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Poole Lumber Co. celcbrated the rcnovation of its Covington, [.a., storc. OneSourceHome&Building Centers, North Littlc Rock, Ar., md May Supply Co., Littlc Rock, Ar., metgcd. .

84 Lumber Co., Winchester, Va., remodeled, adding a kitchen center Stine Lumber, Sulphur, La., added anAndersen window resource center Builders Cash & Carry, Opp, Al., plans an expanded sales floot and new warehouse

Foxw o nh- Galbraith Lumbe r C o., Greenville, Tx., anticipates expanding its contractor sales div. and lawn and gatden area this yeat

Howard Lumber Co., Minden, La., a Lumber Industries /nc. of Alexandria, La., company, expanded its sales area and added a builder sales counter Mills & Nebrasla Lumber, Orlando, Fl., will relocate if their proposed property development plan is approved lowe 's is looking for a relocation site in Chapel Hill, N.C. . . Danville, Ky., Clarkesville, Tn., Petersburg, Va., and Macon, Ga., Lowe's relocations held grand openings Lowe's units in Tupelo, Ms., Murfreesboro, Tn., and Mount Pleasant, S.C., relocated. Knoxville, Tn., Lowe b celebrated its expansion consttuction began in Greensboro, N.C., Hot Springs, Ar., and Greenville, S.C.; Zowe's West Memphis, Ar., unit closed

HomeQuarters opened the first ofthreeMemphis,Tn., locations Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co. chain, Amarillo, Tx., is observing its 9lstyear . . . Central Hardware, Memphis, Tn., remodeled two locations with plans to build two new stofes.

Home Depot is site shopping in Tucker, Ga., building North Richlands Hill, Tx., and Miami, Fl., stores and in operationatncw Tampa Bay, Fl., and Jacksonvillc, Fl., units. .

Builders Square will conshuct a new store in New Port Richcy, Fl., with a 5,000 to 6,000 sq. ft. home decorsection. . . Lowe'sexpectsto open a new Wise, Va., stote in Oct....

Stine Lumber had a grand reopening April 4 for the newly remodeled Lake Charles, La., store Builders ExpressinClarksville, Tn., and Longview, Tx., endedtheir bankruptcy closeout sales with auctions. Lowe 's, Greenwood, Ms., will add a self service lumber yard and warehouse and double the garden center.

Portland Lumber-Supply, Portland, Tx., has moved into a new facility at the corner of 7th and Houston...

S&T/Our Own Hardwar€ entertained 600 at an open house for its new Jeffersonville, Ky., warchouse . . . Blakley Lumber and Construction Co., Davenport, Ok., burned in a fire of undetermined origin . .

Ode ll Hardware Co., Greensboro, N. C., changed the name of its C larke Siviter Co. div. in St. Petersburg, Fl., to Odell Hardware Co. May 1.

Tolleson Lumber Co.,Perry, Ga., opened a pressure treated wood products distribution yatd in Brewster, Oh. Morgan Industries Inc. moved corporate offices to Mobile, Al., from Paducah, Ky.

Decl<sandDocl<s Lumber Co., St. Petersburg, Fl., acquired Suncoast Timber Producfs Co., Pinellas Patk, Fl. . . Armistead Lumber Co. was formed by S u nc o ast president Etnie Armistead.

BMD div. of MW Manufacturers, Fayetteville, N.C., was acquired by

Prudenttal Bulldtng Matcrb&, div. of Prudentlal Mcnl Supply Corp. ,,, @orgta-Paclfic rywda rales officc in Motcrrcy, Mcxlco.

Ehndo r Manufactur c rs,lndvstry, Ca., opencd rcgional warchousos in Atlanta, Gla., and Dallas, Tx. . . Hunter Douglas Architecnral Products, Inc, doublcd poduction capacity at itsAtlants, Ga.,mctal ceiling plant. .

Stanlcy Works is sponcoring "Homctime," a d-i-y building and homc improvemcnt ptogram, on public tv. Georgia Paciftc is stenciling products produced in Crossett, At., among otherc, to show that they are an official sponsot of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team. .

Fikcs Tluck Line expanded its Hope, Ar., headquarters office and added two dispatchers

Melamine Decorative laminate Inc, opened a new plant in Ruston, La. . . . Carpenter Contractors of America bought a truss plant formerly operated by Scoryb in Winter Haven, Fl. Sherwin Williams Co. is building a distribution center in Wintet Haven.

Potlatch Corp. is building a new sawmill in Waren, Ar. (see p. 27 for story)

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., with funds from nearly 30 industry supportefs for a Centet fot Forest Ptoducts Marketing is seeking federal funds to aid in developing the regional research and training facility.

Ouachita timber purchasers in Arkansas expect a positive effect ftom Agriculture Secretary Edwatd Madigan's proposal to replace administrative appeals on U.S. Forest Service decisionswith a 30 davnonbinding public comment perild . .

Housing sfarls jumped 6.4% in March (latest figs.) to an annual adjusted rate of 1,365,000 driving force was a 63J% increase in multi starts with five or more units and a doubling of two to four units; single family starts fell 23% . . permits fell6.5%. . many economists felt the high multi numbers wefe a statistical fluke almost certain to fall back.