SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

Lumbermen's Assoclrtlon of Texrs named llarbara l)ouglas executive vice president at a special meeting of the executive commiltee.

With the association for three and a half years as executive assistant, exhibit sales director, and acting executive vice president for eight months, Ms. l)ouglas is the first female executive of the 103 year old organization.

LAT is also renovating its head' quarters burldrng, tn Austtn.

Under the direction of Tom Hanover, Hanover Building Materials, Round Rock, chairman of the LAT Building Renovation committee, the work is scheduled to take place over the next few months. Negley Paint Co. has donated paint for the projejct. Contributions of other materials are being sought.

A late June executive committee

Southem Pine Productlon Up

Southern pine output of boards in 1988 totaled 404,2 million BF, a l5% increase from the previous year and 90/o of all southern pine production.

Of the 58 producers responding to the Random Lengths survey, the top five made 218.9 million BI- or 54% of the total. The top l0 accounted for 281.4 million BF or 700/0.

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El Paso. Tx.79912 meeting discussed creating new member categories and increasing dues as well as bylaw changes to allow membership ducers increased output by 1706 from 1987 to 206.4 million BF, 5% of all southern pine production. The 35 manufacturers estimated 1989 output would rise 2%r to 210.5 million BF"

The top five RED producers tallied 126.7 million BF or 610/o of the total. The top l0 produced 164 million BF. 790/o of the total.

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expansion. The oversight committee ss well as the bylaws, budget and finance, pension fund, insurance trust, service corporation and LUMPAC committees also gave reports.

Arkunsrs & Oklrhomr MldAmerlcr l,umbermens Assoclrllon members will join a September tour of West Coast mills and manufacturing plants. lleginning in Seattle on Sept. l7 and ending on Sept. 22, the tour includes stops in Victoria and Vancouver. l].(1., and visits to several ('anadian red cedar mills.

MLA has installed a new toll free hot line for members. The number is l-800747-MLAX.

('opies of the l9ll9-90 ML4 Buyers Guide and l)caler Diretroty listing 1,900 lumber and building material dealers and home center operators in lrve states including Arkansas and Oklahoma and 85 pages of'product and supplier listings will be available shortly, according to llob John, executive vice president.

Kentucky Lumber & Buildlng Materlals Derlers Association will hold its fall board meeting Oct. 25-26 at the Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tn., in conjunction with the NLBMDA convention. The KLBMDA convention will be held at the Hyatt Regency, Louisville, Jan. 24-25.

Florida Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association's education committee will offer a l2 week course, Introduction to Building Materials ll, this lall.

Designed by Steve Bliss, a building industry consultant, and taught bY Woody Wagner, Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, the first session last spring was attended by employees lrom eight stores.

Graduates represented Adams Buitding Materials, Inc., Winter Haven; Belleview Building Materials, Inc., Belleview; CBS lndustries, Inc., Clermont; Golden Triangle Builders Supply Co., Inc., Mt. Dora; Gregory Lumber True Value Hardware, Sanford; McE,wen Lumber Co., Orlandol Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc., Leesburg, and Smyth Lumber Co., Orlando.

Manufacturers of Quality Pine Moulding for over 35 Years

. MOULDING: lolid linealfingerjointcut-to-length o JAMBS: solidveneerfingerjoint o carton pack moulding o unitized for forklift unloading

Oklahoma Lumbermen's Association has selected lxtapa on the Pacific coast of Mexico as the destination for its mid-winter trip.

Travelers will leave Dallas on Jan.26, stay for lour nights at the Delux Krystal Ixtapa Hotel and return to Dallas on Jan. 29.

New Wood Door Standard

The Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association has revised "WM 8-83 Industry Standard 20Minute Fire-Rated Wood Door Frames" to include edge-glued door frames. The standard will now be called WM 8-89 Industry Standard 20Minute Fire-Rated Wood Door Frames.

The standard establishes minimum requirements for wood door frames and sets minimum tolerances so that the use of any or all of the following would be acceptable by the standard: denser wood, a wider frame, or a narrower door opening.

Diamond Works With Remodeler

Diamond Lumber, Inc., Dallas, Tx., is seeking its share of the $100 billion residential remodeling market by analyzing what the professional remodeler customer wants.

Consulting with Walter Stoeppelwerth, Home Tech, Inc., they developed a list including the following points: o Recognition and respect for his business. o Prompt delivery, quick in and out service, reliable followup delivery on any missing items. o Help in solving product problems, brochures and sales materials. o Showrooms to use with their clients. o Management training.

. Information through seminars, newsletters and such on product features and benefits including sales and installation training.

"Suppliers who see themselves as partners with the contractor will find that success will follow for all involved," comments Stoeppelwerth

Seminars To Promote PWF

The Wood Foundation Institute is organizing a series of seminars to promote the advancement of the Permanent Wood Foundation. Plans for these and other promotional activities were initiated at a recent board meeting, according to Ed J. Springer, executive secretary of the Toledo, Ia., based organization.