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Moore's has opened three new Va. stores, two in Roanoke and one in Salem. Lett's Builder Mart is the new name for McNeill Building SUP' p/1,, Pittsboro, N.C., recentlY Purchased by Gilbert Lett.

lnwe's Cos. Inc. has oPened a new store in West Richmond, Ya... .Stripling Blake, Austin. Tx., will open a west Austin store earlY next year. ..ilen Jones Lumber Co., Rogers, Ar., now Pattof Ncttional Luntber, Fort Smith, Ar., has added a new showroom...

Hechinger Co. has redesigned its two Richmond, Va., stores in a $16 million remodeling of the entire chain including warehouse units.. .Lindsle,,- is changing two Miami.Fl.. stores to a new format with less emphasis on lumber...

Home Quarters Warehouse has opened a new Tallahassee. Fl., store. .Builders Square will open in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. this month. ..Scotn's has oPened a store in Homestead, Fl....

Payless Caslnva)'s had added a third store in Austin, Tx., and a new unit in Norman, Ok.. Clark/Furek Building Supph, Center, Killeen. Tx., is celebrating its first anniversary since being purchased from Walke rKurth Lumber Co. Roberts, Sartford & Th,-lor Co. , Sherman, Tx. , is voluntariiy liquidating.

Seminole Lumber and Builder's Supply is a new lumber Yard in Seminole, Tx., Eddie Black, ffigt., Henry Hicks and Billy Mitchell, coowners. ..Ray Tylander's lttc., West Palm Beach, Fl., is converting its Southern Blvd. site to mfg. and developing a lumber yard at a Lake Park location.

Madison Millworkof Jackon, Tn., which has been acquired by Huttig Sash & Door Co., is retaining its name and former owner, Milburn Templeton. .Georgia-Pacific Corp. , Atlanta, Ga.. has acquired a Cottonwood. Ca., moulding plant from Rocklin Moulding, Ittc....

Wickes Cos. has made a series of tender offers for Notional G;psum Co. , Dallas. Tx., (see p. 46 for storv\ Port Barre Lwnber Industries, Port Barre. La.. has closed temporarily while reorganizing under a Chapter ll bankruptcy filing ...Steele Lumber Co. has opened a new location in West Monroe. La.. ..Maxev Bosshardt hmber, Duluth. Ga.. has a new office in Greensboro. Ga...

Ralph Wilson Plastics Co.,Temple, Tx.. is building a $1.5 million adhesives plant in Temple to augment its Denham Springs, La.. adhesive plant. Robbins. ht'. , is acquiring Masonite Corp.'s Sykes Flooring Division in Warren. Ar....

Univ'e rsal - South e rn Co., Moultrie. Ga., has been formed in a reorganization of Universal Forest Prodttcts, /rc. (see p. 7 for story) .. .W. R. Gracehas sold is retail div. including home centers to Harold Geneen. Michael Rosenthal drnd David Mahoney (see p. 7 for story).

Weterhaeuser Co. is constructing a particle-board plant in Moncuie. N.C.. start-up targeted for Aug.. 1987.. .Gold Bond Building Products, Charlotte. N.C.. has doubled production capacity following a $1.5 million plant expansion.

Spartanburg Lumber & Millx'ork Co., htc., Spartanburg, SC., recently broke ground on a new sales office to replace the one which burned in 1984; rebuilding the architectural millwork plant burned in the same fire has been completed...

Wirlpool Corp., with is Kitclrcn,4id acquisition okayed by the courts, plans to acquire Sr. Charles Mfg. Co. Quanragra Tile Inc. has opened a showroom in Atlanta, Ga. controlling interest in AEG ,4.G. , parent co. of AEG Pov'er Tbol, has been acquired by Daimler-Beni Corp., the maker of Mercedes Benz automobiles...

Macco Adhesives, Temple. Tx. has completed start-up at its new mfg. plant in central Tx....Mastic Corp. has opened a 160.000 sq. ft. vinyl siding mfg. faciliry in Denison, Tx.. Jerry Massa. plant mgr....United kclnologies Aulomotive, Mt. Airy. N.C.. is now manufacturing vinYl windorv lineals...

Thoto System Pnxlucts, Inc., Miami. Fl. has formed a new flooring division. ..Peerless Faucet Co., adivision of Masco Corp.. has changed its name to Peerless Home Protlucts. Tappan Co., a subsidiary of AB Electrolrt.r, Sweden. has acquired the Diarnond Cabinet Ditision of Medford Corp....

Southern Gulf TransPort, Shreveport. La., has oPened a new dispatch terminal in Little Rock' Ar. .Roper Sales (outdoor Power equipment and kitchen appliances) has opened a subsidiarY in Houston, Tx...

The American Wood Cottncil has moved its headquarters to 1250 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.20036.

Despite adrop of 2.4% in March (latesf figs. ). housing starts held above 1.9 million for the third month in a row with a seasonallY adjusted annual rate of 1.949.000 units Multis dropped 7)% single family homes aiged up 0.7 % - permits climbed 2.4%

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