National Hardwood Magazine - July 2011

BY GARY MILLER
Myrtle Beach, S.C.–
Approximately 120 individuals attended
the Appalachian Lumbermen’s
Club meeting held recently at the
Ocean Reef Resort in this city. This
figure included Hardwood lumbermen,
and their families.
Some members and guests of the club
attended cocktail parties on three consecutive
evenings where hors d’oeuvres
and various drinks were served. A
golf tournament was held on Saturday
where the format was each team member
got to use the best drive out of their
groups, and, then they had to hit and
use their own ball until they sank their
putt. The “one” lowest score on each
hole for each team was counted and
that determined what team had the
lowest score in the golf tournament.
The team with the lowest score with
three under par consisted of Chad
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Brad Pope, Industrial Timber & Lumber Corp., Connelly Springs, N.C.; Julie Harmon, Industrial
Timber & Lumber Corp., Marion, N.C.; Penn Cooper, John Rock Inc., Sadsburyville, Pa.; and
Bruce Griffith, Griffith Lumber Co. Inc., Woolwine, Va.
The winning golf team with a 3-under-par included: Chad Scott, Conover Lumber Co., Conover,
N.C.; Ray Turner and Linwood Truitt, Beasley Forest Products/Thompson Hardwoods,
Hazlehurst, Ga; and Rodney Lawing, Conover Lumber Co.
Brian, Eastyn, Stacy and Baine Ballard, AHC Huntersville,
Huntersville, N.C.
Jamie Straka, Vernon James Co., Hickory, N.C.; Kim Vollinger,
W.M. Cramer Lumber Co., Hickory, N.C.; and Ronald Mays,
Fitzgerald Lumber & Log Co. Inc., Buena Vista, Va.
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