TEMTEX INDUSTRIES INC
SC 13D/A, 2000-08-07
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20549

                        AMENDMENT NO. 11
                               TO
                          SCHEDULE 13D
           Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934*

                     TEMTEX INDUSTRIES, INC.
=================================================================
                        (Name of Issuer)

             Common Stock, par value $.20 per share
=================================================================
                 (Title of Class of Securities)

                           88 0236203
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                         (CUSIP Number)

                        James E. Upfield
                        5400 LBJ Freeway
                           Suite 1375
                       Dallas, Texas 75240
                          972-726-7175
=================================================================
          (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
        Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                          July 26, 2000
=================================================================
              (Date of Event Which Requires Filing
                       of this Statement)

     If  the  filing person has previously filed a  statement  on
Schedule  13G to report the acquisition which is the  subject  of
this  Schedule  13D,  and  is filing  this  schedule  because  of
  240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following
box.  [ ]

      Note:  Schedules filed in paper form shall include a signed
original and five copies of the schedules including all exhibits.
See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

     *The remainder of this cover page should be filled out for a
reporting  person's initial filing on this form with  respect  to
the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter disclosures provided  in
a prior cover page.

     The information required on the remainder of this cover page
shall  not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of section  18
of  the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934  ("Act")  or  otherwise
subject  to the liabilities of that section of the Act but  shall
be  subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see  the
Notes).


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CUSIP NO. 88 0236203                  Amendment No. 11 to 13D



(1)  Name of Reporting Person         James E. Upfield
     S.S. No. of Above Person

(2)  Check the Appropriate Box            (a)    [   ]
     if a Member of a Group*              (b)    [   ]

(3)  SEC Use Only

(4)  Source of Funds*                               PF

(5)  Check Box if Disclosure of                  [   ]
     Legal Proceedings is
     Required Pursuant to Items
     2(d) or 2(e)

(6)  Citizenship of Place of     United States of America
     Organization

Number of Shares Beneficially
Owned by Each Reporting Person
with:

     (7)    Sole Voting Power                1,232,290
     (8)    Shared Voting Power                 24,750
     (9)    Sole Dispositive Power           1,232,290
     (10)  Shared Dispositive Power             24,750

(11) Aggregate Amount                        1,257,040
     Beneficially Owned by Each
     Reporting Person

(12) Check Box if the Aggregate                  [   ]
     Amount in Row (11)
     Excludes Certain Shares*

(13) Percent of Class                            36.5%
     Represented by Amount in
     Row (11)

(14) Type of Reporting Person*                      IN


SEE INSTRUCTIONS

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                        AMENDMENT NO. 11
                               TO
                          SCHEDULE 13D

                  Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-2

                     INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

     The Statement on Schedule 13D relating to the common stock,
$.20 par value (the "Shares"), of TEMTEX INDUSTRIES, INC., a
Delaware Corporation (the "Issuer") filed by James E. Upfield
(the "Reporting Person"), as amended prior to the date hereof, is
hereby amended and supplemented as follows pursuant to this
Amendment No. 11:

1.   Security and Issuer.
     -------------------

     NOT AMENDED.

2.   Identity and Background.
     -----------------------

     The response to Item 2 is hereby amended and restated, in
its entirety, to read as follows:

     (a)  This Amendment No. 11 is being filed by James
E. Upfield.  The information set forth in paragraphs (b) through
(f) below is also being furnished with respect to Betty R. Howard
who has shared voting and shared investment power over certain of
the Shares of which Mr. Upfield has indirect beneficial ownership
as indicated in Item 5 below.

     (b)  Mr. Upfield's business address is 5400 LBJ  Freeway,
Suite 1375, Dallas, Texas, 75240-2602; and Mrs. Howard's business
address is 1819 W. Olive Avenue, Burbank, California, 91506.

     (c)  The Reporting Person is Chairman of the Board of the
Issuer, whose address is set forth in Item 1 above.

     (d)  Neither the Reporting Person nor Mrs.  Howard has,
during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal
proceeding, excluding traffic violations and similar
misdemeanors.

     (e)  Neither the Reporting Person nor Mrs. Howard has,
during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of
a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a
result of which he or she was or is subject to a judgment, decree
or final order enjoining future violations of, or probationary or
mandatory activity subject to, federal or state securities laws
or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

     (f)  Both the Reporting Person and Mrs. Howard are citizens
of the United States of America.

3.   Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
     --------------------------------------------------

     The response to Item 3 is hereby supplemented by adding the
following additional paragraph:

     The aggregate purchase price of the 120,250 Shares
identified in Item 5 of this Amendment No. 11 which were
purchased since the date of Amendment No. 10 to the Schedule 13D
was $75,156.25  The source of funds used to acquire such Shares
was Mr. Upfield's personal funds.

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4.   Purpose of Transaction.
     ----------------------

     The response to Item 4 is hereby supplemented by adding the
following additional paragraph:

     The Reporting Person acquired the Shares in the transaction
described in Item 5 of this Amendment No. 11 in order to increase
his personal investment in the Issuer.  The Reporting Person does
not presently have any plans or proposals that relate to or would
result in any of the actions specified in clauses (a) - (j) of
Item 4 of Schedule 13D; however, the Reporting Person may from
time to time acquire beneficial ownership of additional Shares or
dispose of Shares which he beneficially owns through privately
negotiated transactions, in the open market, disposition by gift
or otherwise.

5.   Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
     ------------------------------------

     As of the date of this Amendment No. 11, the Reporting
Person beneficially owned an aggregate of 1,257,040 Shares,
representing approximately 36.5% of the 3,444,641 Shares
outstanding on May 31, 2000, as reported in the Issuer's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May
31, 1999.  Of such Shares, the Reporting Person had direct
beneficial ownership with sole voting and sole investment power
of 1,232,290 Shares, and indirect beneficial ownership with
shared voting and shared investment power of 24,750 Shares which
are owned of record by HUTCO, a partnership comprised of the
Reporting Person and Betty R. Howard.

On July 26, 2000, the Reporting Person, in a single open-market
transaction, acquired a total of 120,250 Shares at a price of
$0.625 per Share for an aggregate purchase price of $75,156.25.


6.   Contracts, Arrangements, or Understandings with Respect to
     ----------------------------------------------------------
     Securities of the Issuer.
     -------------------------

     NOT AMENDED.

7.   Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
     ---------------------------------

     NOT AMENDED.

                            SIGNATURE

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
Amendment No. 11 to Schedule 13D is true, complete and correct.

Date:     August 3, 2000



                                   /s/ JAMES E. UPFIELD
                              -----------------------------------
-                              James E. Upfield



            Attention:  Intentional misstatements or
              omissions of fact constitute federal
           criminal violations (see 18 U.S. C. 1001).


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