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Northeastern Retail Lumber Association will install David Moore, Wiley Brothers Inc., Schaghticoke, N.Y., as chair during its annual meeting Oct. 22-23 at Gideon Putnam Resort, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Eastern Building Material Dealers Association has booked Luke Tilley, regional economic advisor for Philadelphia Federal Reserve, to speak at its annual meeting Sept. 22-24 at Delaware Park (Wilmington), De.

In addition to board and committe meetings, golf and awards dinner, Sandy Sawyer will address "Dealer Roundtables-Do Them the Risht Way!"

Mid-America Lumbermens Association will hold its Fall Fling Nov.4-5 in Kansas City, Mo.

Northwestern Lumber Association has enlisted Ken Wilbanks as facilitator of its next dealer roundtable, Oct. 20-22 at Freeborn Lumber,

Alben Lea, Mn.

Financial data will be compared anonymously using the new Building Materials Operations Comparison tool Roundtable module.

Wisconsin Retail Lumber Association is sponsoring a regional golf outing Sept. 20 at Royal St. Patrick Golf Link, Wrightstown, Wi.

Florida Building Material Association has scheduled an Oct. 28 regional meeting and lunch at its headquarters in Mount Dora, Fl.

Southern Building Material Association installed a new board of directors during its recent summer conference.

The new chairman is Mike Christian, Massey Builder's Supply, Richmond. Va.: 1st vice chairman Patricia Jones, Jones Lumber, Henderson. Tn.: 2nd vice chairman Leon Huneycutt, Locust Lumber, Locust, N.C.; 3rd vice chairman Jon Stier, Stier Supply, Columbia, S.C., and immediate past chairman Todd Merriss, Dixie Lumber, Easley, S.C.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association has elected Joseph R. Collings, Ferguson Lumber, Plainfield, In., as its new chairman. He is a past president of Indiana Lumber & Builders' Supply Association.

Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association elected Danny White, T.R. Miller Mill Co., Brewton, Al., as its new chairman at its recent conference. Other new officers are vice-chairman Johnny Hall, Industrial Wood Products, Climax, N.C.; second vice-chairman Ben Stimpson Jr., Scotch & Gulf Lumber. Al.; treasurer Chris DeMilliano, Steely Lumber Co., Huntsville, Tx., and immediate past chairman David Richbourg, H.W. Culp Lumber, New London, N.C. New board members are Steve Keadle, Keadle Lumber Enterprises, Thomaston, Ga.; J.D. Hankins, Hankins Inc., Ripley, Ms.; Jay Jordan,

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