NEWS BRIEFS

5-T Lumber & Supply, Wilburton, Ok., has been opened by Joseph and Brenda Tubbs ...

Goodwood Lumber Co. has closed its Stateline Lumber store in Southaven, Ms.; Goodwood in Hernando, Ms., remains open

M&M Hardware & Builders Supply Co. Inc., Homer, La., has acquired Taylor Bros. Inc., Haynesville, La., as a 2nd location; Greg Hightower, mgr.

Hughes Lumber Co., Tulsa, Ok., has opened a pre-hung door shop at its Port of Catoosa, Ok., distribution center, to produce wood, steel and fiberglass interior and exteriordoors

Fox Hardware, Louisville, Ky., has been closed by Leroy and Lee Fox after 50 years in business to make room for a new Walgreen's; inventory and fixtures were auctioned off...

Commercial Lumber, Tulsa, Ok., recently held a grand opening for its new store; Michael Dodson, mgr....

Kelly Bros. Lumber Co., Covington, Ky., recently held a grand opening for its new 10,000-sq. ft. New Visions store ...

Home Depot opened stores last month in Lawrenceville and Macon, Ga., and San Antonio, Tx.; is building new 103,000-sq. ft. stores with 28,000-sq. ft. garden centers in Murfreesboro, Tn.; Corpus Christi, Tx., and Columbus, Ga., and acquired 12 acres for $1.2 million near Athens, Ga., for a new unit

Home Depot won a lawsuit brought by Sunrise (Miami), Fl., after the judge dismissed the city's traffic concerns and ordered it to approve plans for a 162,338-sq. ft. home center lnwe's opened 150,000-sq. ft. superstores in Fort Smith, Ar. (store mgr. Martz Zahm, operations mgr. Marvin Blair); Baytown, Tx. (store mgr. Bruce Hokanson, operations mgr. Todd Meyer); Easley, S.C. (store mgr. Larry Feldhaus); Wichita Falls, Tx., and Newnan and Cartersville, Ga.... lnwe's confirmed plans to build a 125,000-sq. ft. second store in Mt. Airy, N.C., and a 163,612-sq. ft. unit in Corinth, Ms.; will begin construction next month on a 130,000-sq. ft. unit in Bryan, Tx.; is building a 160,000-sq. ft. store on 17.5 acres in Wright, Fl., to replace its Fort Walton Beach, Fl., location, and is frghting to build in Columbus, Ga., amid local traffic concerns...

Weiss Lumber & Builders Supply has moved into new quarters in Perryville, Ar.

Builders Warehouse Association, formerly based in Conway, Ar., filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission to shed its Arkansas operations and move Hq. to Santa MonicA Ca., to concentrate on recently acquired computer products firm Relialogic, Inc.; the remaining assets of the Arkansas operations (only the Batesville and Heber Springs, Ar., retail yards remain open) apparently were transferred to Krypton Managemenf, a wholly owned subsidiary of Agama, Inc.

84 Lumber Co. has opened a new store in Danville, Ky., Dennis Spinks, mgr.; 84 plans to open 20 more stores this year and 40 in 1996...

Cenla Wholesale l-umber Co., Pineville,I-a., has been opened by Steven Cook ...

Dallas Wholesale Builders Supply, Inc. is a new distributor for Coftnan Stairparts ...

James Hardie Building Products has purchased land in North Texas to build its 3rd U.S. fiber cement mfg. plant, with the 230 million-sq. ft. annual capacity facility to come on line in early 1997; annual capaclty of Hardie's Plant City, Fl., mfg. plant is being increased by lzto million sq.ft by April

Addison Products WeatlurKing Div., Orlando, Fl., has been acquired by Heat Contrcller Inc., Jackson, Mi.

American Stone-Mix opened plant #16, in Roanoke, Va ou can't control the weather but you know that primer must be applied promptly while the wood is clean and dry and the temperature is right. That's why we developed PALCO Prime.

U.S. Intec, Port Arthur, Tx., has been purchased by fellow commercial and residential roofing products manufacturer GAF Corp.,Wa1me, N.J.

ABTco is adding a fiber cement products plant in Roaring River, N.C., to begin shipments of fiber cement siding lnl997 ...

Thomas & Betts Corp., Memphis, Tn., has sold its Electripak security lighting, multiple outlet center and surge supressor products line to Intelectrcn, Haywood, Ca....

Willanutt e Industrie s, Moncure, N.C., sustained "minimal" damage after a bag house caught fire; 4O firefighters spent three hours extinguishing the blaze ...

Boral Concrcte Prducts Inc. is moving Hq. this month from Atlanta, Ga., to Orange Cpunty, Ca.; Don Hinshaw, new prcs. ...

Housing starts in Sept. (latest figs.) slipped O.l% to an annual rate of 1.39 million following a revised 2.8% drop in Aug. ... single-family starts fell O.8%, multifamily constnaction ro*,2.67o starts dipped 2.2% n the South.

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November

National Hardwood Lumber Association - Nov. 13-14. sawmill management seminar, Memphis, Tn.; Nov. l$17, grading course; Nov. l6-lt, pallet course, Roanoke, Va.; Nov. 2021, forest inventory course, Blacksburg, Va.; (901) 377-1818.

Yirginia Building Material Association - Nov. 14, credit and collections seminar, Richmond, Va.; (804) 323-8262.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - Nov. 14-15, Southeast sector meeting, The Wynnfrey Hotel, Birmingham,

Clay Building Supply - Nov. 15, open house, L,ondon, Ky.

Exceed the Demands of the Home Center Retailer - Nov. 1517, The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, Va.; (800) 345-8016.

Forest Products Society - Nov. l5-16, Re-engineering the Furniture Industry seminar, Adam's Mark Hotel, Charlotte, N.C.; (608) 23t-1361.

International Mass Retail Association - Nov. l$17. merchandising/store design conference, Tempe, Az.: (2O2) 861-0774.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationNov. 16, board meeting, Ramada Inn, London, Ky.; (502) 245-6730.

Panel & Engineered Wood Technology Erpmition - Nov. lG 17, Georgia lnternational Convention Center, Atlanta, Ga.; (415) 905-49,t0.

American Lumber Standard Committee - Nov. 17, annual meeting, Corpus Christi Marriott, Corpus Christi, Tx.; (301) 972-17N.

Mid-America Lumbermens Association - Nov. 21, Competing with the Big Boxes seminar, Oklahoma City, Ok.; Nov. 2E, Hot Springs, Ar.; (80O) 747-6529.

WoodMac Asia - Nov. 2l-25, show, Singapore.

Construct Canada '95 - Nov. 29-Dec. l. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada; (416) 869-l 156.

Wallace PRO Hardware Co. Inc. - Nov. 29-30, fall market, Gatlinburg, Tn.

December

Florida Woodworking & Furniture Supply Show - Dec. 1-2, Orlando Convention Center, Orlando, Fl.; (704) 459-1312.

International Woodworking/ForestryAilood Products ShowDec.6-10, Seoul, Korea; (202) 6594557.

Houtdag (Wood Day) - Dec. 7, construction show, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

American Pulpwood Association - Dec. 8-9, security meeting, Orange Beach, Al.

Virginia Building Material Association - Dec. 12, sales seminar, Williamsburg, Va.; (804) 323-8262.

Mid-America Lumbermens Association - Dec. f3, Competing with the Big Boxes seminar, Tulsa, Ok.; (8W)747-6529.

January

Hardware Wholesalers Inc. - Jan. 5-6, winter market, Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel, Orlando, Fl.; (219) 748-5300. Buttery llardware Co. Inc. - Jan. 6-7, annual show, Palmer Auditorium, Austin, Tx.; (915) 2474141.

Servistar - Jan. 7-10, winter lumber convention, Orlando, Fl.; GID 283-4567.