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Eastern Building Material

Dealers Association will hold its annual fall conference Oct. 3-4 at Hotel Hershey, Hershey, Pa. The event kicks off with a golf tournament at Hershey Country Club, followed by an awards dinner and guest speakers.

Florida Building Materials

Association will host its annual convention, Gulf Atlantic Building Products Expo, and Southern Design Symposium Oct. 2-4 at the Gaylord Palms Resort, Kissimmee, Fl.

The event will begin with the Tom Stead Golf Classic at Orange County National Golf Center and an opening reception. Other highlights will be rhe old timer's recognition luncheon and a welcome back reception.

Northwestern Lumber Association is hosting a NLA-NLI board meeting Sept. 14-16 in Rochester. Mn.

Nebraska directors will hold a board meeting Sept. 26 in conjunction wth the clay shoot in Brainard, Ne., while Iowa trustees and legislative committee members will convene Sept. 27 in conjunction with the fall golf outing in Panora, Ia.

Association Nov. 14; Central New York Retail Lumber Dealers Association Nov. 16.

Building Product Retailers Alliance is partnering with Schaffer Associates to help lumber association members recruit employees.

Alliance participants include Construction Suppliers Association, Florida Building Material Association, Illinois Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, Kentucky Building Material Association, Northwestern Lumber Association, Southern Building Material Association, and Western Building Material Association.

Osmose has introduced an Osmose Treated Wood app for iPhone and Android, providing information and product knowledge for NatureWood and MicroPro treated wood products.

Elbru Distributors, Etmtra, N.Y., suffered a July 17 fire.

Johns Manville has begun production at a new EPDM commercial roofing systems facility in Milan, Oh.

ProVia, Zanesville, Oh., has added water-resistant, recyclable packaging to its Heritage Stone.

Johnson Lumber, Denmark, N.Y., now offers its milled flooring and siding pre-stained and pre-treated.

Habitat for Humanity added a second ReStore discount LBM outlet in Madison, Wi.

ENAP, New Windsor, N.Y., in the months since opening a Southern sales office, has added 11 new members, including Oxford Lumber, Oxford, Jacksonville, Roanoke and Talladega, n.;Tuttle Lumber, San Marcos and Lockhart, tx.; Feldman Lumber, Brooklyn, Great Neck and Maspeth, tl.Y.; Curry Lumber, Wooster, oh., ano Wehrtinq's Lumber & Home Center. Ottsviite. Pa.

Anniversaries: Long Lewis Hardware, Birminsham, Al., 125th Dukes Lumber-Go., Lauret, De., 50th Keouqh's Paint & Hardware, nicgefeb, Ct., 40th.

Construction Suppliers Association has scheduled its annual meeting for Sept. 13-14 at Hilton Garden Inn, Peachtree City, Ga.

Mid-America Lumbermens Association has pushed its Arkansas fishing trip back a week-to Oct.4-5.

Northeastern Retail Lumber Association will install Jon Hallgren, Curtis Lumber, Ballston Spa, Me., as its new chairman during its annual meeting Oct. l2-13 at the Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Eastern New York Lumber Dealers Association will hold its own annual meeting on Oct. 12 at the same location, and other affiliates are finalizing the dates for their events.

Annual meetings will be held by Vermont Retail Lumber Dealers Association Aug. 22 at Country Club of Barre, Barre, Vt.; New Hampshire Retail Lumber Association and Lumber Dealers Association of Maine Sept. 7-9 at Sheraton Harborside, Portsmouth, N.H.; Long Island Lumber Association Sept. 13 at Villa Lombardi's, Holbrook, N.Y.; New York & Suburban Lumber Association Oct. 4 at Terrace on the Park, Queens, N.Y.; Massachusetts Retail Lumber Dealers Association Nov. 1; MidHudson Lumber Dealers Association Nov. 2; Lumber Dealers Association of Connecticut Nov. 7 at the Aqua Turf Club, Plantsville, Ct.; Western New York Lumber Dealers Association Nov. 8 at Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, N.Y.; Northern New York Lumber Dealers

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association is holding its 2012 ProDealer Industry Summit Oct.24-26 in Savannah, Ga. The educational and networking forum will feature seminars, exhibits and golf at the Club at Savannah Harbor, presented in a relaxed, threeday format to encourage networking and personal interaction.

Speakers include Dr. George Lucas, co-author of The One Minute Negotiator; Brian Bunt, Word of Mouth Marketing, and Ivy Zelman, c.e.o., Zelman & Associations.

Southern Forest Products Association promoted Cathy Kaake to vice president of technical marketing and Richard Kleiner to senior director of international and treated markets.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association will partner with Oregon State University to offer a wood basics course Sept. 10-13 at Hilton Garden Inn, Corvallis, Or. Instruction will begin with a tour of Zip-o-Log Mills and Seneca Sawmill Co. in Eugene and end with a tour of Rosboro in Springfield. Included topics will be manufacturing and grading of dimension lumber, green products and certifications, and engineered wood.

BC Wood is putting the finishing touches on its ninth annual Global Buyers Mission Sept. 6-8 at the Whistler Conference Centre. Whistler. B.C.

The invitation-only networking/ educational forum/tradeshow event brings pre-qualified international wood products buyers to meet with Canadian producers of remanufactured products and finished materials.

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Joe Gardiner,43, vice president of national sales at 84 Lumber, EightyFour, Pa., died in a July 7 boating accident.

He was named to his current position in 2010, after joining the company in 200 I as an area manager and spending 10 years as a district manager with Payless Cashways.

Richard "R€d" Norvell, 91, former vice president of Norvell & Wallace Lumber Co., Nashville, Tn., died July 15.

A graduate of Vanderbilt University, he served as a captain in the Army Air Force during World War II. He then became v.p. for the family business. He later opened a pressure treating plant, Norvell Wood Products, Nashville.

Norvell & Wallace closed in 2010 after 130 years.

Robert A. Boyd Jr.,93, retired chairman of Manufacturers Reserve Supply, Irvington, N.J., died July 8 in Aliso Viejo, Ca.

Mr. Boyd was the second generation of his family to run the company, which was founded by his father in 1931.

In 1982, he was named Lumberman of the Year by the New Jersey Lumber Dealers Association.

Ben Enslinger, 83, owner of Enslinger Lumber Co., La Crosse, Ks., died July 14.

He began his career in the lumber industry with four years at Timken Lumber Co., Timken, Ks., before spending 17 years at La Crosse Lumber Co., La Crosse. He owned Enslinger Lumber for the past 40 years.

John Dattilo Jr., 83, former owner and president of Bayway Lumber, Linden. N.J.. died June 21 in Clark, N.J.

He worked most of his life at the business founded by his father in 1929 and now operated by his three sons.

Gary Lee Freeman,60, owner and operator of Freeman Lumber, Ripley, Ms., died June 20 in Ripley.

Martha Ann Hixson, 79, cofounder of Hixson Lumber Sales, Pine Bluff, Ar., died July 7 in Pine Bluff.

She launched the company in 1959 with her late husband, Robert Hixson Sr.

Frank A.ranza Jr., 59, retired senior account specialist at Dow Building Solutions, Houston, Tx., died June l1 in Katy, Tx.

Mr. Aranza retired in 2009 after 29 years at Dow, where he earned numerous awards for sales excellence.

He also belonged to the Greater Houston Builders Association, Lumbermen's Association of Texas, and Hoo-Hoo International.

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Estergren, 87, former co-owner and manager of Home & Farm Lumber,

Albert Lea, Mn., died July 4 in Minneapolis, Mn.

After serving in the Navy during World War II, he spent the majority of his career in the lumber industry.

William Brunson "Bill" Dodge Sr., 101, longtime owner and operator of Cottrell Lumber Co., Mystic, Ct., died July 12 in Norwich, Ct.

Royce Leon Williams, 84, owner of H.L. Williams Lumber Co., Daingerfield, Tx., died July 13 after a month-long battle with pneumonia.

After serving with the Army in Korea until 1941 , he joined the company his father started in 1919.

Clarice M. Hafele, 98, former coowner of Hafele's Building Supply, Cameron, Wi., died July 16 in Eau Claire, Wi.

She owned and operated the business with her late husband. George Hafele.

Harold Monroe Stevens.'79. former manager of Pelletier Lumber, Hardwick, Vt., died July I I after a 10year struggle with Alzheimer's.

After serving in the Air Force during the Korean War, he joined Pellitier Lumber. After retirement, he started his own trucking business in East Hardwick, Vt., selling sawdust, bark mulch, and compost.

David Michael Chipps, 58, lumber inspector for Eastern Hardwoods, Hacker Valley, W.V., died July 8 in Webster Springs, W.V.