Roles

Mara Smith used a curved knife to carve the unicorn's head for a Hamilton Hotel brick mural. Cutting penetrated a maximum depth of 2% in. to prevent breakage of the brick.

BRICK SCULPTURE REDISCOVERED continued

Associates, Inc., "The b

Mason Contractor News

"Early Bird" Johnsons
Score Again as No. 1
Conference Registrants

Don and Audrey Johnson of Villa Park, III., continued their annual leadership roles by again becoming the first to register for MCAA's Inte

BRICK SCULPTURE REDISCOVERED
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A carved brick dragon, or "sirruh," is from the Ishtar Gate of Babylon circa 550 B.C. The sirruh was a composite cheetah-serpent-eagle, thought to be a companion to one of the Babylonian g

MASONRY RESTORATION REVITALIZES
DOWNTOWN READING, PA.

Eshbach Brothers, Inc., Masonry Contractors, recently completed work on a multi-phase restoration, rehabilitation and new construction project which is the "keystone" to the revitalizati

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Midland Buys Can-Tex
The Ceramic Division of Can-Tex Industries, with plants in Redfield and Ottumwa, Iowa, and a sales office and distribution yard in West Des Moines, has been purchased by Midland Brick Co.

Midland Brick Co. was establish

BRICK SCULPTURE
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southeast Nebraska.

The brick chosen for the Hamilton Lakes project is an iron spot type made from clay with traces of iron ore. Depending upon the angle of light striking it, the brick sometime

MICHIGAN "M AWARDS"
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and the Masonry Institute-member mason contractors involved in their construction, all received cast-bronze "M Awards" at a January 24 banquet at the Northfield Hilton Hotel in Troy.

Mason

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B
Fred Beyer & Co. 22
Bil-Jax, Inc. 25
Bullard Abrasive Products, Inc. 9

C
Chim-A-Lator Co. 25

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Mason Contractor News

Pittsburgh Corning Corp. will continue to manufacture its line of glass block products and will embark on a major capital investment program to modernize its glass block manufacturing plant at Port Allegany. Pa., company pr

MCAA CONFERENCE REPORT

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The next speaker, Vincent O'Hara, vice chairman of Martin E. Segal Co., consultants and actuaries, New York, N.Y., outlined the status of multi-employer pension plans and, more specifically,

MCAA CONFERENCE REPORT
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Masonry, he insisted that it be signed by Dee Brown, MCAA President George, and MCAA Executive Vice President George A. Miller "before I hang it in my office." Architect Overton Shelmire, who sim

MONDAY, February 25

Conference Registration-Until 2:00 p.m.
Atrium II, Lobby Level

Opening of the '80 MCAA International Masonry Conference
(Session #33) Stemmons Auditorium, Atrium I, Lobby Level

Presentation of Colors