH SOLE 6200
Block (H & R) COM 093671105 4366 100506 SH SOLE 100506
Boeing COM 097023105 2302 54001 SH SOLE 54001
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 2744 40656 SH SOLE 40656
Cerner Corp COM 156782104 3089 202535 SH SOLE 202535
Chevron Corp COM 166751107 204 2300 SH SOLE 2300
Chiron Corp COM 170040109 535 19328 SH SOLE 19328
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 19347 282172 SH SOLE 282172
Citigroup Inc COM 172967101 6906 156953 SH SOLE 156953
Coca Cola COM 191216100 4484 92928 SH SOLE 92928
Commerce Bancshares COM 200525103 297 8387 SH SOLE 8387
ConAgra Inc COM 205887102 209 9280 SH SOLE 9280
Corp Hi Yld Fd II COM 219915105 105 10752 SH SOLE 10752
Disney (Walt) Co COM 254687106 4154 159788 SH SOLE 159788
DuPont(EI) DeNemours COM 263534109 3823 63197 SH SOLE 63197
Electronic Data Sys COM 285661104 2555 48260 SH SOLE 48260
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 2467 39040 SH SOLE 39040
Enron Corp COM 293561106 505 12300 SH SOLE 12300
Exxon Corp COM 302290101 1212 15952 SH SOLE 15952
Fed Natl Mtg Assn COM 313586109 482 7695 SH SOLE 7695
Firstar Corp New COM 33763V109 337 13155 SH SOLE 13155
General Electric COM 369604103 11268 95039 SH SOLE 95039
Genzyme Corp COM 372917104 991 22000 SH SOLE 22000
Gillette COM 375766102 3105 91486 SH SOLE 91486
Hewlett-Packard COM 428236103 5543 61075 SH SOLE 61075
Home Depot Inc COM 437076102 247 3600 SH SOLE 3600
Int'l Business Mach COM 459200101 450 3718 SH SOLE 3718
Intel COM 458140100 6543 88051 SH SOLE 88051
Jack Henry COM 426281101 5774 156325 SH SOLE 156325
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 5580 60731 SH SOLE 60731
Kansas City Southern COM 485170104 298 6400 SH SOLE 6400
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 8507 131124 SH SOLE 131124
McDonald's Corp COM 580135101 748 17300 SH SOLE 17300
Merck & Co COM 589331107 5621 86734 SH SOLE 86734
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 14008 154672 SH SOLE 154672
Mobil Corp COM 607059102 1189 11800 SH SOLE 11800
Morgan (J.P.) COM 616880100 235 2059 SH SOLE 2059
Motorola, Inc COM 620076109 831 9448 SH SOLE 9448
Nextel Comm COM 65332V103 6846 100950 SH SOLE 100950
Paychex Inc COM 704326107 2722 79757 SH SOLE 79757
Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 283 7884 SH SOLE 7884
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 5643 60195 SH SOLE 60195
Royal Dutch Petro COM 780257804 4387 74270 SH SOLE 74270
SBC Communications COM 78387G103 579 11344 SH SOLE 11344
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 226 5188 SH SOLE 5188
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 4032 64700 SH SOLE 64700
Sealed Air Corp COM 812115103 2302 44869 SH SOLE 44869
Texaco Inc COM 881694103 353 5600 SH SOLE 5600
Thermo Electron Corp COM 883556102 548 40750 SH SOLE 40750
Tyco Intl LTD New COM 902124106 5355 51864 SH SOLE 51864
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 345 7250 SH SOLE 7250
Waste Mgmt Inc COM 94106L109 496 25742 SH SOLE 25742
Williams Companies COM 969457100 380 10093 SH SOLE 10093
T Rowe Price Int'l Stock MUT 77956H203 465 28715.673SH SOLE 28715.673
Vanguard Intl Growth MUT 921910204 485 24903.041SH SOLE 24903.041
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