the market. Gets Results.

Southern Forest Products Associrtlon - June E-l0, F.xpo '89, Georgia World Congress ('enter, Atlanta, Ga.

Oklahoms Lumbermen's AssociationJune t0-ll, summer conflerence, Fountainhead Resort, Checotah, Ok.

Underground Storage Tank Requirements SeminrrJune 12, sponsored by the linvironmental Resource Center, Raleigh, N.('.

Grow AmericaJune l3-16, horticultural trade show, Nashville Convention Center. Nashville. Tn.

Florida Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationJune l4-18, summer conference, Saddlebrook Resort, Tampa, Fl.

Carolinas-Tennessee Building Material AssociationJune t5-tE, summer conference. Savannah. Ga.

(ialbraith Steel & SupplyJune 16-lt, trade show, Lubbock. Tx.

Atlanta Hoo-Hoo ClubJune 19, meeting (speaker from Atlanta Braves), Sandy Springs, (ia.

Outdoor Power Equipment InstituteJune l9-22, annual meeting, lntercontinental Hotel, Hilton Head, S.C'.

Lumbermen's Club of MemphisJune 22, night meeting, Racquet CIub, Memphis, Tn.

Construction Specifications InstituteJune 23-25, annual convention & exhibition, New Orleans Convention Center, New Orleans. La.

National Oak Flooring Manufacturers AssociationJune 25-26, mid-year meeting, Hilton Head, S.C.

Forest Products Research SocietyJune 25-28, annual meeting, Bally's, Reno, Nv.

Underground Storage Tank Requirements SeminarJune 30, sponsored by the Environmental Resource Center, Greensboro. N.C.

July

National Housewares Manufacturers Association - July 912, mid-year show, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.

National Hardwood Lumber Association - July 10-12, dry kiln seminar, NHLA Hq., Memphis, Tn.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - July l9-20, summer outing/golf tournament, Marriott lnn, Lexington, Ky.

Lumber Manufacturers of Virginia - July 2l-23, summer meeting, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Va.

National Retail Hardware Association - July 23-27, annual convention, Shearton Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers - July 24-25, summer meeting, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Va.

Lumbermen's Club of Memphis - July 27, luncheon meeting, Racquet Club, Memphis, Tn.

Orgill Brothers & Co. - July 28-30, fall dealer market, Nashville Convention Center, Nashville, Tn.

Builder Marts of America - July 29-31, show, Atlanta, Ga.

International Lawn, Garden & Power Equipment ExpoJuly 31-Aug. 2, Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.

Williams Bros. Sale Off

Plans to sell the Lumber Division of Williams Bros. have been canceled due to financing difficulties encountered by the prospective buyer, Baseline Capital Corp.

Blue Circle Holdings Inc. has named Jerry Johnson as executive vice president, Williams Bros. Lumber, to replace Jim Stansberry, vice president, Williams Bros. Lumber, who resigned. Johnson will direct the existing management group as they move to restructure Williams Bros. Lumber to improve its performance.

"For the past 12 months, Williams Bros. Lumber has been run with more emphasis on selling rather than managing the business," Jerry Johnson noted. "Our interest is to aggressively restructure the business and plot a course of action that can

Storm Floods Texas Yards

A torrential rain storm in Gainesville. Tx.. stranded motorists and flooded dozens of homes and businesses, including a home center.

Builders Center Boon Dock Inc., Gainesville. suffered $20,000 to best utilize our unique combination of assets. We want to take advantage of the opportunities and challenges in the marketplace."

Williams Bros. Lumber has supplied the residential and commercial construction needs of the Atlanta market since 1922. It also serves the building supply and home center markets for both contractor and consumer needs.

Williams Bros. Lumber currently operates home center/lumber stores throughout Atlanta; a millwork shop for the manufacture of doors, windows and trim for residential and commercial structures, a truss shop for the manufacture of prefabricated trusses, and a sawmill operation. Its annual sales volume exceeds $80 million.

$30,000 in damage and lost inventory, as the 3 a.m. May 16 storm flooded the entire store.

"We had two feet of water in the front ofthe store and four feet in the back," said Boon Dock's Luann Shortnacy. "Lumber, paint, timbers floated away. We're still sweeping

Maze Nails Buys Tremont Nail

Maze Nails, Peru, Il., has purchased Tremont Nail, Wareham, Ma., merging America's two oldest nail manufacturers.

Tremont was founded in 1819; Maze in 1848. Both have fifth generation employees. Tremont is one of two remaining domestic cut nail producers and has the widest selection of cut nails world-wide. Maze invented many of the modern ring and screw shank wire nails and is the world's largest producer of double hot-dipped zinc-coated nails, trademarked Maze Stormguard.

Maze president Peter G. Loveland said that Tremont Nailwillcontinue to manufacture and ship as a separate profit center with Donald C. Shaw continuing as general manager.

out the water and mud." The store remained open the next two days by moving outside undamaged merchandise from upper shelves ofracks and displays.

Joe Walter Lumber Co., Gainesville, lost the roof of a shed and the inventory inside to the storm.