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Drew Crisman has been Promoted to national training director at Bruce Hardwood Floors, Dallas, Tx.
H. Spencer Stone is now chairman and c.e.o. of International Marketing Associates. Houston, Tx., which markets 'fhe Creen Machine lawn care Products.
Richard D. Bruno has been named director of marketing and new product development at Aladdin Enterprise Products. lnc., Nashville, Tn., according to Stanley B. Stewart, v.p. and gen' mgr.
Randolph Konkel has been appointed divisional mgr. of Wing lndustries, Dallas, Tx.
John J. Fretwell has returned to Bernard Lumber Co., New Orleans, La., as sales mgr.
Paul Karofsky, pres., Northeastern Wallcoverings, Boston, Ma., has been elected pres. of the Wallcovering Information Bureau.
David Nichols is the new mgr. at Payless Cashways in Plano, Tx. replacing Scott Nielson, now mgr. at the Addison, Tk., store. Rslph E. Fonter has been promoted to district mgr. for Dallas and northeast Texas.
W. Joe Mansion is now v.P., sales and marketing; Peter R. Trier, product mgr., vitreous china; James J. Spala, product mgr., steel and brass lines, at BriS€s Plumbingware, Inc., Tampa, Fl., according to Donald P. McArdle, v.P. and gen. mgr.
C. H. "Cal" Sticher, Martin Senour Paint rep in the southeast, is retiring after 4O years.
Bryan Butensky is the new national service mgr. for the machinery and instrument group at Red Devil, Inc., according to Arthur Clemenle, v.P. and gen. mgr.; Gerard Nolan has been named director of sales and marketing and Linda Resnikoff is the new customer service sup€rvisor.
Michael A. Md(wardt has been appointed national sal6 mgr. of Encon lndustries, Inc., Fort Worth, Tx., according to H. W. "Hub" Mrrtwerdt, Pres.
Jim Donnelly is the new v.p. of manufacturing at Dexter, Auburn, Al.
Joc McCusker has been named contract specialist for Brucc Hardwood Floon, Dallas, Ti., according to lbmmY Mex' well, mgr. of the contract unfinished product line.
Bill Thorn has joined Diamond Lumber' Carrollton, Tx.
Bud Howe, past pres. of the National Lumber & Building Material Dealm Association and former v.P., director and c.e.o. of M. S. Carver LumberCo.' Pe' oria, Il., has joined Magbee Bros. Lumber Co., Scottdale, Ga., and relocated to Norcross, Ga., with his wife truric.
Keith Abolt is now mgr. of the Westlake Ace Hardware store in Blue Springs' Mo. Mike HicHin wil managle the new Fayetteville, Ar., store.
Pet Philen. Linden Lumber Co., Linden, Al., is back home after a West Coasr sales trip.
John Henry Smith has been promoted to v.p. and sec./treasurer ar Empire Comfort Systems, lnc., Bellenille, [., &cording to Robert Botr, pres.
Joc Roberls has joined the sales tearn al Sunbelt Lumber Co., Spartanburg, Va.
Bud Pdmer is new to sales at Thompson Forest Producls, Hot Springs, Ak.
October 1985
Jake Carr has joined Gulf Coast Forest Products in Pensacola, Fl.
Rich Stover is now director of visual merchandising for Scotty's, Inc., Winter Haven, Fl., according to Dave Bryant, v.p. and sales promotion mgr.
David Blair, Gold Bond products rep. in Ok., spoke at a recent meeting of the Stillwater Home Builders Association, Stillwater, Ok.
Thomas P. Grace is now district sales mgr. for Blue Circle Cement, Tulsa, Ok. Sprague Silver III has moved to Atlanta, Ga., Ers corp. v.p. of sales.
Billy Shupert, owner/pres. of Mendenhall Lumber Co., Idabel, Ok., has been appointed to the city's Industrial Development Authority.
Marguerite Shelton, Shelton Lumber Co., Stillwater, Ok., has been named to the Urban Development Drainage Standards Advisory Committee.
Ken Logue, formerly with GeorgiaPacific, Atlanta, Ga., is now national sales mgr. of retail accounts for Variform, Inc., Kearney, Mo.
Gary Denton is new to sales at Willamette Industries' Southern Lumber and Plywood Div., Zwolle, La., according to Clayton Barns, sales mgr.
Stanley S. Dennison, exec. v.p., building products, Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga., is chairman of the newly formed U.S. Coalition for Fair Canadian Lumber Imports.
Mike Greenfield is the new director of retail merchandising at Belknap, Inc., Louisville, Ky. T.K. trachamn, Ashland Lumber Co., Ashland,Va., has a racehorse, Another Reef, which has won over $200,000 in less than a year of competition.
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C. Michael Harman is the new pres. of MW Manufacturers, Rocky Mount, Va. Don A. Campbell, former executive v.p. of the Kentucky Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, Lebanon, Ky., celebrated his Mth birthday recently.
John Edwards has joined the sales staff of Hoover Universal, Pine Bluff, Ar.
Thomas Ellington has been named sales lumber mgr. of Union Camp Corp., Franklin, Va.
Miran P. Sarkissian is now v.p., planning, for Briggs Plumbingware, Inc., Tampa, Fl., according to Donald P. McArdle, v.p. and gen. mgr. Joseph B. Carr has been named v.p,, manufacturing, and Craig A. Homan, corporate controller.
Jack Murray is the new operations mgr. at Manville Forest Products Corp., West Monroe, La., according to R.C. Hart, plant mgr.
Bill Ganser, pres., Southern Forest Products Association, wuls an employer's delegate to the Forestry and Wood Industries Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
Keith Blackburn is now mgr., industrial sales, of Breckenridge Lumber Co., Breckenridge, Tx.
Ann E. Julsen has been promoted to director of shareholder and customer relations for Wickes Cos., Inc., Santa Monica, Ca.
Gary E. Kleinjan has been named southwestern regional sales mgr., home products div., Rubbermaid, Inc.
"Rollo" Decks is new to the office staff at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.
