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Liquidation salcs are bcing conrplctcd 'at IIandv Dan Ilome ('anters in llouston, l)allas and San Antonio. T'x.. locations as wcll as Ncw Orleans, La.t parent conlpany ('lrunnal I{onrc ('r,nttrs has f'ilecl going-out-of' business pcrnrits lor the stores llonu, l)apot has purchased sites in (iwinnctt, ('layton ancl ('obb counties (Atlanta, (ia., area) lbr storcs to open in 19901 a reccntly opcncd storc in thc IJuckhcacl arca ol' Atlanta caters to upscale custome rs with $ | ,0(X) gokl plated laucets, $100 towel bars. tlottrt, Dcpot is converting all checkouts to universal product code scanning systems with completion set lbr Jan. 1990.

Lon('s held a grand opening lbr a new Asheville, N.(1., store (see p. 22 f<>r story), relocated its (irecnsvillc, N.('., operation to a new 60.000 sq. ft. store, and neared conrpletion ol'a llenderson. N.C'., store; a (ireenwood, S.('., storc under construction is slated l'or opening in early 1990...

Williams Bro.s. will convert its closed Liburn, (iir., store into a tool rental business; Maxey-Bosshardt, Duluth, Ga., is buying the Williams Bro.s. distribution operation, Willco...

,Skidntore Lunber C'o.. Beeville, Tx., has moved to a new location after 70 yearsl a name change and 7 day a week operations are in the offing .

Stottlemyer & Shoemaker Lumber Co., Sarasota, Fl., has broken ground for a new store in Englewood. l'1.; started a $l million modernization of its truss plant, and purchased Old South Lumber Co.. Palmetto. Fl..

('urr<,ll's Lunthe4'ja<'k, l:lk ('ity, 0k., has completed a remodeling project ... Ilardmun's lttmber, Arkadclphia, Ar.. has added tif ,0(X) sq. fi. to the storc. . llurst .S/rrac r{ l|uildcrs Suppl.y, ('o., 'fulsa. Ok., has been acquired by Jim Wagoncr, lbrmcr v.11. ancl co-owncr

[,umht,r Murt, ()uymon, Ok.. hacl a llre o{' undetcrnrined origin in its nroulding storage area "'('it1' I'untber & Ilardware, Oonway, Ar., has closed.

Ilt,tltingcr ('o. will open a IIonrc Quarters Warehouse this fall in (iastonia, N.(1., and two in the Richmond, Va., area later

Anniversaries'. Jt'nkins Wholt'sale Supply (b.. North Wilkesboro, N.C., 75 years: D & J l{ordx,are and Building .\uppl.v, Lone Grove. Ok., 8l Scttt<'o Lumhar, (irove. Ok.. 20'. Donaldson ct Yaltn Lunther Deoler.s. Perry. Ok., 70 Fuller Lunber Cir., Byhalia, Ms.. 2-5.

Stringlellou, Luntber (b., Ilirnringham, Al., has opened a branch ofllce, Titnber Tex Foresl Products, in Plano. Tx., Terry Clarron, Charles Puckett and John Elwell handling sales.

Robinsort Lumber ('o.. New Orleans, La.. has a new importexport offlce in Savannah, Ga., Joe Buckhaults, mgr. .. Diomond Hill is building a new DC in (ireensboro, N.C. .

Chaney Lumber, London, Ky., has added a new lumber grading station ... Chesapeake Wood Treating Co. is test marketing Wood * Plus in Lowe 's and Home Quarters Warehoust: stores.

Louisiana-Pac#ic plans to start building an Inner-Seal OSB plant in Silsbee, Tx., this fall Hickson lnternltional has relo- cilted its llq. to Atlanta. (ia. (sec p. 5 lirr storv).

U,tG ('or7r. will nrovc its headquartcrs in 1992 into t J-5 story towcr bcing built two blocks lionr thc prescnt olllccs in ('hicago, ll.

Lightning was blamcd lor a .lune lunrbcr lrrc at ('oustul Lunther ('o.. llamberg, S.('. . . Soutltw'(,st(rn l"x'igltt ('urrfurs. Rutherftrrdton. N.('.. rcccivcd Lowt"s I 988 -I'ransportation ('arricr of thc Year award.

Union ('um1t has movecl its l:olkston, (ia., sales olllce to Mcldrinr. (ia. ... Unitcd Plytt'txxl.s & I-unrber, /nr'., llirnringham. Al.. was namcd Wholesaler ol'thc Ycar by Statcs Vent<'r and Non-Mclropolitan Wholcsalcr of thc Ycar by Abiribi .

('trstom Wltolasala l''loors. lnc.Miami. lil., has opencd a 10,000 sq. li. sales ancl distribution ccnter in Atlanta, (ia., Peyton Vickcrs, mgr. . Tibbals l"looring ('o., Oneida. Tn.. plans to build a $16 nrillion plant on 80 acres in l'}ulaski ('ounty. Kv. .

Mid-Amerit'a Products. llot Springs, Ar.. has been acquired by P&M ('edar Products, Inc., Stockton. (la. (sec p. 22 for story).

North ('arolitru Buildiru: Code ('ounciI has prroposed new restrictions on treated lumber quality nrarking which would recognize only indelible ink or branded stamps or metal tags placecl no closer than two l'eet fionr either end ol'the piece.

Construction of new houses. apartments and condos dropped 8'/o in the second quarter .tap l0 ltousing areas: Atlanta, Ga., down 34olr; West Palm Beach/ Boca Raton/Delray Beach, l-1", up 291)/0. .

Housing starts for July (latest l'igs.) were up 0.8%, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.43 million . Single family home starts edged. up 6,3ah; multi-family starts fell l4.l}h'. building permits dropped 3iXr.