SEASON'S GREETINGS

seminars on the Miller Act and mechanics' lien laws in scveral areas and is establishing Roundtable groups.

I.oulslrnr Bulldlng Mrterld Deders

A$oclrtlon is organizing its Feb. 7-10 convention in the Cajun style, according to Gayle Passman, who is making arrangements for the meeting at the Lafayette Hilton Hotel.

More than 30 building material firms have committed to sponsor events at the annual convention.

Tennessce Bulldlng Materld Associatlon will join with over 30 other Tennessee trade associations in co-sponsoring a 1985 Business Forecast Conference with the University of Tennessee at the Chattanooga Center for Economic Education, Jan. 9, 1985, at the university.

J. Peter Crace, head of President Reagan's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control and chairman and c.e.o. of W. R. Grace and Co., will be among the national authorities in money, housing, energy, transportation, politics and government addressing questions to be faced in 1985.

TBMA also is sponsoring a Western Wood Products Association seminar in Memphis Dec. 12. Randy Rinks, chairrhan of the TBMA education committee. in charge.

Home Depot Acquires Bowater

The Home Depot, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., has acquired Bowater Home Center, Inc., Plano, Tx., from Bowater, Inc., Darien, Ct., for $4O million.

The nine store chain, open for about 14 months, will be added to the 22retul warehouse stores operated by The Home Depot.

Notes Bernard Marcus, chairman and c.e.o. "First and foremost, the merger provides us with an immediate opportunity to enter the Dallas, Tx., market with a significant number of stores and sooner than we had originally anticipated. Of Bowater Home Center's nine existing stores, six are located in Dallas with an additional store being built in Fort Worth which will bring the number of stores in that marketing area to seven. Two stores are located in Louisiana, one in Baton Rouge and one in Shreveport, which will complement our presence in the New Orleans market. The ninth store in Mobile, Al., is also a prime location and fits our overall marketing strategy. "

Hardwood Annual Attendance

Registration of 1,222 persons helped to make the 87th annual convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association an outstanding function. Sessions held at the Westin Crown Center Hotel included discussions of action being taken to improve the business climate for hardwood people. Other sessions conducted items of association and industry business including the election of officers.

E. R. "Ted" Thomas, Jr., Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co., St. Louis, Mo., was elected president at the Oct. 29-31 meeting in Kansas City; Walter M. Fields, Jr., Walter M. Fields Lumber Co., Inc., Memphis, Tn.; John G. Thomson, Peter Thomson & Sons Ltd., Alliston, Ontario, and Henry C. Fulcher, Jr., Sitco Lumber Co., Wilmer, Tx., vice presidents.

Directors elected were Archie H. Carpenter, Robert A. Forester, Jim C. Hamer, William R. Jorgensen and E. Lawrence Sauder.

The 88th annual convention will be held at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, Ca., Oct. 2l-23,1985.

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