PERS NALS

Tom P. Prtndergrst has been appointed Tampa Bay, Fl., district sales mgr. for W.R. Bonsal Co., Charlotte, NC.

Srlly J. Bcrnddl is the new advertising sales supervisor for the Celotex Corp., Tampa, Fl.

John Revltte has been promoted to comgr. of the North Tampa, Fl., 84 Lumber Co. store.

L. Davld Schronce has been named mgr. of trade development for the Port of Georgetown by the South Carolina State Ports Authority.

Wilson Woolley, Osmose, Co., Griffin, Ga., is back from trips to the Pacific Northwest and East Coast.

Albert J. fleishmann, owner of Ace Hardware stores in Clearwater, Pinellas Park, St. Petersburg and Seminole, Fl., as well as being a director of Ace Hardware. is featured in Ace's annual report.

John M. MacGregor, Laurel, Ms., has been named senior v.p. and gen. mgr., hardboard operations, for Masonite Corp. according to William J. White, pres. James U. Morrison has been promoted to group v.p.-hardboard.

Tommy Grooms and Mac Quick have joined Westwood Forest Products, Climax, N.C., in sales.

Doug Coates is now a district mgr. for Minwax Co. in Kentucky.

Daniel E. Doble has been namedsouthern sales mgr. at Universal-Rundle Corp., according to Walter J. Gierlach, v.p.-sales.

Pal Fincannon is now advertising and promotion mgr. for Visador Co., Jasper, Tx.

Bill Mayfield, Reynolds Builders Supply, Smackover, Ar., has been appointed a director of the Mid-America Lumbermens Association.

Jerry Jorgenscn is now assistant controller at W.R. Grace's Home Center div., central region, San Antonio, Tx.

Gary Landress, former mgr. hard lines, West Building Materials, Atlanta, Ga., is a new v.p. at Triangle Home Products, Chicago, ll.

Gene Cuthbertson has been appointed v.p., advertising and promotion, for Homecrafters Warehouse chain.

Phillip Cox has been promoted to sales mgr. at Genuine Hardware Co., Jacksonville, Fl.

Steve Strasevicz is the new v.p., sales and marketing, at Hoyne Mirrors, Atlanta, Ga.

Richard Urich has rejoined Powell Lumber Co., Lake Charles, La., as a lumber sales rep at the Charlotte Distribution Center, Charlotte, N.C., according to Wllllam S. Mercer, v.p. and gen. m8r.

l,arry 1,. l'unk has been named group v.p., building products, of The Ceco Corp., according to lXwin ll. lichullze, pres and c.e.o. Robert M. Jelinek is now v.p. ofoperations; (i. l,arry Pahlow, marketing mgr., and Stephen G. Webb, sales mgr., at the Windsor Door div. in Little Rock, Ar., according to C. 11. Webb, Jr., div. pres. Jack L. Johnson has joined the IndianaKentucky Hardware Association staff, lndianapolis, ln.

tr'rank l,ambert has been named pres. and c.e.o. of Belknap Inc., Louisville, Ky. Wally Gumm is now div. merchandising mgr. at Genuine Hardware Co., Atlanta, Ca.

Dan lrster is now covering Ga. and Al. for Southeastern Associates, Bristol, Tn.

John F. Small Jr., Small Hardware Co., Inc., Norfolk, Va., is observing his 5lst year in the industry this year.

Eugene Becknell, Becknell Wholesale Co., Lubbock, Tx.; Dave Crays, Orgill Brothers, Memphis, Tn.; Pat Delony, Belknap, Inc., Louisville, Ky.; Pal Farrah, Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga.; Jerry Lamberl, Genuine Hardware Co., Creensboro. N.C.; Joel McEwen, Cenuine Hardware Co.. Atlanta. and J. Charles Short. Amarillo Hardware Co., Amarillo, Tx., were packaging exposition judges at the National Hardware show last month- l'rrnk Doczl has been named pres. of W.R, Grace's new warehouse home center unit, Virginia Beach, Va.

John R. Furman. chairman of the board of Furman Lumber, Inc., Boston, Ma., has been elected pres. of the board of trustees of Tilton School, Tilton, N.H., succeeding John Charles Daly, former news anchorman and host of TV's "What's MY Line."

Tim King has been named exec. v.p. and gen. mgr. at Webb Manufacturing Inc., Conneaut, Oh., according to Dale Webb, pres. Dave Field is now v.p.-production; Dave Follett, v.p.sales and marketing, and Bruce Taylor, v.p.-materials.

Stanley P. Frankoski is now director of research and development at the building materials div. of GAF Corp. Noreen E. Hibbits has been named marketing services coordinator.

Don Morgan is the new co-mgr. of 84 Lumber & Home Center, in Port Richey, Fl.

Donrld W. Allmsler is the new mgr. of marketing services for the Shelter Materials Group of CertainTeed Corp., Valley Forge, Pa.

John Zrpka has been named regional mgr. based in Dallas, Tx., for Dataline, Wilton, Ct.

Bert Flshcr is new in sales of MSR lumber rnd cedar products at Humphrey Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wa.

Robert Duquette, senior v.p., MooreHandley, Birmingham, Al., retires at the end of'84 after 36 years with the company.

James Car,ler is now North Carolina regional sales rep for Genuine Hardware Co., succeeding Rlchrd Clapp who has retired after 38 years with the firm.

Jerry Coughlin is now v.p. of operations at ClamourTop Corp., Birmingham, At.

Charley Snyder, Leader Lumber, Inc., Dallas, Tx.; Blll Mercer, Powell Lumber Co., New Orleans, La.; Martin Keaton, McEwen Lumber Co., High Point, N.C.; and Chuck Harris, Wholesale Wood Products, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., are chairmen for North American Wholesale Lumber Association regional meetings in their areas.

Pat Philen. Linden Lumber Co., Linden, Al., got in a recent Fl. business trip.

Betty Murdaugh is now traffic mgr. at Cox Wood Preserving Co., Orangeburg, S.C.

David Boerger has been named gen. mgr. of the new El Paso Millwork, Inc., sales office in El Paso, Tx.

Paul Tucker and Art Parrish are representing Sunbelt-Canadian Lumber Sales in Gulf Breeze. Fl.

Barry J. Rosenblum is the new v.P. at Excel Wood Products, Lakewood, N.J. William Johnson is now co-mgr. at 84 Lumber Co., Shreveport, La. Pete Booth has been promoted to mgr. of the unit in Leesburg, Fl.

Sue Martinez is now import services mgr. and John Frost Jr., import coordinator, at Plywood Panels, Inc., New Orleans, La.

Nancy Gardner has been appointed gen. mgr. at the Mid-America Lumbermens Association, Kansas City, Mo. Karen Fogo-See has joined the staff as regional coordinator working with Ar., Ok., La. and Tx.

Ed Joy is now in sales at Culpeper Wood Preservers, Culpeper, Va. Bill Brown is the gen. supervisor and sales mgr. at the Hackleburg, Al., branch.

"Hy" N. Mighty is the new v.p. in charge of almost everything at MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

SFPA Previews Marketing Plan

"New Horizons for Southern Pine" is the theme of the Southern Forest Products Association's annual meeting at the Contemporary Hotel, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fl.. Oct. 17-19.

"The first thing we must recognize is that the days of two million housing starts per year are over and we must find new markets and intensify our efforts in existing markets," was the gist of the marketing strategy presented by Jim Olmedo, Jr., International Paper Co., Dallas, Tx., chairman of the Southern Forest Products Association marketing committee, at the mid-year meeting of the association.

A long-range five year marketing program starting with an intensive promotion of wood foundation systems to specifiers and users was introduced prior to presentation at the annual meeting in October. The objective of the program is a 1.4 billion board feet annual increase in the consumption of Southern pine lumber by 1988.

In other business at the May 3O-June I meeting in DalIas, Tx., the board approved a new dues structure based on production volumes and changes in the titles of elected officers. Under this realignment James Bibler, Bibler Lumber, Russellville, Ar., becomes chairman of the board; William I. Morrow, International Paper Co., Dallas, immediate past chairman; Jack Stevens, Kirby Forest Industries, Houston, Tx., vice chairman; Dwight Harrigan, Harrigan Lumber Co., Monroeville, Al., treasurer; William R. Ganser, Jr., New Orleans, La., president; Lionel J. Landry, New Orleans, secretary.