Remodeling seminars, the easy way

dates, there will be a lapse during the busy summer months until the fall and winter months when the seminar program resumes. Many dates are still open.

"Understanding Lumber and Plywood" is a professionally prepared program that is presented in the sponsoring dealer's name by a team of expert representatives of the wood products industry. It provides an opportunity for the building materials retailer to do something about the company's reputationor lack of sameas the supply headquarters in the local market.

ATTBACTIVE invitation is provided lo retailers sponsoring seminars for remodelers. Resoonse to these oersonalized invitations has been very good.

-OING all the things necessary

Yto arranging and staging a seminar for professional remodelers is a time-consuming task for a retailer. But it's the program content, how it is organized and presented, that determines whether the seminar is successful or not.

Now, with the help of the Wood Products Promotion Council. building material dealers can sponsor a complete lumber and plywood seminar that's specially designed for builders and remodelers. The program has been drawing good attendances and rave notices wherever it has been held. One participant in a recent seminar even went so far as to suggest that it be an annual presentation.

If the WPPC seminar has been so successful, you might be thinking that you're already too late, that there are no more openings on the 1985 program schedule. Not so. After the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, through its regional and state associations, mailed announcements to 17.000 dealers early this year, a number of seminars were held this spring. After a few May

The seminar covers the basic skills and information the remodeling contractor needs in dealing with designers, suppliers and clients when specifying, purchasing and using wood construction systems.

The program is especially helpful to those who find lumber grades and grading systems confusing. They also learn how seasoning can affect lumber. Specialty products, such as siding, paneling and treated lumber, are covered in detail, as well as discussions of structural basics, including joists and rafter spans and span-measuring techniques. A structural panel presentation helps take the guesswork out of material selection and application.

A great deal of ground is covered during the S%-hour program which utilizes audio-visual presentations and hands-on design examples. Attendees are afforded ample time to ask ques-

Story at a Glance

The industry umbrella group, invitations, study materials ...compfete 51/z hour program lor remodelers and builders... modest cost to dealer. tions. Each participant leaves the seminar carrying a complete reference binder of wood products information and design aids.

W00D PRODUCTS seminars orovide ideal method of communication because they get the undivided attenti0n ot participants, providing opportunities for hands-on, "shirtsleeve" work sessions.

While the seminar is a promotional endeavor of the Wood Products Promotion Council in cooperation with NLBMDA, it is presented by a team of specially trained representatives of the American Plywood Association, the Southern Forest Products Association, and the Western Wood Products Association, all members of the WPPC.

Because "someone has to take charge," the various WPPC association members take turns in assuming the lead responsibility for programs undertaken byWPPC. WWPA has the lead responsibility for the planning, developing and scheduling of 1985 seminars for remodeling contractors.

Present plans call for another NLBMDA mailing this fall to building material retailers. Since programs will be scheduled and meeting dates will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, dealers who respond early will have the best chance of sponsoring seminars and getting their desired dates. According to Vic Riolo, WWPA field services manager, as many as 50 seminars will be scheduled for the fall and winter season. "We

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Kirby Forest Industies, Houston, Tx., has closed its whollyowned subsidiary, Wolker-Kurth Lumber Co....the four Houston stores are being liquidated, the fifth, in Killeen, Tx., has been sold to Don Farek of Cameo Homes, Inc. and Jimmy Clark, Jimmy Clark Lumber Co., Coppers Cove, Tx.; the new mgr. of the Killeen store is Nell Mangerich...

Lewis Lwnber, Benton, Ar., has doubled its sales area with a new building, adding building materials, paint, tools and plumbing...Owner Vernon King has liquidated Seagrove Lumber Co., Seagrove, N.C., and formed Seagrove Lumber Sales, Inc. and King Lumber Co., both wholesale firms...

Woodward Lumber Co.. Woodward, Ok., has an estimated $250,000 damage to building contents and $20,000 damage to the structure from a fire allegedly started by a teenage boy...Planter's Lumber Co., North Little Rock, Ar., which will be 70 years old next y€il, participated in the Little Rock Home Show...

Smith-Philips Lumber Co., Winston-Salem, N.C., held a gand opening last month for its new sales center... WilliamsBrothers has opened a 20,000 sq. ft. store in Marietta, Ga. ...Kempsville Building Materiols, Virginia Beach, Va., had a gala opening of their remodeled show room the end of April...

McCoyb Building Supply Centers has opened its5fth store, in Corsicana. Tx. .Mid-America Building Center opened a new store in Brownsville, Tx., Tevis Zillman, gen. mgr. ...Northside Lumber Co. has reopened in Port Arthur, Tx., Tim Hebert and Tod Clark, new owners...

Hechinger Co. will open 20stores this year, mainly using a warehouse format, including one in Greensboro, N.C. ...Payless Cashways has added retail units in Louisville. Ky., Conroe and Lubbock, Tx.

Lov,e'shas opened a second store in Pensacola, Fl.; stores purchased from Boise Cascade in Ok. and Tx., are being updated with Lowe's signs...Home Depot plans 20 additional stores this year, entering the Houston, Tx., and Jacksonville, Fl.. markets for the first time...

Riggs Supply Co. has a new 50,000 sq. ft. store in Blytheville, Ar. ...Bellknap Inc. will open a new DC in Louisville, Ky., next month....F/otne Shops Inc., Richmond, Va., is selling its Hardware Fari units in preparation for reorganizing under its Chapter I I bankruptcy filing...

Rinker Materials Corp., a West Palm Beach, Fl., building materials co., is being acquired by the Florida Power ond Light Co. for $350 million...although Evans Products Co., parent co. of Lindsley home improvement centers, has filed for bankruptcy, the stores are staying open on $50 million in new financlng.

Broan Mfg. Co., Inc.,hasmoved to a new warehouse and distribution facility in Dallas, Tx., including regional sales offices and a showroom ... (Jn iversa I - Rund Ie Corp. is now marketing all faucets under the Carefree Faucet brand name; bath products will continue to ciury the Universal-Rundle label.

Allied Msterials Corp. is selling off its big Stroud, Ok., roofing plant and ceasing all roofing operations at its adjacent refinery to concentrate on paving & specialty asphalt for gow. contractors...Borse Cascade is increasing production to full capacity at its Oakdale, La., plyrvood plant...

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The Norfolk, Va., operation of Bass & Co., recently purchased by a group of its employees, is now knorvn u Randolph-Bundy, N.H. Bundy Jr., pres. and Robert D. Randolph, v.p. ...

Tetratech Building S-vstems International, Inc., Carrollton (Dallas), Tx., has been acquired by Mansion Industries, City of Industry, Ca. ...Emhart Corp. will enlarge its Bristorv, Ok., K*ikset lacility. 169o with a M.3 million expanslon...

Idaho Tinrber Corp., Boise, Id., has opened a mfg. plant on 20acres in Lake City, Fl., to serve the southeast; James Virgil, Douglas Formo, Pat Sibbernson and Glenn Wells are staffers...Canfor U. S.A. Corp. has added a lumber/transit reload center at Chicago, [., in addition to facilities at Fort Worth, San Antonio, Tx., Rocky Mount, Va., and Memphis, Tn.

W'eyerhoetser Co. rs building a new $50 million, 150,000 sq. ft. Structurn'ood plant in Elkin, N.C.; start-up slated for 1986...Loubiana Paci.fic nill build a waferboard plant near Dungannon, Va., to utilize local yellow poplar hardwood...

Loubiana-Pacific, Union Camp and Crown Zellerbach all posted lower earnings for the frst quarter, citing declines in building materials sales, weak prices and increased costs...

Conroe Creosoting Co., Conroe, Tx., has computerized all treating room functions...Pcge Fence Division, Page-Wilson Corp., which has operations in Darlington, S.C., is celebrating its l0fth anniversary...

l{ood Protection Co. is currently test marketing in the Houston, Tx., alea a remarkable new pre-fab fencing system of Danish design that uses Osmose wood products.

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Ready to use right out of the can, Famowood applies like puttysticks like glue; dries quickly; won't shrink; takes spirit stains, and will not gum up sander. Waterproof and weatherproof when properly applied.

MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER

Ponderosa Pine / Douglas Fir

White Fir / Engelmann Spruce

Southern Yellow Pine / Aspen

Patterns

Channel Rustic and other WWPA

Standard Patterns our specialty

WHOLESALERS OF LUMBER

Spruce - Pine - Fir -:

Cedar /Hemlock Fir / Larch

May

Oklahoma Lumbermen's Association - May 9, district 6 meeting, Holiday lnn, Lawton, Ok.

Interrum Trade Show - Mgy ll)-14, Cologne, Germany.

Southern Lumber Mrnufrctures Associrtion - Mey lll7, short course, hardwood lumber grading, Montgomery, Al.

National Hoo-Hoo-Ette OubMey 17-19, convention, Shasta Inn, Redding, Ca.

Sunbclt Safety Conferenc€ - Mry 2lf''21, l-amar University, Beaumont, Tx.

South Cgrolina International Trede C.onfertncr - Mry 2l-2i1, Gaillard Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, S. C.

Southern Pressure Trreters Associetion - Mry 22-A,spring meeting, Crand Hotel, Point Clear, Al.

Oklahoma Lumbermen's AssocietionMey 2.3, spring board meeting, Oklahoma City, Ok.

Lumbermen's Oub of Memphb, Tn. - Mey 23, golf tournament, Chickasaw Country Club, Chickasaw, Tn.

June

Hardwrre Group, Inc.June l-3, hardware show, Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.

American Hardwerr Manufrturers AssocietionJune 4{, Capital Trade Conference, Washington, D.C.

Pleesants Hrrdwrre Co.June t-9, show, M.C. Benton Convention & Civic Center, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Hudware Associrtion of the CerolinrsJunc 9-ll, convention, Mariner's Inn, Hilton Head, S.C.

Soulhern Lumber Menufecturers AssocbdonJune llF14, short course, hardwood lumber gradlng, Hickory, Al.

Oklahoma Lumbermen's AssocirtionJunc lGl6, summer conference, Fountainhead [-odge, Eufaula, Ok.

Genuine Hardwgrc Co.June 22-11, show, Greensboro Coliseum Complex, Greensboro, N,C.

Southern Forest Products AssocirtionJunc 2btl, midyar meeting, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga.

Southern Forcst Products Associeliontunc 2&311, Machinery & Equipment Expo 'E5, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga.

Southern lleahr Associations - June30-July 15, trade missior, to Europe.

July

Clina Intcrnstiond BuiHing rnd Constuction Exhibition 't5 - July l{, Guangzhou Foreign Trade Centre, Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of China.

[,ouisiana Building Malerid lhalers AssocirtionJuly lt-21, summer meeting, Destin, Fl.

Outdoor Power Equipmenl InstituteJuly 29-31, Expo '85: 2nd international lawn, garden & power equipment expo, Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.

August

American Furniture Mgnufecturss Assocbtion, VYood Machinery Manufacturcrs of Amerkr end Woodworting Machinery Importers Association - Aug. l-3, international woodworking & upholstery supply fair, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C.

American Hardware Manufacturers AssociationAug. ll-15, Hardware Industry Week/National Hardware Show, McCormick Place & McCormick Place West, Chicago, Il.