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Belloxqt lrr'.. Louisville. Ky.. has closed (see page :16 for stort) Robcns, Sanford & Ttn'lor Co.. hardware wholesalers. Sherman. Tx.. has closed afier 104 Years ILtv'e's has opened new stores in Collese Station. Tx., South Savannah, Ga.. and West Richmond. Va.. while closing four srnall stores in East Tx. near Houston Hechinger wtll open stores in Fredricksbur-c. Va ' Greenville. S.C., and Fayetteville, N.C.. this year

Moore's is building a rePlacement store and renovating two others in the Roanoke, Va., market . . Standard Brunds has opened a store in Irving. Tx.. grand opening due this month

Honte Degr has dropped Plans to expand in the Detroit. Mi.. market. selling facilities under derelopment to Pace Membership Warelnwe Inr'.. Denver. Co., and purchased two adjoing sites (8 acres plus) on Roberts Court in Atlanta, Ga.

Mr. Hovv Wareluse plans a unit in Roanoke. Va., by summer Better Litinq Honre Center, Charlottesville. Va.. has completely remerchandised . Blue Circle hrdrstries, new owner of Wllians Brotlrcrs, Atlanta, Ga., is planning an expansion . . hrd Kittg has opened its first unit in Plantation.FI....

Clnttancnsl Hcnrlv'are, Chattanooga, Tn.. Bru:k Sqryilr, JasPer. Connuuiry' Hsrcfuuue. Marietta. Rirtggokl Hardwre, Ringgold. S/tuntun Supply, Savannah. and Vcknl Hunhttue, Hartwell, all in Ga.: Cedar Rontl Hturhvcu'e, Ittc., Chesapeake. Ya.; Lebaruton Bluk & Srupp{r llc., Lebannon. Va.; Stathent Honte Center. Jacksonville, Fl.. and Attdravs ltanber Co., Andrews, Tx., are new Sentrv Hardware dealers. '

Mot<:astle ltutber Gr.. llc.. has sold its building materials store in Providence Forge. Va., and will liquidate its Newport News facility if it is not sold by tall Revtolcls Isunlrcr & Hurdrore Co., N'{orris. Ok.. recentlv celebrated its 25th anniversary fust Teok bunher Co., Douglas. S.C.. is building a plant in Lertie Wales. Fl. Ctmtirwttal Tiltrlrcr Co., Valley Center. Ks.. has opened an otfice in ]\4onroe. La.. Jerrv Brantley, mgr.

Plneri.r Isonber Co., Henry. Tn.. is operating from a ternporary office following a fire u'hich dama-sed their office buildin-s and an adjoinin-e paneling shed. .

Pltillips bunber Co., Libert,v. Ky.. has 5700.000 plus darnage in its saumill as a result of afire. Asuspect has been charged u'ith setting a fire which destroyed 80Vc otiTltonns R. Hopson Brckers, Marietta. Ga.. several months ago . .

McEvt'en hmtlrcr Co., High Point. N. C.. has opened a branch in the Nashville. Tn., area,.Dennis Stoltz, mgr. Del-Ccnk lunlrcr Co.. Adel, Ga.. has been acquired by Paul W. Bryan Jr. and J. Mack Robinson. pres. and chairman respectively of MetulfDanbel Co., Atlanta. Ga.. tbr an undisclosed amount kmple-ktste.r, Irtr., has expanded its rnanut-acturing plant in Pineland, Tx.. adding a separate facility for the production of plywood siding Cox Ltmtber, St. Petersburg. Fl.. has been ranked as No. 4 of the top 100 privately held companies in Pinellas county .

Tolleson burtber Co., lrr'., Perrl'. Ga.. has purchased a saumill in Preston. Ga.. from the Crttuitvr Cot7t. ol' ,4tnerica, W. J. "Rust;-" Wood. gen. mgr. . . . Av'eritt Lrmtber Co., Clarksville. Tn.. is adding a neu kiln cornplex

Rmrr.sgl ltntber Co., Suffolk. Va. (John C. Ramsel' Jr. and J. Carter Ramsey, osners). has been selected as the Small Business of the Year bY the Suftblk Clhamber of Commerce.

Wallv Lvnch has mored his Brdllers Etpresi office to neu headquarters at 9750 Tievor Dr.. Dallas. Tx. 75143 . .

AtkLs Bolt,& &ral Co. has oPened a service cerrter in Houston. Tx. . . Het'cnel Ptn'alairt. Mclran. Va.. has opened a shou'room in the Atlanta Merchandise N{art. Atlanta. Ga.

ITT Rm'onier ha^s opened a neu 516 million rnill in B;xley. Ga. kuuhent ltntlrr Co., hrc., has opened a rvholesale distribution u'arehouse in Jackson. Ms.. (see p. -16 for storv I

De,ver lnc'k Dir'. of Kysor huhstrinl Corp., Auburn. Al.. has been acquired by Mlaster Inck Perk LoE Minor Co., McDonough. Ga.. has been acquired by Hrnne hrclwnies, hu'....

Housing stans leaped 15.77c in Jan. (latest figs.) to a seasonally adusted annual rate of 2.088.000 units single tamil;v homes lead the biggest jump in almost t\r'o years with a 21.57c increase. an annual rate of 1.353,000 units multifamily units r.rere up 2.5% to an annual rate of 735.000 units starts in the south were up 17.2% . . . building permits dropped 0.2Vc to a 1.870.000 units annual rate

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