SFPA, APA join in meeting

GTTRESSING "lumber and ply9wood go together like bread and butter, so it's only natural that our associations have common goals in developing new markets and strengthening existing ones," Harold Maxwell, chairman of the board,

Southern Forest Products Association, set the theme for the first joint meeting of SFPA and the American Plywood Association.

Some 350 lumber, plywood and structural panel manufacturers gathered in Charleston, S.C., Oct.

10-12, for the meeting. The theme "Working Together: On the Road with APA and SFPA" was introduced in a comprehensive multimedia show reviewing the way the two groups promote members' products.

APA President Bill Robison noted that structural panel production hit a record 27 billion square feet last year, surpassing the association's five-year goal three years ahead of schedule. He indicated 1988 production would just about match that.

SFPA President Karl Lindberg said, under his association's fiveyear "Marketing Marathon" plan, "we've reached the 1.4 billion board foot goal a year ahead of schedule." He noted that production of southern pine lumber went over the top at about 12.5 billion board feet last year, and would probably equal that total again this year.

Story at a Glance

350 review marketing at joint APA, SFPA meeting ... formidable competition from steel and concrete. Nichols elected SFPA chairman.

John Nichols, chairman of the board, AT&N Lumber Service, York. Al.. was elected chairman of the board of SFPA.

He succeeds Harold C. Maxwell, Temple-lnland Forest Products Corp., Diboll, Tx., who was elected immediate past chairman.

Eugene G. Parker, vice-president/general manager, lumber division, Westvaco Development Corp., Summerville. S. C.. was elected vicechairman; T. H. O'Melia Jr., Scotch Lumber Co.. Fulton. Al.. treasurel Karl W. Lindberg, president; Lionel J. Landry, secretary.

New district directors are C. Arthur Howard, Claude Howard Lumber Co.. Statesboro. Ga.. District 2:

Dwight Harrigan, Harrigan Lumber Co., Monroeville, Al., District 4l John Shealy, Willamette Industries, Ruston, La., District 6; and David Anderson, Anderson Manufacturing Co., District 8.

New directors-at-large are David R. Fleiner, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga.; James Green, Anthony Timberlands, Inc., Bearden,

Ar.; J. C. Jessup Jr., Weyerhaeuser Co., New Bern, N. C.; Duane Peterson, Champion International Corp., Camden, Tx.; Terry Twedt, Boise Cascade Corp., Florien, La.; and R. V. Warner, Potlatch Corp., Warren, Ar.

John D. Hite, Walker-Williams Lumber Co., Inc., Hatchechubbee, Al., will represent treaters.

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Obituaries

Charles E. Qulnn, president and founder of the Charles E. Quinn Lumber Co., Sturgis, Ky., died Oct. 31, 1988, in Evansville, In. He was 59.

A native of Sturgis, he spent a number of years at Alloway Lumber Co., Sturgis, before opening his own firm in 197 | He was also a longtime director of the Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association.

Mr. Quinn is survived by his widow, Betty, his parents, three daughters, a son, a sister, and three grandchildren.

Claude J. "Buster" Lackey Jr., 51, part owner of Lackey Lumber & Building Materials, Inc., Forest, Ms., died Oct. 22, 1988, following a heart attack.

A graduate of Auburn University, he was past president of the Forest Jaycees and a director of the Mississippi Building Material Dealers Association from 1980 to 1983.

Mr. Lackey is survived by his widow, Jean, one son, and one daughter.

Dewey Kephart, president of Davis Washington Lumber Co., Gainesville, Ga., died of a heart attack Sept. 14, 1988, in Gainesville. He was 73.

A native of Murphy, N.C., he joined Davis Washington in 1935, buying the company with Hubert Deaton Sr. from its founders in 1953. He also served as an insurance trustee and director of the Building Material Merchants Association for many years.

Mr. Kephart is survived by his widow, Evelyn.

Aiayem Files Bankruptcy

Ajayem Lumber Corp., Walden, N.Y., has filed for Chapter I I bankruptcy protection from creditors to recover from major losses at its now shuttered Tampa, Fl., and Charlotte, N.C., facilities. Unofficial loss figures range up to $6 million.

After substantial losses, the Tampa and Charlotte locations were liquidated. The Walden and Columbus, Oh., units continue to operate profitably and are in time expected to overcome the company's overall debt, according to an Ajayem spokesman.

I{HLA llcctfp Scer TV Ad

The l500 delegates attending the 9lst annual National Hardwood Lumber Association convention in New Orleans, La., had an opportunity to preview the 30 second hardwood advertisement currently being shown on CNN tv network.

lnaugurated by the Hardwood lnstitute wood promotion committee under the direction of Emmet P. Vaughn Jr., Emmet Vaughn Lumber Co., Knoxville, Tn., the ad will be shown 168 times in the next l0 months. Budgeted at $277,000, the promotional film will be seen five to six times by some 150 million people during that period.

"The intent is that this will be an ongoing program to build in the eyes of the North American consumers the desirability of genuine hardwoods in homes and businesses," Vaughn said in introducing the program.

John Thomson, Peter Thomson & Sons. Alliston. Ontario. was

Personals

(Continued from page 27 ) elected president; Henry G. Fulcher Jr., Sitco Lumber Co., Wilmer, Tx,, first vice president, and Jim C. Hamer. Jim C, Hamer Co.. Kenova. W.V., second vice president.

Wdter Terry, Walter Terry Distributor, Houston. Tx.. recently celebrated his 75th birthday.

Gary P. Snyder has been named area general mgr. for Lowe's Cos., Fort Smith, Ar., overseeing l5 stores in Tx., La., Ok., Ms. and Ar. James Gordon Montrose Grahrm, Lowe's, Chapel Hill, S.C., married Janie Coleen Hearon on Oct. 15, I 988.

John Gregory Buvid, Scotty's, Savan- ' nah, Ga., and Donna Elaine Eckard, Hickory, N.C., plan to marry on Dec. 17.

Richard Taylor, DeSoto Hardwood Flooring Co., Memphis, Tn., will retire at the end of the year after I 5 years as pres.

Jay Leahy has joined the Florida Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association as director of member services.

Philip Jurkovich, Sequoia Supply, Atlanta. Ga.. has been transferred to Memphis, Tn., as sales mgr.

Craig Anthony Byrd has been named Alabama account executive for the Lumber Mutual Insurance Co.

Bill Barger has joined Norco Windows, Inc., to open the new distribution warehouse in Statesville, N.C. John Berry has a five-state sales region, while Tom Garner will cover dealer sales in S.C.

The meeting, Oct. l7-19, marked the retirement of W. Carroll "Bill" White as executive manager. The growth of the association during his l0 year tenure was reviewed in a special salute to him.

Ernest J. Stebbins, assistant manager for the last five years, has taken over as executive manager with Bob Garst as assistant manager.

Meetings of the Hardwood Export Trade Council, Hardwood Distributors Association, Canadian Lumberman's Association-Hardwood Bureau, American Walnut ManufacturersAssociation and International Hardwood Products Association were held in conjunction with the annual meeting.

American International Forest Products ,.......Cover I

American Wood Preservers Bureeu ,....19

Arizona Pacific Wood Preserving , ,..,.. 7

Besn Lumber Co., Curt Cover III

Beverly Manufacturing Co. ............31

BowieSimsPrange . ..........25

Central Builders Supplies Co. .,........33

Cole & Associates, John T. ........ ....35

Columbus Lumber ....25

Crestec Forestry Systems .......3 csl ... .......21

Duke Ci$ Lumber Co. ... .....IE

Eastex Forest Products .,,,..,.22

Elder Wood Preserving Co. , ......... ,6

Fields Lumber Co.. Walter M. .........30

Georgia-Pacific Corp. .. ..Cover IV

Glen Oak Lumber & Milling ...........35

Hoover Treated Wood Products ..........5

Jordan Redwood Lumber Co., Lee Roy ..33

Mary's River Lumber Co. ...,...,..24

Maze Nails ...........23

Navqio Forest Products Industries ...,..26

Nova Lumber .,...,..IE

Pacific Lumber Co. ....