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RIBBON CUTTING by (1) Leonard Safrit, Wendy Crisp and Hayes Armstrong signals the opening of the buying show at the CarolinasTennessee Building Material Association's 75th annual convention Jan. 22-24 in Charlotte, N.C. (2) Al Trellis. (3) Cartos Vitta, Larry Dudley. (4) Paul lfju, Lee Aquilanti. (5) Olin Darnell, Karen Weaqle. (6) Ken Hvde. Elizabeth Little, Clint Oarnett. (Zi Kim Duvall, John White. (8) Stu Kemper, Brian Bland,

Peter Busichio. (9) Mark Dotson, Lee Duke. (10) Lee Buchanan, Billy Knight. Jerry & Jennifer Adamson. (11) Troy Wooten, Jerrv Freeman. (12) Ead Geary, Sam Henley. (13) Wayne Carver, Charle6 Shaw. (14) Fiich Bergold, Kevin Merrill. (15) Jeff Norman, Qrucg & Carol Ayres, Cheryl Johnson. (16) Pat Roberts, Karen Hymann, Angie Stone. (17) Angela & Roy Barnette, Nancy Boozer. (more photos on next page)

75th ANNIVERSARY celebration (continued from previous page) marked the CarolinasTennessee Building Material Association's recent annual convention at the Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C. (1) Robert & Jennifer McClure, Carl Tindell. (2) Rudy Cobb, Steve Guthrie, Morgan Wood. (3) Pete Whittington, Walter Mason. (4) Joseph Snipes. (5) Paul Fox, Roland Paiva. (6) Jeff Tice. (7) Janett Thomas, Rick Holloway, Ron Brown. (8) John Hwilka, John Wolf. (9) Mike Fredricks. (10)Melvin Ashe, Jerry Craig. (11) Larry Banas, Traci Hanis, Norris Wood. (12) Clay Owen, Chris Hoover, Dale Boozer, Harry Palmer. (13) Jennie Robertson. (14) Kevin Mathews, Jan Kirschner. (15) Ted Smith, Janis White, Al Traver. (16) Scott Feldon. Patrick Keenan, Joe O'Brian. (17) Guest speaker Jim Meisenheimer. The program also included an estimating clinic by Ben Dale, three roundtable meetinos facilitated bv Jack Nunn, a contractor saies seminar by nay Leone, a workshop for contractors that brouoht in over 100 additibnal attendees, and a tribilte to past presidents at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Club. In 1999, the association will hold its annual convention and building prod-

Kenneth M. Jastrow has been appointed pres., chief operating officer and a director of Temple-Inland, Inc., Diboll, Tx. Clifford J. Grum will remain chairman and ceo until his Dec. 1999 retirement.

Ilarold Bouland has been promoted to v.p. of mktg. & special projects for E.C. Barton & Co., Jonesboro, Ar. Ron Turpin succeeds him as Jonesboro store mgr., and Wesley Bricker replaces Turpin as store mgr. in West Memphis, Ar.

John Pugh has been named sales mgr. and production coordinator for the lumber division of T.R. Miller Mill Co., Inc., Brewton, Al. Sandy llardee, the former lumber sales mgr., was appointed human resources director.

Michael P. McCollum was named v.p.wood and fiber procurement at Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga. Susan F. Moore is now v.p.-environmental affairs; John E. Settler, v.p.-benefit investments; Gary A. MeYers, v.P.resource management, and Charles C. Tufano, v.p.-West for the building products distribution division.

Sarah E. Davis has joined Truswal Systems, Arlington, Tx., as marketing director.

Bill Myrick, v.p. of purchasing, 84 Lumber Co., will also oversee installed sales, distribution, advertising and pricing depts. Denny Bruna has been promoted to v.p. of development; Frank Cicero, v.p. of operations, and Ron Rinehart, v.p. of installed sales and distribution. Brian Dona is the new mgr. in Anderson, S.C., and Adam Snyder, mgr. trainee, Knoxville, Tn.

Phillip Dobbins, previously with Marks Forest Products, has joined the staff of Dobbins Forest Products, Birmingham, Al.

George Harmony, ex-Klumb Forest Products, has been hired as the new Southeast division manager at Marketing & Manufacturing, Ltd.

Terry Britt, Lowe's Cos., has been promoted to regional v.p., overseeing 70 stores in Ga., Fl,, Al. and Ms.

Richard W. Merson has been elected v.p. of Alabama operations at Boise Cascade, Thomasville, Al.

William D. "Dougt' Burgin has joined Southem Forest Product Association, Kenner, La., as a marketing manager; Other new mktg. mgrs.: Ewell Smith, formerly of GMR Marketing, and Eric Gee, ex-James M. Vardaman & Co.

Dennis Brown is store mgr. of the new Home Depot in Conroe, Tx. Don Smallwood is managing the new Fort Walton Beach, Fl., location.

Richard F. Rothwell. ex-Coastal Lumber, is the new sales mgr. for Hankins Lumber Sales, Grenada, Ms.

Al Surrett, formerly with Empire Wholesale, is now a partner of Sunbelt Lumber, Spartanburg, S.C.

Ron Strickland has resigned as sales mgr. of Louisiana-Pacific, Silsbee, Tx. Lawrence Dobraski is now overseeing sales and purchasing.

J. Thurston Roach, ex-Simpson Investment Co., has been appointed senior v.p. and pres. of Owens Corning's North American Building Material Systems Business.

Don Magruder, ex-Wickes Lumber, has joined Ro-Mac Lumber & Building Supply, Leesburg, Fl., as gen. mgr. Charley Cabaniss has been named gen. mgr. of Main Street Lumber Co., Madill. Ok.

Randy Barsalou and Jack Harbin, exPacific Lumber & Shipping, have been hired by Ondo & Co., Kirkland, Wa. Barsalou is based in Hot Springs, Ar.; Harbin in Jasper, Ga.

Richard Enlow, manager of technical support, Georgia-Pacific building products division, Decatur, Ga., has been appointed structural panels committee chairman of APA-The Engineered Wood Association, Tacoma, Wa.

Charles A. Banks, pres. and ceo, Ferguson Enterprises, Newport News, Va.. was elected chairman of the board of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, succeeding Mike McClelland, pres. and ceo, Hardware Wholesalers, Inc., Fort Wayne, In. lst vice chairman is Byron Potter, pres. and ceo, DW Distribution, Dallas, Tx.

Joseph Mox is the new retail programs director for Distribution America.

Jonathon "Butch" Oorlog has been named v.p., treasurer and chief financial officer of Celotex Corp., Tampa, Ft.

Thomas Kollaja has been appointed director of the Architectural Woodwork Institute's quality certification program, Reston, Va.

William II. Mitchell, ex-Allied Construction Products. has been hired as sales mgr. for mining and OEM for Teledyne Specialty Equipment.

Bob Herbick, Ed Glaser and Mark Shalala are now account representatives for the Astrup Co., Lithia Springs, Ga.

Mike Pastore, director of sales; Lori A. Zimmerman, director of marketing, and Jim R. McKinley, director of sales for national accounts, are all new hires at A.H. Hoffman.

Louie Hamilton, Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga, wed Kimberley Wright Nov. 22, 1997.

David DelYal is the new associate editor of Building Products Digest, replacing Sara Daly, who has left the company after three years.

Manuel Laybor has been hired as a yard hand at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Coatings Rise At 3% Clip

Global demand for paints and coatings is forecast to increase 3Vo annually to 26 million metric tons in the year 2001, according to the Freedonia Group.

Strongest gains are forecast for water-based high solids, electrodeposition, powders and other nonsolvent products, with increased market share coming at the expense of traditional low-solid, solvent-borne products.

News Briefs

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Cooper Industries, Houston, Tx., agreed to purchase the lxroot division of Global Industrial Technologles, Houston ...

National Roofing Distributors Council has merged into the North American Building Material Distribution Association as its Roofing Distribution Alliance

Int e rnat ional C omfort P ro duc ts, Franklin, Tn., has agreed to purchase United Electric Co., Wichita Falls, Tx.

Ropak Materials Handling Group, Georgetown, Ky., received ISO 9002 registration for manufacturing structural foam molded plastic material handling containers

Owens Corning plans to sell its 50% interest in unsaturated polyester and vinylester resin maker Alpha/Owens Corning L.L.C., Collierville, Tn.