Combined Distributors Group Picks Leaders

North American Building Material Distribution Association, which was formed by the Jan. I merger of the National Building Material Distributors Association and the Canadian National Building Material Distributors Association, will be led by directors and officers representing both associations.

Officers: president Gary Leonard, Flagg Inc., Fairfield, Oh.; presidentelect Ron Calhoun. Palmer Donavin Mfg., Columbus, Oh.; vice president Mark Kasper, Amerhart, Ltd., Green Bay, Wi., and secretary/treasurer David Bennett, Jr., Bennett Supply Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

New directors: Robert Wimsatt, Wimsatt Brothers, Inc., Louisville, Ky.; Bob Grant, Darant Distributing Corp,, Denver, Co.; Frank Perra, Lancashire Distribution, Regina Saskatchewan, and Harry Kegler, CertainTeed Corp., Valley Forge, Pa.

Continuing directors: William Adams, ABTco, Troy, Mi.; Alan Baer, Baer Supply Co., Vernon Hills, il.; William "Andy " Ellis, Reico Dis-

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tributors, Springfield, Va.; Jim Geagan, Mid Continent Lumber Dealers Supply, Fort Dodge, Ia.; Paul Hylbert, PrimeSource, Carrollton, Tx.; Julia Klein, C. H. Briggs Hardware, Reading, Pa.; Richard Lundgren, Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, Wa.; Thomas Martenson, Amerock Corp., Rockford, Il.; Dennis Mitchell, Schultz, Snyder & Steele Lumber Co., Lansing, Mi.; Ron Ross, Cameron Ashley, Dallas, Tx.; Eugene Shawaryn, Armstrong World Industries,'Lancaster, Pa., and Jirn White, White-Wood Distributors Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba.

All will serve until the Sept. 17-19, 1995, convention at the Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, La.

Kaibab To Shut Fredonia Mill

Because of the shortage of adequate raw material, Kaibab Forest Products Co. will permanently close its Fredonia, Az., sawmill early this year.

The lack of timber is the conse-

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quence of environmental law-suits, appeals, conflicting laws and regulations, and misinformation, explained Kaibab president Don Olson. Ironically, he noted, Kaibab has been harvesting trees on the North Kaibab for nearly 50 years and there are far more trees of all sizes in that forest today than at any other time.

This is the second Kaibab facility shut down in recent years. A Payson, Az., sawmill was permanently closed in April 1993. All of Kaibab's timber operations will be consolidated at the Panguitch, Ut., mill.

84 Closes 6 California Stores

84 Lumber is down to 16 Southern California locations with the closing of branches in Industry, Lakeside, Lancaster, Newark, San Dimas and Victorville.

"We call it pruning the tree,': snid Denny Brua executive v.p.-store operations. "We're closing unprofitable locations."

The company-owned sites are up for sale.

Palco To Move Sales Office

The Pacific Lumber Co. plans to close its Mill Valley, Ca., sales office, moving the sales department to their Scotia, Ca., mill complex during the second quarter of 1995.

The relocation will place the sales staff closer to the sawmills and inventories and enable them to enhance their service with more timely and efficient communication about products, species mix and manufacturing abilities, a company spokesperson said.

The move will not affect the area manager field offices throughout the countrY.

NWWDA Annual In Arizona

Patriok Buchanan. co-host of CNN's "Crossfire," will speak at the National Wood Window and Door Association's 6l{th annual meeling.

Thr: Feb. 4-13 meeting at Mountain Shadows Rcsort, Scottsdzrlc, Az., will l'cature committee and division mcctings plus a "Maximize Your Succcss in the E,xptrrt Proccss" setttinur.

S&P Adds Material Suppliers

Standard & Pour's has added 27 building and material supply companics to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, a ncw index designecl to lrack thc stock pcrlorrnance clf srnall-caprtalization conrpanies.

Fibrcboard Corp., Ply Gcm Industrics, Inc., BMC West Cory., Hughes Supply, Inc., and TJ Inlcrnational, Inc., are among thc suppliers added.

CHRISTMAS PARTY at Oregon Canadian Forest Products of Calif orn a, Orange, Ca,. was held Dec, 16: (1) co. pres. Dennis Richardson, wife Susan. (2) Gus Dunbar, Daniel Garcia. (3) Ray Louvier. (4) Frank & Barbara Quattrocchi. (5) Jon Wilson, Sharon Badenoch, Jim Frodsham. (6) Doug Willis. (7) Andy Ersek, John Hollstein, (8) Jeff Lynn, George Badenoch, Rod Kautz, Pete Clougl".

Joe Schoneman has joined Anfinson Lumber Sales, Fontana, Ca., as gen. mgr.

Dave Runyon is the new Napa Valley sales & operations mgr. for Central Valley Builders Supply, St. Helena, Ca., reports Kathleen Patterson.

Chuck Wertz has joined Conrad Wood Preserving Co., Santa Rosa, Ca., as product mgr.-agricultural & redwood lumber.

Travis Sims, Kaneohe, Hi.; Michael Warner, Puyallup, Wa., and Dan Mc. Donald, Novato, Ca., are new to sales for James Hardie Building Products, Fontana. Ca.

Doug lleryford and Joe llattrup, both formerly of Unity Forest Products, are new to inside sales at Schaller Forest Products, Redding, Ca.

Stewart Laney has joined Brand-S Corp., Corvallis, Or., handling sales for the 'American Hardwoods and Superior Hardwoods divisions, according to Clay Donne, senior v.p.-mktg.

Judy Crowe, formerly with Lumber City, has joined Anawalt Lumber as gen. mgr. of West Los Angeles, West Hollywood and Hollywood, Ca., nurseries, reports David Anawalt, pres.

Marty Frost is now in sales at Hall Forest Products, Tacoma, Wa.

David F. Hodnik became pres. at Ace Hardware Corp. Jan. l. Roger Peterson continues as ceo until he retires at the end of May.

Steve Ostrin, ex-Stone Forest Products, is new to softwood plywood sales at Timber Products Sales Co., Springfield, Or.

John Morris is now service mgr. at the Industrial Finishing Equipment Div. of Advanced Manufacturing & Development, Willits, Ca.

Betty Foster, Tali-Pak, Hopland, Ca., is recovering from a broken arm suffered the first day of her Cancun, Mexico, vacation.

Dean Wilton, Forest Products Wholesale, Inc., Gilroy, Ca., and his family accompanied son, Adam, 10, when he visited Disney World with the Make-aWish Program which aids ill children. Adam's cancer is now in remission after he spent most of '94 at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Ca.

Paul Boyle, J. H. Baxter & Co., is 1995 Western Wood Preservers Institute pres.; Allan Wade, Allweather Wood Treaters, v.p.; Walt Parks, Taylor Lumber & Treating, sec.; John Snead, California Cascade Industries, treas.; Jayne Bond, Permapost Products Co., president ex officio; Fred Amundson, Chemco Inc., limited treaters representative; David Bruck, Priestley Oil & Chemical, associate member representative.

Mike Posey is the new machinery div. sales mgr. at Louis and Co., Brea, Ca.

Denny Crutcher has joined FoxworthGalbraith Lumber Co., Alamogordo, N.M., as yard operations mgr. Paul Anderson, gen. mgr., Coolidge, Az., was elected to the Chamber of Commerce board of directors.

Darryl Thompson is handling outside sales out of Mesa, Az., for Akron Hardware Consultants, Inc.

Gil Hannigan, exec. v.p., Modoc Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Or., has retired after 40 years in the industry.

Jane E. Shaw was named to the board of directors at Boise Cascade. Boise. Id.

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Jay Rupp is the new gen. mgr. of Craftsman Millworks, Inc., Cerritos, Ca., according to Robert Kincaid, Pres.

Ed Nichols has moved from the Anaheim, Ca., Weyerhaeuser Building Material Distribution Business Customer Service Center to the Denver, Co., CSC, reports Jim Warnke, Denver gen. mgr. Rich Wilson, dealer sales mgr., Portland, Or., CSC, has transfemed to the Omaha, Ne., CSC as gen. mgr.

Dave Terhune, Pleasanton, Ca., was promoted to field sales mgr. for Celotex Corp.'s Western Building Products Division, covering Or., Ca., Nv., Az. and N.M. Chuck Bliss' western region, is 1994 Architectural Ceilings Regional Sales Manager of the Year.

Don Derbes. Product Sales Co', Orange, Ca., has completed a No. Ca. mill trip'

Donald E. Roller, v.p., USG Corp.' and pres. & ceo, United States GYPsum Co., has added group v.p.-North American gypsum to his titles. J. Bradford James, v.p., USG CorP., and Pres. & ceo, USG Interiors, Inc., is now also group v.p.-Worldwide Ceilings and intemational.

Tony Kraushaar has joined Mepla Inc.' High Point, N.C., covering Co., Az. and N.M.

Lydia Miles, plant mgr., and Lance Frug6, production supervisor, Performance Coatings Inc., Ukiah, Ca.' received a safety award from the National Paint & Coatings Association, along with production workers John llildebrand, Eric Hussing' Tony Ford and Daniel Sierra.

Dick lloover, Seattle, Wa., is now territory mgr. for Task Tools & Abrasives.

Bernard Gonzales, Home DePot, Santa Clarita, Ca., was chosen as one of nine Depot national employees to appear in a new series of tv commercials.

Michael McShane, Universal Forest Products, Huntington Beach, Ca., was elected pres. of the Lumber Association of Southern California's Second Growth, succeeding Todd Pollard' Gemini Forest Products. V.p. is John Neel, Barr Lumber Co.; treas. Mike Mische, Capital Lumber Co., and sec. Tom Barclay, Ganahl Lumber Co.

George llammanns, Waldron Forest Products, Fair Oaks, Ca., spent the hol' idays with family in Cincinnati' Oh.

Shintaro Shingyoji has been named pres. of Hitachi Power Tools USA Ltd.' suc' ceeding Toshio Shimizu, who has retired after 34 years with Hitachi.

Thomas P. Fleming was named v.p.-customer satisfaction for Stanley Tools.

Juanita Lovret has retired after 15 years with The Merchant Magazine. Daid Koenig has been Promoted to senior editor, and Sara Daly is new as associate editor.

Anne U. Llhl is the new keeper of the calendar at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., rePort owners Hugh Mungus and FreddY Fungus.

WOMEN In Coatings Leadership 1994 award winner. Barbara Mavqinnes, chairman and ceo of Penbtin-Performaice Coatings Inc., Ukiah, Ca.. received her trophy in New Orleans, La.' at the annual Federaiion of Societies lor Coat' ing Technology meeting. .Mother of three, Mivqinnes em-piovs many other mothers in her co#r[any, usidg fiexible schedules and home combuteirs to eirable them to combine working with'motherhood. A licensed pilot, she holds an MA deqree in medieval literature and worked as in accountant for Emst and Ernst belore taking an aclive role at PCl, Mayginnes is president of the Rare Conifer Foundation, a global organization sponsored by PCI for preservation of 650 plus conifer species and their habitats. Her company was named to lnc. Magazine"s list of the 500 fastest growing pdvateli held American companies for three consecutive years starting in 1986.

Contact Reorganizes Mill

Contact Lumber, Portland, Or., has made organizational changes in all areas of its operation, administration and sales.

Jerry Brucken is the new manufacturing operations manager for Contact's manufacturing facility, Clear Pine Mouldings, Prineville, Or. He takes over for Tom MacDonald, who has left the company and reportedly may start his own consulting firm.

Dick Gerdts is now qualitY assurance manager and Doug Clark, senior lumber buyer.

According to officials, production at Clear Pine continues at usual levels.