PERS NALS

(ieorge W. l,ester ll, Lester llome (lenter, Martinsville, Va., recently received a communily service award lrom the llome Builders Association of Martinsville and llenry County.

Carla O'Hara has rejoined thc Virginia lluilding Material Association staff. l,onnle Fogel. director ol' public relations. llomc l)epot, Atlanta, Ga., has been added to the llome Center lndustry Conference executive committee, along with Richard Bailey, CooperTools, Raleigh, N.C., and Dwain A. Newman. National llome ('enlers, Springdale, Ar.

Tony Butler has been named sales engineer for Willamette Ml)l;, Malvern, Ar., reports sales mgr. Doug Kohlmeier.

Chuck llliss has been named architectural ceiling dept. Salesman of the Year by The Celotex Corp., Tampa, Fl., reports gen. sales mgr. R.S. King.

Alan Cohen, llome Quarters Warehouse, Virginia lleach, Va., has been promoted to v.p., human resources. Controller Michael Good has been appointed to the management committee.

Harrell Tippit, l-oxworth-(ialbraith Lumber Co., Paris, Tx., has been honored for 29 years service to the firm. Other employees saluted: Jessie Wallace, Roy Bowden, Jerry Cross, Christine Nelms, Leona Purcella, Karl Brown, Keith Garvin, Chris Lancaster, J.L, "Scoop" Giles, John Don Booker, Glen Good. Rhonda Good and Roger Stripland.

William Hensler has been named pres. of Wickes Lumber Co.

Latisia Brown, Wickes Lumber, Greenwood, S.C., has been named Employee of the Store, Employee of the Zone and Employee of the Area.

Steve Newhouse is the new v.p. of human resources at Scotty's, Winter Haven, Fl.

Dwight Pardue, senior exec. v.p. of real estate. Lowe's Cos.. North Wilkesboro, N.C., has retired after 34 years with the firm.

George Parker Entwistle III, Lowe's, Hendersonville, N.C., is engaged to marry Janine Ann Johansen July 14,1990.

Steve Ashy, Doug Ashy Building Materials, Lalayette, La., has been installed as sec. of the Acadian Home Builders Association.

Bill Champ, Oklahoma reg. mgr., MidAmerica Lumbermens Association, has been appointed Oklahoma's costate co-ordinator for the American l:orest Resource Alliance.

David Schemm is a new lumber trader at United Forest Products, Spartanburg, S.C, Greg Crssidy is now a sales rep.

Bill King has joined A.P. llubbard Wholesale Lumber, (ireensboro, N.C.

John Misslin is new to Vaughan & Sons, lnc., Austin, Tx., according to Jim Woodard.

l,loyd Furman has been named gen. mgr. of ITT Rayonier's lumber div. in Baxley, Ga.

Mark Taylor is export mgr. lor Steel City Lumber Co., Birmingham, Al. Bill Burrett has joined the sales force.

Hogan Holiman, llixby Lumber, Bixby, Ok., has retired after 44 years with the firm.

Charles R. Black Jr., pres., J.W. Black Lumber Co., Corning, Ar., has retired after nearly 50 years with the co. William Venable, Flunt County Lumber, Commerce. Tx., has been elected to the Hardware Wholesalers Inc. board of directors.

James Coghlan is the new sales mgr. at South States Sentry, Inc., Shreveport, La. New sales rep. Mark Ross will cover Ar. and La., Mark Kilsby will handle Tx.

Tom Denig, Trus Joist, Atlanta, Ga., has been named pres., replacing Dave DeWitte, who has resigned after | 2 years with the co.

Joel Burk is a new buyer with Tampa International Forest Products, Tampa, Fl.

John Milliner, pres., Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, Forest Park, Ga., plans to retire in August.

Milton Hogge, Lamberth Building Materials, Gloucester, Va., is recuperating after triple bypass surgery.

Darrell Rice, pres., Holston Builders Supply, Kingsport, Tn., has been elected pres. of the National Sash & Door Jobbers Association. Michael Harman, MW Manufacturers, Rocky Mount, Va., is 2nd v.p.

James A. Nelli is now director of mktg. lor GAF's residential roofing products.

Edmund J. FitzGerald, Gold Bond Building Products, Charlotte, N.C., has been named v.p. - mktg. services, replacing Dick Koerber, who is retiring. A.O. "Tony" Maraia is now v.p. of sales; Robert J. Johnston, v.p., total quality managementl Charles M. Gerber, director, national accounts, and David Locker, directorof strategic planning, according to pres. & ceo Peter C. Browning.

Richard J. Farrell, Celotex Corp., Tampa, Fl., has been honored as Building Products Div. Salesman of the Year.

Harold C. Meissner has been elected vice chairman of, Andersen Corp. Jerold W. Wulf succeeds him as pres. & ceo. Alan H. Johnson is now v.p. operations, and Leonard W. Kedrowski, sec. & treas.

P. Scott Linder, chairman of the board, Scotty's, Winter Haven, Fl., recently received the Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce's 1989 George Jenkins Award to recognize his chamber and business efforts.

Peter C. Browning, pres. and c.e.o., Gold Bond Building Products, Charlotte, N.C., has been appointed to the board of directors of Aancor Holdings, Dallas, Tx., according to Aancor's John P. Hayes.

John Widseth has been named plant mgr. of StarMark's Lynchburg, Va., mfg. plant.

George Eliades, Society of American Wood Preservers, Falls Church, Va., has returned from a trip to Arizona, where he scouted sites for the 1991 joint annual meeting of pressure treating organizations.

Tony Tuminello, central La. sales, Henderson & Baird Sentry Hardware Co., Greenwood, Ms., has retired after l5 years with the firm. His son, Trey Tuminello, succeeds him. Charles Winters is the new operations mgr., replacing John Helms, who has retired after eight years with the co.

Mike Brown has been transferred from Lowe's, Charlotte, N.C., to manage the new Gastonia, N.C., store.

Dave Burkett has joined Therma-Tru Corp., as account mgr. for No. Va.

Hugh Calyptus is now Australian lumber import manager at MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Florida Cities Filling Fast

Seven of the l0 fastest-growing metropolitan regions of the country are in Florida, led by Naples, Ocala, Fort Myers-Cape Coral, Fort Pierce, the Cape Canaveral area, West Palm Beach and Orlando, reports the U.S. Census Bureau.

Home Depot Service ldeas

Home Depot doesn't rely on d-i-y customers only. Stores open at 7:30 a.m. to cater to the contractors they call "homers."

Other tricks used by Home Depot to improve service include electronic scanners to speed up checkout lines, praise badges with bonuses for outstanding salespeople and a negotiable salary scale.

Top ranked clerks can earn up to $20 an hour although most are paid under $10. A $50 bonus is given for every five praise badges earned. A suburban Atlanta. Ga.. salesman reportedly has over 100 badges on his apron. His popularity with customers rates the store posting an explanation when he goes on vacation.

Education Tracking Program

Tracking educational programs and courses presented for retail lumber industry employees, owners and managers is an objective of the National Building Materials Institute sponsored by the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association.

The name, date, place, subject and hours of each course with the name, social security number and employer address of each student taking it will be entered into a database maintained at NLBMDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Educational classes and seminars sponsored by associations and companies, correspondence courses, management conferences and convention programs will qualify.

The objective is to track all courses and participants and assign credits as appropriate so that certificates and recognition may be given at some future date. One hour of education will equal one credit. A fee of $2 per person will be charged for registering classes and those attending.

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A miniature door display which doubles as an order desk to assist consumers in ordering sliding and bi-fold mirrored doors is new from Hoyne Mirror.