PERSONAI,S

Alec Beck is now v.p./operations-South for BMC West CorP., covering Tx., Az., N.M., Ca. and Nv.

Bob Bachrach has been named director of store oPerations for Marvin's Building Materials and Home Centers, Trussville, Al.

Timothy B.'olim" Miller is now pres. of sales and mktg. for CooPerTools, Raleigh, N.C.

Francoise Wass-Bowie is new to Hughes Lumber Co., Tulsa, Ok', as credit manager.

Lee Mason has been appointed sales mgr. at MacMillan Bloedel, Inc., Pine Hill' Al.

Jim Garrison, previously branch sales mgr. at McEwen Lumber, High Point' N.C.. is new to South Atlantic Lumber Industries. Greensboro, N.C.

David Harrell, ex-A.C. Dutton, and John Drake, ex-Dobbins Forest Products, are new to Pine Forest Products, Birmingham, Al.

Jack Salway is now inventory control and purchasing mgr. for Diamond Hill Plywood, Darlington, S.C. Sarah Norton is his assistant; Starr Britt' general accounting supervisor; Joyce Jones and Melissa King, accounts payable; Rhett Bailey, credit department; Libby Patrick and Rene Wells, accounts receivable.

Terry Pittman is new to sales at Diamond Hill Plywood, Lancaster, S.C. Ernie Bordeaux is new to the Charlotte, N.C., location. Earl Walker, mgr. and v.P., Knoxville, Tn., retired after 38 Years.

Rick Bell has joined Klumb Forest Products, Mobile, Al., as an engineered wood products technical rep. for the Mobile and Gulfport, Ms" distribution yards.

Brian Meier, formerly of Robbins Manufacturing, has joined purchasing and sales at Sunbelt Forest Products Corp.' Bartow. Fl.

Tom Leete has bcen named v.p.-merchandising.for Pelican Cos. Inc., Myrtle Beach, S.C. Nency Spcncer is now a replenishment buYer.

Julie Gerald is now treated sdes rcprcsentative and asst. buYer for New South, Inc., Conway, S.C.

Richard Dodd has been Promoted to senior buyer of lawn and garden for Scotty's, Winrcr Haven" Fl., according to Daryl L. Lensdde, Pres. Mrrk Bridges is the new buYer of nunerY and seasonal, rcporting to Dodd Tom Lindsey is now merchandise manaS€r over all lumbcr depts., and Cberlie Wilsoq the chain's first field mercbandiser.

Ken Latessa has been named oper:ations mgr. for Brock SuPPIY Co. Inc.' Pompano Beach, Fl. Brenden Riesld is new to outside sales for Palm Beach/lVlartin Country, Fl.

Graham Bishop is now in charge of purchasing at Atlantic Trading Co.' Birmingham, Al. Aaron ChenceY is now director of iDternal operations, with Tom Wynn, Lynn EYche and LeRonda Corrin joining the sales rcam.

Roneld E. Masse has been named Prcs. of A.O. Smith Water Products Co., Irving, Tx.

Gary Knesck, formerly at Scholl Forest Products, is now with TrusswaY Llc' ber Co., Houston, Tx.

Everything Old is New Again

Home owners in the southeast are taking the caq)et out of their older homes and discovering the hidden treasure of southern yellow pine flooring. New home builders are also requesting this qtrality flooring of our past, to add value to their investment.

Vertical gxain southern yellow pine flooring is now available through T. R. Miller Mill ComPenY, which is once ag4in producing the product that started it all' So, whether you're restoring Your or just want an authentic vertical floor in your brand new home, cdl T. R. Miller at (334) 867-4331.

Scott Stanford, Advantage Business Computer Systems, Big Sandy, Tx., and his wife, Annette, are the proud parents of 7 lb. 8 oz. Matthew Alan, bornJune 14.

Ron Turbeville, formerly of pee Dee Drywall, has been appointed drywall specialty mgr. for Pelican Cos. Inc., Conway, S.C.

Dave King is store mgr. of the new 84 Lumber Co., Madisonville, Ky. Other new mgrs.: Todd Johnson, Keller. Va., and Ken Willard, Slidell. La.

Steve Dean, Dean Lumber Co., Gilmer, Tx., was part of a Southern Forest Products Association trade mission visiting England and Spain.

Larry Feldhaus has been promoted to store mgr. at Lowe's, Easley, S.C. Marty Aynes is mgr. of the new Tyler, Tx., unit.

Gary Darnell, Goldston's Buildine Supply, Wake Forest, N.C., anl Bernie Koontz, Boland Maloney Lumber, Louisville, Ky., are serving on the newly formed CSD User Advisory Council.

Terri Tufano, inside sales, Dixie Plywood, Atlanta, Ga., and her husband. Chuck, are the proud parents of 8 lb. 2 oz., 21-112" -long Erin Elizabeth, born July 6, 1995.

Stacy M. Lashley, Southem Pine Inspection Bureau, has been transferred to his home state of Mississippi.

Huck DeVenzio, Hickson Corp., Smyrna, Ga., and Tom Bailey, CSI, Charlotte, N.C., recently shared the mike on the syndicated radio program lfomeTime.

Peter Blaint, former v.p.-sales & mktg. for SNE Enterprises, has been named pres of Morgan Manufacturing, according to Larry Robinette, pres. and ceo of parent company Morgan Products Ltd.

Steve Smith, Pease Industries, has been appointed territory mgr. for Tn., Al., Ms. and Ar. Dale Gurley, ex-Bruce Hardwood Floors, has joined the company as national sales mgr.-hardware products, and Elizabeth Benn has been promoted to mktg. communications mgr.

Kenneth V. Lawson, Jr., pres., Thriftway, Inc., Owensboro, Ky., was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the local Chamber of Commerce.

Cliff Kleier, Boland-Maloney Lumber Co., Louisville, Ky., and his wife, Sylvia, were presented an all expensepaid trip to Lucerne, Switzerland in honor of his 50th anniversary with the firm.

Geoff Foreman has been named senior v.p.-sales, mktg. and distribution for Wayne-Dalton Corp. George Keller is now senior v.p.-operations; Joe Pedro, chief financial officer and senior v.p.-finance, and Alan Van Dyke, senior v.p.-human resources.

Art Patterson, Patterson Wood products. Nacogdoches, Tx., and his wife. Suzanne, are the proud parents of 9 lb. 8 oz. Samuel Patterson, bom July 12, r995.

Michael Dickens, Lowe's Cos., Florence, S.C., married Susan Nicole Branham May 20.

Kendrick B. Melrose, chairman and ceo, The Toro Co., has been elected chairman of the board of the Outdoor power Equipment Institute. Vice chairman is Warner C. Frazier, pres. and ceo, Simplicity Manufacturing, Inc., and sec./treas. Patrick W. Curtiss, gen. mgr., Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing, Inc. They are joined on the board of directors by Michael S. Ariens, chairman, Ariens Co.; David R. Campbell, pres., MTD products, Inc.; K.O. Dixon, pres., Dixon Industries, Inc.; Jairo A. Estrada, chairman and ceo, Garden Way, Inc.; Jeffrey W. Mack, v.p.-equipment, LESCO, Inc.; Mark C. Rostvold, v.p.lawn & grounds care, John Deere Co.; Richard W. Shoemaker, v.p./gen. mgr.-engine div., Kohler Co., and L. Edward Shultz, pres. and ceo, Munay Ohio Manufacturing Co. Morris Bedder has joined the financial staff at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Sunbelt designs, furnishes and erects rack supported warehouse buildings and freestanding building material storage racks nationally. Products include:

. Rack supported drlv+thru warehoBes and T-sheds.

. l-beam cantilever racks tor lumber, mlcro-lams, glulams and hjolst englneered produc{s.

Pallet racks br sheet goods and palletlzed products. Racks for moldlngs, boards, and mlllwork.