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Erlc Yeedon bas joined Hickson Corp., Atlanta, Ga., working on induetry affain, govemment regulations and liaison witb tradc associations. He reports to John Trylor, pres. and c.o.o.

Rhonde Scelr is now PVC lattice sales mgr. for Burton Woodworks, Montgomery, Al.

Mrrk R. Adrmr has been promoled to troas. at Hecbinger Corp. Rhherd S. Grom is corporatc controller, and Cerol A. Stevenr, v.p.-human rcEourceE. Kenneth J. Cort is the new Hechinger Stores Div. pres. and ceo. Spence Welker is general store mgr. for HomeQuartcrs Warehouse.

Cherles Watson is the new gen. mgr. for Mid-America Cedar, Matthews, N.C.

Ray Mlnor, Minor Bros., Trustwortby Hardware, Olive Branch, Ms., bas been named to Distribution America's Trustwortby Dealer Council.

Dan Klmbrel, Thomson Oak Flooring Co., Thomson, Ga., was elected pres. of the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association, Memphis, Tn. New v.p. is Dale Elllott, P. W. Plumly Lumber, Wincbester, Va., and directors Kimbrel, B. A. Mulllcan, Jr., B. A. Mullican Lumber & Manufacturing, Maryville, Tn., and George Yocum, Miller & Co.. Selma, Al.

Joanne Chu is now construction products product mgr. for Minwax.

Greg Mettc is ncw to inside sales at Hcritage Forest Produch, Orlando, Fl. Now outcidc calcr rcps at Miami, Fl.: Clerk Rlnehert, southern territory; Ruccell Hubberd, nortbern tenitory. Wllllem T.'BllP' Wrlsh is now 8!ore mgr. of lrwe's, Winston-Salcm, N.C. Mlchrel T. Yount it storc mgr. in Kannapolic, N.C.

Stcphenle Wlbon-Rlggln, Wileon & Riggin Lumber & Building Headquarters, Lockbart, Tx,, Bet a ncw world skydiving record, joining bands with 2fl) otber diven.

Dlck Phehn has been naned operations mgr. for Georgia-Pacific's metal products unit. John Tramnell is now systems analyst; Curt Metcalfe, business analyst; Mork Zockln, national product mgr,-construction hardware, and Jlm Brown and Ken Plerce, national product mgrs.- rebar/remesh.

Lester Mlller is back at Waldschmidt Lumber Co., Wickliffe, Ky., working half days during his recuperation.

Blll Payne, exec. v.p., T. H. Rogers Lumber Co., Oklahoma City, Ok., has retired from active management after 47 years with the co. Mlke Kennedy succeeds him.

[,ora Castellanos, Home Depot Atlanta, Ga., will head up merchandising & advertising for the company's sponsorship of the 1996 Olympics.

Pete and l)onzella Boldman have retired after 27 years as co-mgrs. of Benson Lumber Co., South Coffeyville, Ok. Roger and Tammy Thompson succeed them.

Nlel Crowson has been elected pres. of E. C. Barton & Co., Jonesboro, Ar., succeeding retiring Roy Jolly, who remains on the board.

Ruth C. Hamburg is the new sales communications mgr. at Distribution America- Dan R. Levltt is asst. merchandise mgr.; Lee G. Zlmmerman, merchandise mgr.-electrical, and Rlchard H. Helnrlch, directorMS/chief infomration officer.

Leslte Mlrts has been promoted to mgr. of Dealer Warehouse Corp,, Knoxville, Tn., succeeding Don Mlrts, who remains pres.

Tom Prlvett, Lonoke Lumber Co., Lonoke, Ar., is recovering from recent surgery. His son, Joey, is running the yard in his absence.

J. P. Moore is new to outside sales at Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co.. Denton, Tx. In Whitesboro, Tx., Steve Kolhoff is the new store operations mgr., and Rlck Seeker, district management trainee.

Bill Osterman has joined the sales force at Conner Distributors, Fredericksburg, Va. Billy McMoyle is new to Jacksonville, Tx., sales, according to pres. Thomas R. Rlce.

Ktp Miller has joined First Choice Tool Co. as factory sales rep for the South.

Jerry Smlth has joined Pine Forest Products, Binningham, Al.

Mike Haller is new to W. R. Grace,/Composite Technology, Fort Wodh, Tx., as sales engineer for the south central territory. Steve Cox is now product mgr.environmental covers.

William Michael Snyder is now sales development mgr. at Stottlemyer & Shoemaker Lumber, Sarasota, Fl.

John Purrlngton has joined Hitachi, Norcross, Ga., as a pneumatic specialist. Tom Gunnerson, Atlantq Ga., is now responsible for the Southeastern territory.

Jeffrey Idztk is now mgr.-sales & n&tg. for Masonite Building Products.

Don A. Wolf, retired pres., Hardware Wholesalers, Inc., has been selected by The Leadership Council as 1993 inductee into the Home Center Hall of Fame.

Phll Sutton has been promoted to mgr. of the American Plywood Association Quality Services Division's Atlanta, Ga., region. Alex Kuchar is now asst. director. Duncan Klng is APA rep in the U.K. and keland, replacing Mike McDonnell, who has returned to the U.S. after tbree years in [,ondon.

Lisa Gibson-VanBlls is now No. Tx. architectural rep for Azrock Industries, San Antonio. Tx.

Donald L. Mays is new to Steel King Industries as East Coast region sales & mktg. mgr., handling Va. and N.C.

Gerald "Pedro" Russell is back working part-time at Russell Builders, Inc., Clay, Ky., after recent open heart surgery.

Mike Jensen and Roger Wllliams, Weyerhaeuser, Hot Springs, Ar., were named 3rd quarter Professional Roundtable of Sellers award winners. Tom Patterson was hansferred from Dallas. Tx., to Buffalo, N.Y., CSC gen. mgr.

Donald E. Roller has been named pres. and ceo of United States Gypsum Co.

Kenneth Ray Greene, Lowe's, Lenoir, N.C., is set to wed Jamt Leigh Watklns Feb. 6, 1993. Other Lowe's weddings: Evelyn Gwaltney, North Wilkesboro, N.C., and Conrad Dallas Yount Dec. 5; Terrlll \ilayne Sellers, Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Nancy Teresa Tlndal Nov. 21: Brlan Russel

Swaney, Columbia, S.C., and Sandra Annette Graves @L 24, and Wendy Dawn Thompson, Albemarle, N.C., and Stcven Douglas Stlpe Oct. I l. Wayne Wlggleton, formerly of Distribution America, has joined Ace Hardware as head of its lumber & building materials division.

Duane Plugg now heads the plumbing dept. a[ Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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Cameron Acqulres Owens-Cornlng Genters

Wm. Cameron & Co., Dallas, Tx., has acquired tbe assets of five OwensCorning Fiberglas distribution oenters and is negotiating for a sixth unit.

The Atlanta, Ga., Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, Il., Dallas and Fort Worth, Tx., additions to the l2S-year-old company are additional steps in a move to cover geographicatly tbe area from Arizona to Atlanta and Dallas to Chicago. Wm. Cameron and Co., now a $150 million company with 330 employees, plans to expand its product line as well as facilities. Purchase of the Owens-Corning facility in Detroit, Mi., is pending as are other acquisitions.

"We will be a strong partner with all of our suppliers," president and ceo Ron Ross pledged.

Greg Mullikin, ex-Owens-Corning Fiberglas, is the new vice president of Cameron's eastern division. Now based in Toledo, Oh., he will be moving to Atlanta.

No dollar amount was revealed for the Jan. 20 acquisition, but it is believed to be in the tens of millions of dollars. Annual sales of the distribution centers is in the $50 million ran8e.

Dallas and Fort Worth locations will be closed and consolidated with Cameron's existing units. Dallas consolidation is underway with Fort Worth due to be completed in June or July. Inventory and personnel will be relocated. All Owens-Corning employees will be retained, Ross said.

A new Chicago warehouse in the 100,000 sq. ft. range comparable to Cameron's Dallas and San Antonio facilities is due within a year.

In mid-1992 Cameron acquired Thunderbird Steel Co., Albuquerque, N.M., a leading Southwest building material disfibutor.

Southern Lumber Production

Southern lumber production increased across the board in 1992 with southern pine up 6.9Vo to 3.3 billion board feet, Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, Inc., reports.

Alabama and Mississippi had the largest increases in SP production. Virginia, Texas, Arkansas and Georgia were leaders in improving hardwood production with totals for the entire South increasing 16.6% to l.l billion board feet.

White pine production more than doubled to 59 million board feet and cypress increased nearly 987o to 3I million board feet.

84 To Open Florlda Plant

84 Lumber plans to open a prepackaged home plant in Homestead, Fl., this month.

Trusses, doors, windows and wall paneling will be manufactured. The company expects to supply building materid demand created by Hunicane Andrew.

The plant is part of an expansion including two new truss plans and revival ofa 1989 plan to add 20 stores a year in towns with populations between 5,000 and 15,000.

Five stores, including one in Murfreesboro, Tn., will open by midyear, company management said. 84 will continue its Affordable Homes program and emphasize contractor sales. Trusty Building Components, a truss manufacturer owned by Joe Hardy, 84 Lumber's ceo and president, also will expand, adding tlnee plants this year.

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