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PERS NALS
Jim Brady has been appointed to the sales staff of McCoy Lumber Co., Greensboro, N.C., according to E.C. McCoy, pres.
David Schnell has been named regional sales mgr. for Andersen Corp.'s Southwest region; Steven Berg has assumed sales responsibility for Northwestern Tx.; Steve Pickett will cover central and southem Tx.
W.E. Windham is now mgr. of the Alabama region of Union Camp Corp.'s building products div., replacing John Albert who has been named gen. mgr. of the div.
Jim lYoodard is new in sales at Eastex Forest Products, Houston, Tx.
Jamie Killen has been appointed Southeast regional sales mgr. for Preway Inc., according to William Thomas, Jr., pres. and c.o.o.
Dwight Hanigan, Harrigan Lumber Co., Monroeville, Al., is a new director at large in the Southern Forest Products Association.
E.C. "Bucky" McCoy, McCoy Lumber Co., Greensboro, N.C., and Harold Mayo, Magnolia Forest Products, Jackson, Ms., are serving on the membership committee for the North American Wholesale Lumber Association Inc.
Frank G. Felicella has been appointed senior v.p. and c.e.o. of the central region of W.R. Grace's home center div., based in San Antonio, Tx.
Joe B. Cordell, president and c.e.o. of the Jim Walter Corp., Tampa, Fl., has been elected c.e.o., succeeding Jarnes Walter who will continue as chairman.
Wayne F. Edwards has been elected v.p. and gen. mgr. of the Southern timber and wood products div. of Crown Zellerbach's timber and wood products group.
Joseph L. Jones is the new pres. of Armstrong World Industries, Lancaster, Pa., succeeding Harry A. Jensen who has retired.
John K. Robinson, Manville Building Materials marketing div. sales rep in the metro Atlanta, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tn., area, has been promoted to market mgr. for the Southwest, Rocky Mt. and Northwest districts.
Teny Za,ng, Zang and, Associates, Fort Worth, Tx., is representing The Kewanee Corp. in Ar., La., Ms. and Western Tn.
Doug and Clair Ashy, Doug Ashy Building Materials, Lafayette, La., Ralph and Glynda Norman, SlagleJohnson Lumber Co., Monroe, La.; Tommy and Gay Hatfreld, Hatfield Hardware and Lumber Co., Winnsboro, La., Trey and Jane kBlanc. Acadian Home Center, Lafayette, La., and J. Hubert Walker. A.B. Clark Lumber Co., NewOrleans, La., are among those attending the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers convention in Phoenix, Az., Oct. 8-12.
Cambron Frost has been named gen. mgr. at Frost Lumber Co. , Thibodaux, La.
Eddie Watson has been appointed territory mgr. of Western Tn. and Southwest Ky. by Wholesale Building Products, Nashville, Tn.
Mike Purhey, Gary Hardin, D. Lynn Dawson and John E. Cahill have been promoted to v.p. at Wallace Hardware Co., Inc., Morristown, Tn.
Bob Fant is now assistant advertising and public relations director at Scotty's, Winter Haven, Fl.
Arlen Ayer is the new v.p./director of sales at Albany Hardware Co., Albany, Ga.
Frank Denny, chairman of Home Centers of America, San Antonio, Tx., has been named to the board of trustees of the City of Hope National Medical Center and Research Institute.
Jerome Spires, Spires True Value Hardware, West Columbia, S.C. has been selected as Small Businessman of the Year by the Greater West ColumbiaCayce Chamber of Commerce.
Jimmy L. Mcleod is nowv.p. of building materials at Columbia Lumber & Manufacturing Co., Columbia, S.C.
D.J. Young has been promoted to gen. mgr. of Southern production for plywood and lumber operations in the Willamette Industries building materials group Southern div., Ruston, La., according to John Shealy, v.p.
Lynn Lrmb, C&S Lumber Co., Carthage, Ar.; Larry Serl and Jeff Flowers, South Texas Moulding, Mission, Tx., are back from a two-day fishing trip off the Or.-Wa. coast as guests of Rich Blinkhorn, pres., Rick Gibson and Keith Casarona, Suntree Lumber Co., Lake Oswego, Or.
W. Earl Durham, pres., W.R. Durham and Sons Lumber Co., Hendersonville, Tn., is the new mayor of Hendersonville.
G.W. "Bill" Hlghsmith, mgr. of business analysis and planning at Potlatch Corp.'s Southern div., Warren, Ar., has been promoted to director ofcorporate traffic, and relocated to Lewiston, Id., according to R.M. Steele, pres, and c.e.o,
Sandra BoyaJian has been named sales promotion mgr. at Clairson International, Ocala, Fl. Jane Miner has been promoted to sales administration mgr.
Jimmy Lynch is the new pres. and c.e.o. of Southland Building Products, Little Rock, Ar., succeeding Ebon L. Walker.
David M. TVatkins has been promoted to director of store services at Handy Dan, Handy City and House Works; other promotions include Gary D. White from assistant buyer of building materials to paint buyer; Bob Jones to product training coordinator; Dennis Lavery to garden buyer; Rob Pearce to seasonal buyer; Larry Boese to hardware buyer, Wayne Parsons, building materials buyer. All are working out of the San Antonio, Tx., offices.
C.G. "Buddy" Whiddon is the new branch mgr. of the Three Rivers Lumber Co. office at Columbus, Ga. Peggy Popham is now inside sales mgr. and D.J. "Dusty" Dowdy outside sales mgr. at the Rome, Ga., Hq. James Olmedo Jr., International Paper, Dallas, Tx., is back from a Phoenix, Az., business trip.
John L. "Jack" Kucera has been named public relations mgr., building products communications, by GeorgiaPacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga.
Gryle Watt has joined the trading staff at Breckenridge Lumber Co., Arlington, Tx.
Jerry Taylor is new at the SurePine div. of Willamette Industries, Simsboro, La. Charles E. "Chuck" Dotson Jr. is now a sales rep for the Southern timber and wood products div. of Crown Zellerbach, Bogalusa, La.
W. Michael Tinder has been elected v.p., sales and purchasing, at W.M. Tinder, Inc., Manassas, Va. Wayne Mitchell and Mart Sellew are handling sales. Andrr Koneczny is responsible for lumber sales and purchases.
Bobby Poff has been named gen. mgr. of Allan Security Doors, Memphis, Tn., according to Hugh Allrn, pres.
Hugh Mungus and Frcddy Fungus, Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., are sponsoring a hardhitting documentary on their local KRUD-TV station that dares ask the questions: is Frank Lloyd Wright?, is James Watt? and should Alastair Cooke?