CALENDAR

September

Builden & Ilerchants Trade Sho*Srept. lGl3. tVembley, England.

tlorida l.umber and Building Malerial Dealen AssocietionSepl. ll-13, annual convention & erposition. Orlando Hyatt, Orlando, Fl.

National Hoo-Hoo-Ette Oub-Segt. lll4, board meering, Hilton Hotel, Euguene, Or.

Paris-Dunlap Hardwarc Co.Sepl. 14-15, show, Georgia Mountain Center, Gainesville, Ca.

Genuine Hardware Co.-AtlanleS€pl. l&15, show, Atlanta Hilton & Towers, Atlanta. Ga.

International Order of Hoo-Hoo -Sept. 14- lTannual convention, Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, Mn.

The R.T. Jones Lumber Go., lnc. North Tonawanda, N.Y. 14120 Lake George, N.Y. 12845

Phone TOLL-FREE 800- 833-1200

In N.Y. State CALL COLLECT 716-694-4200 ll|s ciln$

is the PR0FESSI0NAI'S Att PURP0SE PLASTIC Boat builders, furniture makers, cabinet makers, etc. have found it the one sure answer to correcting wood defects, filling wood cracks, gouges, covering countersunk nails and screws.

Lumbennen's Golf Association of Memphis-S€$. lnh, 67th annual Lumbermen's Golf Association Fall Tournament, 7 a.m.,Memphis Country Club, Memphis, Tn.

Fries, Beall & Sharp Co., Inc.Scpt. 223, show, Hyatt Regency, Crystal City, Arlington, Va.

Timberbuild 't5 Trade Show - *pl. *26, London, England.

Handy Hardware Wholesah Inc.Sept. 2&29, market, Astro Village Hotel, Houston, Tx.

Wood Machiner] Manufaclurers of AmerkeSept. gFoct. I, Stouffer's Crystal City, Arlington, Va.

October

Hardwood Plywood Manufrturss AssocbfrooOcr. 2A, fall meeting, Red Lion lnn, Lloyds C.enter, Portland, Or. Sourhern Pine lrcpcction Burceu-Oc't.3{, fall rneeting, Ponte Vedra Resort, Ponte Vedra, Fl.

North Ameriom Wholesdc Irmbcr AssocbtkttrOct. t, regional meeting, Marriott Executive Park, Charlotte, N.C.

Hardwood Manufrturcrs AssocbtiotrOct. ts10, fall production meeting, Louisville, Ky.

North Ameriqn Wholcs* Lumber AssocirlinOct. 10, regional meeting, Marriott, Atlanta, Cra.

Netionrl Pariidcboerd AssocietionOct. Il-Ui, fdl meeting, la Posada Resort, Paradise Valley, Az.

Soutlrern Fortst Products Associetion-Oc't. lll5, annud meeting, Hyatt on Hilton Head, Hilton Head, S.C.

Acc HardwareOct. l&21, fdl convention, Kansas City, IG.

National Hardware Convention - Oct.2{Faj, co-sponsored by the National Wholesale Hardware Association and the American Hardware Manufacturers Association, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, Ca.

National Forrst Products WeekOca. 20-26, sponsored by the American Forest Institute.

National Hardwood Lumber AssocielionOct. 2l-23, convention, Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, Ca.

Amerkrn Hardwarc Supply Co.Oct. 2!2!i, second fall market, Cook Convention Center, Memphis, Tn.

Architecturrl Woodwort Institutc-Oct. 2l1i, annud convention, Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, La.

North American Wholesah Lumber Association-Oct. 27-Nov.

All Woods/Schroeder Sold

Techsym has sold its Houston, Tx., All Woods/Schroeder, Inc. hardwood subsidiary to Southwestern General Corp. of Evergreen, Co., for $6.3 million. The purchase price includes cash, $3.5 million in notes and other liabilities.

Southwestern General, which has annual sales of $350 million, is an expansion minded, privately-held conglomerate with interests in building and related fields. Under its new parent, All Woods/Schroeder expects to immediately pursue an aggressive expansion, opening branch warehouses in a number of U.S. growth areas, according to a company spokesman.

In addition to its new acquisition,

Southwestern General owns Denver Wood Products, which it acquired earlier this year; Sanford Co., *hich sells wall, roof and floor systems to builders and contractors; American Building Components, a metal building fabricator that includes King Metals, which makes steel roofing and siding; and Twin Pane Corp., which produces insulating glass. Other divisions are in food products, industrial products and agricultural chemicals.

New Housewares Mfr. Board

John M. Eikenberg, executive vice president, Cuisinarts, Inc., has been elected president of the National Housewares Manufacturers Associ- ation, succeeding Robert Mariani, president, Spartus Corp. f,rkonsos IURTS l-(800) 482-2352 Notionol llrRTS I-(800) 232-2326

Other officers elected at the annual board of directors meeting in Chicago were Martin F, Zorn, president, Imperial Schrade Corporation, vice president, and Thomas K. Manning, vice president of sales, Rival Manufacturing Company, treasurer. NHMA's executive committee is made up of its new officers and director Mike Kempster, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Weber-Stephen Products.

New directors elected to three year terms are Robert Furer, president, Acme Frame Products, Inc., and Murray Jay, president, Gemco-Ware, Inc. Ronald A. Fippinger was reappointed managing director and secretary.

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