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Wilson Brothers Inc., Fredericksburg, Va., is marketing a cedar log home kit under the name of C.edardale Log Homes... Davidson Lumber Co., Mami, Fl., has filed for bankruptcy proceedings, . . Wolker Brothen LumberCo., Huntsville, Tx., has contributed to the Tre Foundation for reforestation in Tx. .

Handy Dan Home Improvement Center, San Antonio, Tr., and Trae Volue Home Centen of Tidewater, Virginia Bcach, Va., have received HomeCenterof the Year awards of distinction; Stripling-Bloke Lumber Co., Austin, Tx., an award of honor; Stine LumberCo., Lakc Charles, La., anawardof merit .&shlt, Carry Co., Niceville, Fl., and, Board & Brush Mesquite, Tx., were winners in the Champion Building Products' sweepstakes

Miller Lumber Co., Selma, Al., gave students in the lumber specialist program at Haryood Technical College an exp€nsepaid two-day tour of their plants . . . Curt Bean, owner of Curt Bean Lumber Co., Inc., a saunnill and treating plant, Amity, Ar., has purchased the B.G. lVilson Lumbq Co., Hot Springs, Ar., and plans to increase rytivity at the mill which employs about 90 and currently manufactures 30 million board feet of lumber and 100,000 tons of wood chips per year..

McCoy Corp., San Marcos, Tx., has opened stores in Bryan and Odessa, bringng the total in the building strpply enter choin to 35 with construction undern'ay in Lufkin, it plans for three more: Brownsville, Laredo and San Antonio, all in Tx. .

Louisiono-Paciftc Corp. has purchased the Ewns Lunbr Co. sawmill operation at Nashvillc, N.C. . .. Georeio-PrcWhas closed its furniture plant at Williams, S.C., until the oconomy improves . Internotiottol Poper plans to shut down the Wiggins lumber and plywood operotion in the Biloxi4ul$ort, Ms., area. .

Pitch Pine Internotiotul lrc., Tampa, Fl.,will export 2.5 million board fect of Southcrn yellow pine lumber to Jamaica after completing a nearly Nl million contract with the Janaican govt . . . Kenucky Sa*u, Oearfreld Lumber Co. and Homer Gregory Lunbr Co. wffered "several million dollars" worth of fue damage at thcir Morehead, Ky., conplex

The Home Deport, Atlanta, Ga., has declared itseo,nd stock dividend of theycar with a 5 for 4 split.

Edwqd Hhw Lumbr Co. of Delaware and Mid-South Wood Products of Mena, Inc. are being sued for $60,075,fl)0 at Fort Smith, Ar., by a family who claims they allowed hazardous chemicals to contaminatc thcir land. .

Although the GargioPacifrc Corp.'s new plywood mill near Hawthorne, Fl., is not yet in operation, thc co. has purchasd almost 2rffi acres nearbyof pine for $2.2million . Weyerlnan*r is closing its sawmill at Murfreesboro, Ar., Intenwtiottol Paper has re-opencd its wood products plant at Nacogdoches, Tx., after making plant improvements.

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El Dorado Lumber &., Bl Dorado, Ar., is celebrtiag ia 75th year af continuous srb . . Reynolds Builderc Supfiy, Smackover, Ar., is over 50 years old. . Pads Lumber and Building Matqiols @te6 Paris, Tx., is conducing Drcitpes o ustnl whilc rcbuilding rftcr bcing ripcd out by atorn do. AlbcrtFrtt€rson, IrLc City, Ga., bst rbout $4m worth of rloo4 ht rnlcd his saw mill, vood clipper aod quipment in arom firc. .

Vestwood Forst hodncts, Inc. has morred frm Cls$qo, N.C. to Olna& N.C. . A.L. furdy Lttrrarr. fu&a'Ca,"'Cs. inth, Ms., hes rqcoGdlr dcf office in Atlantel .Gl. r :r . cttudvh&r&&. has morcd to tbc Fcrlrdi Fl., arce ftom Ncrpqt Derd, Ga... Jsck&n Vrnlelc, Jrctron, Ms., and Sloleitcr &uflnrl,, Houstm, TL, rrt,Fr dEr tors of Afo rrlbord .

V.J. Word L*mbcr.,Co., Scotabqo, Al, i! odcbdg ilr 90th annirqcery . . . ThG frlt pbase of Entepric hE, e planned 3li(n q. fi. lwn improverrwrt oetttq, ir ru ooqila tion in Ddnd, R. . PIEGTE havc okayed a fuhrxy l.ubr HonehttqinEgffi,ft,. . . Crcnc Brrown l+mbcr eodlartlesvillc Lumbcr Co. hrw Eled F naOcsviltc, Ot., rcporcQ@ Brown. .

&l Lumbcr oecocd 3t rtorcr last ycar fq t tM qr 38 h 3E stort6, has plmr oqlcnedditional3S in '84 rdcl incrdto morc than tsfl) nil$m . . . Weyerhacuscr @. Ma tu &t IW@ol than a third beur of thc &ql in nct inaomc in l9tl . .

The Mississippi BatldirsMatqiolDqbsA iqr.:fu mwcd to ncry $lrrtc[3 s 7t{ N. Prcsident St., Jactson, Mr. 39?fi5, according to Bob Gc[n, managing direa6r. '

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