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Virginia Building Material Association installed John A. "Jack" Williams. Pleasants Hardware, Richmond, as president during its 72nd annual convention April 2-5 in Williamsburg. He succeeds Richard C. "Dick" Hudson.

Other new officers: pres.-elect Ray Hawthorne Jr., Peninsula Supply Co., Newport News; v.p.s James Vanlandingham, Builders Supply Co., Petersburg, and David Cappellari, Capps Home & Building Center, Moneta; associate v.p. Bruce Palmer, Cox Industries, Orangeburg, S.C.; treas. Fred Siewers II, Siewers Lumber & Millwork Co., Richmond; national director George W. Lester II, Lester Home Center, Martinsville; associate director Robert Pearson, ENAP, Midlothian, and directors Thomas Lackey, The Contractor Yard, Chester; George Hooper, W.F. Paulett & Son, Scottsville, and Robert B. Taylor Jr., Taylor Brothers, Inc., Lynchburg.

VBMA plans a blueprint reading seminar May 27 at the Holiday Inn Central, Richmond.

Florida Building Material Association, to develop a relationship between the residential building and building material industries, renamed its annual convention the "Florida Building Products & Design Show." Instead of 8'xl0' booths, exhibitors at the Sept. 17-19 show in Orlando will be offered 10'x10'or l0'x20'booths.

Mid-America Lumbermens Association purchased a new headquarters building near I-435 and I-70 in Kansas City, Mo. MLA will move into the 25-year-old, two-story, 6,000-sq. ft. brick building June l. For the first time in its ll0-year history, MLA will own office space. It will rent the lower level of the building, applying the revenue to its lo-year loan.

Carolinas-Tennessee Building Material Association will hold its annual summer membership conference June l114 at the Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N.C. Programs include Dr. Ed Siefrid addressing "What Our Industry's Economic Indicators Really Mean" and Ray Leone on "Hiring & Training Winners."

Louisiana Building Material Dealers Association's new convention planning committee is pondering ideas to revamp the annual event's schedule, including a past president's luncheon, dinner/dance, industry brunch, and breakfast/roundtable seminar. Also being considered: holding future buying shows in conjunction with the summer conference to avoid conflicting with so many other shows,

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association members at Bill Dading's recent estimating seminar included: Kip Houchins and Martin Meredith, Mid-South Lumber & Supply, Bowling Green; Stan Stone, Buzick Lumber & Home Center, Bardstown; Kyle Mudd and Todd Young, Springfield Wholesale Supply, Springfield; Gary Mclntosh, Stratton Lumber & Hdrdware Co., Nicholasville; John Gowers, Chris Prose, Tim Vetter and Phil McCubbin, Don's Lumber & Hardware. Vine Grove/Elizabethtown/Lebanon; Randy Barnett and Dennis Flynn, Kelly Bros. Lumber Co., Covington; Abe Fosson, Palumbo Lumber Co., Lexington; Jim Hunter and Tim Dungan, Dry Ridge Lumber Co., Dry Ridge; Charlie Quinn and John White, Quinn Lumber Co., SturgiVHenerson.

Lumbermen's Association of Texas's annual convention and buying market is covered on pages 23-25.