TENNESSEE NEWS

STAI{ OWENS executlve vice presldent

TENNESSEE Building Material

I Association extends a hearty welcome to Building Products Digest to the Great Volunteer State of Tennessee and twelve of our sister Southern states.

Our association has been extended an invitation to write a quarterly column and to contribute other material or news which may be of interest to our membership or other suppliers located in our area. We gratefully accepted the invitation.

As the maiden issue of the Digest makes its debut in the South, the 92nd General Assembly in Tenn ssee is heading toward "sine die" adjournment. As legislation is the single most important function of our association, most of our efforts have been directed toward guarding and protecting the best interests of our industry for the past three months.

As we think back, we are reminded that in another four years (1986) we will be observing the lOfth anniversary of the War of the Roses, which pitted two East Tennessee brothers-our Bob Taylor, the Democrat, against Uncle Alf Taylor, the Republican, for governor. Bob wore a white rose and Alf a red rose and they campaigned together. Bob won, but years later Alf also was elected governor.

Thinking a little further back, we realize that in a few short years (1996), we will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the founding of the State of Tennessee, the l6th state in the Union. And, lest we forget, we got the name Volunteer during the Mexican War (May 26, 1847) when the War Department issued a call to Governor Aaron V. Brown for three companies, one cavalry and two of infantry, comprising a total of 2800 men. Thirty thousand eager soldiers volunteered for service in response to the call. This fact established forever Tennessee's right to the designation as the Volunteer State.

Tennesseans have enjoyed a long and colorful history and politics has played an important part in that history. And, that reminds us of the many important elective offices that will be filled by the voters this summer and fall during the primaries and general elections. In addition to electing a governor and United States senator, voters will select nine U.S. representatives, half the members of the State Senate, all (99) house members, the five members of the Supreme Court, our appellate court judges, most lower court judges, and nearly all the local county officials.

That's why it is so important that our members encourage and urge their employees and families to register and vote.

As we look ahead, we are getting ready to celebrate the 57th anniversary of TBMA during the World's Fair, the first world's fair ever to be held in the Southeast, in Knoxville, Oct. 2l-23, 1982. The program is complete and we expect the largest attendance in the history of our organization. Make your plans now if you expect to be included.

Plywood Future

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This does not include the Canadian capacity (currently just over I billion square fee| of which about half is expected to be exported to the U.S.

The current situation is that the panel industry as a whole is awash in unused capacity. On the positive side, new performance standards, new panel configurations and new technologies are emerging for the benefit of all types of panels, including conventional plywood.

The panel industry faces a twofold challenge, as we at APA see it. First, it is vital to the economic wellbeing of the industry that a promotion program adequate to maintain a healthy balance between capacity and demand be mounted.

The second major challenge is to introduce several new panel types, including individual products with widely varying performance capabilities, in such a way that no one encounters serious problems from panel failure.

The APA performance standards now rapidly gaining acceptance are being used by more and more industry members in the South and elsewhere to maximize their wood fiber utilization and better serve the consumer with products tailor-made for specific markets. These standards are the best guarantee that there will be a minimum baseline of performance which all products must meet.

Southern producers should claim close to half of the 18.2 billion square feet of structural panel production expected in 1982, and may exceed this share of the national total in a 1983 production year estimated at 19.3 billion square feet. Beyond 1983, further expansion is well within the industry's reach as it continues to build the new markets at home and overseas.

[For further information on APA programs, contact Dub Page at the Association's Southern Executive Office in Atlanta (M/997-7182)

Kentucky Assn. Name Change

The board of directors of the Kentucky Retail Lumber Dealers have voted to change the name to Kentucky Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association. Changeover began January l.

Atlanta Hoo-Hoo Initiates

The Atlanta, Ga., Hoo-Hoo Club recently initiated new members, according to David Lee, Cofer Brothers Building Supply, Tucker, Ga., who is responsible for the clubs in Jurisdiction IX.

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R.W. "Dick" Wilson, Timber Products Sales Co., Atlanta, Ga., 2nd v.p. of Hoo-Hoo International, assisted with the ceremonies.

New members include Steve Young, Cofer Brothers; Bob Smith, C.E. Morgan; Eddie Pate, Sequoia Supply; Phil Freeman, CCI; Ted Andrews, Parsons Andrews; Steve Almond, Phoenix Metals; Jim Coe, Masonite Corp.; Burt Coulon, Chicago Metallic; Dave Deemer, C.E. Morgan; Bob Findley, Magbee Brothers; Steve Freeman, DaMar Industries; Roscoe Heath, WalkerWilliams; Jack Lackey, National Gypsum; Alex Mc€askill, Certainteed Corp.; Jim Morgan, National Woodworks; Stan Moseley, Moseley -Wright Associates; Guy Stanton, Chapman Lumber Co.; George White, Burlington Northern Railroad.

Texas Sets 96th Annual

The Lumbermen's Association of Texas will hold its 96th annual convention and exposition in Fort Worth, Tx., April 1618.

S0UTHERI{ clubs were well represented at the dedication of the Hoo-Hoo lnternational building in Gurdon, Ar. Jim Brunson, Moscow, Tn., (left, lelt photo) gave the invocation. 0thers participating were (lolt to right)Gene Osburn, Gurdon; Bernie Barber, o CEDAROCEDAR.CEDAROCEDAROCEDARoCEDAR.CEDAROCEDARoCEDARoCEDARo

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