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These slim shank, high quality nails have the kind of zinc-coating recommended by producers of wood preservative chemicals. So play it smartfor "PT[' wood, use Maze Stormguard "PTL' Nails! WRITE lRl(AilSlS & 0klahoma members of MidAmerica Lumbermens Association at the 101st MLA hardware and building materials exposition attended a reception hosted by MLA president Grady Ollie Jr. lll MLA past pres. Bill & Mildred Payne, T. H. Rogers Lumber Co., Oklahoma City; Judy & Grady 0llie Jr., Geo. 0llie Lumber Co., Pocola, 0k. l2l

MLA dir. David Heien, Marlow Lumber Co., Marlow, 0k; MLn past pres. John Collins, Collins Lumber Co., Ada, 0k. l3l LAT pres. George & Nancy Natsis, Edna, Tx. l4l Mary Dell & Jim Walker, MLA dir., Walker Lumber & Ace Hardware Co., Snyder, 0k. l5l MLA vice pres. Bill Mayfield, Reynolds Builders Supply, Smackover, Ar. 16l Barbara & Tom Nabholz, MLA past pres., Nabholz Supply Co., Conway, Ar. l7l Penny & David Churchman, MLA dir., Moore & Cone Lumber Co., Newport, Ar.; NLBMDA dist. dir. Tommy Bryant, Bryant Brothers/North Arkansas Cash Lumber, Batesville, Ar.; MLA dir. Don Thompson, Barton's, Pine Bluff, Ar. l8l MLA regional mgr. Art Brown, Sue & John Davis, MLA dir., Whit Davis Lumber Co., Jacksonville, Ar. The exposition was held in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. '14-'t 8.

Southem Yards Ghange Hands

Three large southern lumber yards have recently acquired new owners.

McGuffin Lumber Co.. Inc.. a fourth generation family business in Morristown. Tn.. sold its assets to The Paty Co., Piney Flats, Tn. This is the seventh location for Paty, the largest independent building supply company in the state. An April grand opening is planned after the store is expanded from 16,000 sq. ft. to 30,000 sq. ft., occupying more space in the shopping center location.

East Coast Lumber & Supply Co.,

EPA Regs Threaten Hardwood

Comment on the proposal for new federal regulation aflecting pressure treaters and surface treaters who use creosote, pentachlorophenols and/or inorganics (CCA) will be continued by the EPA through April 30.

Sawmills and lumber yards that presently use or who have ever used pentachlorophenol formulations which are sprayed on or applied in a dip vat to green lumber in order to prevent sapstain will come under this new ruling.

F'ort Pierce, Fl., was purchased with a stock buyout by Paul Osteen Jr., president; Williams D. Osteen, vice president, and Paul Allen Osteen. Paul Allen Osteen willbecome a vice president of the firm which has six yard locations and a truss plant.

Addington-Beaman Lumber Co., Norfolk. Va.. sold its three units to Carolina Builders Corp., Raleigh, N.C. Joseph C. Addington Jr., vice chairman, will remain as vice chairman and adviser. Carolina Builders, part of Wolseley plc. of Great Britain, now has 15 locations.

The National Hardwood Lumber Association is alerting its members to the proposal. The National Forest Products Association is coordinating a response on behalf of lumber operations with the American Wood Preservers Institute representing pressure treaters.

Standard isn tyour typical milltown, It's not even on most maps. Some folk probablywouldn't call it atown atall.

But we like to think of it as a wonderful mix of the very best of both ttre old and the new.

We ve got a zip code, but no post office. Cattle grze on our property, right alongside our state-of-the-aft harduood plywood facility. And the people who n'ork here would just as soon spend aweekend fishing or panning for gold on the Tbolumne as they would driving the 150 miles west to see the pro team play in San Francisco. After all,we've got the Curtis Creek Mustangs. Right here in St ndard.

You see, there's a special brand ofpride in this small Californiatown thatwe doubtyou'll find anywhere else in the country. Mainly, becausewe likewhatwe do. We thinkthatyou'll sense that the momentyou begin worhng with our people and our product.

"I think our quality is the best in the business. Even if we were to charge more for our product, I don t thinkwe'd lose but a customer or two. And I bet theydbe backbefore too long.

"We just have more pride, take more ciue, prepare our wood better, stand by our nrles. Evenr+fiere you can't see it. Because we know that wtren the end-user cuts open that wood for cabinets orwtntever, ttrere better not be any holes in it.

Armando Fregoso, Quality Control, l! years

Dataline Name Retrieved

Unisys Corp. has sold its Convergent Building Material Systems to a management group which has returned to the Dataline Corp. name which the business operated under as an independent, privately held company from 1971 through 1984, according to Bill Simmeth, Dataline president. "We are now positioned to take the company private."

Florida Treater Closes

Coleman-Evans Wood Preserving Co., Jacksonville, Fl., is liquidating its remaining inventory after encountering the heavy hand of Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

The firm ceased treating on Sept. l, and is now selling the last of the lumber and equipment while negotiating with the EPA over disposal of the property. "The EPA has certain procedures as far as cleaning up and such, due to the chemicals used," explained company president Jack Coleman.

l{Etl, El{ll labels designed to promote the Osmose commitment to reinvesting in and servicing the American market are examined by Frank Robertson, v.p. marketing, Osmose, and Carl Tucker, C. M. Tucker Lumber Co., Pageland, S.C.

New Bern Lumber Co. Sold

Arant Lumber Co., New Bern, N.C. has been sold to John N. Landi of Mebane, N.C., by owner D. B. Arant.

Landi, president and chairman of Mebane Lumber Co., plans to operate the company as an independent and separate corporation with Joseph B. Blanchard as president and c.e.o.

Osmose Unveils New Label

Osmose Wood Preserving, Inc. has adopted a new marketing approach emphasizing the company's commitment to reinvesting in and servicing the American market.

The new theme. "Osmose. America's Wood," is captured in a new bright yellow end tag with the suggestion of the American flag in its design. Company oflicials unveiled the design during a press conference at the recent National Home Center Show in Chicago. Osmose is the only remaining American/employee owned CCA chemical manufacturer, according to Frank Robertson, v.p. of marketing.

Osmose received an Innovator Award at the show for its new deck screw, specially manufactured for fastening pressure treated wood, redwood or cedar decking, trim, rails and fascia.

Buffalo Mills Lumber Sold

Buffalo Mills Lumber Co.. Inc.. Amite, La., has agreed to Reach Communications, Inc. acquiring all the outstanding shares of the company.

Blgger lr Bettcr At Lowc'l

Stores built around a 60,000 sq. ft. salesfloor will be the norm as Lowe's aggressively expands in target markets.

"These stores will have a small staging area. not a warehouse, and the lower costs from handling products only once (from the truck to the sales floor)," says Greg Bridgeford, vice president of corporate development. "The retail sales volume will allow us to continue our emphasis on driving down the cost of operation."

Increased assortments in target categories, the ability to offer power departments and a product selection offered on a true take-with basis are other advantages of the large store, he adds.

Explaining that the stores will not be "warehousey," Bridgeford emphasizes Lowe's is carefully crafting an environment and a marketing system that will appeal to two of their core customer bases: the serious d-iyers and the woman customer.

Standard store size will be 61,480 sq. ft. with a small inventory staging area, offices above the sales floor, a 10,000 ft. garden center and wherever possible outdoor staging capa- bilities. A smaller 40,000 sq. ft. prototype has been developed for expansion in selected small markets, Ilridgeford pointed out.

"To put the size of these stores in perspective," Bridgeford explained, "the total square footage that they will occupy will be no larger than that of our current 33,000 ft. prototype. We will simply trade most of the existing large warehouse space for sales floor."

"Aggressively" is llridgeford's description of how [-owe's will expand over the next few years. In larger markets they expect to establish separate facilities for contractor customers and retail customers as they have done in markets such as Charlotte. N.Cl. Relocation will replace retrofitting of older, smaller locations. Better location, better size and less disruption of customer transaction were given as reasons for this.

"Our sights will change from smaller markets to medium and large markets for 1989 and 1990," Bridgeford said. "ln 1989 we have over 850,000 sq. ft. of new storing planned for our largest expansion year ever. We will break through the

6,000,000 sq, ft. of retail space chain benchmark and we plan to move more aggressively in the years after that."

Sites have been selected for the first five stores to be opened in 1989. Two will be in Asheville and Wilmington, N.(1., he revealed.

Do-lt-yourselt TV Serles

llometime, a 46 week do-it-yourself home improvement series hosted by l)ean Johnson and JoAnne t-iebeler. is in its third season on public television.

I)ealers can tie into the show with video tapes offering an expanded version of each epsisode.

GAF Changes Famillar Logo (iAl;

lluilding Materials C'orp. has added something new to its familiar red and white logo, balancing it on the word "Quality." "Gn F wants to reemphasize its century plus commitment to being the quality manufacturer in terms of products, people, service, research and programs," explained John Brennan, president.