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United States Gypsum Corp. will become USG Corp. this mo.if stockholders approve the change at the Dec. 19, annual meeting. .
Spenard Builders Supply is errecting a 93,000 sq. ft. prototype store with retail facility, manufacturing and assembly plants and a customer drive through 'area in Fairbanks, Ak. . . .Anderson Lumber Store, Grace, Id., is expanding to 2,450 sq. ft.
Pay 'N Pak has purchased a 2.8 acre site in Bellingham, Wa., for a new retail store. . .Boise Cascade Corp. will close its building materials center in Eugene, Or., this month. . .Ernst Home Centers has opened a-new 34,000 sq. ft. outlet for d-i-y customers in Spanaway, W". ,..
Ganohl Lumber Co., Corona, Ca., has given its contractor areaa facelift. .Richmond Brothers, Inc.,El Sereno, Ca., has been purchased by The Terry Companies and will operate as Terry Lumber Co. of El Sereno, Bob Duran, mgr. .
Oahu Lumber & Hardware Co., Honolulu, Hi., has been acquired from the heirs of Elwood Christensen by Al Burger, gen. mgr. of the firm for the past ll years, and moved to the Houma lndustrial Complex. .
A new Hsciends Home Center will open on4th St., Albuquerque, N.M., in a 40,000 sq. ft. ex-Gibson Discount Store on 7 acres of land next month, converting to semi-warehouse merchandising; grand opening is Jan.4, J. R. Trujillo, mgr.
Wickes Lumber has closed stores in Grand Junction, Co., Napa and Mammoth Lake, Ca., and opened new units in Bullhead City, Az., Henderson, Nv., and Roseville. Ca.
Homecrafters Centers, which will open warehouse home centers in Littleton and Lakewood (Denver), Co., this spring, has selected an undisclosed site for its 5th store in the area. .
Santiam Wood Products, Inc. is a new cut stock plant in Sweet Home, 0r., Rod Andrews, owner . . .Hamptan Lumber Sales Co. has been named exclusive sales agent for the Edwards Forest Division, St. Maries, Id. . .
Kaibab Industries has consolidated its import div. at its Phoenix, Az., facility; is concentrating solely on glue-lam sales there and has leased an adjoining part of the property to Tucson-based Lumber Country..
Boise Cascade is relocating its Portland, Or., wood products marketing offices to corporate Hq. in Boise, Id.; the move is set to be completed April 30. .Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, Ca., is selling its Stoody Co. unit, City of Industry, Ca., to Polaris Capital Group Ltd., San Dego, Ca., for an undisclosed amount. .
Martin Horwitz, a Southwest Forest Industries Inc. shareholder, has filed suit to nullify the Phoenix, Az., company's recent issui ance of stock purchase rights he alleges aimed to block unwelcome takeover offers.
Hobbs Wall Lumber Co.. Terra Linda, Ca., the oldest redwood firm in the industry, (over 120 years old) is voluntarily closing. . Fir & Pine Lumber Co., Santa Fe Springs, Ca., is moving to a part of the United Wholesale Lumber Co.property inMontebello,Ca. .
Oro MillLumber Inc.. SantaFe Springs, Ca., is operating despite a haJf million $ in damages from a fire of undetermined origin last month; rebuilding will start soon.
Burnett & Sons Planing Mill & Lumber Co., Sacramento, Ca., suffered minor damage when a flare was tossed into a lumber bin by an unidentified person. .H & H Lumber Co., Coachella, Ca., lost most of a two story storage building and its contents in a recent fire.
Omark Industries,,Portland, Or., has been acquiredby Blount, Montgomery, 4., for $268 million. .Sonneborn Building Products Operation of Rexnord Chemical Products, Inc., has opened a warehouse and distribution center in Hayward, Ca., Lloyd Tuttle, mgr. . .Rexnord has purchased Canadisn Adhaives, Ltd., for an undisclosed amount of cash. .
Plastmo, Springfield, Or., is enlarging its plant by 25Vo and building a new 3-timesJarger manufacturing facility in Toronto, Canada; the company is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Champion Internationol and Sl. Regir have completed their merger... i
Merchonts Home Delivery Ser, vice, Oxrtard, Ca., has a new div. specializing in lumber, truss and component delivery for lumber and building supply dealers.
Transfer of the Alaska Railroad from federal to state ownership will be completed early next month with the Dept. of Transportation receiving $22.3 :million for 520 miles of track.
Latest housing startJigs. show a sharp decline of 9.890 in Oct. from Sept., 9.390 behind the Oct. '83 pace; the seasonally-adjusted annual rate is now 1,515,000. single family starts sagged 9.3, multis 10.590. .bldg. permits for future construction declined 2.290 .$$ costs were mostly blamed for the drop. .V.A. mortgage rates were recently lowered from l39o to 12.50/0.
