PERSONALS

Stan Hlgglnbothrm has joined Maylair, Lafayette, La., as residentiitl products sales mgr.

Mel Galllon is now responsible for plywood product management at Alamo l:orest Products, San Antonio, Tx. Virgll Dalley is new to administra' tion, according to Melvin Allen.

Richard Brown is the new gen. mgr. of truss works for Williams llrothers Lumber (iroup, Atlanta, Ga. Steven Schaffer is gen. mgr. of sash & door works.

Charles Creswell .Ir., director of mktg., Flartmann-Sanders Co., Atlanta, (ia., has been elected to the board oldirectors of the Architectural Woodwork Institute, along with Jeff Blankenship, Columbus Cabinet Co., Columbus, Ga.; Tom DeBruyne, Wood Dimensions. Tallahassee, 1"1., and Wayne Shortt, Ruffin & Payne, Richmond, Va. Re-elected to the board: Joseph Gatti, Frederick Schill & Co., Pompano Beach, Fl., and Steve Maksinchak, Metropolitan Millwork. Lorton. Va llernurd Krltrer hls bccn appointccl intcrint chairntan itnd c.e.o. ol- l)iam<lnd l-untbcr. l)allas. 1'x. l)onald Whlpple has becn nanred pres. ilnd c.c.o. of' lluildcrlma. Sitvannah, ( ia. llob Hogan. warehouse supervisor. (ieorgia-Pacific, San Antonio, Tx., recently celebrated [15 -10th anniversary with (i-P. Retiring lrom the co. are .f ohn Beall, oPerations mgr., Tyler. Tx.. after l2 years: DorothY Birks. administrative supervisor. Tulsa, Ok., alter 20+ yearsl Jim Lyle, sales mgr., ShrevePort. La., after nearly 30 years, and Charlie Milton, sawyer, (ireensboro. N.('., alter I I years.

Tom Sanders, Sanco Lumber, (irove, Ok.. has been elected to the board of directors of the local Chamber of Commerce.

Mike Easterling is the new v.p. of sales & mktg. at l-lood Industries, Beaumont, Ms. Bobby Griffin and Ken Robinson are new to plywood sales.

(ilenn Woodruff is a new sitlcs rcp at lthil'er Wire Products. Tuscaloosa, Al. Art Rrmey has bcen nomcd Prcs. ol' l)onncr Mouldings & Millwork, ('hil1'rnu,ig, Vl., and ljort Worth. Tx., according to l,arry Drvis. Carl McConnell is now nittional sales mgr. (ireg Brown. asst. mgr.. llome l)epot. llouston. Tx., is cngaged to marry Martha Weisenborn l)ec. -1 l. 1989.

Arthur Burke is ncw to llonlc Quartcrs Warehouse, Virginia lleach. Va., as nrerchundiser ol'paint, dccor & storaSc.

Sandy Hunsucker. insurancc trust secretary, Lumbermcns Association of Texas. Austin. Tx.. married Don Weynand July 29, 1989 and honeYnrooned in the llahamas.

(iary W. Miller has been promoted to v.p./gen. mgr. of [)evoe & Raynolds ('o., Louisville, Ky.

Tom Rockwood has been named gen. mgr. ol('oastal Lumber ('o.'s lilorida div.. llavana, 1jl.

.Iohnny Simpson is now co-mgr. of 84 Lumber, North Tampa, [rl.

1,. C. Ferris has been named mgr. of (iangwer Lumber Co., (iuthrie, Ok.

Wes Mc(ilothlin, Bixby Lumber, Ilixby, Ok.. was selected as Merchant of the Year by the local Chamber of Commerce.

Duncan Dickey is now mgr. of Sequoia Supply. Greensboro, N.C.

Russell'fhompson hus becn transl'errcd lo ljoxworth-(ialbrtith l-unrbcr ('o.. l)unras. 'I'x.. its mgr.. rcpllcing l,onnle l'ox. who hits rcsignccl.

('hrrlle .f ames is ntlw cxcc. v.p. ltnd c.o.o. lt l:[-M l]uilding Products, Orllndo. ljl.

Alvr Rcese ('ox .f r.. ol)erltions n1gr.. lluildcranra. (;ilstonia. N.( ., nrarried Cusrndrr Renee lldge Aug' l2' I 989.

Mark R. Baker has joincd Scotty's, Wintcr lllvcn, l;1.. ls v.p., mktg.. hardlincs & scasonal. l'rcs. l)rryl 1,. l,ansdale has been clectcd to the board ol'dircctors.

Anthony Stephens has bccn sclccted l:mployee of the Month itt Lowe's Villa Rica. (ia.. distribution centcr. ('harles William,lohnson. [-owe's, l{onrc. (ia.. ntarricd Victoria l.ynn l'airchild Aug. 26. 1989.

Bill, 'thelma, (ierald and Martha Thompson, Kentucky l.unrber & lluilding Material l)ealers Association, Lebanon, Ky.. will attend the National Lumber & Iluilding Material l)ealers Associalion annual convention with KLl]MI)A mcmbers Donald and Judy Clucas, ( olc Lumber C'o.. Paducah; Bob and BettY Powell. Powell Lumber ('o.' Sebree; Terry and Pam Barnes, IndePendence Lumber ('o., lndePendence; Ken Jr. and Sue l,awson' ThriftwaY. lnc.. Owensboro, and Herb and Nancy Works, lloone-Kenton Lumber, F-rlanger.

Nolan Ben Johnson hus been named pres. of Chapnran ('hemical ('o.' Menrphis, Tn. Mike H. Freeman is now v.p., sales & mktg.: Mike H. West, v.p.. development & technical services. and Ronald A. .lames Sr., treas.

Dyer Nead is the new charity coordinator at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and FreddY Fungus.

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The Cinderella tree of the Northwest (West Coast red alder)

Western Maple

Oregon Myrtle, smooth & tough

Developing California hardwoods (black oak)

Northeastern Hardwoods (four parts) (yellow birch, hard maple, black chery, beech, red oak, soft maple, basswood, ash, white birch, yellow poplar)

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Black walnut

General physical properties of Southern hardwoods (16 species)

Working with hardwoods (16 species)

Hickory's looking good (two parts)

Koa: the Royal Hawaiian hardwood

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Some Malayan Hardwoods (two parts) (10 species

A quartet of related Asian Hardwoods (apitong, gurjun, keruing, yang)

The five species of meranti

Ramin: a commercial light hardwood

Commercial satinwood

The romance of teak (two parts)

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More on tropical woods from Mexico (guanacaste, lingnum vitae, capomo, ebony)

Banak: a mahogany substitute

Cedro: the volatile Latin

The heavyweight and the lightweight 0ignum vitae, balsa)

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Two varieties of brosimum

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