SOUTHERN ASSOCTATION

Bulldlng Materhl Merchrnts Assoclrtlon of Georgia and Alabama reelected Fred Thomas, Cordele Sash & Lumber Co., Cordele, Ca., as president.

Wayne Cole, Cole Distributors, Dallas, Ca., secretary/treasurer; Romeo Adams, Adams Building Supply, Elberton, Ga., vice president, and Eddie Chambers, Chambers Lumber Co., Gainesville. Ga.. chairman of the board, also are serving second terms.

District directors: Lee Taylor, TaylorFoster Inc., Manchester, Ga., 3l Mark Manis, Manis Wholesale, Rome, 7l Buddy Marshall, Marshall Lumber Co., Macon. Cia.. 4. Associate directors are Mark Barbour, Atlanta, Ga., and Tim Murphy, Brunswick, Ga. Directors at large: Jim Daniel, Savannah, Ga.; Bill Badger, Augusta, Ga., and Jerry Poole, Austell, Ga. Jack Nunn was chairman of the nominating committee.

The education committee, Wayne

Rodger, W Supply, Macon, chairman, is stressing an advanced millwork course this year. Gary LulT, Robert Bowden, Marietta, Ga., reviewed the program and showed the membership a newly completed video at the recent general membership meeting.

BMMA now has 205 main line yards, 50 line yards and I l5 associate members on its roster.

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Hcnryetts. 2: Mike Ridgway. Durant Lumbcr. Duranl, 3l Glenn Nusz, Resident Lumber Co., Texhoma, 4l Mike Cooper, F'orest Lumber Co., Oklahoma City. 5. Associate directors are Kent Cornwell. Lone Star Industries. Tulsa, and Calvin R. "Cal" Briney, Tamko Asphalt Products Inc.

The association legislative committee has retained Tom Rogers, Enid, to represent them as a lobbyist at the state capitol.

June l0 and | | have been set as dates of the annual summer conlerence at Fountainhead Resort, Checotah.

Loulslanr Bulldlng Mrterlrl Dealers Assoclrtlon has named Bruce Cole contact person for dealers wanting information on the consultation services for the employer program recently established by the Louisiana State Department of Labor.

Oklchoma Lumbermen's Assochtlon officers for 1989 will be Harold Merrill, Owasso Lumber Co., Owasso, presidenti Jay McKissick, Overlees-Woods Lumber Co., Bartlesville, vice president, and Mike Nix, Nix Lumber Co., Oklahoma City, repeating as treasurer.

District directors are Jim Cavanaugh, Hope Lumber Co., Tulsa, l; Frank Boerstler, Kennedy Lumber Co., Inc.,

The program's purpose is to assist employers who want help in recognizing and correcting safety and health hazards to comply with OSHA and the new Hazcom Standard. Supported by funding from the Occupational Safety and Health

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(Continued from Page 24) cialty contractors who have received mailers plus d-i-yers, ranchers and others attracted by advertising in mqjor newspapers will be among those attending.

Administration. the lree service provides on site consultations with a trained prolessional staff.

The dealer's only obligation is a commitment to correcting serious job safety and health hazards in a timely manner, according to an LBMI)A source.

Peak Auctioneering of All States Marketing, Inc., North Kansas City, Mo., will be in charge.

Bulldlng Productr Dlgcrt port Association, will conduct the seminar which will offer hands-on information needed to comply with the F'ederal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.

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Mrterhl Assoclatlon is recommending a series of spring seminars to its members.

Presented by SF.SCO Management Consultants, the supervisory skills class wif f be held on April 26, May l6- l8 and June 7 in Midlothian, Va. Jeanne Noble will be the primary presenter.

Mld-Amerlca Lumbermens' Assoclation will sponsor an auction of building materials, hardware and tools April 15 and l6 at the Tulsa State Fair Grounds, Tulsa, Ok.

Dealers can consign unwanted inventory to be sold. Custom builders, remodelers, property managers and spe-

Act 303, sponsored by the MLA, was passed during the recent session of the Arkansas Legislature. lt establishes the crime of defrauding a materialman, making it a Class D F'elony to willfully lail to pay for materials purchased for a job within 30 days of final receipt of payment on the job.

Kentucky l,umber & Bullding Materlal Dealers Assoclatlon board members will meet at the l:xecutive Inn, Owensboro, April l9 and 20.

The association is urging its members to prepare for a l)OT salety review by attending a federal salety regulations for motor carriers seminar/workshop.

Seminars will be held at the Lake Barkley State Resort Park, Cadiz, April I l; the Holiday Inn, Louisville, April I3, and the Radison Plaza Hotel, Lexington, April 14. J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., a member of the Kentucky Motor Trans-

Hardrvood lmtallatlon Seminar

Timberline llardwoods, Knoxville, Tn., will sponsor a hardwood flooring installation workshop May 26-27.

The company recently expanded into hardwood flooring, specializing in strip walnut, plank walnut, oak and exotic wood species.

Reservations for the seminar, which includes dinner and lunch, can be made with owner Jim McNutt.

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