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HomeClub entered ,the Portland, Or., market with a 103,909 sq. 11. store and 9,880 sq. ft. nursery in the San Rafael shopping center their 37th Ca. location opens Aug. 17 in Inglewood

Home Depot, whose newest unit is in Monrovia. Ca.. has signed a multi-million dollar lease on property in Gardena, Ca., for a fall opening. .. Supply Oni has relocated corporate offices to Reno. Nv.. from Rancho Cordova, Ca

Ant/ac will open a new yard in Lihue (island of Kauai), Hawaii ...Hardware Hawaii Ltd. will spend more fhan $500,000 ta renovate a building for a third store in Kailua (island of Oahu), Hi....

, Harbert Lumber, Grand Junc1ion, Co., is.building a new 10.000 sq. ft. replacement store

P.V. Ranch and Homq Yuba City, Ca.. will open a store in Redding, Ca. ... Fred & Cleta Wiggins have opened Fred's Lumber in Las Vegas, Nv.

A. C. Haustott Lumber. Angel I"ire, N.M., is completing a renrerchandising project . ,, Anderson Lumbcr Co., Ogden. Ut.. has acquired property for a lumber yard and truss plant in Las Vegas.Nv....

Paul Honre Center has moved across the street in Burley. ld.... Euilders Discount has openecl on Pico Blvd.near La Brea in Los Angeles, Cla. Grass Valle.y Harclware. Grass Valley, Ca., l'ounded in 1854, has closed

H.E. Aaron Cb.. Golden, Co., pdrent ol .4aron Lumbar ('o.. Bakersfield. Ca.. is reorganizing under bankruptcy protection

Silvera Luntber & Hardware Co., Antioch, Ca., is celebrating its 5Oth anniVersary.. Kevin Strauch and John Huff at Sardance Lumber & Hardware, LaVerne, Ca., are,, observing their l0th year in business .

Other anniversaries: Babbitt Brothers Trading Co., ljlagstaff. Az., l00th . Rush's Pueblo Lum.ber. Pueblo, Co., 80th. Trinidod Builders Supply, Trinidad. Co.. 25th. .. Kellogg Lumber, Denver, Co., 65th.. Hunter Lumber,'Albuquerque, N.M.. 30th.

Metal Sales,'Manu.facturing, Denver, Co., has moved into a newly acquired 56,000 sq. ft. facifity . United States Tile Co. has relocated its Fullerton. Ca.. sales office to itsmfg. plant in Corona.Ca....

Srerling Pat'i"fic and its alllliated co., fuIission Hardwoods, have opened a dual showroom on Red Hill Ave., Costa Mesa, Ca.; both are subsidiaries of Building Materials Distribuiors, C&ll, Ca.; the Mission showroom and mill in Santa Ana remain open

Berdex International, Sacramento, Ca., has moved to new offlces a block away from their old quarters. . . DBS Doors, Azusa, Ca., has merged with DLP West, Temecula, Ca. . .

Ca!ilornia Builders Suppty. Sacramento, Cla., will open a new branch distribution center in Fremont, Ca., Sept. l; Sacramento mgr. Nick Elardo will manage both units until a Fremont mgr. isnamed...

Mariners Forest Products, Santa Ana, Ca., is celebrating its 13th year in business . Iiloldron Forest Products, Carmichael, Ca., is observing its l lth anniversary ,

The Merchant Magazine

Mottldirtgs & Mittu'ork, lnt'.. l'air Oaks, Ca.. has nroved to newly purchased quarters in a completely relurbished 1920s era structure at 4041 Bridge St. .. . Parr Lumber Co., Aloha, Or., plans to open a 10 acre distribution center in east Clark County (Vancouver), Wa.. .

Goldittg Sultivan Luntber Sales has moved fiom Westminster, Ca., to 222 W. Main St., Suite 103. Tustin. Ca. 92680 (P.O. Box 465); new telephone no. (714) 544-3434 PlyLap lndustries, lnc'. isthenew name for Lsco Lumber(,'o.,Woodland, Ca.. which had a management buyout...

Whitaker Forest Products lnc. and Western Woods /nc.. Chico. Ca., are merging sales o{fices Pew Timber Praducts. Creenville, Ca.,has been leased t0 Don Camp Sr. and Frank Solinsky who will call the operation Grecnville Lumber Co. . .

WTD lndustries, Inc., Portland, Or., is purchasing the Custer Lumber Co. sawmill. Custer, s.D....

Fibreboord Corp., Concord, Ca., is selling its Round Prairie, Or., studmill to a group of private investors from Roseburg, Or. Taka f'lorthwest hc. is a Tacoma, Wa., brokerage opened by Ted Falconer, Jack Cruise and Margo Martin...

Yellow ribbons to remind the public how the timber lamilies stand on issues that affect timber supply are being distributed in No. Ca. by The Yellow Ribbon ('oalition

As declining mortgage rates boost housing, a 2oi decline in building for the year is being forecast by Dodge/.Sweets Construt'tionOutltnk...

Housing s-/a/?s in June (latest figs.) climbed 7ol, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.4 million units single fan-rily construction f'ell 204: multi construction rose 280/o .. building permits dropped 3.5'X,