SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association will conduct a blueprint reading seminar May 4 at the Drawbridge Inn, Fort Mitchell.

William S. Darling, a management consultant specializing in estimating procedures, will conduct the session.

The association's annual family outing will be July l8-19 at Lexington.

Virginia Building Material Association installed John J. Purcell Jr., J.S. Purcell Lumber Corp. and Ace Hardware, Louisa, as president at its 64th annual convention.

Other new officers: John Spencer, Spencer Home Center, Lexington, president-elect; David Ball, Middleburg Millwork, Inc., Middleburg, and Ed Hunt, Windowland, Inc., Springfield, vice presidents; Robert Randolph, Ran- dolph-Bundy, Norfolk, associate vice presidentt George Burton Ill, Burton Lumber Corp., Chesapeake, treasurer; Robert Matthews, Independent Business Supply Association, Smithfield, associate director.

Over 300 attended the meeting at Williamsburg with 52 firms represented with table top exhibits. The association reported a gain of 25 members in the past year.

The annual summer management conference will be held Aug. 16-19 at Virginia Beach.

Florida Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association's summer conference is scheduled for June 14-16 at the Boca Raton Resort, Boca Raton.

Seminars will include one on growth management moderated by Steve Metz,

FLBMDA legislative counsel, with Rep. C. Fred Jones, Ken Spillias, attorney, Paul Bradshaw, Dept. ol Community Affairs, and Richard Gentry, general counsel, F-lorida Home Builders Association, participating.

A wood products seminar moderated by Woody Wagner, FLBMDA director of technical services, will include Jeff Easterling, Southern Forest Products Association; Joe Holland, W-D Lumber & Truss Co., and Sonny Sutherland, National Forest Products Association.

Larry Gonzalez, secretary, Dept. ol Prolessional Regulation; will be a guest speaker at the seminar on the licensing of truss erectors.

Committee meetings and a board of directors meeting, sports and social events complete the agenda.

Mississippi Building Material Dealers Association, Inc., elected Charles Patterson, Patterson Lumber & Home Center, Kosciusko, as president at the 64th annual convention in Jackson.

Curtis Seay, Liberty Building Supply & Hardware, Liberty, was named first v.p.t Henry Easley, Houston Building Supply, Houston, 2nd v.p. Retiring president Janette Breedlove, Breedlove

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(Continued from page 23) l)irectors elected include l)istrict l: John Letchworth, l'erretti Building Materials, Shelbyl Andy Veazey. Hernando Lumber & Hardware Co., Hernando; Marion Jordan, l"leming Lumber ('o., Cleveland. l)istrict 2: Dale Joiner. Joiner l)is- count Building Materials. Carthag,el Horace Scott, Hometown Building Materials, Merid;61; Wally llennett. llennett's Do-lt Center. Louisville: Wilmer Daws. Kemper County Farm & Building Supply, De Kalb. l)istrict 3: I)usty Reynolds, Waynesboro Hardware. Waynesborol Ted Allen, Central Wholesale lluilding Supply, Mageel Jamie Morris, Phillips ltuilding Supply, Laurel: llobby Vaughn, Port Cibson Lumber & Supply ('o., Port (iibsonl Richard Brooks, (iateway Lumber & Supply (1o., Wiggins.

Lumber Co.. Charleston, and Joe Alexander, Alexander's Hardware, llay Springs, were named to the executive committee.

Harry Carter, Henderson & llaird