SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

Mid-America Lumbermens Association exec. v.p. Bob John will take early retirement July l5 after 17 years with MLA. Pres. Harold Baalmann and the other executive committee members are serving on the search committee.

Billy Plyler, John Plyler Home Center, Glenwood, Ar., was appointed planning committee chairman for the annual Fall Fun Fling Oct. 4-6 in Branson, Mo.

Carolinas-Tennessee Building Material Association is co-sponsoring a mill tour to Alaska Aug. 23-30 with the MidAmerica, New Jersey and Northwest lumber associations.

The agenda incudes a relaxing cruise, shipboard seminars, and tours of a mill and lumberyard. Ports of call include Vancouver, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Hubbard Glacier, Yaldez, College Fjord and Seward.

The annual summer conference will be held June l3-16 at Colonial Williamsbure.

Virginia Building Material Association, during its 70th annual convention April 1l-14 in Williamsburg, installed Richard S. Helm. Glazie & Brother Lumber Co., Winchester, as president, succeeding George Haw III.

President-elect is Richard Hudson, Jr., Hudson Building Supply Co., Inc., Virginia Beach; vice presidents John A. Williams, Pleasants Hardware, Richmond, and Ray Hawthorne, Peninsula Supply Co., Newport News; associate vice president Edward Moredock, Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co., White Stone; treasurer Fred Siewers III, Siewers Lumber Co., Richmond, and national director George [rster II, lrster Home Center, Martinsville.

New directors are Leigh Felton, Boston Lumber Co. & Home Center, South Boston, and John Nunley, Better Living, Inc., Charlottesville, and associate director Robert Heuay, Delmarva Sash & Door Co.. Inc.. Richmond.

Florida Building Material Association is staging a series of regional golf tournaments, beginning with the Gold Coast tourney May 8 in Lauderhill.

West Central Florida will be held May 9 at the River Hills Country Club, Valrico; Treasure Coast May 15, Ballantrae, Plantation West; North May 21, Selva Marina. Atlantic Beach. and Central June 3, Heathrow Country Club, Heathrow.

The winning team from each toumament will be eligible for a statewide regional championship during FBMA's surnmer management retreat June 2U23 at the Sheraton PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach Gardens. The retreat will also feature board and committee meetings and a truss roundtable.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material lhalers Association members donated over 25,000 white pine seedlings as part of the '"Trees Are America's Renewable Resource" Arbor Day program.

Participans included Builders Supply, Stanford; Clay Building Supply, Manchester; Farmers True Value Hardware, Grayson; Fugate Lumber Co., Madisonville: Hellmann Lumber Co., Covington; Home Builders Do-it Center, Monticello: Kintec Wood Truss Manufacturing, Louisville; Malone Do-it Center, Greenville; Morganfield Home Center, Morganfield, and Springfield Wholesale Supply, Springfield.

Levy's To Grow By Going Small

As warehouse giants Lowe's and Home Depot step up their presence in Kentucky, Louisville's oldest business is expanding into smaller markets.

The 11O-year-old, family-owned Jacob Levy & Brothers Inc., which operates three 60,000-sq. ft. Levy's Lumber & Building Centers in Louisville and one in southern Indiana, will open five or six new "neighborhoodlevel" stores that stress hardware, nursery and personalized service.

The stores should all be in place by 2000, with the first to open about July I in Lyndon, Ky. Instead of construction and building materials, the emphasis will be on paint, plumbing, electrical, hardware and lawn and garden. A licensed plumber will be on staff to advise customers on repairjobs.

Levy's has also been beefing up service at its existing locations, escorting shoppers to their cars in the rain or carrying purchases.

In recent months, the Louisville market has seen the opening of a Lowe's superstore and the passing of Highland Hardware, Bonnycastle Hardware and Sumner's. Two Home Depots are on the way, but Levy's sees a need for businesses that expressly concentrate on residences two or three miles away.

"People want to hop in, hop out and get home," explained president Steve Levy. "We will say, 'Good morning,' and know who you are."

Unr€al, Lumber,Abbreviations

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A & Btr - Ail & Better (large knots have completely failen out).

B&Btr-Bark&Better.

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F.O.H.C, -,Full Of Hcavy Check.

Select Struci - You'll feel like Mike Tyson struck you ::when.you$oetti0::stock:..:.]:..

Nominal - One to two grades below what was expected.

P.E.T. - Pull Every Trick (P.E.T. - petrified).

Weathered Stock - Lumber salvaged from Noah's Ark.

Furniture Stock - Means you're going to sit on it a long time.

Prompt - How your bill arrives.

On the Ground - Where you'll be after you see your bill. ,30 D4yg.- lyhat y-our salesman should get.

A Unit - 35,000 feet.

Jag - What your sales manager drives.

Ponderosa Pine - Ben Cartwright planted it and it should be ready for harvest in another five to six years.

T&G - Thrashed and Gouged.

S4S - Shredded on four sides.