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covering association news in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia.
Florida Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association will launch its 67th annual convention and buying show, Sept. 24-26, with a kickoff breakfast presenting Joe Theismann, one of professional football's most colorful and successful personalities.
Lewis Grizzard. controversial southern columnist, will be a special guest at the Friday luncheon meeting. Ted Koppel, tv news reporter and interviewer, will be the Saturday luncheon speaker. Brenda Lee has been engaged to star at Saturday's dinner/dance.
In between programs, seminars and meetings, delegates will view over 246 exhibits in the Crystal Ballroom of the Marriott World Center, Orlando.
Winners of the 1987 Lumberman of the Year and Associate of the Year awards will be named. Officers for the 1987-88 board of directors will be introduced, according to Clint Dawkins. president.
show. the 1988 show will follow the same format with many big cash giveaways. The Georgia International Convention & Trade Center in College Park will again be the location. Donna Keen is in charge of booth reservations.
The LOGS, or Lumber Ones of Georgia, composed of management personnel of BMMA under the age of 40 plan to meet at Stone Mountain Park Aug. 6-9 for its annual convention. Educational programs as well as recreation and a tour of Cofer Brothers Lumber Co. in Tucker are planned. BMMA education committee chairman Wayne Rodgers will discuss the association's ongoing educational programs.
the year. will be presented by Michael Carliner. vice president of economics at the National Association of Home Builders. Harlan Hummel, executive vice president of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association. will follow with a "National Industry Update and Review."
Dealer/associate roundtables also will be held. The conlerence will be held at the Ramada Oceanside Tower in Virginia Beach. Va.. Aug. l3-16.
Tennesse Building M eteriel Association's convention committee. including Carl Tindell, chairman, Ab Taylor, Randy Rinks. Robert Overholt and Tom Henderson. is organizing an informative and educational program for the annual meeting, Sept 20-23 at the Grove Park Inn and Country Club, Asheville. N.C.
Erv Goodroe, executive vice president of the Building Material Merchants Association of Georgia and Alabama conducted a summer seminar series. July 19-22, at the Briley Parkway Holiday Inn. Nashville. for TBMA members. Topics were product knowledge and selling skills.
Building Material Merchants Association of Georgia and Alabama anticipates a complete sellout of booths for its 1988 buying show by October l. More than 700/o of the 187 booths available for the Jan. 29-30 event have been sold.
Due to the success of last year's
Virginia Building Material Association's summer management conference will begin at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 1,5, with "lnventory Control-What You Can Do When You Have Problems" presented by Thomas Dyer, director of dealer services for Builder Marts of America.
Methods of handling problems such as inventory schedules and discrepancies between computer and real inventory will be discussed.
"Tomorrow's Housing Market," an economic forecast for the remainder of
AN D DISTRI BUTORS Jack Jones Bob Lindsey Van Marcus
