NEWS BRIEFS

Ernst Home & Nursery opened a 60,000 sq. ft. store in Bountiful, Ut., Trevor Cantwell, mgr., Scott Christiansen and Dave Fisher, asst. mgrs. Contractors Warehouse, a div. of Grossman's Inc., opened a new store in Colton, Ca., and will soon open store #8 in Carson. Ca.

Fort Apache Timber Co. opened a new retail yard in Whiteriver, near Pine Top, Az., according to "Ken" Lott, gen. mgr. Lumbermen's of Washington |,as acquired Payette Lakes Lumber, McCall, Id., from Brown's Industries, Inc., which will continue to own and operate Evcttr's Building Center, Eagle, Id.

Parr Lumber, Hillsboro, Or., which will lose all of its buildings and about two-thirds of a 26 acre parcel housing its major distribution center and a retail store to a light rail project, is moving wholesale and distribution operations and proposing construstion of a replacement store on the remainingland...

With plurs for opening 16 new stores in the West, 50 nationwide and doubling capital spending to $800 million, Home Depot acquired 10 acres in Tigard, Or., for a 102,000 sq. ft. store and continued to look for additional sites in the Portland, Or., area ... a Home Depot location in Phoenix, Az., is awaiting Planning Commission approval

Coastal Farm & Home Supply, Albany, Or., moved its Eugene, Or., location into a 31,250 sq. ft. store formerly occupied by Pay 'n Pak ... South Regal Lumber Yard /nc., Spokane, Wa., requested a zoning change to expand as much as 200,000 sq. ft. and add an 80,000 sq. ft. warehouse

Anawalt Lumber & Materials Co. closed its San Fernando, Ca., location, consolidating operations at its nearby Pacoima, Ca., yard Watts Lumber Co., North Hollywood, Ca., has closed with the retirement of Quentin E. Watts, who founded the company nearly 40years ago .."

Richard Bart Pasek, owner of Sonoma Forest Products, Cloverdale. Ca.. was sentenced to 60 days in the county jait for dumping several 55-gal. drums of toxic waste along roads in northern Sonoma County last year, according to the Santa.Rosa (Ca.) Pres.r Democral..

HomeBase, Inc. vton a Gold Retail Adv ertising Conference Award for its animated "Stickman" in the Television/Campaign - Home Centers category

Curran House, once the home of James Curran, founder of 107 year old Sandstone Brick, Bakersfield, Ca., is now included on the city's register of historic places

Anniversaries: 114 H. Maze Co. (Maze Nails), l45th; Lyly and Sons, Inc., Ukiah, Ca.,35th

H ardware Whole s alers Inc.'s Woodburn, Or., warehouse lost about $1,000 in merchandise jolted off racks by an early marning 5.4 earthquake March 25 ...

Lew MacDonald has opened a new moulding & millwork co., North American Forest Products, in Sacramento, Ca., with neighboring Saratoga Forest Products handling purchasing for its North American white wood products ...

Dennis Johnston has opened Johnston Hardwood, Lumber & Plywood, Inc., a new wholesaler,

The Merchant Magazine situated on 2-1/2 acres in Cerritos, Ca. ... Cal-State Lumber Sales 1nc., San Ysidro, Ca., moved ftom 12th to 8th position on the Hispanic Business list of 100 Iargest Hispanic-owned companies in the U.S.

Lumber Products, T[alatin, Or., doubled the size of its 13 year old Boise, Id., wood products distribution branch ...

Fullmer Lumber Co., Donald Or., is the exclusive buying and selling agent for Century Pine Products, Redmond, Or., a new pine cutstock plant opened by Stan Herb and Rick Dubisar ...

West Coast Lumber, Wilmington, Ca., is closing, with Ron McClellan semi-retiring and Bob Schneider joining Superior Forest Products, Manhattan Beach, Ca. Ken McClellan and Gary Cawthon have opened Crown Planing Mill on the site ...

Emmett Forest Products, Clackamas, Or,, has acquired facilities for storage and reload services ... Black Canyon Forest Products has been opened in Scottsdale, M., by Jeff Lodge and Larry Olson

Willamette Industries has sold the Drain, Or., plywood plant formerly operated as Bohemia Plywood to Emerald Forest Products, Eugene, Or. ...

Effective May l, Southern Pacific Transportation Co. will increase prices SVa on lumber and panei products with toth origin and destination within Az., Ca., Co., Id., Mt., N.M., Nv., Or., El Paso, Tx., Ut., Wa., British Columbia and Alberta. Canada ...

Housing starts made a ?.SVo recovery in Feb. (latest figs.) to an annually adjusted rate of 1,208,000 ... single family residence starts fell 0.8vo: multi unit starts rose 33Vo .." building permits droppred 3.17o ... economists were optimistic that starts were delayed by bad weather and not cancbled...

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