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Stan Hithersay has been appointed retail management training mgr. at Scotty's, Winter Haven, Fl. Tyler Colyer is now mgr. o[the Bainbridge, Ga., store, while new mgrs. in Fl. include Ed Moore, Pembroke Pines: Les McGonigal, Invernesst Scott Page, Cape Coral; , Dennis Porter, Delray Beach, and Doug Rogers, Wauchula.

Linda Adams is now asst. mgr. of Scotty's, Jacksonville, Fl. Other new Fl. asst. mgrs. include Scott Barr, Seminolet Chris Burroughs, Marathon; Jim Bishop, Tamaract Bill Clark, Pembroke Pines; Connie Clark, Punta Gorda; Thompson Ferrell, Cocoa; Hank Gifford, Stuart; Tim Graham, Lakeland; Rick Harveson, St. Petersburg; Jim Holmes, Fort Pierce; Richard Leis, Mandarin; John Lothridge, Fernandina Beach; Greg Metzger, Fort Myers: Rick Mc{lellan, Venice; Frsnk Nahill, Sanford; Gary Powell, Eustist Fred Rossie, New Smyrna Beacht Sandy Sands, Big Pine Key; Bob Tempesco, Brandenton; Debbie Vincent, Sarasota; Loren Van Roekel, Tampa, and Jeff Ward, Brandon.

Rod Didier has been named treated products mgr. ofthe new Eastex Forest Products treating plant, Houston, Tx.

Bernard Marcus, c.e.o. and chairman ol the board, Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga., served as dinner chairman for a City of Hope banquet honoring Donald W. Davis, chairman of the board and c.e.o., Stanley Works.

Jane Key has been promoted to personnel/office mgr. at General Sentry Hardware Co., Greensboro, N.C.

Bud Mikelonis is now v.p. of Frank Paxton Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo.

William P. "Bill" Morton, pres., Home Lumber Co., Hazard, Ky., has been nominated as 2nd v.p. of the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association.

Bill Richardson is new to sales at Cavenham Forest Industries, McComb, Ms.

Lee Mauberret, field rep, Louisiana Building Material Dealers Association, has resigned.

Mac lvey, lvey Lumber Co. Inc., Mansfield, La., is recuperating after surgery.

John R. Strinka has been named product mgr. for distribution products at W.R. Bonsal Co., Charlotte, N.C.

Richard L. Lambden has been promoted to chairman of the board at GS Roofing Products Co., lrving, Tx. Donald F. Smith is now pres. and c.e.o.

Boyd Hawthorne, Peninsula Supply Co., Inc., Newport News, Va., is recuperating after a triple by-pass operation following a heart attack.

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Chuck Knox has joined the sales team at Steel City Lumber, Birmingham. Al. Malcolm Delando Raynor, Home Quarters Warehouse, Winston-Salem. N.C.. married Sandra Dirne Chisholm on Aug. 8, 1987.

Ron Hughston and Dan Tidwell have been named regional market mgrs. for the wholesale/hardware div. of Phifer Wire Products, Inc.. Tuscaloosa. Al.

Billy Thompson. KentuckY Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association, Lebanon, KY., will attend the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association annual @nvention, along with fellow Kentuckians Richard and Jeen Bolrnd, BolandMaloney, Louisville: Don and JudY Clucas. Cole Lumber Co., Paducah, and Williem P. and Betty Morton, Home Lumber, Mt. Sterling.

C. Brock McCloskey is the new v.p. of employee relations at CooperTools, Raleigh, N.C., according to Jerry H. Godwin, v.p. and gen. mgr.

Joseph E. Jenks, salesman, AEG Power Tool Corp., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded the title "King of Carbide" and an expense-paid trip for two to Europe. Steve Keplen, Miami, Fl., has been honored with a trip to Germany for the weeklong AEG Okto' berfest.

Tandy Bowen, formerly with Bowen Lumber Sales, Arlington, Tx.. has joined the sales staff of Colonial Cedar Co.. Kent. Wa.

Ken Mexwell has joined ProfitMaster Computer Systems, Inc., Austin, Tx., as sales rep for Ga., S.C., N.C., Fl., Tn. and W.V.

Jeck A. Kelly, Weyerhaeuser Co., has been promoted to residential construction market mgr. Jeck McDowrll succeeds him as Eastern region marketing mgr.

Gregory A. Weeks is new to sales at Century Lumber Sales, Inc., Winnfield, La.

Charles Bradford Laurens. Lowe's. Lynchburg, Va., married Donna Raynelle Thompson on Aug. 15, I 987.

Craig Jonathan Davis, asst. mgr., Moore's Building Supply, Lexington, N.C., married Angele Michelle Koonts on Aug. 15, 1987.

Richard F. Doss has been appointed Atlanta, Ga., district sales rep covering Ga. and S.E. Tn. for Azrock Floors Products, San Antonio, Tx. Travis Hall is now heading Gulf South Forest Products' new Mobile. Al.. office.

Bill Langford and George Schumacher are new to Ajayem Lumber, Tampa, Fl.

Tommy Mrxwell, contract sales mgr., Bruce Hardwood Floon. Dallas, Tx., has been elected to the board ofdirectors for the National Wood Flooring Association.

Oliver Bess, Jr., has been named pres. of the Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association.

Elizabeth Willis has been appointed distribution products sales rep for the building products div. of W. R. Bonsal Co. in No. Ga. and SW N.C. New distribution producls territory sales mgrs. are Bredley R. Boles, S.C.: Larry L. Glidewell, Al.. and Thomas W. Devis, Ga.

Micheel Viden is now v.p., building products transportation, for GeorgiaPacific Corp., Atlanta, Ca. Devid Fleiner is director of wood products sales.

Steve E. Dore has joined the yard crew at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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Working with hardwoods (16 species)

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The romance of teak (two parts)

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Banak: a mahogany substitute

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