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Low'e's has opened new stores in Southern Pines and Lexington, N.C.. and Somerset. Ky; construction is underway on a 16,500 sq. ft. store in Morehead Cit"v-, N.C.: a location has been acquired in Keowee Village shopping center. Seneca, S.C.l u site is under consideration in Tullahonra, Tn. units acquired by Lowe's from Boise Cascade in San Marcos and Temple, Tx., have been remerchandised

Buiklers Square will construct two warehouse stores in Atlanta. Ga. . . Hechinger Co. is considering reincorporarion in I)elaware

Scotty's opened a full-line home center in Sarasota. Fl., and hardware stores in Tifton and Bainbridge, Ga.. in Jan.; a fullline store opened in Boynton Beach early in Feb.: Port St. John Hardware, Cocoa: Land O'Lakes Hardware and FIonlosassa llardware are scheduled to open in mid and late Feb.

Ltrnrber.jacks Lumber oncl Hardv,are Co. is a new retail business in Crawfordville. Fl.. Warren Spooner mgr. . Moore's plans to remodel and upgrade its 87 units, adding garden centers to all stores

Cassit-v JonesLumber and Honrc Improvement Cenler has opened a branch in Cedar Hill, Tx., Bill McRae mgr. .. Scotlu's opened a building supply warehouse in Daytona Beach, Fl.

L'rlanger Lumber, Erlanger. Ky'.. is still operating despite a Jan. 3 fire which destroyed an estimlted $380.000 in buildings, inventory and vehicles .

Derickson Lumber Co., Leslie, Ar.. which has completed a program of adding covered storage, plans to expand its do-it-yourself business

Bilbrey Ace Hardxzre. Crossville, Tn.. has closed after 79 years.

IJniversalForest Products. Grand Rapids. lVIi.. has acquired Far 14est Fir Sales, Huntington Beach. Ca.. to become the nation's fourth largest building materiaf wholesaler. . .\clrcll Forest Industries, Houston. Tx., has a new office in Orlando. Fl.. Garv Easton and Dan Hatcher i; charge. .

Reed & Sols Hordx,oods. Thibodeaux. La.. has acquired Timber Realization Co.'s cypress sawmill in Jackson. N'ls., renaming it Cqlrtn C.t,press Inc.. Jack Sikes sales mgr.

L'aughan &.Sons, Inc. has opened an office in Austin, Tx.. to handle building products sales for multi-unit projects throughour rhe L].S. . .

Bailco Hardyroods, Inc.. is a new wholesaler in Hickory, N.C., Bill, Marc and Bill Bailey Jr., owners Zickgro.f' Hardn'ood Co. has moved its sales office from Franklin, N.C., to Hickory. N.C....

Sotttlt Houston Lumber Co.. flouston. Tx.. is in the process of liquidating its lumberyard and builder sales assets; they are keeping all land and the trearing plant which will continue to operate...

Ra.v'mond Building Suppl.v, North Fort Myers, Fl.. has ac- quired Walker Builders .Supply, Naples. Fl. . Jordan & Bradley Bu i ld i ng .Su ppl.v, /nc.. Columbus. Ga.. lras nrerged with Wright and l'oung Building Supply. Newnan. Ga..

Georgia-Pacif'ic' has a new hardboard plant in North Little

Manville Corp. has completed a S I -5.1 million improvernenr project at its Winder. Ga.. fiberglass insulation mfg. facility' . Breeko Corp.. Nashville. Tn.. has purchased a mfg. plant on a 30 acre site in Menrphis. Tn . .

Hunter Fan Co., Memphis. Tn.. has acquired Kenroy lnternational, fuc.. Jacksonville. Fl.. for an undisclosed sum Alside has opened a 30.000 sq. ft. cabinet nrfg. plant in Liberty, N.C....

Wickes Cos.. /nc. has completed its acquisition of Collins & Aikman Corp.. .. Paylstt Cashw'ay5, 1nr. plans to open l2 new retailunitsthisyear: Amarillo and Dallas/Fort Worth. Tx.. Springdale, Ar.. and Lexington. K1'.. are anlong sites

I[ac'klo nburg- Duncan Co.. Oklahoma City'. Ok.. has taken over Cedar \u. Inc.. Oklahoma City. in a bulk sale of assets. .Varle.v Roof Tiles has acquired the roof tile mfg. assets of Carroll's Euilding Srrpplr'. Sr. Petersburg. F|....

Economy Fasteners, Inc.. Jacksonville. Fl., has been acquired by Unif'ast Industries, Inc.. and relocated to its Hq. in Hauppauge. N.Y... . U. S. Plywood plans to expand its prefinished paneling operation in Orangeburg. S.C.,to an annual capacitl, of over l5 million panels

Ply-Gem Industries has acquired Great Lakes Window, Corp.. Toledo, Oh., for about $18 million . EIk Corp.,Dallas, Tx., has opened a new technologl'center in Ennis. Tx.. adjacent to its mfg. plants

Housing starts for Dec. (latest figs) climbed |3.7oh to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.802,000 units; multifarnily starts were up l90h; single farnily starts rose 11.20/o'. building permits surged 11.40/o: southern starts were up 3.7%,