Texas dealerst round.up

LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION of Texas held its 113th annual convention and buvino market Aoril

29-May 1 at the San Antonio Ccinv6ntion Cenier. Among the exhibitors were: (1) Greg Cuke, Scott Stanford. (2) Scott & Corey Ttrbmas'on. (3) Grant Smith flanktid by two out-of-towners. 1C) nicnarO Ledermann, Bob Ashley, Marvin Fikac. (5) Mark Harless, Dave Reichert, John Shanks. (6) Perry Ritchey, Don Smith, Sr. (7) Dave Penny, Myron Mc0orinick, Gregg Pittman, Jim Weber. iS) Keith Canion, Gary Cox, Jeff Proznik. (9) Scott Gilbreath,

Maurice Dudley, Bill Denney. (10) Ed Krebel, Sandi Cole, Pete Stahman. (11) Steve Taylor, Rich Taylor.

(12) Robert Posey, Shelia Price, Randy Bowers.

(13) Adonn Slone, Barbara Douglas, Bill Robinson, Bob Burns. (1a) Ted Leslie, Earl Hankamer, Robert Witte. (15) Dean Winters, John Snead, Phil Kimery.

(16) Tess Hutton, Tom Lynn, Kris Lewis. (17) Walter Foxworth, Betty Evans.

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ASSOCIATION exec. v.p. (1) Barbara Douglas, new pres. Don DeGroot at LAT's recent convention (continued from previous pages). (21 Daryl Carter, David Jordan. (3) Bret Wood Dennis Raymond, Dave Luce, Chip Emms. (4) Van Hughes, Roy Sawyer. (5) Chris Counts, Trent Leon, Michael DeArmon. (6) Ed Kennedy, Rose Gobea, Bob Brown, Mike Tompkins, (7) Mack Seeton, James Mclntyre, John Butcher, Al Cron, Keith Haines, Tommy Spears. (8) Sondra Taylor, Tamara Mankins, Alecia Lee. (9) Blair Huffman, Becky Pany, Patty Owens, Steve Williams. (10) Scott Higgins, Carl Burchfield, Pat Barton. (11) Porter Taylor. (12) Megan Schuldt, Orjan McCarty, Tanisha Duhart, Robert Foreman. (13) MiguelGonzales. (14) Frank Stewart. (15) Pete Smart, Tim Franklin.

llew Officers

President Don DeGroot, R.E. Sweeney Co., Fort Worlh

1sl v.p. Bob Burns, Weet End Lumber Co., Houston

2nd v.p. Roy Deering, Fort Worth Lumber Co., Forl Worth

Associate v.p. Glenn Gassiott, Georgia-Paofic Corp., Round Rock

Treasurer Kyle McCarley, Paris Lumber & Building Center, Paris

Secretary Harvey Parker, Barnes & McGullough Lumber, Stephenvilte

Sgt. al arms Mitja Peterman, Allied Lumber & Merchandise lnc., Sealy lmmedlate past presidenl Adonn Slone, Slone Lumber Co., Santa Fe Awards

Associate iibmber ot m Year Craig Lott, Texas Wholesale, Canollton Lumberman ot ure Year Bill Robinson, Higginbotham Bros., Comanche llruce Staggs has becn promoted to v.p. of opcrations at Primesource, Carrollton, Tx. Andy Spyhalski and Ted Vinci are now director, and national sales mgr., rcspectively, of the BMG Group.

Heather Vidrine, ex-ABS, and Mike Engen, ex-Edward Hines Wholesale Lumbcr, are new forest products traders at Ace llardware's Peachtree City, Ca., LBM ofllce.

Ron Coker has bcen named sales mgr., lumber division at Hood lndustries, Hatticsburg, Ms., succeeding Carol Pipkins, who has rctired aftcr nine ycars with the company.

Carl Pledger, warehousc mgr., has retired alicr 50 years with Whccler's Building Materials, Rome, Ga.

M. David Warner is now chief administration otficer and Randall D. Levy cfo at Temple-lnland, Diboll, Tx.

Tim Dwyer is the new co-mgr. of 84 Lumber, Abingdon, Va. James Kennedy is mgr. trainee in Knoxville, Tn.; Randy Hargett, mgr. trainee, Marysville, Ky.. and Jeff Bragg, comgr., Salem, Va.

Jeb Fields has joined Walter M. Fields Lumber Co., Memphis, Tn. Hc is the lilih generation of his lamily to work in thc hardwood lumber business.

Don Selby, general mgr. of operations lbr distribution, Louisiana-Pacific (formerly Rounds & Porter), Wichita, Ks., has retired atler 45 years in the business.

Ray Breedlove has been promoted to general sales mgr. at Randall Brothers, lnc., Atlanta, Ga. Harvey Tatum has been named chairman of the board.

Mark Sattler has been promoted to cfo of Dallas Wholesale Builders Supply, lnc.. Dallas. Tx. Bob Wilson is a distribution specialist for southeast Texas.

A.D. "Pete" Correll, Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga., James S. Balloun and Robert Carswell have been re-elected to the G-P board thru 2002.

William S. 3'Bill" Davila, retired president & ceo, Vons Co., has been named a director of Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga., replacing Johnetta B. Cole, who resigned in April. Tim Shaw is mgr. of the new Collierville, Tn., store, with Jeanna Shellenberger assistant mgr.