PERS NALS

Chris Slaughter, Slaughter Brothers, Inc., Dallas, Tx., got away for a Colorado ski vacation.

Mike Miller is the new v.p. and gen. mgr. at A.L. Sandlin Lumber Co., Inc., Mobile, Al., a div. of Stringfellow Lumber Co., reports Don Fisher, pres. at Birmingham Hq.

Robert E. Zpse, resident mgr. of the Potlatch Corp. Cypress Bend plant, McGehee, Ar., is now v.p. of the Arkansas Div.

Greg Godwin is the new mgr. of Cox Lumber, Inverness, Fl.

Richard E. "Dick" Kenley is now field sales mgr. and B. Jack Beene is plywood and particleboard product mgr. at Temple-Eastex Inc.'s Building Products Div., Diboll, Tx., according to Joe K. Sample, v.p.-marketing. Glenn E. Burgeson has been named mgr. of market analysis and planning.

Catherine Vercaemert is the new assistant sales mgr. for Boise Cascade in the South Atlantic region, supervising plywood sales from plants in Moncure, N.C., and Chester, S.C.

Kevin F. Kelly, Melbourne, Australia, head of Hoo-Hoo International, was honored by the Memphis, Tn., HooHoo Club when he visited their city.

Mike Day is sales mgr. at the new Raines Lumber Co. CCA treating plant, Birmingham, Al., according to Bartlett Rainey, vice chairman and c.e.o.

A.P. Whitson, chairman of the board, Whitson Lumber Co., Nashville, Tn., is chairman of the annual meeting planning committee of the Southern Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers Association, according to R. C-ollins Sullivan, pres., Sullivan Lumber Co., Preston, Ga., who heads the group.

Frcd L. Omundson. Osmose Wood PreservingCo., isthe new chairmanof the American Wood Preservers Bureau; Michael F. Godfrey, vice chairman; Charles E. Thomas Jr., pres. and treas.; Byong I. Min, v.p. and sec.; Donn Keefe, v.p. and chief inspector. Named to the Board of Governors were W. Ted Wier, Weyerhaeuser Co.; Dennis Johnson, Metropolitan Lumber Co., and Al Baxter. J.H. Baxter & Co.

Tom McAndrrcw has moved from Scotty's, West Palm Beach, Fl., to the new unit at Greenacres City as mgr.

Bernard Marcus. chairman and c.e.o. of The Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga., will be a speaker at the Home Improvement Products Market, March 23-A at The Halloran House. New York City.

Allen E. Murfin is the new associate director of the Southwest Hardware & Implement Association, Fort Worth, Tx., according to R.B. Allen, executive v.p.

Carl A. Johnson, chairman of the board, Walter Tips Co., Austin, Tx., has retired after 57 years.

Barbara Murray is the new marketing mgr.-consumer products at Chapman Chemical Co., Memphis, Tn.

Neil H. Tester is now director of sales at Apache Stove Co., China Grove, N.C.

Ronald E. Fallon is the new marketing director and Phillip H. Kommers, hardware/home centers sales mgr. in the residential lighting div. of Thomas Industries Inc., Louisville, Ky.

Anne Steele has been named director of accounting and Peggy Lynn Benton, office administrator, by Seacoast Building Centers, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Terry Hundley, assistant mgr. of the Boise Cascade door plant, Dallas, Tx., has been named an Outstanding Young Man of America by the U.S. Jaycees.

Willard H. Jones is the new pres. of Walker-Williams Lumber Co., Hatchechubbee. Al.

Bernard R. Kossar has been appointed senior v.p.-marketing for the W.R. Grace & Co. retail group, reporting to Edward H. Tutun, executive v.p. and retail group exec.

Thomas M. McEvoy is the new mgr. of residential ceilings in the Charlotte, N.C.,regional office of Armstrong World Industries.

Harry J. Kane, executive v.p.-finance, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga., has resigned from the board and the company.

Mark Austell is the new pres. of McShan Lumber Co., McShan, Al.

Stan Brenton is managing a Rivendell Forest Products. Ltd. office in Sarasota, Fl.

J.D. Brown is the new pres. of Allied Products Co., Birmingham, Al., according to M.A. Rikard, chairman of the board and c.e.o.

H.E. "Gene" Parker. Curtner-Parker Lumber Co., Memphis, Tn., is the new pres. of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis; Revis Gobbell, Wilson Lumber Co., lst v.p.; Bob Bell, Bolen-Brunson-Bell Lumber Co.. 2nd v.p.; Farris G. Kennon, Southern Hardwood Traffic Assn.. sec.-treas.

Maurice W. Xring has been elected group v.p. of Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga. David S. Dimling, Dennis D. Melstron, Michael B. Wilson and George A. MacConnell were named v.p.s.

Danny N. Brittingham is now a marketing rep for American Hardware in Houston and Southeast Texas; Mario Suarez is covering Miami and Southern Florida; Charles V. Wobensmith, Virginia and Eastern Tennessee.

Lanny W. Moore, Builder Mart of America, Inc., and Frank Ulmer Lumber Co., Greenville, S.C., was a speaker at the 9lst Mid-Atlantic Lumber Association Regional Exposition Convention.

Cade Cook has been named market mgr. for solar screening products at Phifer Wire Products, Inc., Tuscaloosa, Al.

Ronald P. Hogan has been elected to group v.p.-distribution div. at Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga.; Jack J. Castevens was elected distribution v.p., Southeast region; and Lawrence W. Trammel, distribution v.p., Southwest region.

Kevin Kelly, Hoo-Hoo International, Australia, was guest of honor at a Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex HooHoo dinner.

Eddie J. O'Shields is now representing Fabco Fastening Systems, Townsend Div. of Textron Inc.. in the Southeast.

Arthur Temple, who has retired as chairman of the board of Temple-Eastex, Inc., Diboll, Tx., after 46 years, is being succeeded by Joe C. Denman Jr., pres. and c.e.o.

Robert B. Marto has been named national sales mgr./housing of the GeorgiaPacific Corp. distribution div., according to Ronald P. Hogan, group v.p.-distribution div.

Terry Haynes, Haynes Brothers Lumber Co., Murfreesboro, Tn., and his wife, Lisa, are p:uents of a son born onJan. 5.

Edward W. Duffy, vice chairman, has been elected chairman and c.e.o. of U.S. Gypsum Co., Chicago, Il., effective June l.

Bill Langford, Robbins Wholesale Lumber Co., Tampa, Fl., is recovering from a triple bypass operation.

David Wilson is representing the Western Wood Products Association in Oklahoma and Texas, replacing David Lucas and Frank D'Augustine who have retired.

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