3 1 e3.txt HOMEPLACE OF AMERICA/JOSEPH R. ETTORE 1 -------- FORM 3 -------- U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1)|2. Date of Event Requiring |4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol | | | Statement | | | Ettore Joseph R. | (Month/Day/Year) | HomePlace of America, Inc. | |------------------------------------------| | | | (Last) (First) (Middle) | 08/15/2000 |-----------------------------------------------------------| | | |5. Relationship of Reporting | 6. If Amendment, Date | | 3200 Pottery Drive |---------------------------| Person to Issuer | of Original | |------------------------------------------|3. IRS Identification | (Check all applicable) | (Month/Day/Year) | | (Street) | Number of Reporting | | | | | Person, if an Entity |[X] Director [ ] 10% Owner | | | | (Voluntary) | | | | | |[ ] Officer [ ] Other (specify| | | | | (give below) |-------------------------| | Myrtle Beach, SC 29579 | | title below) | 7. Individual or Joint/ | | | | | Group Filing (Check | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| applicable line) | | (City) (State) (Zip) | | | | [X] Form Filed by | | | One Reporting | | | Person | | | [ ] Form Filed by | | | More than One | | | Reporting Person | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership Form: | 4. Nature of Indirect | | (Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Direct (D) or | Beneficial | | | (Instr. 4) | Indirect (I) | Ownership (Instr. 4) | | | | (Instr. 5) | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(1) If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) 2

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