National Hardwood Magazine - Christmas 2022

2023 HARDWOOD
PURCHASING PLANS Continued
Our company is experiencing problems with hiring
qualified employees. Since we are a small family business,
we retain and attract workers by treating them
like family, with respect, appreciation and good benefits.
When workers are hired, they stay with us until they
retire.
We have addressed the supply/demand issues
by ordering in advance and stocking the materials
that we know our customers will require with a quick,
24-hour, turnaround period. This quick turnaround allows
us to take care of and give our current customers
good customer service, while continuing to solicit
new customers. s
HMA UPDATE Continued from page 14
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Swaner Hardwood Company
W.M. Cramer Lumber Co.
Woodus K. Humphrey & Co.
Only through industry support and collaboration can
promotional efforts, designed to inspire a renewed
preference for American Hardwood products,
continue. To add your company name to these lists of
supporters, contact me at ljovanovich@hardwood.
org.
I look forward to hearing from you. n
NEWS DEVELOPMENTS
Continued from page 13
material bottlenecks and elevated home prices
continue to weaken the housing market, builder
sentiment fell for the 10th straight month in October
and traffic of prospective buyers fell to its lowest level
since 2012 (excluding the two-month period in the
spring of 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic),
according to the National Association of Home
Builders.
Builder confidence in the market for newly built
single-family homes dropped eight points as recently
as October to 38—half the level it was just six months
earlier—according to the National Association of
Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market
Index (HMI) released recently. This is the lowest
confidence reading since August 2012, with the
exception of the onset of the pandemic in the spring
of 2020.
“This will be the first year since 2011 to see a decline
for single-family starts,” said NAHB Chief Economist
Robert Dietz. “And given expectations for ongoing
elevated interest rates due to actions by the Federal
Reserve, 2023 is forecasted to see additional singlefamily
building declines as the housing contraction
continues. While some analysts have suggested that
the housing market is now more ‘balanced,’ the truth is
that the homeownership rate will decline in the quarters
ahead as higher interest rates and ongoing elevated
construction costs continue to price out a large number
of prospective buyers.”
HMI tables can be found at www.nahb.org/hmi. n
In Memoriam
Robert D. Keiver, age 89, of
Marblehead, MA, passed away
peacefully surrounded by his
loving family recently, after a
brief illness. Bob was born in
Cambridge, MA, to Laura (Foster)
and Osmund O. Keiver, Sr.
on May 31,1933.
He graduated from Swampscott
High School in 1952. He
ROBERT D. KEIVER
spent a year at North Carolina State before enlisting
in the army and stationed in Panama. He married his
Marblehead High School sweetheart, Patricia Crosby
Keiver, on April 14,1956. They were married for
52 wonderful years, until Pat's death in 2010. They
built their home in Marblehead where they raised
their family and always resided. O.O. Keiver Lumber
Company is where he started his career in 1956. After
the business had a fire, Bob's father reopened the
company as Keiver-Willard Lumber Corp. in Beverly,
MA. Bob became president and remained active in
the business until his passing 67 years later. He devoted
his life to the company, eventually moving it to
its permanent location in Newburyport.
He is survived by his devoted and loving children:
Gwendolyn Keiver-Hewett and her husband, Tom,
of Salem, Pamela Rodgers of Marblehead, Nancy
Goodrow and her husband, Patrick of Eliot, ME,
and Patricia Heintzelman and her husband, Webb
of Newburyport. Bob also leaves his nine adored
grandchildren. Bob loved the time spent with his
good friend, Audrey Kennedy and with her entire
family. Audrey predeceased him by one month. His
funeral was held at the Old North Church in Marblehead,
MA. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness,
NH.
For online obituary, visit www.ccbfuneral.com. n
Robert S. Coleman
Lumber Company
Family owned and operated for over 70 years.
Producing Fine Appalachian
Lumber and Pallet Stock
Green Lumber - 4/4 thru 8/4
Yellow Poplar • Red Oak • White Oak
Ash • Hickory • Soft Maple • Cherry
Walnut • Gum • Beech
Specializing in kiln-dried
4/4 thru 8/4 Poplar (Tulipwood)
Contact: Jamie Coleman
7019 Everona Road • Culpeper, VA 22701
Office: (540) 854-4628 • FAX: (540) 854-5096
Email: jamie.coleman@hotmail.com
www.rscolemanlumber.com
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