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Hardwood lumber production reported by the Southern Hardwood Lumber Manufacnrrers Association for Aug. (last figs avaihble) was 7Vo highertlnnfor July. . orders receivd up 2590 . . shipmentsup89o unfilled orders up79o. gross mill inventoriesunchanged...

Home Depot Inc., Atlanta, Ga., reports a 2l2slo increase in 2nd quarter income and a 38390 risg in quarierly net income . . Payleis Cashways' 1982 3rd quarter income was reported as 4590 higher than l98l 3rd quarta , , Lowe's Cos. says 3rd quarter "may be ourmost favorable quarter of the year" , . , Scotty's reports a 590 increase in sales for the4thquarter...

Family Lines and. &nadian Nationol railroads have cut freieht rates 2590 to 6)90 on lumber and other forest products from origins in Ontario andQrcbeto seleted destinations in Al., F1., Ga., Ky., N.C., S.C. and Tn. TheICCis expect€d to OK the merger of the Union Pociftc, Missouri Prcifrc and Wqtern Prcific rulroads Oct. 2O,creating Pacific Rail System, 3rd largest U.S. carrier, reaching Tk., La., andthe Gulf Coast. .

Corstruction is underway on a l4,qg sq. ft. Pointe Coupe Lumber Co,, lafayef,te, l.a,., a subsidiary of Martin Home Centers, Inc., Alexandria,l;,. H.E. Ketcham Lumber Co., Mus kogee, Ok., is celebr*ing its 75th anniversary . . . Cimorron latnber, Boise City" Ok., has ben sold to Don Stevenson . . Cox Lwnber, lrc.,'St. Petersburg, Fl., is now a distributor of Alcan BuildirryProducts..,

New outlets inBrownsrrille and Luftin have been opened by McCoy's Building &ryply &nters, San Maros, Tx. with a fall openiqg set for a Rosenberg, TX., unit . . . T.H. Rogen Lumbr Co.had a ribbm cutting to re-open its ncrly remodeled store in ltrrncan, Ok. . . . David Heim has purchased J.D. Scott Lumber Co., Marlw, Ok., renaming the operation Morlow Lumbr Co.

Lowe's, North Wilkesboro, N.C., has rwamped lll stores to date with its new look, just cor pleting El Dorado and Pine Bluff, Ar., Texarkana, Tl., f)anville, Manassas and Newport News. Va., and Whitesburg, Ky. . . Caruth BuiWing Serlrie,, Dalhs, Tx., has opened a retail home oenter . . Lumbrnurt,Ebnwood Park, La., has been closed. .

Wolten Lumbr Co., Walters, Ok., has closed . . . Okemah Home Center, Ok€Nnah, Ok., has been opened by Bmce B€nson . . . Limestone County Building &nter,Inc., Groesbeck, Tl., was completely destroyod by a rent fne, beliwed to be arson

Velma Lumber od Builden Suppty has been opened in Vdme, Ok., by Harvey and lvlariryn Chrk . fuylas &shwoys has stces scheduld to open in Irryiwilb and Colleyville, Tx., (Dallas suburbs) Ronnie Daniel bas opned, Box-D Lwtbt md Hone &nter Inc. in Alpine, Tk.

Jack Woody and Vernon Cassy arethencwowners of J.D. Brutscum Lumber &. Homc &nk4 Prague, Ok. . . . Scotty's,Winter Haven, Fl., is building a new store in Tampa, Fl.; a replacement unit

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in Kissimmee and a ncw stsc in Palm Beach Gardens have bm opend Wagoner LumberCo., Wagoner, Ok., has purchased HopelumberCo., Porter, Ok.

Anqiwt Wadmark Corp., Omnge, Va., has donated $l,m worth of sqnr maSe lumber to Southwcstern State Hospital, Marion, Va., for use in thir wckshop fc tbc e,hrmically ncntally handicapped . . htufucr @rp. of Amcrfua hes omflctod a muhiaillim 3 rcoovakn of its pine lumbcr nil in haggs" Al. . . .

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aoquir€d Apollo frrcst Prrsd$, Union City, Ga., rcnaning it GoldenHtVd@of Ga. . . . Tottpl+Wac fu. ii underway with costructio on a 13.5 acrec.hipnill/lq facility in Pindand, Tr., rrhich wil supdy pwa sawtimbcr for its operations in Diboll, Pindand and Eraddc.

hi& Sor.t srris rcsmirypro duction on a limited bods $ b Florbn, I.a-, plys@d phd.d Fishcr, Ia., samill . Stry-At Ta b Cnp. has dcd its Johlrm City, Tn-, flant tcmpanrily : . mreb-Pcifc hs roqd is togansport, La., plyroodd. .

DintondHillPlyvd&.fu openod a nsw uluchonc in Chrrlotte, N.C. . . Fuaut Ltmfu, Itrc-,has tratrdcrcd its Southcrn pnoducts dc!t" to Eoctm . . Tcmptrol Corp., San Anmio, Tl., and &c Co., Pomro&, Fl., are mw dfutrihtar fq Mfun Maid}itrrs}ro,apflhm...

Wd roofs uorc ud tro family hmes W to 9,m rq. ft. arenowok inCorn6 CffiL TL . . .Thc @nnotpW$c ty @mmisfiot will Ukc r bok at plywood and portklebosd !rm. pccb in fcnaldchlde cmb*s...fuaHonsinBlhrtd pcrarnit cocrry ffi ftm tdl4b $163 a year by snitchingto tpod frame from onclgte blak mstruction. .

Presidential Hardwood Floor

President Ronald Reagan's Oval Office in the White House now has a beautiful hardwood floor made possible with the cooperation and generosity of several hardwood firms.

Kentucky Wood Floors and Wood Mosaics, Louisville, Ky., Chester B. Stem Inc., New Albany, Ir., and Rode Brothers, Los Angeles, Ca., were all involved in the gift which replaced a temporary vinyl floor that had been installed during the early Nixon years to replace the cork floor of the Roosevelt era.

According to John Stern, pres. of

Texas Shippers Beware

Shippers in Texas should be aware that they can be fined up to $200 per day if they use a motor carrier which does not have the proper authority to operate from the Railroad Commission of Texas. According to a decision reached by the Texas Supreme Court the fine applies even if the shipper does not know that the carrier is operating illegally.

Kentucky Wood Floors, the quartered white oak and walnut flooring is worth $20,000. His company prepared the wood which was donated by Wood Mosaics and Stem. Rode Brothers installed the mitered plank design.

Hardwood School

(Continued from page 15) concerning the grading rules more readily available to a large number of people.

The Inspection Training School shares facilities with the NHLA executive offices in Memphis. Two essentially all wood buildings are connected with a breezeway. The exterior is clad with cypress siding. Oak and maple flooring is used throughout. There are 15 different species of hardwood plank paneling with various machine and installation patterns used throughout the building.

These buildings, which are strikingly beautiful and extremely functional, are truly working showplaces of hardwood lumber. They are situated on l0 acres of beautifully landscaped property.

Total cost was $1,250,000, all of which was donated by association members and friends of the industry, thus leaving the installation debt free when it was completed in 1980. This is an accomplishment of which the entire industry can be justly proud.

Continued next month . .

"More info on paints, stains" Part two of ourtwo part series on selling paints and related materials