PERS NALS

Davis K. Mortenscn is now a v.p. of Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga., according to H.S. Merserelu, senior v.p. and gen. mgx. of the Southern division.

James E. Gibson became v.p. of marketing for MW Manufacturers, Rocky Mount, Va., with the retirement of Edwitr T. Robertson after 25 years with the millwork firm.

John Swinncy Sr., Swinney Hardware, Tulsa, Ok., has been recogrrized in the national press for his work with young people.

Ric Fontenot has joined the staff of Kennison Forest Produsts, Sulphur, La.

Cheryl West is now sales mgr. at Louisiana-PaciFrc, Cypress, Fl.

Ilill Orrt has been promoted to div. sales mg. at Hoover Universal, Thomson, Ga.; Bryrn Fl4g is replacing him as plant sales mgr. at Milford, Va.

John E. Bryent, pres., Bryant & Sons Lurn6sr Co., Batesville, Ar. and a 33-year member of the Lions Club, has bcen honored with a life membership in Lions International.

Ed Arrol, owner of Ed Aaron Lumber and Construction Co., Drumright, Ok., has becn recognized as Citizen of the Month for his civic accomplishmsn$.

Thomes J. Eu3hcs, pres., Hughes Lumber Co., Tulsa, Ok., is 1982 chairman of the Maropolitan Tulsa chamber ofcommerce.

Ronnb Piclcc b now managing Walnut Ridge Lumber Co., Walnut Ridge, Ar.; C.ocil Grissom has r€tired after44 years with the firm.

Ed Ocgg is now a v.p. of Moore's. He had becn director of security at the Roanoke, Va. store.

J. Heys Wimsrtt, pres., Wimsatt Bros., lpuisville, Ky., is serving his first term as pres. of the National Building Material Distributors Assn.

Hrrry Crrtcr is now sales mgr. u Henderson & Baird Hardware Co., Greenwood, Ms.

H. Genc Lwis is now v.p., sales, hardware div., Orgill Brothen & C-o., Inc., Memphis, Tn.

John Bdrcr is now senior v.p., operations, at Belknap, Inc., Ipuisville, Ky.; llervin llcatD, senior v.p., merchandising and packaging; Ilill Bennctt, v.p., marketing; Tom Jorden, v.p., sales; Prl l)dony, v.p,, advertising.

J.N. "Ncl" BGry, B€rry Builder's Mart, Union, S.C., has becn named to Clemson University's Athletic Hallof Fame for captaining the Clemson team in 1936 and bcing the leading rusher and passcr in 1935 as well as an Honorable Mention All-American.

Sonhy M. Cohcn is now chairman of the board of Central Hardware Co. which has stores in Memphis, Tn.; Gerald E. Howcnstein, vice chairman; Jrmes H. C-ohcn, pres.

W. Rey Ftte, chairman of Afco Industries, lnc., Diboll, Tx., has announced plans to retire in June, lscol.ling to W. Wryne McDonald, exec. Y.p. of Temple-Eastex Inc., parent co. Robert G. "Bob" Molloy, pres. and c.o.o., will assume his responsibilities.

F. Warren Pkley, Pixley Lumber Co., Claremore, Ok., and his wife, Patricia, recently returned from a two-week holiday in the Brownsville, Tx., area. Gen. mgr. Paul Pixley, Ken Wilson, advertising mgr., and Ron Peck, retail store mgr., attended the Allied Building buying show in Shreveport, La.

Larry and Anita Hammock, Builders Market, Inc., Amory, Ms., are back from the Mississippi Building Material Dealers Association convention in Biloxi, Ms., where he was elected v.p.

Ken Kuhn, yard mgr., and Charles Amen, inventory control, have joined Hurst Lumber, Hurst, Tx., according to Irwin Walden, ass't. store mgr.

Nowell Flake is now sales mgr. of Shuqualak Lumber Co., Shuqualak, Ms.

Stephen llinga is the new sales mgr. of the wood preservation div., Rentokil, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.

Towers Dodd, Afco territory mgr. in N.C., has been named a salesman of the year by Afco Industries, Inc., Diboll, Tx., according to David G. Bancroft, asst. to senior v.p., marketing and corporate development.

Jim Conley is now managing a trading office in Nashville, Tn., for Powell Lumber Co., Lake Charles, La.

Mike Johnson has been named gen. mgr. of the Idaho Timber Co.'s Texas div., Jim Virgil gen. mgr., production and commodity sales; Brad Bower, gen. mgr., specialty wood products, at the Fort Worth Hq. Elmer Herbort is v.p. and gen. mgr. of the newly formed Allied Forest Products, Inc., Houston, Tx., and subsidiary of Bison Building Materials, Inc.

Dan Fiorelli and Robert "Red" Owens are new at the Edward Hines Lumber Co. wholesale distribution center, Fort Worth, Tx.

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Lyn Rebun is new to sales for lumber, particleboard and millwork at Navajo Forest Products, Navajo, N.M., according to Joe Shipman' sales mgr.

Merritt Sutherland is now senior v.p. of Bass & Co., Erlanger, Ky.

Roger L. Schwab is now investor relations coordinator at Scotty's, Winter Haven, Fl.

Walter Terry, pres., Walter Terry Distributor, Houston, Tx., is back after a So. Tx. sales trip.

Kirby Callaway, Kirby's Wholesale Forest Products, Amarillo, Tx., is back from a week in Breckenridge, Co., on a ski trip.

John Schultz is oPening Westwood Forest Products in Greensboro, N'C' Frank Milko is now district mgr./sales covering Va. and parts of N.C. for Eljer Plumbingware, according to L.B. Dore, v.p. marketing.

Lewis J. Jett Jr., Jett & Co., Norfolk, Va. is the new treas. of the National Building Material Distributors Assn.

Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus' Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., are sponsoring on their local station, KRUD-TV, a griPPing soap opera that dares to ask the questions: "Would Dan Rathel?", "Is Helen Reddy?" and "does Franz Liszt?"