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I)on and Tracy (lole have purchased Gogt' Luntber end ltaxl' wure, Inc., (iage. Ok., liom l.-arl Randolph who has retired . (hark flaftluund Lumber ('o., (llarksville, Ar., is now (it,ttcrel .Stora c8 Lwnbcr (ir. with l)<ln Sims as new owner . .

N.C., laminating and renranulacturing plant to ('olumbia l'orcsl Protlucts, Portland, Or., Ron Steinbrink, general mgr., and l-arry l]randon, sales mgr.

Hood lnduslrics has acquired the lntcrnntionol Pupt'r ntill in Coushatta. La.. with Norm White, Waynesboro, Ms., handling sales for mills in both locations

U4 l-utnber plans to open 200 additional stores in the next l0 years; regional buying olTices in Jacksonville, Irl., and Pineville, N.C., have been closed in a purchasing dept. reorganization .

I)avis Lunhar & .Supply is new in (ilenwood, Ar., Wayne l)avis, owner. and Johnny Lee, mgr. . l'|/ynne Lumbcr Co.. Wynne, Ar., has closed its downtown store . Henson Lumher (b., Wynne, Ar., has been acquired by Jerry Caldwell, who will move Caldwell Lumhar ( o. to thatlocation...

Potkilch Corp., Warren, Ar.. has added 200,000 ft. of additional kiln capacity, mostly for hardwood, total capacity is now 260,000 ft.: they anticipate adding a planer later this Year

A Handy l)an in Knoxville. Tn., will be closed April I by Channel Hrnne C)enters lrlr'. (see p. 5 for story); a (iarland, Tx., unit closed earlier .

I{igginbothom-Bartlett has set July I as opening day for a facility being built on 3 acres in Stamford, Tx. (see p. 5 for story)

Iiill's Home C'enter is the new name for Woods Lwnber C'o., Pawhuska. Ok., acquired by Bill Corsaut, yard mgr., after it closed

Tlrc Paty &r. Piney F'lats, Tn., has established an Aerobic Clhallenge wellness program for employees. . Sc'o/l1".e, Winter llaven, ltl., received a silver award from the Amerit'on Lung Association o/' Florida for its antismoking policies Home DePot Inc. has been named Southeastern Company of the Year (see p. 5 for story) . .

Phoenix Lunber Cb., lJenry, Tn., has been acquired by Coastal Lumber Gr. (see p. 5 for story) . .

GAF lJuilding Marerial (-orP. has installed a new production line at its Savannah, (ia., plant . . . Peachtret' Doors and Windows, Norcross. Ga., has opened a western mfg. depot in North Las Vegas.Nv....

Home Depot. Atlanta. Ga'. opened its first northeast store in East Hanover, N.J., with Plans to open as many as eight this Year in N.Y.. N.J. and Ct. and from 50 to 75 northeast units in the next several years. Hecltingeropened its eighth store in the Philadelphia, Pa., metroPolitan area with a ninth scheduled to oPen later this spring

Three .States \upply Co., Memphis, Tn., plans to relocate Little Rock, Ar., offices to the former site of .Scott Sash and Door Co.. .. Ervnt', lnt'.. Peachtree City, Ga., has a new office in the Richmond, Va., arsa, Roy Griffin in charge . Weyerhaeuser Co. has sold its Thomasville,

Rivar Cit), Moulding, an operation owned by the Walter M' Fields Lumbcr Co.. Memphis, Tn., is the flrst mfr. to use the Hunlwood lnstitutt"s new promotional symbol ... WoodTek Produt'ls bY' Texlone, /nr'., Charleston, S.C'.. has acquired 4lmodttr, lnc., Azusa., Ca., a cabinet door mfr. . . . Bel. wood U.5,4, Inc., an ownerlmanagement group, has Purchased t[e assets of Belwood' Irtt'.. Ackerman, Ms....

Housing st{trts for Jan. (latest figs.) were up 8.001, to an annual rate of 1.69 million units . , single family starts were up 7.1%l multi-units up 10.1oln , building permits dropped 2.7010.