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Kent Burton is handling sales for Westwood Forest Products, Inc., Greensboro, N.C., in the Washington, D.C., Md. and Northeast areas.

Gerald Angel is managing the Weyerhaeuser expanded treating facilities at DeQueen, Ar.

Frank Crosslin, Sr., Crosslin Supply Co. ' Eagleville, Smyrna and Franklin Tn" has been honored for 30 Years of dedication to the Tennessee Polled Hereford Association by resolution of the State Legislature.

Grady Haynes, pres., Haynes Brothers Supply Co., Murfreesboro. Tn., and chairman of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, spoke at the Highland Rim Builders Association meeting in Tullahoma, Tn., recently.

Harry N. Williams, Williams Forest Products Corp., Cleveland, Tx., has been appointed initial chairman of the executive council of the newly formed Wood Products Promotion Council.

Edward L. Clrrk, Jr., pres., DRTEC, Inc., Morrow, Ga. is a new director of the National Woodwork Manufacturers Association.

Louis Michiels is now managing partner of Leader Lumber, Inc., Lake Charles, La.

Robert K. "Bobby" Hill is a new sales rep at the Texas div. of Chandler Corp', Boise, Id.; George C.ox has been Promotd to manufactured housing sales supervisor.

Dick Martiny is mgr. of the new Buckeye Cellulose Corp. sawmill in Barnesville, Ga.

Robert Fluter is now nationd sales mgr. for Canadian Millwork, Inc., Freeport, Tx.; WaYne Carter has added the So. Tx., sales territory to his customer service job; Oscar Wilson is handling No. Tx. and So. Ok.

James "Pele" Peterson, Oklahoma City, Ok.; Jack Robinson, Atlanta, Ga., are new regional national account mgrs. for Macklanburg-Duncan Co', Oklahoma City, Ok., according to Ed LeBlanc, sr. v.p. of sales and marketing.

William S. Mercer, Lake Charles, La., Bob Buie and DarrYl MotleY, San Antonio. Tx., all from Powell Lumber Co., traveled to San Francisco, Ca., for the Western Wood Products Association meeting.

Dick Kimbell represented the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau at the Western Wood Products Association spring meeting, San Francisco, Ca.

Bob Fiesler, Fort Worth Lumber Co-, Fort Worth, Tx., got in somevacation in St. Louis, Mo., and Aspen, Co.

Wiltirm L. Arrington' chairman of the Arrington Companies, Pampa, Tx., has been elected to the board ofdirectors of Macklanburg-Duncan Co., Oklahoma City, Ok., according to Willirm W. Hulscy, chairman.

Jim Venden Bergbe, v.p., marketing for Canadian Millwork, Inc., Freeport, Tx., made a recent East Coast sales swing.

Gcne \thiddon Sr., pres. of Causeway Lumber, Fort Lauderdale, Fl., has been named to the council of trustees of the Freedom Foundation, Valley Forge, Pa.

Dcnnb Henley is new in sales for Forest Lumber Co., Meridian, Ms., in West Palm Beach, Fl.; Phil Enghtl is new to the St. Petersburg, Fl., office.

Dewn Beryeron is now a trader at South Atlantic Forest Products, Inc., Savannah, Ga.

Jim Thrrsh Jr. is new to lumber sales at American Paneling and Lumber Inc', Nederland, Tx.

Orn E. Gudmundsson, pres., Northland Corp., LaGranS€, Ky., is back from a recent Ca. business triP.

Prm l0ime is now repping Byrne Trucking, Denton, Tx., in the Tx. market.

Fnnk Luftrtll Jr. is now a sales rep in N.W. Fl. andSo. Al. fortheMcGinnis Lumber Co., Meridian, Ms., according to Jrmes Mccinnb.

Ross E. Jeckson, Georgia-Pacific, Carrollton, Tx.; Bob Hood, International Paper Co., Dallas, Tx.; Drvid Grossett, Handy Dan Wholesale Building Materials, San Antonio, Tx.; Harry Finney, Finney Wholesale, Inc., Dallas, Tx., attended the Western Wood Products Association meeting in San Francisco, Ca.

Greg Sebrstian, R.E. Sweeney Co., Ft. Worth; Alan Chrk, Slaughter Brothers, Inc., Dallas; Spurgeon Peaden, Wing Industries, Greenville, were among the Texans in San Francisco, Ca., for the Western Wood Products Association meeting.

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Roger Weverkr is a new regional v.p. at Payless heading the Texas stores. Harmon Goins, Goins Lumber Co., Bells, Tx., has purchased a third yard in Graham, Tx.

Edwrd J. Xllllu, corporate SrouP v.P., has been el€cted adirector of National Gypsum Co., Dallas, Tx.

Gcorgc D. Xing is now Tx. and Ok. territory mgr. for Afco Industries, Inc., Diboll, Tx., according to Drvld G. Bencroft, assistant to the scnior v.p., marketing and corPorate develoPment.

Bob Beler, An0ony lhSilvr and l.or Hubcr, Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance, are back in Boca Raton, R., after a trip to San Francisco, Ca., for the Western Wood Products Association meeting.

Drvid Hurlccs, project salesman, Scotty's, Winter Hav€n, Fl., was tournament champion of the Third Annud Screen f}oor Golf Open.

IDll Brtrn, Callahan Builder Mart, Bainbridge, Ga., is the new Pres. of the Building Material Merchants Association of Ga. and Al., lnc'; Ed Hrthcocl, J.E. Hathcock Lumber Co., Dothan, Al., v.p.i FrcdThomrs' Cordele Sash, Door & Lumber Co., Cordele, Ga., trcas.; RobcrlP. CenP' bdl Jr., Hollis Lumber & SuPPlY, Newman, Ga., retiring Pres. and chairman of the board.

Robcrt Hced, Builder Mart, Blairsville' Ga., was a top prize winner at the Building Materid Merchants Association of Georgia and Alabama ExPo.

Jim Gortmdrcr, Pr6., Dallas/Ft. Worth chapter, National Home ImProvement Council, has been named regional v.p. for the Southwest, according to NHIC Pres. Jd Anders{rn.

Dele Rodeluhr and Du Sweeney, Tampa International Forest Products, Tampa, Fl., went to San Francisco, Ca., for the Western Wood Products Association meeting.

Jrck B. and Tlllic Nuddmen' Lynmar Lumber Industries, Inc., Tamarac, Fl., are back from Ca. and the Western Wood Products Association meeting in San Francisco.

Phil Grksc, Birmingham International Forest Products, Birmingham, and Jrmes Scott' Brown Moulding Co., Montevallo, were among those from Al. in San Francisco, Ca., for the Western Wood Products Association meeting.

Joe Shipmrn, Navajo Forest Products, Navajo, N.M., has comPleted a 2 week sales trip through Tx. and La. Frcd Kurpiel is now a senior field rep for the American Plywood Association in central Fl.

Judy Moore is now sales mgr. at Great Southern Plywood, Cedar Springs, Ga.

Jim Duke, exec. v.p., Louisiana Building Material Dealers Association. New Orleans, traveled in No. La. last month.

Doug Ashy, Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc., Lafayette, La., has received the Ned Ball Award from the Louisiana Building Material Dealers Association; Jim Duke, exec. v.p. of the association. received the President's award. Hubert Walker, retiring pres., made both presentations.

Bert Jones, Baltimore Colt quarterback, represented Mid States Wood Preservers, Simsboro, La., at the Louisiana Building Material Dealers Association's annual meeting.

James R. Sobeck is in charge of the new Southwest regional office of Builder Marts of America, Inc., in Dallas, Tx.

Jon Sig Gudmundsson, National Hardwood Lumber Association director and chairman of the board, Northland Corp., LaGrange, Ky., is the new pres. of the southern Hardwood Traffic Association; Gerald Slavney, Thompson Katz Lumber Co., Memphis, Tn., James Maier, Louisville Cooperage Co., Louisville, Ky., Walter M. Fields, Jr., Walter M. Fields Lumber Co., Memphis, Tn., Larry L. Brown, The Brown Co., Natchez, Ms,, v.p.s and William M. Prest, Prest Manufacturing Co., Memphis, Tn., treas.

John H. Markley, pres. and c.e.o., Cashway Home Improvement Centers, El Paso, Tx., is a new member of the advisory board of the National Home Center/Home Improvement Congress & Exposition.

Richard McGinsey, senior v. p. , marketing, Moore's Building Supply, Roanoke, Va., was a panelist at the National Home Center/Home Improvement Congress & Exposition, Chicago, Il.

Tom Roskelly, director of advertising and public relations for Scotty's, Inc., Winter Haven, Fl., participated in a discussion of advertising and sales promotion efforts at the Home Center Show, Chicago, Il.

David M. Saks, pres., Handy Dan Southwest, San Antonio, Tx., is heading up the new Central Division which consolidates the Mid West and Southwest divisions.

L.L. "Larry" Schwartz has been elected to the board of directors and named v.p. by J.E.B. Ransome Lumber Co., New Orleans, La.

Skurdy Richard, a 2l year employee at Lafayette Woodworks, Lafayette, La., hasbeen named "Salesmanof the Year."

George H. Smith is now merchandising mgr. at Henderson & Baird Hardware Co., Inc., Greenwood, Ms. Stanton Baird Horne is the new mgr. of operations.

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Chuck Gehring, Southern Forest Products Association, New Orleans, La., is traveling to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Puerto Rico to set up education programs for southern pine.

Jack Phillips, gen. mgr., Panning Lumber and Supply Co., Inc., Orlando, Fl., and Phillip Whitford, sales mgr., Genstar Building Materials, Orlando, Fl., have been named "Who's Who in Hoo-Hoo" by the Central Florida Hoo-Hoo Club, according to Larry Jordan.

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