PERS NALS

Buddy Forest, branch mgr., GeorgiaPacific, Greenville, S.C., has retired after 32 years with the co. Randy Shelly has been transferred from Albany, Ga., branch mgr. to succeed Forest. Steve Hardin has been promoted to branch mgr., Atlanta, Ga.

Charlie Quinn, Charlie Quinn Lumber Co., Sturgis, Ky., has returned home after a hospital stay.

David Fleiner has been named v.p., wood product sales, for GeorgiaPacific, Atlanta. Ga. John Masaschi is now v.p., industrial wood products div.

David Adrien has been promoted to v.p. and treated lumber dept. head at Furman Lumber. Richard Viola is also a new v.p., according to Hawk Furman, pres. and c.o.o.

Marvin R. Fikac is now senior v.p. and c.o.o. of Olshan Lumber Co., Houston, Tx., according to Richard S. Ledermann, exec. v.p. and c.e.o. Daniel A. Ledermann is v.p. and c.f.o. John Mallet was named 1987 Salesman of the Year.

Robin Swift Jr., past pres. of the Southern Forest Products Association, New Orleans, La., was named Citizen of the Year by the Atmore, Al., area Chamber of Commerce.

Tim Bitner is now mgr. of the new Scotty's Hardware in the Oneco Square Shopping Center, Bradenton, Fl. Jim Rodriquez is asst. mgr. for the Cortez Rd. store, and Troy Henderson, commercial sales rep for all three Bradenton Scotty's units.

Kent Phillips has been named mgr. of Lowe's, West Memphis, Ar.

Joel Knepper is the new mgr. of Scotty's, Bellair Plaza, Daytona Beach, Fl. Scott McDaniel is asst. mgr. at the South Daytona, Fl., store, and Jim Brown is a new commercial sales rep in Melbourne, Fl.

Darrell Childress, pres., St. John's Wholesale, Jacksonville, Fl., has left the co. upon its merging into MO Wood Products, Inc., Jacksonville.

Dan Dayies is the new asst. mgr. of Scotty's, Palatka, Fl.

Richard Cole has been named product group mgr., hardware div., at Calcasieu Lumber, Austin, Tx. Steve Linn is now product group mgr., millwork div., and Bob Mitchell, truss plant gen. mgr.

Roger Stripland is now in sales at House's Good Housekeeping Shoppe, Paris, Tx.

Don Knutson, Ward Forest Products, Texarkana, Ar., and his wife, Glenda, spent a recent week in London. Don insists he was "checking on Southern pine usage."

Zeb Perdue has been promoted to comgr. of 84 Lumber Co., Airline Hwy., New Orleans, La.

Bill Burkholder will continue as sales coordinator for Willamette Industries' newly purchased wood processing facilities in Moncure, N.C., and Chester, S.C.

Blake Bammer is now asst. mgr. of Scotty's, Lake Wales, Fl.

Lou Wood is mgr. of the new Hechinger store in Harrisonburg, Va.

Randy Frye has been promoted to comgr. of 84 Lumber Co., Statesville, N.C.

Thomas "Ab" Pevey has been named mgr. of the new Chesapeake Corp. treating plant in Holly Hill, S.C. Thomas Eubank is a new lumber buyer at the treating div. in West Point, Va., and Daniel Shadle, a salesman.

Charles Watson is mgr. of the new MacMillan Bloedel branch in Charlotte, N.C.

Dave Covington has been appointed v.p. and gen. mgr. of MiTek Wood Products, formerly Gang-Nail Systems Wood Products Div., Miami. Fl.. with Michael del Champlain, Jerry Huxell, Dave Olden and Jack Palacio as dept. heads.

Tom Murphy has joined the brokerage div. of Stringfellow Lumber Co., Birmingham, Al., as a trader, according to Don Fisher, pres. Ernest Montgomery has rejoined the Atlanta, Ga., distribution yard as operations mgr. Michael Noble is now sales mgr., domestic and export divs., for Gulf South Forest Products, Fort Lauderdale, Fl.

Walter Anderson has been named sales mgr. of Wiergate Lumber, Wiergate, Tx.

Johnny Ainsworth is the new lumber dept. mgr. of Allied Building Stores, Monroe, La. David Nation is a new Southern pine buyer.

Don Spiers is new to sales at Cavenham l:orest Industries, McComb. Ms.

Candy Hobbs has joined the treated lumber div. of Carolina Canadian Lumber Sales, Spartanburg, S.C., according to Al Surrett. Jeff Hirschfeld is now with the treated lumber and brokerage divisions.

John Hall is celebrating his second anniversary as pres. of the American Wood Preservers Institute, Vienna, Va.

Richard Conley is now the mgr. of Babcock Building Supply, Indian Harbour Beach, Fl.

Kenneth Schommer has been named division mgr. of Columbia Whittle Corp., Chatham, Va., according to A.J. Honzel, pres. of parent co. Columbia Forest Products, Portland, Or. Terry Gery is now Eastern sales mgr., hardwood plywood.

Mike Jarrett has been promoted to comgr. of 84 Lumber Co., Catlettsburg, Ky.

Bob Summers has joined Scotty's, Winter Haven, Fl., as director of management information services. Mike Mcleughlin is now electrical buyer, and Greg Metzger, asst. mgr. of the Ormond Beach, Fl., store.

Charles F. Pursley and C. Joe Cramer, CBM Building Materials, Bella Vista, Ar., have completed the MidAmerica Lumbermens Association basic construction and material estimating course.

Billy' S. Thompson, v.p., Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association, Lebanon, Ky., headed a delegation to the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association Conference with Congress, including Don G. Hellmann, William P. Morton, James Robert Powell and Herb Works.

Dudley and Brenda Webre, Landry Lumber Sales, Alexandria, La., were among the Louisiana group attending the NLBMDA Conference with Congress, along with Jon and Sally Cromwell, Bubba Jones, Hubert Walker and Gayle Passman.

Jerry Negrotto, Lumber Products, New Orleans, La., is recuperating after bypass surgery.

Jim Bradford, Bradford Lumber Co., Monroe, La., suffered a broken hip and hand in a recent car accident.

Don Bertrand, Builders Sav-Mor, Lake Charles, La., watched his l0-year-old son, Scott, sink a hole-in-one during a recent golf outing.

Gary Miller, Epperson Lumber Sales, Statesville, N.C., spoke on wholesaler/retailer relations at a recent building materials group meeting in Atlanta, Ga.

Cal Gary is back from the Winter Olympics in Canada after representing Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Brlghten Up After Trcatmcnt

Treated wood decks coated with thick layers of mildew, algae and dirt reportedly can be restored to their original look with Wolman Deck Brightener from Koppers Co.