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Lone Star Hardwore, a subsidiary of lMestloke Hard**are Inc.. Lenexa, Ks., is acquiring the 21 Lindsley Honte Decorating Centers in South Fl. a former Handy Dan Home Center in Amarillo. Tx., officially became a Westlake Hardware with recent grand openingceremonies...

With the opening of a Freedom Dr. store. Lowe's has completed a $20 million remodeling plan in the Charlotte, N.C. area, and started a second phase which will remodel Rock Hill. Gastonia and Monroe stores and add new stores in Rock Hill. Gastonia. Monroe, Lake Norman and Concord. other new Lon'e's have opened near Garner, N.C., and Southport-Oak Island. N.C. the largest store in the chain is now in operation in Knoxville, Tn...

Scotty's will open a seventh Daytona Beach, Fl.. store in Bellair Plaza before the end of the year . Scotty's Hardw^ore Store in Panama City, Fl., has its new sign in place . grand openings have ofTicially opened three Mobile, Al., Scotty's Payless Cashnal,s, Inc. will open a Springdale, Ar., store before Jan. . . . Builderarra has new units in North Augusta and Aiken, S.C. . . . Watkinst'ille Lumber and Supply Co., Watkinsville, Ga., is now an Ace Hardwarestore...

Stine Lumber Co. has auctioned off building materials, fixtures and equipment from the two Baton Rouge, La., locations it closed; De Ridder, Jennings and Lake Charles, La., stores are not affected. Wickes Lumber is celebrating its 25th anniversary with special promotions.

Handy Dan has leased a 400,000 sq. ft. warehouse complex in northwest Flouston, Tx., to open as a DC lbr its l9 stores in the area...a new Pl.t'-,\[art building supply store has opened in Stockbridge. Ga. . .

The shuttered llickes Lumber in New Smyrna Beach. Fl., has been razed .4dants Building Supplies^ Elberton, Ga., has moved into a new 5.000 sq. ft. showroom and 18,000 sq. ft. warehouse built to replace buildings lost in a fire last Jan.

Janrcs River Building Suppll, had a grand re-opening for their 8500 sq. ft. home center built to replace a home center dept. destroyed by fire last March Lowe's has closed its Hernando, Ms.. distribution center

Moores has closed three stores in Richmond. Va.. and a Raleigh. N.C., store: a 50.000 sq. ft. store will be built in Roanoke. Va. .. . Frierson Building .Supply has opened Frierson's Showroom ltlorth in Canton Mart Square in Jackson, Ms.

Creech Lumber & Hardx'are Co., Cumberland, Ky.. has closed . Woodsmith, Inc.. Bernice, La., has moved to Homer. La. Otto WoUJ' Irnports. Houston. Tx., is liquidating .

Florido Pacilic Lumber Co.I4lest. Ruskin. Fl., has been acquired by Babcock Lumber Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., and renamed Florida Ba bcock Lumber Co.. . . Calcasieu Lumber Co., Austin, Tx., has formed Consolidated Wholesale Lumber Co.. asanewdivision...

W. H. Ma;e Co.. Peru, ll., is adding 30,000 sq. ft. to its factory with new. more labor efficient equipment; they recently, signed a three year labor contract with the United Steelworkers of America

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Prelrungs of Florida, Nokomas. Fl.. is now owned b-v" Jack Donwa.v" who will manage it with Rita E. Conway as sales and nrarketing mgr. . . D & D Building Contponenls has a new home manufacturing plant in Orlando. Fl.. Gary Smith. mgr. . ..

.Vellco, Inc.. is a new treating plant formed in Perry, Ga.. by MellS. Tolleson. Sr.. formerly of Tolleson Luntber Co. (see p 38 for story) ... Rlssil Lumber Corp.. Richmond Hill, N.Y., has opened a Tappahannock. Va., office, Joe Farmer. mgr.

Koppers Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., and Manville Corp., Denver, Co., have formed a joint venture to make and distribute plastic roofinginsulation...

At presstim e Wickes Cos. said it plans to selloffits Wickes Lumber div., plus two other units. to help pay corp. debts . Wickes Lumber has 225 units in 36 states. primarily midwestern

Independent Fasteners o.l' Florida, Inc.. Pinellas Park. Fl.. received the 1987 Ken Lipman Memorial Associate of the Year award from the Florida Lumber and Building Materiol Dealers .4ssociation .

The'fen nesse Bui ldi ng Material Association has moved to 315 Deaderick St., 2lst Floor. First American Center. Nashville, Tn. 37238-0107. (615) 255-4515.

,4nrerican Hardware Suppl.t' Co. will change its name to .ServiStarCorp. effective July I, r 988 ...

Southern Millwork & Manu' .facturing Co. is selling its equipment through Louisville, Ky.'s U.S. bankruptcy court .

Housing starts were up 4.4V0 in Sept. (latest figs.) to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.67 million units singlefamily starts were up marginally at a l.l7 million annual rate; muftiunit starts were up 2.90/o ... bldg. permits fell 0.60/o

. . . starts in the South rose 7;lo/0..."