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Northern, a MlnrcapoUs, Mn., home lmprovement retaller, wltl open I San Antonlo, Tk., store In & former Handy Dan locetlon; the 20 unlt chaln has stores ln Va., N.C., S.C., Ga., andFl.

Scotty's, lVinter Haven, Fl., wlll ad<l 8 to l0 stores thls year ...Buildcrs Squarc got an okay for a Delray Beach, Fl., store after @velopers guaranteed $490,000 to allevlate frafflc congesdon ...

Hechinger converted a Reston, !a., store to a Home Project Center, opened Dale City and Fairfax, Va., stores, and began installing the project concept at Leesburg and Annandale, Va., unlts

Loweb is building stores in Gauder, lvls., Gaine.sville, Fl., and Lynchburg, Vo., with new units operating in Paintsville, Ky., and Richmond, Va"

Home Depot, which will expand a Plano, Tx., store, has new units in DeKalb, Ga., and Pensacola, Fl., and plans for a Coral Gables, Fl., location ... Sugar Land, Tx,, Home Depot received a certificaie of appreciation for litter collection on Oyster Creek...

Builders Supply Co., Union Springs, Al., has been acquired by Shirley and Joe Varner with former owner Donnie Parker continuing to operate it ... Moore's Lumber & Building Supplies stores in Christiansburg, Va., and Fayetteville, N.C., have closed

84 Lumber is opening a prepackaged home plant in Homestead, Fl. (see story p. 26) ...Fairfax Lumber & Millwork, Springfield, V&., is moving its millwork center into the main store, expandlng the showroom wlth e second floor for the Deetgn Center...

Fox Buildhg Snpply ls expanding tts Oklahoma Ctty, Ok., locadon T H. Rogers Imber Co, ts butl<llng I new 7,000 sq. ft. showroom ln Rrcell, Ok., for an April opentng lYm. Cameron & Co., Dallas, Tx., acquired assets of OwensCornin g F iberglas distributlon centers in Atlantq Ga", Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, Il., Dallas and Fort Worth, Tx. (see story p. 26) moved to e lrrger 20,000 sq. ft. warehouse In St FAcnhrg, R. ... Amerlcan Woodmark Corp., Srlnchester, Va., wgs named Kltchen Crblnet Vendor of the Year by Bullders Square, San An$onlo,Tr....

Anniversarles: Paty Co., Elizabethton, Th., 60th ...

Tolleson Lumber Co., Percy, Ga., opened pressure Eeated wo<id products distribution yards in Ludlow, Ky., and Detroit, Mi.; sales will be handled at Perry, G&, headquarters ...

Americ an Plywood As sociation is now recognized in Canada as an accredited testing and certification agency and can supply trademarks indicating conformance to Canadian standards (see related story p. 2r)...

Willianette Industrtes' Ruston, La., plywood mill received an APA safety awud...

Hyster Co. is the first U.S. tift truck mfr. to receive an ISO 9002 quality registration from Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.; both Berea, Ky., and Danville, I1.., plants are now registered facilities Amana Refrigeration, Inc., Fayefteville, Tn., is the first heating and air conditioning and appliance mfr. to receive the registration...

Independent Fastener Co.

M ac klanburg - D unc an, Okl ahoma Clty, acqulred Wcdge hnovdtons lzc., SanJose, C&, for an undleclosed prlce ,., Meto Dnr ryned a niw mfg. factlity lnLewliburg, Th. ...

Owens-Corndng, Tbledo, Oh., restructured tts Congtruction Products Group, creatlng retail and dlstribution, lnsuladon, rooflng and ssptult, and wlndows divi slons, consEucdon prcducts ggoup operatlons, flnance, planning and growth, Owens-Corning Canada and Owens{orning Europe

International Hardware Distibutors Association is the name selected for the recently merged N ational Wholesale Hardware Assuiation and Amcrican Wholesale Hardwarc Associuioni Smith, Bucklin & Associates, Inc., is managing the organizatlon, Glen Anderson managing diroctor

National Forest Products Association, American Paper Institute and American Forest Council have merged as the American Forest & Paper Association.,.

Enterprise Comp uter Systems, /2c., Greenville, S.C., was named to UAR Business Magazine's lffi List for the fourth consecutive year ... Bruce Cabinets, Dallas, Tx., is now represented by Modern Supply, Knoxville, Tn., inTn., Va-, and Ga. ...

Housing starts rose 18.57o last year to 1.20 million, the highest level in three years and the first increase in six years starts in Dec. (latest figs.) climbd 5.5Vo to a seasonally adjusted annual rate ot 1.302 million analysts credited the overall improvement to lower interest rates ... Commerce Department officials said the last time there was a bigger annual increase iri housing starts was in 1983, when they soared by 6O%.