NEWS BRIEFS

Retailers

Mill Creek Lumber, Thlsa Ok., has acquired Grand CountrY HomeworkJ, Grove, Ok., from Robert Henkle ...

Cajun Lumben Jennings, La., has been acquired by Karl W. Monger, Alfred M. Monger II, and Judy Bernard

F oxw o rth- Galbraith Lumb er Co. has closed its Borger, Tx., yard...

Kelley Lumber, Barnsdall, Ok., was purchased by Jack Johnson from Dorothy Aultz and renamed Johnson Lumber & Feed

Wheeler's Building Materials, Rome, Ga., is now selling exclusively to professional home contractors from its 12 locations in metro Atlanta, north Ga. and southern Tn. ... the chain held a Sept. 23 grand opening at its new 80,000-sq. ft. Cumming, Ga.,location

Sutherland Building Material closed its Enid, Ok., location

National Home Centers, Springdale, Al., is closing its Cbnway, Ar., home center; its Conway pro yard remains oPen

Leeds BuiUing Products, lllarietta, Ga., has agreed to Purchase the assets of Windor Builders Supply, Tucker and Milledgeville, Gi., for about $24 million, as its 15th and 16th locations ...

A truck driver was robbed of his wallet at gunpoint in the Parking lot of Handyman Big Tin Bant, Alexandria, La.

Central Hardware Co.'s shuttered Memphis, Tn., store and five others are being auctioned this month...

Starr Lurnber Co., Blackwell, Ok., is remodeling; Rich Johnson, mgr....

Lowe's Cos. opened 150,000sq. ft. superstores Sept. l0 in Plano, Burleson, Mesquite and two in Dallas, Tx.; Aug. 27 in Macon, Ga., and a replacement store Aug. 13 in Athens, Ga., David Veal, mgr. ... the company will build 150,00Gsq. ft. stores on 24 acres at Warhill (Williamsburg), Va.; in North Myrtle Berch, S.C.: on 20.36 acres in Franklin, Tn.; on 19 acres in Cape Coral, Fl.; on 14.6 acres in northeast Birmingham, Al., and on 16 acres in Garland, Tx.

Lowe's is negotiating for a site in North Naples, Fl., and is considering sites in T-pa Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Jacksonville, Fl.; Kingsport, Tn., and Houston, Tx. its new Jackson, Tn., store was evacuated and closed for over 45 minutes due to a small fire in a storage area, presumably started by a welder's torch

Home Depot opens new stores Oct. 23 in Beaumont, Tx., and Greenville, S.C., and Oct. 30 in New Braunfels, Tx., and Canton, Ga. Home Depot will open lll stores this year and about 137 next year ...

Home Depot plans a store in Lake Wales, Fl.; an lll,0OGsq. ft. unit for Florence, Ky.; " 102,00G sq. ft. location in Blufton, S.C.; a 130,000-sq. ft. store in Monroe, La; a 130,000-sq. ft. store on an RV park in Seminole, Fl., and stores on each end of Park Blvd. in Pinellas Park, Fl. ...

Home Depot has broken ground for a 102,000-sq. ft. store with 30,000-sq. ft. garden center in Rock Hill, S.C., and a 110,00Gsq. ft. store with 28,00Gsq. ft. garden center in East Memphis, Tn.; finally won approval to build in west Cobb, Ga., after agreeing to tone down the trademark orange on its building; has contracted to buy land in Panama City, Fl., and is expanding is Inad 'N Go tmck rental program to 375 of its 500+ stor€s.,.

Anniversaries: Andcrle Inmber Co., Cameron, Tx., 50th Norfok Soutfurn Corp., Norfolk, Va., l5th...

Wholeealers & tanulactunc

Weyerhaeuscr will close its Philadelphia, Ms., plywood phg its oldest and smallest, in early Nov. due to rising raw material costs; 180 will be laid off ...

Georgia-Pacifc will constluct and run the country's largest southern pine seedling nursery later this year in Copiah Centy, Ms.; the Pearl River Nursery will grow 60 million loblolly pine seedlings yearly for rcplanting in G-P's 2 million acres of fqesclmd in Ar.,Ir-, Ms. and Ok

Fibrcform Wood P rducts, l-os Angeles, Ca., plans a new millwork plant in Diboll, Ti.

Willanene Industries plans to build a laminatcd veneer lumber and wood l-joist frcility next to its Simsboro, La., glulam plant by larc next year

United Hardwood is operating from the former site of Rogers Lumber International, Ferriday, L,a.; Bill Dennis, sales mgr. ...

Linden ltmbcr Co. has add€d its 4th flooring mill on site in Linden, Al. ...

Canurcn Ashley Building Prcducts, Dallas, Tx., acquired l4zyl Wholesale Supply Co., Greensboro, N.C., and agr€ed to purchase certain assets and liabilities of Mid-America Siding Supply lrc., Hot Springs andTexa*ana, Ar.

Windor Suppty & Man$acuring, br., Tbls4 Ok., has opened a 30,0fi)-sq. ft. door and window manufacturing and distribution plant in Oklahorna City, Ok-; IGnt -bschler, gen. mgr.; Jc Crrelik and Dave Barton, outsidc sales reps

Housing st4rts in August $arcst figs.) fell 4.8% to a seasonally adiusted annual rarc of 153 milfidn single-family constnrction dropped 5%, multi-family fell 4.3% permits slip'ped 1.6% (Plcasctumnp. 19)

Scotty's Makes The Bucks

The key to Scotty's new marketing campaign is making a lot of money, "Scotty's Money."

For every $5 spent on rnerchandise, cashiers give customers 25p in greenand-white coupons with the Scotty's logo that resemble dollars. hinted in 259, 509, $1 and $2 denominations, Scotty's Money can be spent any time or given away, so clubs, school groups and organizations can pool their savings.

"The beauty of it is that it's impossible to get rid of," says ceo Tom Morris. "We hope that when a cus-

Logging Barred On National Forests In Texas

A federal judge has issued a court injunction banning timber harvests on national forests in Texas.

Distict Judge Richard Schell's order halts "any method" of timber harvest, unless it is for insect or disease control, fire protection "or any other reason necessary to maintain the health of the forest land." Currently, the only specified exceptions are a few sites being logged due to pine beetle infestations.

The ruling covers 637,308 acres on four national forests in East Texas, where last year 254 acres were clear cut. Smaller producers should be most affected, since most of the timber harvested in the region comes from private lands.

Environmentalists, using arguments related to the red cockaded woodpecker and other purportedly endangered species, have been in court trying to lock up Texas forest lands since 1985.

tomer leaves his driveway at home, having it in the wallet or purse might help make the decision to go to Scotty's easier."

Sales increased an average l0%o in 16 stores in Georgia and North Florida where the promotion was tested in February and March.

The 163-store chain launched the program Aug. 3l by including more than2.7 million Scotty's $1 bills with its newspaper circulars.

The next weekend, Scotty's rented 28 helicopters to drop hundreds of thousands more of its bills over the parking lots of 84 of its stores. The stunt was touted by a $4 million ad campaign which included live remote broadcasts on 15 radio stations.

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