PERS NALS

Garland Hebert. Otto Hebert Lumber, Delcambre, La., has been elected prcs. of the Acadiana Association. I)on Bertrand, Builders Sar'-\1or, Lake Charles, La., is nori pres. of the Southriest Association.

Robert \l esting, \\'esting Co., Crand Rapid.. \1i., har bccn cleitcd pre\. ot the National Building \laterial Drstributors Association. Joseph T. Thebl , Jr.. Lensing \\'holesale. Evansville, In.. is no* lst r.p.; Glenn A. Hart, OrePac Building Products, Lake Os*ego, Or., 2nd r'.p., and George M. Brlson. Hugh l. Johnstone, John A. Kinchling and J. ( hrislopher l.ansing. director..

Clark Cromuell has joined Pl1'*ood Panels, Nerr Orleans, La.

\1'. (i. Lees has been named pres. of the building products di',., Celoter Corp., Tampa, Fl., according to F. S. Burgen. pres. Gilberto Aleman is the neri prcs. of the roofing products dir., and T. \I. Pariso. r .p. of marketing for builJing products.

Richard \\ Buchanan Jr.. pres.. Bu.'hanan Lumber Co.. lnc.. Birmingham. Al.. i: the neu chairman oi the board oi rhe \ational Fore:t Products -{::ociation, John E. Ste\ens. pre-s.. Kirbr Forest Industries, lnc.. Hou>ton, Tr.. is no* l:t rice chairman and \\'illiam \t, Shields. e\ec. \.p.. \\'illamette Indu:tries. Inc.. Portland, Or. , lnd r ice chairntan Darid E. Stahl and John [. Hall *ere re-elected pre'. and \ce. rc\pc!.tl\el\. R. Bert Ha*k has been named e\ec. dir. of' the Southern Pressure Treaters .\ssociation. based in their nr'rr oiiice: at ll-( Beller ille .{r e.. P. O. Bor 611. Bres ron. .\1. 36+:6. (105) E67--11.16. \\ arren Sutherland is rctiring. \ed (iuilbeau. gr'n. lrgr., Lat'alctte \\'oodrrttrk.. Lat'arcttc. [-a., ha: been honored t'or hi.30 Iear\ ()l \cr\ice. accrrrding to \ln. Odell Bordelon. prer. Gu1 \lcKenzie ha: becn promoted ro mgr. ot bu.inc-r: dc.rc'lonrnent in the southea-\t lor Dutch Bo1 Cl$eland. Oh. Ilolce Ross sill handle the sourhsesr.

Bob Orrens. O*ens Forest Produc:'. DLrlLr:lr. \1n.. ira' been ort a.3l.rri lr') ZanrL,ia. hunrrng duck and geese.

I-arn [.. Iunk ha. L,een named senior r.p. t\i Ci'Jtr In.iu:tries lnc., Oakbrook, Il.. ,rttJ prc.. \ri it' concrete eonrtfu.tiirll dtt

\tichael B. sleigh i. the neri director trl rrr,rrkctrrtg .trtJ ..rlc. rtrr building proJu.r' at \\ . R. Btrn.al. Charlotte. \.C, Ron Hodges l. n()\\ nr,sr. of marketing arrd .alc. Irrr arahltcctural products: Harn l-. l'erguson. rrsr. of marketing .tttJ ..ilc. trrr JI.lrihrr:t.rn pr,rJtt,t.. rltJ \tan Hurd anil \lichael J. (raig. .ai.'. rt'f r l-dnard C. Cole, \oulhern regional .alc. nrcr.. Schlace LrrcL Ctr.. San Franli.crr. ('a,, ha: t'ec'n honsrred *ith Dotrr HarJ$arc In.lliute'. 3\r&rd lrrr oui.:anJlnr '!-r\ tae la .'duiatlon. l-arr1 (-ashuell har tec'n niimed Ju.t..tnr'r i!'r\:ce r!'p irrr Scnlr\ Hard\\are Cori.. (irecti.bLrr,r. \.(. Jimmr \a\\€r .u.;ccd: irint .r. tcrrtl.'rtal ..rie.n:ltt.

Stere f umlin Sr.. \lanetia LumL,c-r Crr.. \larietta. (ia.. ha. retirc'd. :elling the ;tr. Ir) hr\ \on. Stere Tumlin Jr.

John \lolinaro ira: rcrinr'd \\ r'l.h Forc.r Prtrduct:. ln;.. \lc'ntphi.. Tn.. a..alr'. mgr.. aJJOrJrng :o Thom&\ J. \\el:h. r\i-e!.

[-auson Hatha]ra] ha: toineJ \1;Cor Lumber Co.. Crcen.bplqr. \.('.. .1. .ale: ref,.

Tom Lux has been promoted to marketing mgr. of the new OSB plant to be opened in Elkin, N.C., by Weyerhaeuser Co.

Gary Denton has been added to the plywood sales staff at Willamette Industries, Ruston, La.

Jim Hoskinson is now chief purchasing agent for CBS Industries, Clermont, Fl.

F. Donald Harrison has been appointed communications coordinator for Manville Forest Products Corp., West Monroe, La., according to Harry W. Sherman, pres.

Arnold O'Neal, pres,, Speer Associated Distributors, Fort Smith, Ar., has been elected sec./treasurer of Sentry Hardware Corp, Jerry Barton, pres., General Hardware Co., Atlanta, Ga., is now on the exec. committee, and louie R. Davis, South States, Inc., Shreveport, La.; Marshal M. Kellar, West Texas Wholesale Supply Co., Abilene, Tx., and Robert H. Given. Zork Hardware Co., El Paso, Tx., will serve as corporate directors.

Ed Ayers has joined Stacy-Wood Lumber Co., St. Petersburg, Fl., in Greensboro, N.C., as a managing partner.

Tommy Joyce, Powell Lumber Co., Lake Charles, La., is back after a brief vacation.

William H. Chapman III, plant mgr,, Coastal Lumber Co., Suffolk, Va., has been elected chairman-elect of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.

John Blacksher, exec. v.p. and gen. mgr., Government Street Lumber Co. Inc,, Mobile, Al., spoke at the annual prayer luncheon for the mayor ofTopeka, Ks. Ron J. Holton has been appointed v.p. of marketing and sales for Canfor U.S.A. Corp,, according to Dennis R. Huston, pres.

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Howard Sharpe has been named midAtlantic regional sales mgr. for J acuzzi Whirlpool Bath.

Harlon Seats is the new pres. of Diamond Lumber, Dallas, Tx.

Stephen K. Jackson, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta Ca., has been named chairman of the American Wood Council at its annual meeting in Portland, Or. Wayne Ratliff, Kirby Forest Industries, Houston, Tx., is treasurer; W. M. Robson. Canadian Forest Industries Council, vice chairman for Canadian affairs, and Carl E. Darrow, pres. and sec.

Paul Strenger will manage the new Florida Atlantic Forest Products wholesale trading facility in Deerfield Beach, Fl.

Doyal Marks has formed Marks Forest Products, Birmingham, Al. Phillip Dobbins, Rod During, Stu Enloe and Dwight Palterson, all of whom worked for Marks at Steel City Lumber Co., have joined the co.

Donald O. Nellis has been appointed v.p.-finance for Alpine International Corp., Birmingham, Al.

William Donald Davenport has been named sales rep for the W. R. Bonsal Co. plant in Atlanta, Ga.

John J. Corcoran is now gen. mgr. of North American operations for Norton Co., Gainesville, Ca.

Ronald A Pink is now managing director of Sentry Hardware Co., Cleveland, Oh.

Manuel Laybor has joined the yard crew at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.