PERS NALS

Harold K. Work, pres. and c.e.o. of Elk Corp. of America, Ennis, Tx., has been elected a v.p. of the parent corp., Elcor, Midland, Tx., according to Roy E. Campbell, pres.

Roger Weverka, regional v.p., now has responsibility for the Tulsa, Ok., district of Payless Cashways as well as the two Tx. districts with hq. in Dallas and Houston; Bradley J. Talley has been named director of management information; Larry Xoeppen, v.p.-merchandising and operations, is now v. p. -operations/systems.

Thomas J. Thornton, Jr. has been appointed v.p. of finance and administration, Home Center Div., W.R. Grace & Co.

J. Thomas Smith is the new managing director and Pamela R. Welch, administrative director, for the National Kerosene Heater Association. Nashville, Tn.

Lanny W. Moore has been named v.p., dealer services for Builder Marts of America, Inc., Greenville, S.C.; he is pres. & gen. mgr. of the Frank Ulmer Lumber Co.. Greenville.

J. Ken Porter has been promoted to gen. sales mgr., lumber, at the GeorgiaPacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga., according to Ronald P. Hogan, v.p.-distribution division.

Bob Stanton is now senior buyer-building products; Skip Plage senior buyerlumber and paneling, and Morris Barton, senior buyer-hardlines at Scotty's Inc., Winter Haven, Fl.

Bryan Schyver is now in sales at Stringfellow Lumber Co., Hodges, Al.

Gerry Henderson, S.C.; J.C. Leverett, Ga.; Melvin Ashe, N.C.; Harrell Hamilton, Jacksonville, Fl.; Dale Jeffers, No. Tx., have been named most valuable performers for the building products div. of Champion International.

Thomas R. Henderson is now distributor sales mgr. for Townsend Saw Chain Co., Columbia, S.C., according to James P. Dunne, sales and marketing director.

William A. Hensler has rejoined Wickes Lumber as senior v.p,, operations, reporting to Leslie L. Hagen, senior v.p. of Wickes Corp. and gen. mgr. of Wickes Lumber.

John R. Gamble has been appointed national sales mgr. for Schlage Lock Co., according to Jerold H. Tuft,lock div. pres.

David Organ, Jr., Organ Southside Lumber Co., Fort Smith, Ar., participated in the seventh national Passive Solar Conference at Knoxville, Tn.

Deborah L. Isbell has been appointed area sales mgr.-Southwest for Upco in Dallas, Tx.

Rick Moore and Jerry Buie are now with the wholesale lumber div. of Southwest Co., San Antonio, Tx.

Jerry Gartzke has joined Carolina Wood Preserving, Hardyville, S.C.

John Sass is the new mgr. of Barton's Lumber Co., Dermott, Ar.

John Patterson. So. Tx.-So. La. district sales mgr. for Mannington Mills, has been promoted to assistant general sales mgr., moving from Houston to Salem, N.J.

Larry Woods has joined sales at Duco Forest Products, Granbury, Tx.

Larry Wambod is now mgr. of lumberremanufacturing at Breckenridge Lumber Co., Fort Worth, Tx.

Dick Crutchfield, Whiteville Plywood Co., Whiteville, N.C., is the new vice chairman of the board of the Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers Association; Stephen C. Floyd, Hasty Plywood Co., Maxton, N.C.; Clyde E. Ratcliff, Masonite Corp., Warren, Ar.; Edsel Adams, West Memphis Plywood Corp., West Memphis, Ar., directors; Robert T. Renfro, paneling gen. mgr., Weyerhaeuser Co., Chesapeake, Va., chairman of the formaldehyde task force fund.

Holden Clarke, Clarke Veneers and Plywood, Jackson, Ms., and Dick Crutchfield, Whiteville Plywood Co., Whiteville, N.C., are among the new officers elected by the Hardwood Plywood Foundation.

Walter L. Von Merz, pres., The Walter Tips Co., Austin, Tx., and Mackie D. Stout III, gen. mgr., Genuine Hardware Co., Greensboro, N.C., have been elected to the executive committee of the National Wholesale Hardware Association.

James L. Meagher, chairman of the board of S & T Industries, Inc., Louisville, Ky., received the seventh annual Norman F. Luekens Award presented by the National Wholesale Hardware Association.

Rick Harris is a new salesman in the Charlotte, N.C., office of Epperson Lumber Sales.

Steve Watts has joined the contractor sales department of Lowe's in Sumter, S.C.

John Lyle has been promoted to co-mgr. of the 84 Lumber store in Pompano, Fl., with Lrrry Brady.

Jim Chambless has been named senior buyer of floor covering, cabinets, lawn and garden at Scotty's Inc., Winter Haven, Fl.

W.L. Scott, Scott Brothers, Nacona, Tx., is the recipient of an Estwing Gold Hammer award presented by Gene Lewisr v.p., sales, Orgill Brothers & Co., Inc., Memphis, Tn.

Pat Taylor, Dale Woods and Paul Teasley are new territory sales mgrs. at Moore-Handley , Inc., Birmingham, Al.

William H. Huth has been promoted to gen. mgr. at Pleasants Hardware Co., Winston-Salem, N.C.

T.D. Trotter is the new pres. of Keith Simmons Co., Inc,, Nashville, Tn.

Jim Henderson Jr. is a new v.p. at Stacy Building Materials & Home Center, Mobile, Al.

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Doug Sr. and Claire, Doug Jr., Steve and Kenny Ashy, Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc., Lafayette; Greg and Stanley Bordelon, Service Builders Supply, Washington; Ralph Norrnan, Slagle-Johnson Lumber Co. , Monroe; Tommy Hatfield, Hatfield Hardware and Lumber Co,, Winnsboro; Dennis Stine, Stine Lumber Co., Sulphur; Dick Gaiennie, Gaiennie Lumber Co., Opelousas; Garland Hebert, Hebert Bros. Lumber Co., Lake Charles; Norris Rader, Norris Rader, Inc., New Iberia, Jimmy Goldsmith and Cordell Castetta were Louisiana delegates to the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association Convention at Orlando, Fl.

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