PERSONALS

Ron Denton is the new lumber purchasing mgr. at Rounds & Porter Co., Dallas, Tx.

Mike Patneaude, Pat Rrgan, Marty Sandlin and Brian Taylor are new to the trading staffof Empire Wholesale Lumber Co., Tampa, Fl.

Brian Wofford has joined the lumber sales team at Union Camp Corp., Chapman, Al.

Charles Rogers has been named gen. mgr. of Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co., Pecos, Tx. Dale Brown has been transferred to Las Cruces, N.M., as N.M./West Tx. district mgr., and Robert Bean succeeds him as mgr. in Junction. Tx.

M. Scott Whiddon is now gen. mgr. of east coast sales & operations at Causeway Lumber Co., Fort Lauderdale, Fl. In Bonita Springs, Fl., Lawrencp E. Peeno is gen. mgr. of west coast operations; Bud Hess, sales mgr., west coast operations; Dana Ray, millwork dept. director, and Chris Ashby, contractor sales. Krmal Kanafrni will manage the Boca Raton, Fl., yard and Deryl Craig is director of Fort Lauderdale's builders' hardware dept.

Frank Robertson has been promoted to v.p. of marketing for the wood preserving div. of Osmose Wood Preserving, Griffrn, Ga., according to Paul A. Goydan, corporate v.p. Thomas A. Marr is now v.p. of engineering & technical services.

Rick Walton, senior sales rep, Weyerhaeuser, Houston, Tx., is celebrating his 20th anniversary with the company.

David H. Dolben has been appointed v.p./c.a.o. at Temple-Inland Inc., Diboll, Tx., according to Rlchard Warner, treas.

James W. Inglis has been promoted to exec. v.p., merchandising, at Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga., according to Arthur M. Blank, pres. and c.o.o. New senior v.p.s are Bruce Berg, Dennis Ryan and Bill Hamlin.

Debbie lvye, ProfitMaster Computer Systems, Austin, Tx., married Roy Alvarado on Sept. 9, 1988.

Darrell Levorne Reed, Builders Supply Co., Hattiesburg, Ms., married Gerald Darlene McCarty on Aug. 20. 1988.

Don Yollmer has been named co-mgr. of 84 Lumber, Palmetto, Fl.

John F. Hollfelder, v.p. of sales, Stanley Hardware, has retired after 38 years with the co., according to Richard G. Martin, pres. and gen. mgr. Robert A. Baird succeeds him. Frederick K. Raab replaces Walter P. Spoerlein as Southeast consumer product reg. mgr., Atlanta, Ga.

John Barnett, Central Wood Preserving, Slaughter, La., is home recuperating following triple bypass surgery.

Donna Faye Burnett, Lowe's, Southern Pines, N.C., married Christopher Stephen Davis July 23, 1988. Evon LeeAnn Steininger, Lowe's, Hickory, N.C., married Curt Edwin Honsaker Aug.20, 1988.

Jim Winters has been named gen. mgr. of Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co.'s Borger, Tx., operations.

James L. Collins has joined Diamond Lumber, Dallas, Tx., as senior v.p. and general merchandise mgr. Tom Hardy is now v.p., purchasing, and Wayne Nalls, v.p., mktg.

Frank Catalani has been appointed Ar., La., Ok., Ms. and Tx. sales rep for A.H. Hoffman, Inc.

Ronnie Martin has been named mgr. of the new Lowe's in South Boston, Va. Dan Thompson is retail sales mgr.; Steve Lowery, contractor mgr.; Kathy Bowes, credit/office mgr., and Tom Barricks, warehouse mgr.

Jack Michaux is now account mgr. in Ga., Al. and Fl. for Risk Management Group's Insurance Management Services, Greenville, S.C. Michael Black is now agency operations mgr.; Elizabeth Abbott, customer service rep.; Melody Adams, account exec, Risk Management Services.

Richard H. Ferguson, James River Building Supply, Sandston, Va., has been elected president of the Independent Builder's Supply Association's board of directors.

Sterling Montgomery, KemPsville Building Materials, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., has been presented the Independent Builder's Supply Association's A.L. Perry Memorial Award.

David S. Mdlung II, McClung's, Inc., Salem, Va., and his wife, Gail, are celebrating the birth of grandson Robert Baker Ferguson, 8 lb. 14 oz., born Aug.7, 1988.

Harry A. Merlo, chairman of the board and pres., Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Portland. Or.. has been honored with the Merit Award by the California Park & Recreation Society

Fred "Hokey" Hokason is the new Houston, Tx., terminal mgr. for Southern Gulf Trucking, Inc., Shreveport, La., according to Neil Haynes.

Tim Bean, Bean Lumber Co., Glenwood. Ar.. and his wife. Sandra. are the proud parents of 7 lb.4 oz. Nikita Sheri Bean, born Sept. 13, 1988.

Winston Depew, exec. v.p., Lumbermen's Association of Texas. Austin. Tx.. has been named treas. of the Texas Construction Industry Council. Other oflicers: Janey Sowell, Republic Gypsum, Dallas, pres.; Ruben Ake, Diamond Ready Mix, Austin, v.p.; Glen Duncan, Brick Institute of Texas, Austin, sec., and AIec Beck, Stripling Blake Lumber Co., Austin, chairman of the board.

Bob Smith has been named gen. mgr. of Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co., Waco. Tx.

Ed Lauffer is managing the new 84 Lumber Co., in Sevierville, Tn. Mike Arnold is co-mgr.

Patricia Lennerton, Lowe's, Jacksonville, N.C., has been elected Employee of the Month. Elected Employee of the Quarter in North Wilkesboro, N.C., were Lisa Carroll, Florence White and Mike Faw.

David Nixon has formed Pelican Lumber & Export Inc., Lake Charles, La.

John Prince, Georgia-Pacifrc Corp., Atlanta, Ga., has retired after 40 years in the business.

Craig Hall and Bill Gilmer have joined Ken Knight Lumber Sales, St. Simons Island, Ga.

Dave Engimann is new to sales at Boca Supply, Inc., Pompano Beach, Fl.

Clif Jones has joined Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga.

Tony Vivaldi is now Florida reg. mgr. for The Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga.

Michael Brooks is the new sales mgr. at Palmetto Wholesale, Columbia, S.C.

Coby Subert and Preston Newton are new traders at Lumber Technology Corp., St. Simons Island, Ga.

John Boanas has been promoted to exec. v.p. of international operations at Formica Corp. He was also elected a director, filling the seat vacated by the late Gordon D. Sterling.

R.L. "Bud" Wallace, pres. and c.e.o., Centex American Gypsum Co., Albuquerque, N.M., has been elected chairman of the board of the Gypsum Association.

Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus, Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax. Nv.. hosted the Christmas meeting of the National Procrastinators Society last month at their yard.

Skyllght 9aler Toolr

A skylight merchandising program, including a sales floor display, literature, ad slicks, promotional brochures and redesigned packaging, has been launched by Crestline.