Durable &. Low Maintenance

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Won't split, warp, rot or splinter like wood

Never needs painting or sealing

Can be worked with traditional tools & fasteners

Repels moisture, resists termites

' Can be stained with oil-based products (after curing) [

Environmentally friendly

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Slip-resistant surface

Ken Roblnson has been promoted to plywood division sales mgr. at Hood Industries, Hattiesburg, Ms. Mike Creely is the new general mgr. of the division.

Mike French, Steve Stephens, and Don Downs are new to sales at Great Southern Wood, Lake Panasoffkee, Fl. Tony Luiz is now transportation mgr.; Mark Callender, sales mgr.; Gsry Sherman, production mgr., and Rick Donaldson and Ken Richards, sales.

Eddie Winn is new to sales at Lincoln Lumber Co., Conroe. Tx.

Jim Enters has been named the president and ceo of McClure Lumber Co., Charlotte, N.C., succeeding Robert McClure, Jr., who is now chairman.

Robert McManus, ex-Moore-Handley, Inc., is new to sales at Stringfellow Lumber Co., LLC, Birmingham, Al. Mike Acre is now in sales at the Rickwood division distribution yard.

Preston Kelley has been promoted to yard mgr. of East Coast Lumber & Supply Co., Fort Pierce, Fl.

Phil Hearn has retired from Tart Lumber Co., Sterling, Va., after 63 years in the lumber business.

Larry Crist, ex-Southern Sash, is selling Andersen windows for Russell Do-it Center, Alexander City, Al.

Bill Grimes has been named head of expansion and acquisitions at Cox Lumber Co., St. Petersburg, Fl.

Jeff Stephens, ex-Quality Wholesale, has been named regional sales mgr. of Cameron Ashley Building Products, N. Little Rock, Ar.

Butch Powers has been promoted to production mgr. of Atlas Building & Components, Palatka, Fl. Barbara Sullivan is now shop administration assistant.

Bob Machaby has been promoted to group president of Hughes Supply, Orlando, Fl., with responsibilities for building materials, pool & spa and Chad MRO supplies.

Brad Werzenberg has been appointed v.p. of Deerfield Supply, Deerfield Beach, Fl., and export subsidiary, Florida Atlantic Forest Products, Deerfield Beach.

Bruce Loyless has been named shipping mgr, of Structural Connections, Sarasota, Fl. Lisa Knight is office mgr. and Mark Eide is overseeing the Trimstar trimmable truss product line.

Pierre McNeil was appointed v.p.-industrial panel products for Norbord Industries. Stephane Blanchette has been promoted to director-human resources.

Norris Wood, national sales mgr., Cellwood Products, is leaving to become a partner in rep firm Jerry Cates & Associates, Charlotte, N.C. At Cellwood's parent, Alcoa Building Products, Larry Banas was promoted to e-business mgr.; Dan Hawk and Beth Malone are now in product development, and Beth Marshall is a new product spccialist for its Mastic subsidiary.

Christopher Peterson is now mgr. of 84 Lumber, Slidell, La. Charles R. Wright is mgr. trainee in Campbellsville, Ky.

Henry Sealy has been appointed general mgr. for Windsor Supply & Manufacturing, Inc., Oklahoma City, Ok.

Richard Hunter Cross III was appointed chairman & ceo for MW Manufacturers, Inc., Rocky Mount, Va.

Eric Alder has joined the logistics division of Chesapeake Trading Group, Chantilly, Va., a Seaboard International Forest Products subsidiary. Vinnie Melo is new to technical support.

Richard Chapas was named v.p.-new products for Rayonier. Royce Daniel is v.p.-research & development; Jack M. Kriesel, general mgr., Jesup, Ga., mill, and W. Mike Burch, general mgr., Femandina Beach, Fl., mill.

Debbie Troutt, ex-Bowater, was appointed personnel mgr. for Willamette Industries, Kentucky Mills Operations.

Kenneth Dubuque has been named v.p. of frnancial services of Temple-lnland, Diboll, Tx. Harold C. Maxwell was promoted to executive v.p., in charge of all building products activities. He will remain ceo and chairman of forest products. W. Allen Reed, GM Investment Management Corp., and James A. Johnson, Johnson Capital Partners, have been named to the board.

Larry Mercer executive v.p. of operations, Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga., is also now responsible for intemational operations. Mark Baker, group president, is now in charge ofoperations in the Mid-South and Southem divisions. Dennis Carey, executive v.p. and chief financial offtcer, also is overseeing strategic growth initiatives. Barry Silverman was named group president of the Southwest, West Coast and Northwest divisions; Jerry Edwards, Southwest division president, and Robert Burton, v.p.-investor relations, succeeding Kim Shreckengost, who is now v.p.-office of the ceo. Karen Johnson is mgr. of the new Aiken. S.C., store.

Robert Gfeller has been appointed senior v.p.-marketing and advertising for [.owe's Cos., North Wilkesboro, N.C., succeeding Greg Bridgeford, now senior v.p.-new business development. Kenneth Lewis, Bank of America, was elected a director of [.owe's.

Scott Brooks, Rocky Mount, N.C.-bas€d auditor, APA quality services division, has earned quality auditor certifrcation from the American Society for Quality. He is based in Rocky Mount, N.C. Byron Potter, president & ceo, Dallas Wholesale Builders Supply, Dallas, Tx., was elected National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors chairman.

Raymond C. Turpin, Jr., ex-Blue Circle Cement, has been named v.p. of technical marketing and development at U.S. Concrete, Inc., Houston, Tx.

Richard Kleiner has been promoted to director of industrial markets for the Southem Forest Products Association. succeeding Jim Stann, who was appointed industrial accounts mgr. for Weyerhaeuser Co., Hot Springs, Ar.

Jamie and Eric Spencer, Spencer Home Center, Lexington, Va., are the proud parents of 7 lb., 15 oz. Emma Lee, bom l:00 a.m. Jan.2.

Skip Burton, owner, Burton Lumber Corp., Chesapeake, Va., umpired the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, Ca.

Steve Collins, merchandiser, Scott Robinson, merchandising mgr., and James Sullivan, sr. mgr.-business systems, Lowe's, N. Wilkesboro, N.C., all received their Masters degrees from Appalachian State University Dec. 18.

Daniel Michael Hayes, Lowe's Cos., Danville, Ky., wed Argelin Bazar Cabusas Aug. 4 in the Philippines.

Harris Kimbell, retired Hot Springs, Ar., lumberman, is back from a churchsponsored humanitarian trip to Guatemala.

Aiken Foote has been appointed night watchman at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.