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futtt'e's has new stores in Banner Elk, N.C., Banry Stevens. mgr.. and West Augusta. Ga.. Craig N{iller. mgr...West Builrlirry Muteriuls has sold the site of its closed store in St. Petersburg. Fl.. for a car dealership...

Home Depot is negotiating sale and leasebirck arrltngcmcnts titr sonre l0 of its stores. ..Litulslev Httne Certers, Miarni. Fl..may bc' sold as a condition of Evans Products' rcorganizalion plan...

Bcuh'Ozrf. Oklahorna Cit1. Ok.. has been acqLrired bv Cttruruxln-e Prrxlut'rs. Don Herr er renrains as pres...BrrtArt hulusn'it's, \ashr ille. Tn.. has been acquired br Brrckrr Cotp., a ne\\' co. tbnned b1' three Nashville businessmen ...Prutt & Lurbetl. llc.3 Southenr Coatings Div has acquired L'rited Solvertts ol ,Atrrcriu. lrr'., Orlando. FI....

\l"rruhuu PrtxluL'ts ltrc'., Tupelo. Ms.. lras been pLrrchasedbr ,llowrt'lt lvlintr Dtrtr Co., lr'., Chatsqonh. Ca.. uith imrnediate plans firr incrcasing the plant to 2-l{).fiX) sq. ti. and aclding ne\\' autonrated equiplnent...

Jack\()n. Tn.. has been purchased br Ctrrdon Ficlds artcl renarled f ickls.\tlt}'r Lurtlx'r Ct t....

H,xxl hulu.ttric.s. Inc.. Beuumottt. \1s.. har purcha:ed Lttglutl Rn'L'.st Pnrluds (r,..r sarrrtrill and treating plant in \\urncsbonr. \ls.. as an addition ttl its Bc'lurnont and Wiceins. \1s.. plr utxrtl plartts..

ILuisirrtrLt-Rtt'ilit Ctr1t..s :tlulhem dir.. Conrtt. Tr.. ha: acquired tuo s()uthenl pine luntber tnills. onc in Bernice. La.. t'ront Ctnttitroral Btrtrit't' Ctn7t. and one in Hattiesburg. \Is.. tlom Titnlx'r Rtuliufuvr Ct,....

Hclhruur burtlx'r (rr.. Covington. K1.. i: obserr ing it\ l0tith artnivcr:an...(-/c'n lLurrlxt' (-r,.. Gr.'ttra t\irr Orlean:). La.. rras recentlr dt'stn)\ccl br tlrc. ..Carqc C. &,rrr'rt .t C,,.. Gr.-,-lnrbonr. \.C.. is l(X) rc'ars oltl (sec' p. l5 tirr detail: t.

.Sczrrn's has opened a factttrv outlet warehouse in St. Petersburg. Fl ...Builtlers Scpuu'c tuut K tnut't Coty. will share leased space in \\"est Palnr Beach.North Miami and Kendall, Fl.. in a test of a shared tacilities conceDt...

,lrrrcrictut-Sltuulunl has openecl a hi-eh fashion Shovrplace tirr its prtxlucts near the Galleria in Dallas. Tr. ...\l'ceklv Huthxxrl Ro'rcrr has chansed its address to PO. Bor 221.+69. Charlotte. N.C. 28112...

Gurgiu-Rn'ilri crJo-cts t() llt()\L' this nronth into a n.'rr l-50.(XX) sq. t't. distributi()n cL-ntL'r built on l() acrcs irt Tarttpa Park of Comrncrcc'. Tarnpa. Fl .. as u rcplacetncttt lirr thc' E. Ctrlurtthrr. Dr. DC.

Hecltinger will open its t'irst S.C. store in Greenville in the tall. one of 12 stores scheduled for '86 openin,us ...Mr. Hov, Wtu'elnuse will open a 72.ff)0 sq. ti. shopping center outlet late next rnonth in Lakeland. Fl....

Sutherkuul bunber Co. has openecl Cnte Deuls, a u'holesale rvarehouse. in Jacksonville. Ar. ...White's Strn"e.s fuc., Wichita Falls. Tx.. has been sold to Westenl Auto Supplv b,v Canadian Tire...

Nttioruil GtTnan Crr., Dallas. Tx.. has okayed ar bu1'out bv a rnanasement group (see p. 17 tbr details) ...5K Huul Tixtl Cor7t. has been sold to Fuunn S.A., Paris. Fmnce. bv Crl'un'ut Ptultcrs ILd....

lVillfuutts Lunlrr Ctt. ol ,\'tnlr Cunililut, ll<., has opened a rellanutircturing ancl f'ence plant at Sardis. Ga.. Ceorge Riler'. gen. supt.... Hurutrcnrill Hunhvxx!.t' Picken. S.C.. nranutacturing plant is tirr sale.

,\ittliilk Stnrilrotr Gr7r. u ill spend 5618.l million on capital intpnxerurents tbr \ortitlk and \f,'estern Rail\\a) and Southern Railuar this \ear...

The Rel Cedu'Slin,qlc' nul Houlsplit Shuk Bw'ent. Bellerue. \\a.. is beginning its Tlst )'ear...

Poyless Ccslnrrns, hc., plans 12 new stores this year including the Ft. Smith, Ar.. Nonnan. Ok., Wichita Falls, Dallas and Austin, Tx., and Lexington and Florence, Ky. markets...

Jirn Nall has acquired ,*trcic'tut Hnrcfu'ood, *1c., Fofi Wor1h. Tx.. and changed the name to Nall lLunber Co. ...Ashby Veneer & lunber Co.,

Nerr housing starts in Dec. (latest tlgs.) nerc' up u \(t.\(nuillr uliu.stul /Z.-ifi tnrm thc' m()nth betirre. puttin-r stans at an annualized rute oi 1.8+0.(XX) single-tarnilr \tart\ \\ ere up l-5 tici to a I I I -i .(XX) annual rute: rnultis clinrbed l0.l'; t() a 7l7.OfX) rltc...hldg. pcntrit: \\cre up a healthr I l'i to an adjusted annual rate t'f 1.8-l-+.(XX)...uclir itr \\15 strong all across the L.S... tvtr lunru' stans for 1985 vvere 1,732,8{fi, just under 1984's 1,749,500.

Consumer Awanrness Sheet

Dealers are the final link between the pressure treaters and the users of pressure fteated wood in the voluntaryConsumerAwareness Program underway in the industry.

Consumer Information Sheets for both pentachlorophenol pressure fteated wood and inorganic arsenical (CCA, ACA and ACZA) pressure treated wood have been prepared, approved by the EPA and printed for distribution to consumers. Under the conditions of the CAB treaters will include the sheets with shipments of pressure teated wood leaving their treatment plants and anach a copy of the CIS to each invoice for pressure treated wood sales. They also will supply dealers with quantities of the CIS sheets, signs and placards instructing the consumer to ask for handling and use information on treated wood.

Members of the American Wood Preservers Institute, Society of American Wood Preservers and National Forest Products Association also are responsible for alerting the entire pressure treating industry to the necessity of participating in the consumer awareness program.

The wood products industry has been promoting distribution of these sheets since November 30 as part of a settlement agreement with the Environmental Prolection Agency. EPA was convinced that through this voluntary progftlm consumers would have an exfia margin of safety. EPA has said it will consider the need for stricter regulation under the Toxic Substances Contol Act, if distribution of the CISs is not widespread. This could require restrictive labels on treated lumber and plywood.

Certain wood treaters are adding other helpful consumer information on the back of the CISs such as how to build a deck.

For further information on the consumer information sheets, wholesalers and retailers can contact the American Wood Preservers Institute at (703) 8934005, the Sociery of American Wood Preservers, Inc. at (703) 237-09ffi, or the National Forest Products Association at (202\ 797-5881.

National Gypsum OKs Buyout

National Gypsum directors, Dallas, Tx., have approved a revised plan for a management investor group to take the company private in a leveraged buyout of more than $1.1 billion.

The group's original November offer, despite being labeled the largest leveraged buyout in history (see News Briefs, p. 16, Jan.) is being disputed by five shareholder class action suits contending the offer was inadequate. The present plan will allow settlement of these suits, according to National Gypsum.

Lrd by National Gypsum chairman John P Hayes; vice chairman John M. Thompson Jr. and president and c.o.o. James R. Voisinet, the buyout proposal depends on their obtaining the necessary financing. (Leveraged buyouts are usually made with bonowed funds and repaid from the company's operation or sale of assets.)

Dealers Go To Washington

Issues of current importance will be stressed at the 1986 Conference with Congress sponsored by the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, Washington, D.C.

The Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill, will be the location of the March 17-19 meeting. Tax reform, Canadian lumber resffictions and product liability reform are listed for consideration at this "dealer congress."