Masonry Magazine March 1961 Page. 14
Clay Manufacturers
(Continued from page 11)
Davis, Cleveland, secretary, Ohio State Conference of Bricklayers.
Other speakers included George Miller, MCAA executive vice president; Barney Haines, National Association of Distributors and Dealers of Structural Clay Products; Douglas Whitlock, legal counsel for SCPI; Jack Clark, director of SCPI promotion; William Roark, SCPI director of mason relations; and Robert G. Taylor, Structural Clay Products Research Foundation.
Cost Swings $4 Million School to Masonry
TONAWANDA, N. Y. The $4 million North Tonawanda High School, originally set for steel panel construction, will go in masonry, according to reports from the Central Labor Committee of that area.
A committee of the Council met with the school board and a citizens group to plan the type of building to be erected. Recommendations called for metal skin. School administrators settled on masonry construction however, after closely studying the situation. Their basic reasoning was outlined in a letter to the Council chairman:
"I am sure you will be pleased to know that, as a result of more thorough cost studies which show there is a price advantage for unit masonry construction, the Board of Education has decided to use that construction rather than steel panel construction for the new North Tonawanda High School..." Maurice E. Friot, supt. of schools.
Legal Side of Contracting
CHICAGO-A course in laws which affect the contractor has been started at the University of Chicago. Topics to be covered include licensing of contractors, responsibility and liability, financing, project insurance, performance and other bonds, mechanics liens, collection methods and similar subjects.
People & Events
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Among the more lively and enthusiastic delegations was the Pittsburgh chapter headed by Gerard Ryan and Tom Hartley. Pittsburgh contributed its share of entertainment also, a highlight being the piano playing of Ken Milliken, brick manufacturer, who took over in the Town Room and entertained guests with numbers ranging from Bach to boogie. His talents were rivalled by Ed Brooke, Washington, D. C. block producer, who sang several numbers at the annual banquet.
Blix
The air line strike was not without its complications and inconveniences to those traveling to Philadelphia, although in retrospect, they now appear inconsequential... John Hull, exec. secretary of the Cleveland chapter, flew in from Miami where he had been on business. The plane couldn't put down in Philadelphia, and continued west to Cleveland. He never did make it to the convention. Several other members who landed in Chicago to make plane connections to Philadelphia, logged plenty of mileage between Midway and O'Hare fields trying to catch a plane east. Darwin and Mrs. Blix, Arlington Heights, Ill., solved the transportation problem by driving east, and left for a Florida vacation following the affair.
Louisville Cement Co. upheld its reputation as a genial host Sunday evening at the annual get-together party sponsored annually by that firm.
Canada was well represented with more than 20 members present from Toronto, Kitchener and Montreal. Prominent in Canadian activities was Leonard Eden, Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cook, Miami, gave up the luxury of 80-degree temperatures leaving Florida's sunny shores for the Philadelphia confab.
The Detroit contingent, headed by John Snyder and Don Bidwell, also had transportation troubles, but were much in evidence at the annual banquet, where 30 of the Motor City group occupied three tables.
Milwaukeeans, noted for their love of fine German cooking, taxed facilities of the "Wine Cellar" to the utmost during their stay in Philadelphia. That hostelry experienced the three biggest days of its history during the convention, according to the manager.
Sizable West Coast delegation headed by Earl Blackstock, Seattle; Montie Smallen and E. Lyle Parsle, Portland; and Oscar Person, San Francisco, were much in evidence during convention sessions... Other chapters well represented included Minneapolis, Ft. Worth and Houston. Norman Erb, Phoenix chapter manager, gave an excellent presentation of what his chapter is doing to promote masonry to fellow MCAA members while awaiting teller results following ballotting for officers Tuesday.
46 Major Projects Set For New York City in '61
NEW YORK, N. Y. Construction in this city will reach a high-water mark in 1961, according to a survey of projects now underway and in definite planning.
A total of 46 major building projects are on the books thus far this year. Each is a major project ranging from a four-story structure at 50 Union Square to the 50-story office building scheduled for erection at 277 Park Ave.
Block Production
Production of concrete block this year is expected to total 2.09 billion, highest unit production since 1960 when the industry produced 2.2 billion block or equivalents.
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