SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

Carolinas-Tennessee Building Material Asscciation relived "the goode ole days" at its annual convention and buying show Jan.2G2l in Charlotte, N.C.

(See convention photos on p. 30-3 I )

Everette Greene, Mebane l,umber Co., Mebane, N.C., was installed as Pres., along with 1st v.p. C.D. "Bubber"

Gregory, Builders Supply Co., Lancaster, S.C.; 2nd v.p. Jimmy Whittington, Jimmy Whittington Lumber, Memphis, Tn.; 3rd v.p. Leonard Safrit, Safrit Building Supply, Beaufort, N.C., and treas./immediate past pres. Roy Lambert, Lambert

Lumber Co., Lewisburg, Tn.

N.C. directors: BennY Youngblood, Midway Lumber & Supply, Fletcher; Rick Askew, Askew's, Inc., New Bern; Leon Robinson, Robinson Builders Mart, Newton; Paul Francis, O.E. Ford Co.' Shelby; Coy Clayton, West Durham Lumber Co.. Durham; Ron Brown, Brown's Builders Supply, Rose Hill.

S.C. directors: Rod A. Mcl,eod, Espy Lumber & Supply, Hilton Head; Olin

"Ron" McNeely, GBS Lumber, Inc., Mauldin; Mac Lawton, Dixie Lumber Co., Easley; Tommy Bagnal, Bagnal Builders Supply, Columbia; Frank Swinnie, Swinnie Supply Co., Andrews; Sidney Earnest, Aiken Builders Supply Co., Aiken.

Tn. directors: Clay Wilson, Gleason Lumber & Supply, Gleason; Bill Stewart, Stewart Lumber Co.. Brentwood; Steve Robinson, Cleveland Plywood Co., Cleveland; Susan Wamack, TAG Materials, Inc., Chattanooga; Ted Auld, Fakes & Hooker, Inc., lrbanon; Paul Conley III, Alamo Construction Co., Alamo.

Bruce Palmer, Cox Wood Preserving Co., Orangeburg, S.C., was named associate member representative, and Roger Hood, Cape Fear Supply, Fayetteville, N.C., leader rep.

Exhibit awards were won by East Coast Millwork Distributors, Jefferson ManteVstar Sales, Crumpler Plastic Pipe, Diamond Hill Plywood, Atlantic Trading Co., Cox Wood Preserving Co. and C.M. Tucker Lumber.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Deders Association enjoyed is "best and biggest convention in modern history," according to executive Gene Mueller. He attributed the success of the Feb. 6-7 conclave (68 vendors and a40Vo hike in attendance to 350 members and guests) to hard work and holding it in Irxington. In addition, 19 past presidents attended a banquet in their honor.

Gerald Scott, Fugate Lumber, Madisonville, was elected pres., succeeding Bill Baker, Stratton Lumber, Nicholasville. Bruce Humphrey, Quinn Lumber Co., Sturgis, is now v.p., and Charles McWhorter, Clay Building Supply, Manchester, sec Jtreas.

Next year's convention will be held Feb. 5-6 at the Executive Inn. Owensboro.

Louisiana Building Materid Dealers Association's annual convention Jan. 1922inl-afayette anracted 150 members and guests, up 2OVo over recent years, and 20 exhibitors. Guest B. Harold Smick, Jr., National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Associaton pres., addressed the board of directors and keynoted the awards and installation banquet.

A.J. Harris. Martin Lumber Co., Baton Rouge, was named pres.; Curtis Turner, Baton Rouge Lumber Co., lst v.p.; Don Bertrand, Builders Sav-Mor, Lake Charles, 2nd v.p.: Mimi Blouin, Elray Kocke Service, Donaldsonville, treas.; George Kellett, George Kellett & Sons,

New Orleans, national dealer director, and Dudley Webre, Sr., Landry Lumber & Supply Co., Luling, alternate dealer director. Immediate past pres. Steve Ashy, Doug Ashy Building Materials, Lafayette, joins them on the executive committee.

Fred Mills, Henry J. Mills Co., Breaux Bridge, received the Ned Ball Award and Mike Higginbotham, Elco F'orest Products, Opelousas, the Supplier of the Year Award. Ashy presented the President's Award to George Kellett and a Special Recognition Award to Jon Cromwell. Indiana Lumbermens Co.

The board endorsed a new Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana health insurance program to be available exclusively to LBMDA members in April or May.

The 1996 convention is set for Jan. 182l at the Baton Rouge Hilton.

Oklahoma Lumbermen's Associa. tion will hold its annual convention and buyers' exposition March l8-19 at the Hall of Modern Living Building at the State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City. Keynoter will be Bruce Vincent, a third generation logger from Libbey, Mt., whose family business was destroyed by the northern spotted owl issue.

Earlier OLA installed its new slate of officers: pres. Aaron Hart, Crescent Lumber Co., Crescent; v.p. Randy Smith, Mid-America Lumber Co.. Lawton: treas. Lowell Dillon, Hope Lumber Co., Tulsa, and immediate past pres. David Kennedy, T.H. Rogers Lumber Co., Edmond.

District directors: Craig Woods, Overlees-Woods Lumber, Bartlesville; Ron Crosby, County Builders Supply, Ardmore; Joe Garrison, Garrison Lumber Co., Hennessey; Raymond Feuerborn, Blanchard Building Center, Blanchard. Associate directors: Jim Sutton. Blue Circle Cement, Tulsa, and Rick Goode, Weyerhaeuser Co., Oklahoma City.

Big Growth In The South

Texas has passed New York to become the nation's second most populous state behind California, according to the Census Bureau.

Between 1993 and 1994, Texas' population rose by 356,000 to reach 18.4 million, supported by the second largest natural increase (births minus deaths), second highest net internal migration from other states, and third highest net international migration.

The South experienced the largest population increase of any region at 1.3 million. Besides Texas. Florida (227,000), Georgia (153,000), North Carolina (117,000), Tennessee (81,000), and Virginia (79,000) ranked in the top l0 in population growth.

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TV Forest Documentary Series

A series of half hour cable tv documentaries educating the public about the forest industry will debut this spring.

Produced by Jim McNutt, who is active in the hardwood lumber business in addition to producing videos, "The Wonderful World of Wood" series will open with "The American Forest," a discussion of timber resources and management with an emphasis on hardwood. Future shows will document "Wood for Shelter," "Forest to Furniture" and "Man in the Rain Forest."

East Tennessee Hardwoods, Morristown, Tn., and White Pine Custom Planing, White Pine, Tn., are among the show's sponsors.

CONSTRUCTION on what is believed to be the first steel lrame house with fire retardanl treated wood flooring and roof decking was recently comoleted near Atlanta, Ga. The demo home, whidr used 500 sheets of Dricon FRTW plywood, can be loured during the Southem Building Show May 4{.

Profile Of A Do-lt-Yourselfer

"Owner of a new single family home, 30 to 35 years old, married with young children, upper-middle to lowerupper income," is the description Builders Square II president Frank Felicella gives ofthe average do-it-yourselfer.

He maintains SlVo of these consumers need how-to information before they can start a project. "It's the serious do-it-yourselfer that's going to be the biggest customers," he explained while visiting a store in The Woodlands , Tx. "We want to make the small-time do-it-yourselfer comfortable enough to try larger pro;ects."

Builders Square II targets those doing home improvement projects since they buy TOVo of their merchandise from hardware stores, home centers, lumber and building material outlets. They also are involved in an average of 6.5 maintenance, repair or remodeling projects a year.

Felicella credits the boom in home improvement to cocooning or the desire to spend more and more time at home, attributing this to five social conditions: aging baby boomers, a weak economy, changing work modes and changes in technology including a trend toward working at home and converting bedrooms into offices.

"A lot of people think that projects are too hard, when actually, many ideas are simple and easy," he said. "These projects can really make a home a better place to live."

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