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At press time there v!'as no Intenntiottal Tratle Assot'icttiort decision cln the petition for aI7 % duty on lumber shipped f-rom Canada to the U.S. ...if the verdict due Oct. 9 sets a softwood duty. it will be etfective until the final ITA determination Dec. 23...

Builders Square has acquired 16 Mr. Hovt Wureltouie units from Sen. ice Merchandise Co. including Greenacres City, Davie, Coconut Creek, Tampa and Melbourne. Fl., Augusta, Ga., Virginia Beach and Hampton, Va., as well as yet to be opened stores in Lakeland and Largo. Fl. ...

Honte Depot plans additional stores in Cobb, Ga.; Newport Richel'. North Palm Beach. Fl.I E. New Orleans. La.: Katy Freeway and East FreewaY in Houston. Tx.. and Carrollton and N.W. Highway in Dallas/Ft. Worth...

Hec'hinger will open a Greenville. S.C.. store this month with stores under construction in Fredericksburg, Va., and Fayetteville, N.C., and plans for a Roanoke, Va.. unit...McCol' s Building Suppll,Center No. 70 has opened in San Marcos. Tx. ...

Frtst Coast Building Supplv Co,p., Great Bridge, Va.. has acquirel ltntber Ciry,, in Great Bridge and Western Branch. Va.. for an undisclosed sum. .Pa ,*less Cashv,a\s Ittc. has clpened a store in Fort Smith, Ar., and a Furrow unit in Florence. Ky. ...

Lov,e's Compctnies /nc. opened a new store in Eustis, Fl. and celebrated the remodeling of stores in Myrtle Beach. S.C., and Gulfport, Ms.

ica. Ca., the new subsidiary of 28 stores in six southeastern states will operate as W cke s - Honte cra.fi e rs, Inc. under the Wickes bunber div....(See complete story on p. 7) and dry l.rln...Fred D. Jarnes ltunber Co. is a new Edntond. Ok.. wholesaler. in addition to James. staffen include Bill Champ and JetT Listen...

.S('()l/-\"s $'hich is opening new stores in Boynton Beach and Largo. Fl.. this month has both a new sen'ice center and a store in Orlando: six stores including units in Daytona Beach and Riviera Beach have been closed. .a new Scot4"s Hardv.arehas opened in Lake Placid...

Simco Wood Presen'ing, Inc. has a new treating plant in Conrmerce. Ga.. Guy' Daniels Jr. sales mgr. ...Southeast Wood Treating, fuc. , has added tlre retardant treatment at is plants in Louisville and Jasper, Al. ...

Horne Depot in St. Petersburg, Fl., which was forced to evacuate and close tbr 12 hours when a chemical fire threatened the area estimates it lost about YO.000 in business...Ilorne Lumber Co.,Hazard. Ky., estimates loss of a l0.Un sq. ft. woodworking shop in a recent fire at $300,000...

Willamene hnlusties lrc. is acquiring leases for 313.000 acres of timberland in No. La. and Ar. from Kiewit Continental lnc. ..Anderson-Tul ly Co. , Memphis. Tn., received a 1986 Conservation Achievement Award fronr the Mississippi Wildlife Federulion...

Shermon-Parker ltunber Co., Vinita. Ok.. is now Benneil Lumber and Hudv,are with new owners Bob and Sanrmy Bennett. ..Richntond ltnber Or., Charles Ciry. Va.. is moving into a recently opened industrial park...

PoulQtthey Lunber Co. is the new nanre for Sintms-Moore bmber Co.. McAlester, Ok.. Paul Cathey, orvner/ mgr. .E T. Doolel' Luntber, Ment-phis. Tn.. is puning an addition onto an existing building at their yard...

Buie Forest Products is a new San Antonio, Tx.. wholesaler. specializing in cedar, redwood, yellow pine, spruce and Douglas fir; Bob Buie, owner.. .Mid-States Wholesale ltmber. Inc., in Oklahoma City. Ok., has closed and a new co.. Mid-States Wolesale htmber Co. has opened. Bill Smith, pres.

Hom e c ntfte rs Wttre ho us e, Birmingham, Al.. has been acquired by Wickes Companies,lnc., Santa Mon-

PBS Lumber ManuJizcturing Inc., Alexandria. La., is adding a sawmill

Wing Indusrries is expanding its Greenville, Tx.. mfg. facility by 35,000 sq. ft. ..Displar Data Corp., Hunt Valley. Md., has been acquired by Convergent Tbchnologies...C & ^S Door Corp., Christiansburg. Va.. has acquired K & S Louver & Door Manufocturing, Elkton. Va.

Bruce Hardwood Floors. Dallas. Tx., is acquiring Ozark Mountain Timber Prcducrs, Irtc. in West Plains, Mo. Armstrong WorM Industries, 1nc. will build a sheet flooring material plant in Stillwater, Ok....American Ha rdnare Slppl1' has acquired Speer Hardv,are Co., Fort Smith. Ar.. and extended its market into Ok. ...

Housing starts ror€ A4% inAugust to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.82 million units...single family homes starts were up 3%...multifamily unis drop@ 4.3 %...the south accounted for only 0.3% of the lncrease...

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Hardwood Plywood Mfrs. Tour

A hardwood plywood and veneer mill study tour including the third Forestry and Woodworking Indonesia '86 is planned by the Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers Association for Oct. 19 to Nov. 13, following their annual fall meeting at the Marriott Biltmore in Santa Barbara, Ca., Oct. 14-17.

Simpson Display Wins Honor

Displays of Simpson Timber Co.'s Private Collection mahogany doors were judged best in show at the National Sash and Door Jobbers Association's annual trade show.

Each door in the 20' x 20' exhibit was displayed in an individual setting with its name on a white awning above it. Graph- ics included the Simpson Mastermark identification on the center panel.

Hardwood I ndustry Changes

Demand for more specialization is one ofthe biggest changes in the hardwood industry in the past 50 years, according to a veteran hardwood man.

Robert S. Cockroft, owner ofSouthern Star in McKenzie, Tn., has been in the hardwood business since the end of World War IL His firm, originated by Clyde, Roscoe and Robert H. Smith in 1915. is the oldest continuously operating industrial firm in its area, Carroll County.

Customers now want "a separation of grades, packaging, kiln drying and sur- facing," Cockroft says. "Today users seem to want more of one grade of lumber. And the demand is greater than in the past for separation of lengths. Many customers ask for only one or two lengths in a shipment, rather than five or six lengths, as in earlier years."

Other changes noted by Cockroft include the increasing importance of computers in hardwood lumber manufacturing as well as for sales and inventories. Utilization of the entire hardwood tree is another new development.

"The whole tree is now used by the mill or merchandised. Chips go to cardboard and paper manufacturers. Bark goes into mulch for nurseries and architectural landscaping. Sawdust and other refuse is used as fuel by some mills. Most mills use sawdust or sell it." Cockroft explains.

Whether it's kiln-dried or including our new distribution yard in Marion, North Carolina, Georgia-Pacific can give you the consistent qualiry and dependable delivery your business needs.

, make Georgia-Pacific your source for quality hardwoods. Everything from red oak to poplar. Hard maple to cheny. Even cypress.

With a dozen production facilities tlroughout the hardwood belt,

To find out more about Georgia-Pacific hardwood lumber, or to place an order, call: (404)52r-55r7,