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Dick Farrar Sr., 84, owner of Williams Lumber & Supply Co., Fayetteville, Tn., died May 6 in Huntsville, Al.

He had owned and operated the company since 1963.

Ralph Harrison, 86, president of J.E. Chilton Millwork and Lumber, and founder/owner of Brown Wood Inc., Nashville, Tn., died March 5.

Mr. Harrison was a past president of both the Architectural Woodwork Institute and the Southern Woodwork Assocation.

Dan Smith, 62, former sales manager at Culp Lumber Co., New London, N.C., died Apil23.

Rev. Warren Lynn Risher, 54, Anderson Lumber Co., Maryville, Tn., died April l.

Hugh Love, 72, retired communications director for the American Plywood Association (now APA-The Engineered Wood Association), died from a heart attack April 25.

A native of Northern Ireland, he worked at the Plywood Manufacturers

Association of British Columbia before joining APA in 1968.

He retired in 199 I

Donald L. Kelly, 63, retired sawyer for Ocala Lumber Sales, Ocala, Fl., died March 30 in Clearwater, Fl.

Mr. Kelly was an Army veteran.

Truss Plant Gutted By Fire

Mid-America Lumber's Lawton, Ok., truss plant was destroyed in a fire last month.

No injuries were reported, but damage from the May 1l blaze was estimated at between $300.000 to $400,000.

Co-owner Terry Smith said fire officials suspect the blaze began in an area of the plant packed with wood and wood shavings. He added that workers had recently sighted people sneaking onto the property after hours.

Ace Ships Paint Freight-Free

Starting Aug. I Ace Hardware Corp. will begin shipping any quanrity of paint to its members without adding freight charges.

"This eliminates having to wait to accumulate a l00-gallon order to save money on freight charges," said Ace Paint Division's Dick Bristol. "Ace retailers can order reasonable just-intime inventory and increase turnover."

Currently paint manufacturers stipulate minimum gallonage requirements before prepaid freight is offered. Additionally, a new earnedvolume discount program will also be implemented Aug. 1.

Store Cooks With Appliances

Huskey Home Products, Newport News, Va., has survived the big box stores and kept its hardware business afloat with a novel idea-becoming a rural appliance distributor.

In 1985, then-Huskey Hardware, became a distributor for General Electric as part of its home builder program. Fifteen years later, Huskey is one of GE's top 20 builder distriburors in the country and, according to owner Rod Huskey, carrying appliances is the only thing that saved his hardware business from Lowe's and Home Depot.

Huskey now supplies refrigerators, stoves and dishwashers to 300 homebuilders in the region.