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Article: NEW AND USEFUL THINGS TO MAKE A HOUSE A HOME
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 22, 1989
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The Northeast Lumbermen held their annual conventidon last
weekend, and there were no log-rolling contests, no chain-saw
competitions and no running up and down trees to see who does it
fastest. There wasn't even a plaid lumberjacket to be seen.
No, the lumbermen are defnitely not lumberjacks. They are,
instead, lumber dealers, and they deal in a lot more than lumber.
Anything that goes into a house, they handle.
At the convention was an exhibit area where manufacturers of
everything from plastic molding to wood windows display their
wares, hoping to sell to the lumbermen, who, in turn, sell to you
and me.
The exhibition area at Hynes Auditorium was chock-full with
booths and ...