SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

Virginia Building Material Association installed Richard C. Hudson, Jr., Hudson Building Supply, Virginia Beach, as president during its 71st annual convention April 3-6 in Hot Springs, Va. He succeeds Richard S. Helm, Glaize & Bro., Winchester.

Other new officers: pres. elect John A. "Jack" Williams, Pleasants Hardware, Richmond; v.p.s Ray B. Hawthome, Jr., Peninsula Supply Co., Inc., NewPort News, and Grace Martin, Martin's Native Lumber, Inc., Dayton; associate v.p. Rob Heuay, Delmarva Sash & Door Co., Richmond; treas. Fred Siewers II, Siewers Lumber & Millwork Co., Richmond; national director George W. Lester II, Lester Home Center, Martinsville; directors Tom Bishop, BerrY Home Center, Chilhowie; Larry Shank, Valley Building Supply, Inc., Waynesboro, and Todd Wilfong, Carolina Builders, Raleigh, and associate director Bruce Palmer, Cox Wood Preserving Co., Orangeburg, S.C.

Florida Building Material Associa' tion added two new programs to its spring management retreat May 15-18 at the Indian River Plantation, Hutchinson Island: "Managing Margins & Expenses" by Jack Nunn and a panel discussion on a statewide uniform building code by Lori Killinger, executive director of the governor's Building Codes Study Commission.

Mississippi Building Material Dealers Association will hold its midyear board meeting Aug. 15-16 at the Silver Star Resort, Philadelphia, Ms.

Carolinas-Tennessee Building Material Association will hold three workshops during its June 12-15 annual summer membership conference: "Street Smart Sales" by Bob Gibson; "What Good Is Planning?" by Cheryl Bann, and 'Truckin'; More on the Operations Side of Your Business" by consultant Norville Spearman.

Themed "Playing for Keeps: Getting Tough in a Competitive Business Environment." the event at the Crown Plaza Resort, Hilton Head Island, S.C., also includes golf at Shipyard Plantation and insurance trust committee. executive comminee and board of directors meetings.

Mid-America Lumbermens Association during its Oct. 1l-17 West Coast mill tour will visit Georgia-Pacific's Fort Bragg, Ca., mill; Simpson's mill, nursery and regeneration center; Boise Cascade's sawmill and engineered wood plants in Medford and White City, Or.; Crater Lake, Or.; Lassen Volcanic Park; Collins Pine's logging operation; ride the Skunk Train, and end in Reno, Nv.

MLA has retained attorneYs Jack Selzer and Kevin Connor to answer fundamental legal questions for members.