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coverins association news in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association will hold its fall board meeting on Nov. l l in the board room of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Louisville, Ky., to plan for the annual convention on Jan. 12 and 13 in Louisville.

A retail management seminar for dealers will be held in Louisville. Dec. l. 2 and 3, under the direction of the Armstrong World Industries Residential Building Products Division in conjunction with the wholesalers in the area. Cost for the seminar including meals, lodging and seminar materials is $200.

(LOGS), elected Danny Hall, manager of The Beacon Co., Ellijay, Ga., as chairman.

Others elected at the Aug. 7 meeting at Stone Mountain, Ga., were Ted Andrews, vice chairmanl Mark Pratt, secretary/treasurer, and John Shiver, Tom Bell and Melissa Williams. trustees.

During the meeting Wayne Rodgers and Erv Goodroe conducted roundtable discussions on pay scales and methods of coping with competition.

Supply, Vidalia, Lorrie Morrow, The Beacon Co., Ellijay; Scott Harrison, Harbin's, Toccoa; Larry Westberry, Harris Ace Hardware, Jessup; Eddie Attaway, Stevenson Lumber, Eastman; Tim Howard, Choo Choo Supply, West Dublin; Jeff Synour, Harbin's, Athens; Kim Kiser, Harbin's, Toccoa; Larry Johnson, Maner Building Supply, Augusta, and Dale Castile, Taylor-Foster, Inc., Manchester. Erv Goodroe was the instructor.

Thot's How lt Goes!

Mississippi

Building Material Dealers Association will hold its 62nd annual convention and building products trade show Feb. 18-20 at the Royal D'lberville Hotel in Biloxi, Ms.

Plans are underway for exhibits, entertainment, speakers and a program for ladies attending.

Building Material Merchants' Association of Georgia and Alabama's organization for young management personnel, Lumber Ones of Georgia

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78711. The telephone number is (512) 463-7088.

Redwood '87 seminars are scheduled for Dec. 2 atthe Wyndham Greenspoint, Houston; Dec. 3 at Rodeway Atrium Inn. San Antonio. and Dec. 4 at DFW Airport Harvey Hotel, Irving.

Co-sponsored by the California Redwood Association and LAT, the three morning sessions are for owners/managers/key sales staff. A continental breakfast, a videotape, "Redwood Properties & Uses," and a dealer's book on redwood are included with the registration fee which is $50 for LAT members and $75 for non-members. The diverse properties and sales potential of redwood will be stressed in the sessions.

Seventeen students completed a recent product knowledge/selling skills training program, including John Hendrickson, Wheeler's, Marietta; Jim Short, Stovall's Building Supply, Toccoa; Mark Manis, Manis Wholesale, Rome; Marty Lawson, Choo Choo Supply, Waycross; Cliff Smith, Hill Supply, Winder; Heath Jordan, Choo Choo Supply, Vidalia; Curtis Holt, Fareway Building Supply, Washington; Bill Allen, Choo Choo

Did you enjoy your week off, Miss Hartly?

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