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Horne Depot plans to open three prototype Home Depot CrossRoads stores in Il., Ia-, and Mo., in mid-1995, offering products for farmers and ranchers in addition to their usual building materials

Builders Square // opened in Daytona Beach" Fl., cau$ng Hottu Depot to enlarge its neighboring store (see story p. M) ... an El Paso, Tx., Builders Square II under consfuction expects to open early next year; a leased San Antonio, Tx., Builders Sqwre will be relocated with Horne Depot building a fourth location on Squares abandoned site

Lowe's is building a superstore in Lake Jackson, Tx., to open in the latter half of 1995 ... Iawe's and Home Depot opened new locafions on the same day within blocks of each other in North Raleigh, N.C. (see picflrre p. 46) ... Home Depot is opening a second Cary, N.C., store across the street from a recently opened Inwe's and an established HomeQtnrters...

Kite Lumber, Evansville, In., opened a branch yard in Owensboro, Ky. ... Iavte's, Cookeville, Tn., hd nearly $1 million in damage from a recent fire Two employes at l-owe's, Reidsville, N.C,, were overcome by fumes &om spilled paint tbinner with ore being hospitalized ... Thomas Bros. Lumber & Supply Co., Wilburton, Ok., aad Jagoe's L*mber, Owensboro, Ky., have closed ... Hotne Depot, Dale City, Va., donated $3,500 won in a National Presto Industries Inc. sales contest to charity

Annivmaries: f & Millcr Mill Co., Inc., Brewton, Al., l22nd; Economy Ltntfur Co., Ttrlsa, Ok., 6fth; Fowler-Turmer ltsnber Ca, Madisonville, Ky., 40th: Miller

Inmber Sales Co., Jackson, Ms., 40th; HomeCrest Corp., zithi Lumberman's Whole sale, Nashville, Tn,25th

Foreign and Domestic Woods, Bowling Green, Va", has changed its name to SauderWd Pdrrcts /2c., Chris Dennis gen. mgr. Furman Lwben.lzc., opened a new sales distribution office in Greensboro, N.C., suppordng its new Denton, N.C., distribution yard...

Burt Innber, Washington, Ga, has installed new high tech engineering trim saw optimizers and feed system FoxworthGalbraith opened a truss plant in McKinney, Tx., Bob Malstrom mgr. Sunbelt Lumber Co., Spartan-burg, S.C., has a new Chaileston, S.C., office, Jim Murphy in charge ... Patterson Wood Products is a new Nacogdoches, Tx., remanufacturer, producing millwork and finger- jointed studs

O rnamenttat M ouldings has moved ftom High Foint, N.C., to a new office and mfg. facility in Archdale, N.C. Brungart Equipmmt Co., Inc. has movril to a new Birmingham, Al., location DeSoto Hardwood, Memphis, Tn., is now owned by Bumts Co., Brookneal, Va. Cameron Ashley Inc., Dallas, Ti., expects to complete acquisition of CA Company, Inc., Lewiston, Id., Nov. 30 United States Gypswt Co. b Southard, Ok., operatibn is the first gypsum plant in North American !o be registercd under t\e lryternational Organization of Standardizari,on quality standard ISO 9002 Cooper Tools, Raleigh, N.C., received ISO 9001 certification of its lttfkin plant in Apex, N.C.

JW Window Components, Inc., purchased a 147,000 sq. ft. plant in Elizabethton, Tn. ... Hitachi Power Tools U.S.A., Ztd., Norcross, Ga-, bas establisM adsfilbution network in Mexico ... Quiloete Conpdcs, Atlanta, Ga-, acquired Rite-Mir Corp., lndianapolis, frt., and its B.J. Distributors plau, f.o*ville, Ky. ... Georgia-Paciftc flled suit against USG Corp. zubstdiaries United States Gypsum td I&W Sttpply Corp., chargi4g tlsn wih a gypsum wallboard patent intingemt...

P rudentiol Building Maerials, a div. of Prudarfral Mcul futr Corp., acquired North Srrlic Matcrial Co., Asibeville, N.C. ... Wqyqrhacqser's BuiUing Maurittls Distributfun Brsftesiis bdlG, ing a replacemeDt Customer Service Center, ttre company's largest, in Chicago ... G-P's Warrenton, Ga-, sawmill wm &e 1994 Saery and Health Orrreecb {ward given by the Voluntary Prctectian Prugtwa Panicipous' Associatiqr Georgb- Prciftc's Buildin g Prcducts Distribition Div. prchasal $ne assets from Trusty Building -Componcnts, including Homestead, Fl., door plant equipm€ot ...

National Hardwood ltmber Assuiatiot is hiHng a 3,ffi q. ft addition of eiglrt ofres and I conference room ... Grcatcr Birmingham (AL) Associaiu d Hanu Builden is builrli4g a rcs 6,(X)O sq. ft. headqgert€rs uslqg ligtr garge st€l framing ...

National Particlcboard Association has Joined Anerican Forest and Paper Association, APA - The Engineered Wood Association, Canadian Wood CowaiL furtlvnFqe-stMAssociatiat West Cov,st Lrarrbcr Inspection Burcau tn0 Wcstetn Wd Pmfuct Asseidan ln fu Wood Works progrem ... Wcstvaco, Charles Ingro4 htc., nd Georyia-Prcific donabd lumber b rcbuil<l fre brn L blt lhnot ...

Housing starrs rose 4.4% in S€pt. Qatest flgs.) b a 1525 mlllion seasonally adJusrcd annurl rate ... single famlly starts rose 6.1%; multifamily fell 2.81fr multi permits junped 8.6%; figle family permiB, less tharr l%.

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