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Hand-v Dan operations in Corpus Christi, Conroe and Denton, Tx., and a San Antonio warehouse/distribution center have been closed by Channel Home Centers,lrzc. which opened a new DC in Houston . . . Handy Dans owned by Wickes Cos. in Midland. Odessa and Amarillo have been sold to Lone Star Hardw'are. SanAntonio...

16 Handy Citys and two Houseworks will be closed by Chonnel Home Centers, Inc. in Georgia. Florida, North and South Carolina . . Hechinger Co. will open a store in Harrisonburg, Va., in the fall; expansion into Tennessee is planned .

Scotty's is opening three stores in Mobile. Al. . Payless Cashways will add stores in the DallasFortWorth Metroplex in addition to entering the Springdale, Ar., market. Moore-Handley plans to acquire Pleasonts Hardware Co.'s wholesale div. in Winston-Salem, N.C.

McCoy's Building Supply Centers has opened a new unit in Pine Bluff, Ar., itsfirst outside Texas . . . Wickes Lumber has closed in Hammond, La. Eliot Whittington Building Supply Co., Memphis, Tn., has been purchased by Fagen's, I nc. . . . Lowe's has opened new stores in Morehead City and Lenoir,N.C....

Will-Shard Building Products, Orlando. Fl.. is a new business, Garry Clemons and Gary Smith, owners . . .Roulerson's Ace Hard' ware and Lumber Center, Blackshear, Ga., has moved into new quarters

Moore's plans a 50.000 sq. ft. store in Roanoke. Va. 81 Lumber, Nashville. Tn.. has reopened after being closed for renrodeling Builders SEnre has opened in Holly'wood. Fl.

.Still Lumbel Conyers. Ga.. is observing its il2nd year of continuous operation b-v the Still fanrify .Sinclair Lumber Co., Inr'. Laurinburg. N.C., is marking its 36th year

Dallas Wholesale Builders Suppl.t,, Inc., Dallas. Tx.. has acquir- ed Sunbelt Moulding, Dallas.

...Mouldine & 'l4illu,ork, Inc.. Fair Oaks, Ca., is building a new warehouse and office in Benton (El Paso). Tx.

Greenlea./' Forest Products. Yaldosta, Ga., has opened a sales office in N'lobile, Al.. Brooks Broussard. mgr. ..8. H. Oates Lumber Co., New Bern, N.C.. is no longer in the lumber business. . Waldron Forest Products. Sacramento, Ca., has closed its Tulsa. Ok.. sales office

Bruce Hordv'ood Floors has allocated $17.4 million to expand its parquet plant in Jackson. Tn.. this year: a major expansion at the Nashville, Tn.. plant has beencompleted...

Millu'ell Co. Inc. has become parl of EAC Timber .4mericas, Greensboro, N.C., with Ralph Elliott, Kim Bergenser, Jan Nowakowski and Peter Hansen stafling that office; John Osgood and Tom Escherich will work from Los Angeles, Ca.

Tarkett Ceramic Tile Sales oJ' .\orth Anterica, a new organization formed by Tarkett Inc. will sell from an Altamonte Springs. Fl.. office . . . Davidson Texas, Houston. Tx.. has filed for Chapter ll bankruptcy reorganization...

Breeko Corp.. Nashville. Tn.. has purchased the assets of McCarthv Jones & Woodward /nc.. Nashville . . . RedMa-t. Norcross. Ga.. has been formed to sell outdoor equipment made by Japan's Komatsu, Ltd.

Weyerhaeuser has added a S-50 million N'licroboard production facility' adjacent to its fv{edium Density' Fiberwood plant in Moncure. N.C. Boise Cascade has budgeted around Sl0 million to expand and improve its Moncure ply'wood facility in the next fiveyears...

W. S. Jenks & Son. Washington. D.C.. has purchased the industrial div. of Fries, Beall & Sharp Co.. Springfield. Va. .. . LCB Holdings, Inc., Dallas, Tx.. has completed its acquisition of Krestnnrk Industries, Inc., Lewisville. Tx.. from Michigan General Corp....

Housing stars in June (latest figs.) dropped 0.70/o to an annual rate of 1.590,000 units. single family home starts fell 2.40/o; multi unit starts were up 3.lolo: permits rose l.4o/o starts in the south fell2.lo/o

Although housing starts were at their lowestsince October 1984. economists feel that the worst of the damage from higher interest rates may be over. "We're seeing a bottoming out of the effect of the run-upof rates in April and May," notes Martin Regalia, chief economist, National Council of Savings lnstitutions.

August 1987

New Window, Door Standards

For the first time a standard l.ras been developed for skl'light/roof windows by the National Woocl \\'indou rrnd I)oor ,\ssot'iulion.

In derelopmenl for over a year, the standard is designed to aid manufacturcrs and spccifiers in choosing proper windows for use in roof's, but a retailer can beneflt from it by being ablc to assurc cLrstomers that the-yare buying qualitl' products made according to NWWDA standards. These are recognized by the federal go\ crnment lrgencies irs nreeting or exceeding their product requirements.

"With the great stridcs in miinufhcturing tcchnology bcing made everydal . the indLrstr-v- expects NWWDA to respond with advanced standards to help cnsure quality."

John W. Shoemaker. NWWDA cxecutive r, ice president. said. "We have bcen able to accomplish this thanks to the on-going ef'forts of r"arious NWWDA tcchnical standards conrmittees."

The association recently' announced a new n'ood flush door standard. NWWt)A l.S. l-87. In addition to establishing quality guidclines. the neu' standard updates ref'crences to harclboard fircc panels and anrends requirements fbr determining warp tolerances and telegraphing. .{ wood door assembly perfbrmance standard is expected to bc compleied by earli' 1989.

NAWLA: Biggest In 60 Years

Tlre Nrtrth .\nterican Wholcsale I.umber .\ssociation hus exceeded the 6(X) ntenrbersltilr level lbr the first tinrc since 1927.

Executive vicc trresident [)ete Niebling attributcs tlte growth to industrl chlnges in distribution. generally' good busincss activitr'. und an active ussociation nrentbersltip prosra nt.

Homes Selling For More

The median price of existing single-family homes sold recently rose almost $3000 in one month to $85,000, nearly l0%r higher than lasr year's $77.400, according to the National Association of Realtors.