PERS NALS

Roy Elder is back at Port Barre Lumber Industries, Port Barre, La. after a West Coast business trip.

Clyde Woodward has been named mgr. of the Crown Zellerbach Treated Wood Products plant at Urania, La., succeeding Hank Williams who is going to Crown Zellerbach's Southern Energy Resources as mgr. of special projects.

Robert "Butch" Miller is the new sales mgr. of lumber and plywood for Boise-Southern, Florien, La.

LanceDownin, E.A. Griffith, Inc., Manassas, Va., is retiring after nearly 50 years in the industry.

Gerald Phillip Cochrane has been appointed district mgr. for Mannington Mills in Tn., Ky. and Ms.; Thomas M. Eaton, district mgr., Southern Fl., and Mark Hollinger, contract specialist for the Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth metropolitan areas, according to Jack Hollinger, v.p., sales.

Mike and Terry Diecidue, Dash Lumber, New Orleans, La., are parents of a baby girl born Jan. 9.

Charles Vignal, Canadian Millwork Inc., Freeport, Tx., is a returning board member for the Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association.

Jim Inglis has joined the Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga., as a senior merchandiser, hardline category. He had been v.p. of merchandising at the Dixieline Lumber Co., San Diego, Ca.

Frazier Hewlett is succeeding his father, William Hewlett, as sales rep in N.C., S.C., Va., and Eastern Tn. , for States Industries, Eugene, Or.

Bob Cunningham, chairman of the board of Tahlequah Lumber Co., Tahlequah, Ok., is chairing a fund raising campaign for the Cherokee National Historical Society.

Murray Beosley has joined Cox Lumber Co., St. Petersburg, Fl., as regional truss mgr. for the Southern Div. Greg Godwin has been promoted to mgr. at the Inverness facility. Frank Robson is the new mgr. at Port Richey.

Dewayne McCauley has been promoted to lngr. at the 84 Lumber store in Smyrna, Ga.

Bill Liveley and Bill Liveley Jr., operators of the Payless Lumber Co., Palestine, Tx., were commended for providing their plane and pilot to assist local police in a manhunt.

Dennis D. Gormley is now marketing development mgr. for central air conditioning and heating products at Amana Refrigeration Inc.

George J. Winchell has been appointed deputy group executive-finance and administration for the W.R. Grace & Co. retail group, reporting to Edward H. Tutun, retail group executive and executive v.p.

William F. Graham of the Cedar Shingle and Shake Bureau was guest sPeaker at a recent Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Hoo-Hoo meeting, according to R.D. Deering, pres.

Dudley Collins has joined Cox Lumber Co., Sarasota, Fl., as mgr.

Arthur Temple, retired chairman of Temple-Eastex, Inc., Diboll, Tx., will continue on the board of directors of Time Inc.; Lumbermen's Investment Corp., and as a trustee of the T.L.L. Temple Foundation.

Dale Fullon, Walker Builders Supply, Inc., is the 1983 chairman of the Florida Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association Pro-Loggers; Charles lrvine, Florida Pacific Lumber Co., vice chairman, and Rob Rebol, Raymond Building Supply Corp., treas.

Margaret Stanton is new to the Rushton, La., sales office of Willamette Industries, Inc.

William Deffler has joined McCoy Lumber Co., Greensboro, N.C. in sales.

Randy Mrsse is new to the trading staff of Stringfellow Lumber Co., Birmingham, Al.

Charlie Waters. I)exter Reese and Chuck Amor are opening a Santiam-Midwest branch in Birmingham, Al.

Jerry W. Plrnt has joined Allied Materials Corp., Oklahoma City, Ok., as chief financial officer, according to Thomas Barbour, pres.

Mahlon D. Edwards has been named corporate sec. of Southern Railway, Norfolk, Va., succeeding Milton M. Davenporl who has retired after 42 years. Judith T. Flakowicz has been appointed assistant corporate sec.

Paul L. Osteen, Jr., pres. and 30 Year employee of East Coast Lumber and Supply Co., Cocoa, Fl., and Nels E. Hallstrom, Sr., v.p.-gen. mgr. and 57 year employee, recently presented service awards to Mack MoraSue' Rubin Robinson, 25 years; Don Osteen' 20 years; Lucille K. Malizia' 15 years, and Robert E. Burrows, l0 yeari.

Steve and Debbie Ashy, Doug AshY Building Materials, Lafayette, La., welcomed a new daughter on Jan. 27.

Lonnie G. Morris, III has been named district mgr. for the Manville Building Materials marketing div. in Fort Worth, Tx. with Roger C. Martin as assistant district mgr.

Carol Furneaux has joined Sykes Flooring Products, Warren, Ar., as customer service rep, according to Thomas V. Maxwell, sales mgr.

Kelly Benes, mgr. of Sorrell Lumber Co. , Pawnee, Ok., is the new Pres. of the Pawnee Chamber of Commerce.

Talmage G. Rogers, Jr. has been elected group v.p. of the newly formed Preengineered building systems group at The Ceco Corp.,according to Erwin E. Schulze, pres. and c.o.o.

Jim P. Konnerth has been named national sales mgr. of the Halo Lighting Division, McGraw-Edison Co., according to Ed Schnoll, v'P., marketing and sales.

Daryl Lansdale, former pres. of Handy City, Atlanta, Ga., is heading the new Central Region of W.R. Grace's home center div. in San Antonio, Tx. David Saks has left the comPanY. Frank Denny, pres. of the home center div., New York, has resigned.

Robert "Bob" Du Plain has retired from Slaughter Industries, Inc., Dallas, Tx., after 30 years.

Buck Sutton is now mgr. at Hechinger's in Winston-Salem, N.C. Tom Ratcliffe will be sales mgr.; George Ipock, administrative mgr.; Keith Gales, operations mgr.

Robert C. David has been named c.o.o. at Clairson International, Ocala, Fl., according to Don Sauey, pres.

Ron Lawrence, new area mgr. for States Industries, Eugene, Or., is responsible for sales in Ar., La., Ms' and Tn.

Grey Ryback and Elmar Brock, Trinity Forest Products, Hurst, Tx., attended the Western Wood Products Association meeting in San Francisco, Ca.

Dennis Winkler, regional mgr. tbr Handy Dan, Houston, Tx., has been aPpointed regional mgr. for the new W.R. Grace & Co. House Works stores in New Orleans, La. Robert Finwall. New Orleans regional mgr. of Handy City, was named regional merchandise mgr. and Joseph R. Dickerson, store mgr. in HarveY. James R. Hamby and Richard M. Pietri are assistant store rqgrs.

Don Garner, International Paper Co., Dallas, Tx,, has been selected as chairman of American Wood Preservers Institute's international trade committee.

Stephen P. Bumpas has been named sales rep for the Manville Building Materials marketing div. based in Fort Worth, Tx.