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Pollarcl Lunrher Co., Inc.. l'ollard's (lorner, (ia., is repairing damage caused by a $200,000 fire in its planer mill building .

.lccrrryis has hired BernsteinRein Advertising, Inc.. Kansas (iity, Ks., the llrm which represented l'ltal-Mart and Payless Cushw,a.vs

Anniversaries: Fo.rworth-Galbraitlt Ruilding Muterials Cenler, Borger, Tx., 64th; Gasparilla I-umber and Suppl.v, f:nglewood, lif ., 2nd; Mc'Caslin Lumber, Hereford, Tx., 50th

Foxu,orIh -Ga Ibraith Lumber Cir., Borger, TX., donated luntber for repairing the bleachers and storage barn at Huber Stadium ...

Hechinger (b. had a J0t),(r decline in 1989 annual earnings afler 2l years of profit . Lowe's sales in [reb. were up 3l%r from 1989...

Canrcron Wholesale, Waco, Tx., is adding branches in Odessa, Tx., and Tulsa, Ok. (see p.22 for story) .. Linden Lurnber Co., Linden, Al., is building a l million ti. pre-dryer fbr the existing 1.3 million ft. dry kiln

McKinney Wholesole has opened a Cjreensboro, N.C., office, John Lilly in charge Grear Amefican Trldine Int'. is new in Marietta, (ia., John Adams, owner

Mackltr n bu rg- Duncan, Oklahoma City, Ok., hosted a plant lulldlng Productr Dlgcrt tour for Russians in the Soviet Executive Development Prograrn, a joint venture between Oklahonn City Universityandthe Soviet Ministry qf' Aviation

International Paper is purchasing Nevamar Corp.. no ternls discfosed . . . Wayne-Dalton Corp. acquired the Kinnear Division ol' ItarscoCorp,...

Vermont Anrcrican Tool Co., Lincolnton, N.C'., acquired C/airsott Internolional, Ocala, ["1., nanring Robert /.riny, pres.. .. A,lc'o Industries, ftc. expanded its Olive llranch, Ms., vinyl production plant

The Weyerhaeuser Co. pulp nrill at Coluntbus, Ms., expects to be in operation this sLtmmer...

Union Camp Corp., l'ranklin, Va., expects to ship I million b.f. of southern pine to Europe this year...

Blue Circle /nc., Atlanta, Ga., is selling Williams Bros. Lumbe,r Group to president Jerry Johnson and Sonny Calhoun (see p. 38 forstory)... ,,r,,

The National Kitchen Cabinet A.ssocialiort has changed its name to K itchen Cabiuet Ma n4fat'turers' Association Hometime a d-i-y series sponsored on public tv by The Stanle.v Works, will be closed captioned fbr deaf and hard of hearingviewers...

Arkansas received almost a third of the $27 million returned to southern states as their s,haie ol' 1989 National I jorest receipts; Mississippi, Louisiana, Sautlr Carolins and florida were next in order of dollars received.

Hause and apartment starts in March (latest figs.) dropped 9,lYt to an annual adjus{ed rate of,r 1,321,000 unlts... building permits'issued wbre down 7.6%.

NLBMDA Fires Exec. V.P.

Harlan Hummel was dismissed as executive vice president of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association and publisher of the association publication, Building Material Retailer, April 7.

Following his termination during a special executive committee meeting in Washington, D.C., regional associations voted overwhelmingly to approve the action. Although he no longer occupies his oflice at NLBMDA headquarters in Washington, D.C., Hummel will not be oflicially terminated for six months, an association spokesperson said.

Because of the two and a half years remaining in his contract with the association. informed sources feel there is a possibility of legal action since Hummel reportedly has obtained legal counsel.

A search committee has been appointed to fill the vacancy. "lt is highly unlikely that the executive committee will choose another lumberman as managing ofTicer," a high official in NLBMDA remarked.

Hummel

"They will probably select someone with an association management background."

Hummel, a lumberman by profession, became executive vice presi, dent of NLBMDA in early 1986, several months after the resignation of John Martin.

Atlanta Southern Pine Use

Southern pine stars in three model homes in the Atlanta, Ga., area.

Treated pine decks are used in the house resulting from the annual Innovations in Housing competition sponsored by the American Plywood Association and the American Wood Council and the Busy Woman's Dream House built by Family Circle and the Southern Forest Products Association. The American Wood Council ldea House uses southern pine siding.

All three houses will be featured in consumer home magazines this spring.

New Glen Oak Plant

A new plant using a company developed veneer wrapping process has been opened by Glen Oak Lumber and Milling at its Montello, Wi., headquarters.

Following a fire at their facility a year and a half ago, company president Tom Talbot began work on the new process. Housed in a new 20,000 square foot building, with an 8,000 square foot addition planned for this spring, the facility has two production lines.

One is a veneer line using rotary veneer that wraps and makes door jambs up to lxl2. It can also produce lumber veneered in oak up to l6 feet long. The use of birch, pine and lauan veneer is planned. The substrate is 1000/o hardwood particleboard.

A second line producing S4S hardwood is slated to be operational in June. The plant manager is Buz Smoots, formerly with Diamond Lands. Red Bluff. Ca.

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