SOUTHERN ASSOCTATTON

ItlSSlSSlPPl Building Material Dealers Association 1 989 of f icers: ll I immediate past pres. Bill Reynolds, Waynesboro Hardware; pres. Janette Breedlove, Breedlove Lumber Co.; (standing) national dealer director Wesley Rushing, Jones County Building Sup- ply; 2nd v.p. Curtis Seay, Liberty Building Supply; 1st v.p. Charles Patterson, Discount Paneling Center. l2l Bob Gatlin, director, Chad Reynolds. l3l Johnny Taylor, GeorgiaPacific, at lectern. Convention was held in Jackson, Ms., March 23-25.

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M ld-Amerlcr Lumbermens Associrllon's Arkrnses members are displaying counter cards explaining Act 303 of 1989 passed by the 77th General Assembly.

The placard warns the act makes it a crime to defraud a materialman by willfully failing to pay for materials or goods furnished to a project within 30 days of final payment for the job. Defrauding a materialman is a Class A Misdeameanor or a Class t) Felony depending upon the amount of money involved.

Association members are making reservations for the l)ec, 7-10 cruise to the lJahamas sponsored by the MLA.

l,oulsiana Buildlng Mrterhl Dealers Association will meel at the Eola llotel, Natchez, Ms., July 28-30 for its annual summer outing and board meeting.

Florida Lumber & Buildlng Materirl Derler's Association's board of directors has created an industry service award and designated the F'rancis J. lgou Memorial Award as the President's Award.

The newly created award may be presented to an individual who has demonstrated through his or her past accomplishments outstanding service to the building material industry and is employed as an active retail or associate member of FLBMDA.

Virginia Building Material Association is completing plans lor a series of seminars and table top displays at the annual summer management conference, Aug. l0-13 at Ramada Oceanside Tower, Virginia Beach, Va.

Store and yard security, taxes, regulations and legislative issues will be among subjects discussed. A program on self protection will be open to spouses and children as well as members.

Mid-American Lumbermens Association's Oklahoma members were represented when Gov. Henry F. Bellmon signed H.B. 1085 to raise the small claims jurisdictional limits from $15,000 to $25,000. The bill proposed by MLA and shepherded through the legislature by Jim Walker, MLA lobbyist, will go into effect on Nov. 1.

Dick Jennings, T. J. Lumber Co., Oklahoma City; Bill Payne, The T. H. Rogers Lumber Co., Oklahoma City, and Charles White, Crescent Lumber Co., Crescent, attended the signing. Reservations are being made by the Oklahoma members for the MLA Dec. 7-10 cruise to the Bahamas.