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Natlonal Home Centers Inc. opened a 185,000 sq. ft. store in Fayetteville, Ar. (see- story p. 15) ... Builders Square If opened a Falrmont, Tx., loccdoa .., BMC West, Bolse, Id., ls scqulrlng Abilcnc lenben Abllene, Tx., anai Hutst llonberCo., Hurst, TI. ...

Cormuelal Intber Co., Thlsan Ok.,ls expsodltrg ,.. Rennac Sims Buildcrs Supply, Dardanelle, Ar., ls re_locadng to propedy ocopted by Sims Wad Prducts ... Knurt ls conslderlng sale of a mlnorlty share of Builders Square ... lelican Building Centers, Conway, S.C., acqulied Glasscock Building Supply

Striplin g -Blake Lunber, Austin, h the nrst Tbxas company to stock CollinsWood wittr Scientific Certifications Systems envlronmentally correct cerdffcuton label ... Cooper Building Materials, Loudon, Tn., is opening a new store T H. Rogerc Imber Co., Edmond, Ok., acquired Jay Lwnber, Iay, Ok. ... Meeks Builder Center is expanding its Springdale, Ar., store and planning a Rogere, Ar.,locadon...

E. C. Barton & Co. ls operadng its recently acquired Builders Lwnber & Hardware Inc., Pocahontas, Ar., os Barton's, JeffSmart mgr. M Ltrnber opened a rpw store in Northport, Al. ... Main Street Ltunber, Denison, Tl., acquired Madill Lumber Co., Madill, Oh ... .ScottJ'.r installd new signs on 112 Snres in Fl., Al-, and Ga. ... Builders Square installed onhold telephone advertising and information systems in 180 stores ... Cox htmber opened a replacement lgadon in Palm Bry Ft

Lowe's, which plans to open about 50 new stores and relocate 25 in '94, opened Pensacola" Fl.,

Newport News and Lynchburg, Va., unlts wlth Mldlothlan and CMstlansburg, Vt., Wlnchester and Ellzrbethtown, Ky., Statesvllle, N.C., and Moblle, Al., to oome I stock ofrerlng wlll ffnarce expandon ... two stoctholders have flled a class rctlon sult agalnst Bulldcrs Warehouse Assoclatlon,IJfile Rocb Ar.

Home Quarters Warehouse, Vtrglnla Beach, Va., had an 80% operatlng lncome lncrease ln the flrst quarter .., Hontc Depot ls aa offtclal sponsor of the 1996 Atlanta Paralymplc Games Iorte's, Danville, Ky., lnstalled a text telephone for communlcadon with the deaf ... Buildcrs Supply, Hattlesburg, Ms., ts planning to replace thelr store whlch burned May 8 .., Azle Avenue Lumber Co.,FI WorttU Tl., has closed

Annlversari q: Homasote Co., 85th; Peldcan Companie,r, Conway, S.C., 47th; Middleburg MiIlworft, Mddleburg, Va., 25th

Vralker-Williams Lumber Co. moved its treated lumber sales office from Harcbechubbee, Al., to Columbus, Ga ... Dirte Pfuood & Iilfirber Co., Tbmpa" Fl., opened a reload in Pensacola, Fl. ... Weyerhaeuserb Oklahoma City, Ok., operadon ls one of the company's 1993 Key Distrlbution Centers ...

New South, Inc. relocated offices to Waccamaw Outlet Park, Myrtle Beach, Fl., planning to build a new corporate complex in the area within 12 to 18 months ... Alano Forcst Products, /nc., San Antonio, Tx., opened a distribution center in Abilene, Tk., I-ester Lackey sales mgr. and loe Foole, operations mgr. ...

Weyerhaeuser Ca. plans a $17.5 million expansion including

Dlerks, Ar., ad lVright qty, Ok., facilltles ... Conner Induitries, Inc,, Fort lVorth, Tx., opened a plant in Stilwell, Ok., Grady Mays mgr....

Anerica,n Plywood Assuiation hee amended its name to "APA-Thc Engineered Wood Assulatiln' ... Swcrbr Cqtwoncngt, Inc,, Llb€rtyr'N.C., @edeo a mfg. faclllty near Spartanburg, S.C. ... Izluis & Co,, Brea, Ca., is opeotng a Houston, Tl., brerch ... T?iuglc PacW Cor?., Dallas Tx., plans to acqulre I Ststesville, N.C., plant ftom Premier Wood Fbors...

Bruce Hardwood Floors, Dallas, TX., has frozen all factoryflnlshed product prlces for the remalnder of the year ... Natinna.l Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association asked Dataline to join tts Manufrcnrcr and Semice Indwtries Cowcil

Caradon Better-Bilt Inc., Smyr; na, Tn., has acquired l*banon Almrinuun Prc&rcn Co., kbanon" Tn. Prcmdor Corp, Tbmpa, Fl., agreed to pay a $6 mtl[on criminal flne for allegedly flxlng prices of residentlal flush doors dfl Building Prc&tcts Corp., Roaring River, N.C., was named a Paybss Cashway Supplier of the Yeatr ,,,

Georgia-Pacl"ficb Crossett, Ar., mlll received an energy managsment and innovatlon award Dixie Plywood & I*mber Co;s Dallas, Tk., operation was rymd the co.'s Tbp Inside Performer for the lst quarter Flippo lettnber Corp., Doswell, Va", hosted a plant tour for a Russian delegation Canton Lumber Co., Gresneville, Tn., was named a CedarPro dlstributor ... Florida Lutnber & Building Material Dealers Association is heading a door industry task force studying Dade County code compliance

Housing starts for Moy flnt*et figs.) rose 2.6% to a seasonally adjusted 1.51 million annual rate single family starts fell Q.5%; multifamily juuped 16.7%... permits sUpped 1.6% ... starts for the fi-rst lvg -qgstrs of 1994 ue 2l% aheadof 1993.