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May
Nrtlonrl Rooflry Week - Mry 7-15, sponsored by Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association.
Netlonel Kltchen Crblnet Assoclrtlon - Mry t-ll' convention, Marriott's Desert Springs, Palm Desert, Ca.
Flortdr Lumber & Bulldlng Mrterlrl Derlers AssoclrtlonMry 10, district meeting, Winter Haven, Fl.
Lumbermen's Club of Memphls - Mry' 10, spring golf tournament, Chicasaw Country Club, Memphis, Tn.
Blscryne Elec'trlc & Hrrdwrre - Mry 14-15, market, Radisson Centre, Miami, Fl.
Bulldlng Mrterlel Merchrnts' Assoclatlon - Mey 14'17' summer management conference, Asheville, N.C.
Hrrdwood Reserrch Councll - Mey 15-lt' annual hardwood symposium, The High Hampton lnn, Cashiers, N.C.
Nrtlonal Forest Products Assoclatlon - May lS-lt, spring conference, Westin Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Florlde Lumber & Bulldlng Mrterhl Dealers AssocletlonMry l?, district meetings, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Tampa and Ocala, Fl.
Bulldlng Materlal Merchants' Assoclation - May 23' yellow pine/treated lumber seminar, Savannah, Ga.; May 24, Albany, Ga.; May 25, Dothan, Al.; May 26, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Florlda Lumber & Buildlng Mrterlal Dealers AssoclatlonMay 24, district meeting, Sarasota, Fl.; district meeting/ lien law seminar, Fort MYers, Fl.
Southern Pressure Trerters Associrtion - Mry 25-27' meeting, Destin, Fl.
International Kitchen & Bath Expo - May 26'29' International Center, Toronto, Canada.
June
Building Material Merchents' AssociationJune 1, selling skills seminar, Savannah, Ga.; June 2, Brunswick, Ga.
American Hardware Manufacturers AssociationJune 89, government relations committee meeting, Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C.
S&T Wholesale HardwareJune 11'12, Sentry market, Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.
Hardware Association of the Carolinas & YirginiasJune 12-14, annual convention, Radisson Resort Hotel, Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Building Material Merchants' AssociationJune 12-15' product knowledge/selling skills seminar, Austell, Ga.
Coast to Coast Stores, Inc.June 12'15, convention, Opryland. Nashville. Tn.
Florida Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationJune 16-18, summer conference, Mission Inn Resort, Orlando, Fl.
National Oak Flooring Manufacturers AssociationJune 19-20, mid-year meeting, Williamsburg, Va.
Lumbermens Club of MemphisJune 23, luncheon meeting, Racquet Club, Memphis, Tn.
Long Lewis Hardware Co.June 25'26, market, Birmingham/Jefferson Civic Center, Birmingham, Al'
Lonisiana Companies Closed
A handful of building products companies in Louisiana have gone out of business in the last few months, according to the Louisiana Building Material Dealers Association.
Companies no longer active include Carroll Building Supply, Olla; Lafourche Lumber Co., Thibodauxl Home Lumber & Hardware, Amite; J.C. Steele Lumber Co.. West Monroe. and Porche Brothers Lumber. Houma.
Seal Lumber Co., Bogalusa, is gradually liquidiating, with plans to perhaps phase out later on. Says Clyde Seal, "This is a baby I've had for 40 years. It's kind of hard to just close it up."
Dean Recovering From Fire
Clean up operations are underway at Dean Lumber Co., Gilmer Tx., following a fire which damaged the planermill and one of the buildings.
Steve Dean, plant general manager, and Elliott Dean, production manager, credited the Gilmer Volunteer Fire Department with keep- ing damage to a minimum in the March 29 blaze. The sawmill, dry kilns and treating plant were not damaged.
Dean estimates that rebuilding will require 30 to 45 days. This is the first major fire at Dean Lumber Co. since 1960.
Because of the fire, the company postponed until September the treated wood seminar scheduled for April27.
Man Held ln Wickes Slaying
A former employee of Wickes Lumber Co., Douglasville, Ga., has been charged by authorities with robbing the store and killing the onduty manager.
Wickes employees reporting to work on the morning of March 3 found the body of manager-trainee Victor Pala, apparently shot to death after a struggle as he attempted to close the store the night before.
At the scene, Douglas County sheriffs detectives discovered an open, empty safe; an unlocked, unforced door, indicating the victim knew the killer; knocked-over paint cans and paint on the victim's body, suggesting a struggle, and clues hinting that the killer was familiar with Wickes' closing procedures, according to sheriffs deputy Kim Kilgore.
Interviews with Wickes employees led detectives to Samuel David Crowe, who had been in the same manager-trainee program as Pala. Since Wickes does not allow married couples to work in the same store, Crowe had left the company soon after marrying a co-worker, Kilgore said.
Matching paint was found on Crowe's vehicle, and after he divulged where the missing cash was, he was arrested and is being held on murder and robbery charges, Kilgore said.
May: Horne Remodeling Month
May has been proclaimed National Home Remodeling Month by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry.
Even discounting do-it-yourselfers, the industry expects professionally installed remodeling projects to exceed $73.2 billion this year.
