Masonry Magazine August 1961 Page. 15

Words: Joseph Clifford, T.J. Shatkowski, John III, Durwood Boeglen, Robert Bourne, Larry Forbes, Robert Engblom, Edwin Schmitt, F. Schouweiler, Richard Spaulding, Arthur Squier
Masonry Magazine August 1961 Page. 15

Masonry Magazine August 1961 Page. 15
People & Events

(Continued from page 3) Natco Corp. has announced that first half operations resulted in substantially reduced net earnings from a sales volume that approximated the first half 1960 level... Telander Brothers, Cook County Chapter members, is building one of the world's largest fire stations at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago. The structure, including equipment and furnishings, will cost more than $1,000,000.


Journeymen School

(Continued from page 5) The opportunity of learning the rudiments of skills required in leadership and the technical knowledge necessary for them to become foremen and eventually contractors. A text book published by Structural Clay Products Institute entitled Advanced Bricklaying was used.

The classes met once a week for two hours in the evening for fourteen weeks. The one qualification required of the students was that he be a journeyman union bricklayer. A nominal fee was charged which was returned if the student attended 80% of the sessions.

The course was so popular and successful that a second school has already been planned which will last for twenty sessions since the first class found that it was somewhat rushed in covering the entire material included in Advanced Bricklaying.


Distributors Name 12 Board of Directors

WASHINGTON, D. C. Twelve representatives have been elected to serve two-year terms on the board of National Association of Distributors and Wholesalers of Structural Clay Products. Re-elected to the board were Durwood L. Boeglen, Washington, D. C.; Robert C. Bourne, Newark, N. J.; John Donohue III, St. Paul, Minn.; Larry Forbes, Cleveland, O.; Robert F. Engblom, Wilmington, Del.; Edwin G. Schmitt, Cincinnati, O.; F. E. Schouweiler, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Richard M. Spaulding, Boston, Mass.; and Arthur Squier, Philadelphia, Pa.

T. J. Shatkowski, left, past president of the MCA of Indiana turns the gavel over to Joseph Clifford incoming president of the organization. Indiana group has been active in promoting masonry in their area with one of the latest project being the building of a fallout shelter at the Lake County, Ind. Fair Grounds.


Regulation No. 26

(Continued from page 6) identical offers circled be furnished the Attorney General.

The reports are to be submitted within 20 days following disposition of the bids received in response to the invitation to bid.

Bids solely from foreign sources requiring delivery and performance outside the United States, its possessions and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and bids solicited under other than formal advertising procedures need not be reported.

Among other provisions of the regulation is one which requires firms submitting bids to identify parent companies.


Student Manual on Clay Masonry Distributed to Universities

WASHINGTON, D. C. The collegiate education program of Structural Clay Products Institute includes publication of "Student's Manual-Principles of Clay Masonry Construction," a 113-page manual and instructor's guide now being distributed to schools of architecture and engineering throughout the country.

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