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Slaughter Bros. Inc., Dallas, Tx., is expected to nterge with Furman Luntber, Inc., Boston, Ma., this month . . (see p. 5 for story) ... McGinnes Lumber Co., Plant City, Fl., plans to build a door assemblY Plant . Broyles Forest Products is a new Corpus Christi, Tx.. wholesale operation formed bY Barrett Broyles.

L'al-T-ex Lumber Clo., Eureka, Ca.. will build a $10 million southern pine sawmill in Nacogdoches, Tx. Gulf Sottth Forest Products has been formed in Fort Lauderdale, Fl., by San't Yohanan, Luis Martinez and Wilma Weidman...

Coastal Lumber Co. has completed a $1.2 million expansion at its Havana, Fl., plywood Plant (see p. 5 for story) ... Robinson Lumber Co., New Orleans, La., has moved into new quarters.

Home Quarters Warehouse Inc. has opened a 105,000 sq. ft. store in Winston-Salem, N.C., in a former Memco discount store . two Home Quarters stores are under construction in Charlotte. N.C..

Lrwe's Companies opened a new store in Christiansburg, Va., and reopened a relocated store in Charlotte, N.C.; construction is underway on new Lowe's in Columbus, Ga., and Danville. Va., as well as a new facilitY for the Thomson, Ga., store: Brevard, N.C., and Mooresville, N.C., stores are in the Planning stage.

W. R. Grace & Co.. . 9 Houston, Tx.. Handy Dans acquired at the same time are being remodeled although units in Universal CitY', Corpus Christi, Denton and Conroe. Tx.. have closed.

Seven Handy Oly stores in the Carolinas including Fayetteville, Greensboro and Charlotte. N.C., acquired from Grace in the same deal, also are being closed bY' Channel. . Grossntan'swill close the Moore's unit in Raleigh, N.C.. this month.

Handy Dons in Texas purchased from Wickesby Lone Srar Hardware are being renamed Westlake Hardv,are. (see p. l7 for story) ... Scolr-vs has relocated its Panama City, Fl.. store into new 48,000 sq. ft. quarters and opened a new 50,000 sq. ft. store in Macon, Ga. . .

Hechinger Cb. will open stores in Charleston, S.C., and Harrisonburg, Va.. before the end of the year . . . Warner Robins Sup' ply Co. has opened an outlet store in Warner Robins, Ga. Stringer Wolesale Lumber and Suppl.v Co.. McDonough. Ga.. is opening Stringer Home Cenrer in Jackson. Ga.. Tom Calvert, mgr.. .

Texas Builder's SuPPlf is new in Dallas . .. Driskell Lumber Ca., Irtc., is looking for a relocation site after selling its Fort Worth, Tx.. property. .

CertainTeed Corp. will acquire House Works in Sarasota, Fl., control of Bay Mills Ltd., Ontais being closed by Channel Home rio, Canada . ' . GlamourTop Centeri Inc. which acquired it last Corp., Birmingham, 41., reyear in a leveraged buyout from ceived a Platinum Award for its

Jim Walter Corp.. Tampa, Fl.. has agreed to a leveraged $2.44 billion buyout by Kohlberg Krovis Roberts & Co., New York. .. National Gypsum Inc., Dallas. Tx.. is settling school districts asbestos-related claims for S8.4 million.

Thorsen lool. Dallas. Tx., has merged with Houseltold Internarional Co.. part of G. C. Electronics. Rockford. Il.. moving Hq. to Rockford.

Mac.Villon Bloedel Lrd.. Yancouver. 8.C., plans to build a new reconstituted. parallelstrand (Parallam) plant somewhere in the southeast . . Breeko Corp., Nashville. Tn.. intends to purchase Stanles, Structures Inc.. a subsidiar,v of Stanley Works Inc. .

We!'erhaeuser Sales Center. Hot Springs. Ar., and Hatron Lumber. Hatton. Ar., have signed a lumber marketing agreement. . . roof and floor trusses are now being produced by ,4merican Building ComPonents at Charlottesville, Va.

Eostex Forest Products, Hou' ston. Tx., has received EPA aPproval to construct a Pressure treating cylinder; theY have added a dry kiln and Plan later in '87 to expand into treating as well as wholesale white lumber distribution.

A ISoii tax on lumber imPorts into the U.S. has been officiallY voted into law by the Canadian parliament...

Housing stcrts in July (latest figs.) were up 0.906 to an annual rate of l.611,000 units single family starts climbed 5.70lo; multiunit starts fell 9.8% permits dropped l.9o/o starts in the South were up 5.80/0.

New Name For Tx. Handy Dans

Westlake Hardware will be the new name for Handy Dan stores purchased by Lone Star Hardware in Midland, Odessa and Amarillo, Tx.

The San Antonio, Tx., corporation with Daryl Lansdale as chairman expects to have 10 additional stores by the end of the year. Presently there are 45 Westlake Hardware stores in Arkansas. Oklahoma. Kansas and Missouri.

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The organization, a member of the National Safety Council and the American National Standards Institute, is governed by representatives of tool manufacturers. The executive director and administrative staff have offices in Tarrytown, N.Y.

Southern Pine Goes To London

Southern Forest Products Association is cooperating with the Ameri- can Plywood Association, the Western Wood Products Association and the U.S. Hardwood Export Trade Council in a marketing campaign in the United Kingdom. Six model homes are being built for display near London.

Goncrete Masonry Sales Up

The National Concrete Masonry Association, Herndon, Va., has reported that its annual national survey of concrete masonry unit sales for 1986 shows an increase of 5.6% over 1985 to 3.71 billion units. This represents an increase of $300 million over the 1985 fisures of $2.74 billion.

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