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Customer's always right for church pew maker
GROVE BILL Ala AP Youve got to have a track record in the church pew business to survive says Hubard D Paul owner of Dumas Manufacturing Inc at Grove Hill 80 miles north of Mobile He notes a four foot wide pulpit ordered and paid for by a preacher later scaled down and the customer was right Pauls firm uses crews across the Southeast to install pews and pulpits While upholstered pews are in fashion some small churches still want solid wood seats The industry peaked in 1967 at 2.7 million linear feet of pews and has since stabilized around 2 million feet Spokesman Martin J Reddan Jr of the American Furniture Manufacturing Association notes market factors like new church construction and lower rates could drive growth as mobility moves populations to new communities