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December

Lumber Association of TexasDec. 14, Supervisory Skills for the Yard Foreman professional development program' Arlington, Tx.

Lumber Association of TexgsDec. 16, Managing Cash Flow professional development program, Waco, Tx.

January

Lumber Association of TexrsJcn. 5-7, Basic Estimating professional development program, Arlington, Tx.

Oklahoma Lumbermen's AssociationJen. &15, midwinter meeting, M/S "Song of Norway," Western Caribbean.

J.W. Murchison Co.Jan. 14-16, show, Hanover Hall, University N.C.-Wilmington, Wilrnington, N.C.

Stratton-Bddwin Co., Inc.Jrn. lrf-16, market, Rivergate Exhibition Center, New Orleans, La.

Bclknap, Inc.Jen 1617, Market, Hyatt-Orlando, Kissimmee, Fl.

Nationd Housewtres Menufrc(urers AssocietiooJrn. 17-20, 78th International Housewares Exposition, McCormick Place,/McCormick Place West, Chicago, Il.

Florida Lumber and Building Mrredrl Deders AssocierionJan. 20, management seminar, association headquarters, Orlando. Fl.

Genuine Hardware Co.Jn. 2L23, show, Sheraton Twin Towers, Orlando, Fl.

Nationaf Associrtion of Home BuiHersJen. 2LE,39th Annual Convention & Exposition, Astrohall-Astrodome complex, Houston, Tx.

Lumber Association of TexesIrn. 25, Supervisory Skills for the Yard Foreman professional development prograrn, Houston, Tx.

American Hrrdwrre Supply Co.lrrn.25-26, ls Annual Merchandise Market, Hyatt Regency, Orlando, Fl.

Lumber Associrtion of TexrsJrn. 27, Financial Planning/ Analysis professional development progr:rm, Houston, Tx.

Louisiana Building Materirl Deders AssocietionJrn. 27-311, convention, Royal Sonesta, Ne$'Orleans, La.

Florida Hrrdware Co.Jrn. 29-30, show, Jacksonville Beach Auditorium, Jacksonville Beach, Fl.

Netiond Woodwork Mrnufecturen AsrociefionJen. 2$

Feb. 3, Professional Golfers Association Sheraton, West Palm Beach, Fl.

American Herdwere Mrnufrchrrtrs AssochdonJen. 3lFeb. 2, Winter National Hardware and Home Center Show, Las Vegas Convention Centero Las Vegas, Nv.

February

Wrher Tips Co.Feb. 5{, market, Municipal Auditorium, Austin. Tx.

Mississippi Building Mrterid Deders AssocietionFeb. 10-12, 57th Annual Convention and Building Products Trade Show, Royal D'Iberville Hotel, Biloxi, Ms.

Hrrdwrre Associrtion of the VbginiesFcb. lil-15, convention, Holiday Inn of Old Town, Alexandria, Va.

Lumber Associrtion of TexrsFeb. 16, lnvesting in Fixed Assets professional development progrtrm, Waco, Tx.

BuiHer Mrrls of Amerkr, Inc.,- Fd.2LU, l2th Annud Independents Days products and management s€rvic€s erposition, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, Ga.

International Home Center Mrrteting ConfercnccFcb. 26, Convention Center.

ARKANSAS Slate Affairs committee ol the Mid-America Lumbermen's Association installed during the annual Arkansas Lumberfest includes (lelt to right) Tom Nabholz, Nabholz Supply Co., Conway; Everetl Greer, Superior Lumber Co., El Dorado; Jim Hayes, Bonsteel Lumber Co., Harrison; Bill Maylield, Reynolds Builders Supply, Smackover. (lower photo) Directors 0f the associati0n and their wives participatinq in the Oct. 15-16 meeting at H0l Sprinqs, Ar.. included (clockwise from the left) Jlnet and Philip Hiegel, Ouality Building Materials, Morrilton, Ar.: John and Nancy Garrett, Economy Lumber and Supply Co., Miami, 0k.; Grady and Judy 0llie, Geo. 0llie's Lumber Co., Pocola, 0k.; Jeane and David Randle, Ranco Building Supply, Fayetteville. Ar.

Retailer Bullish on Homes

Florida home builders are experiencing the start of a comeback, according to James W. Sweet, chairman and c.e.o. of ScottY's Inc., Winter Haven. Fl.

He said that builders are coming in and talking for the first time in a long time. "We're getting a lot of requests for quotes on framing lumber."

Declining interest rates are responsible for the increase, he noted. He said that the builders say that each percentage point decline in the interest rate in the home market lowers the payment by $40 a month.

Sweet cited as an examPle two builders of low priced ($50,000 to $60,000) homes who took orders for six homes in July and 60 houses in October. Florida, he predicts will get more than its share because of rapid population growth and lack of oversupply.

Baby Boomers Prefer D-l-Y

Hardware, lawn and garden, and autornotive merchandise acquired by baby boomers, the post World War II generation of Americans born between 1947 and l962,are usually purchased in stores specializing in do-ityourself merchandise.

Sally Haviland and Tom Murnane, authors of a study, The BobY Boom Generation: Where TheY ShoP, Published by Management Horizons, Inc., a consulting firm, unearthed this information in a recent monitoring of consumer retail shoPPing behavior.

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