Masonry Magazine September 1965 Page. 10
CENTENNIAL YEAR APPRENTICE AWARD
On behalf of the Masonry Industry's Committee, President John J. Murphy of the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers' International Union of America presents a special certificate of commendation and congratulations to new bricklayer apprentice, Bernard Selo of Washington, D.C. Pictured: (front row L to r.) are William Connors, First Vice President of the Union, William Gilmartin, BMPIU; Mr. Murphy, Mr. Solo; Harry Bates, President Emeritus, BMPIU; George King, Treasurer, BMPIU; Richard Branham, National Concrete Masonry Association. (Back row 1. to r.) George Miller, Mason Contractors Association of America, Richard Ottersen, Structural Clay Products Institute; Paul Ponton, Mason Contractors Assn. Lawrence Coburn, BMPIU; and Harry Robinson, Portland Cement Association.
CHICAGO, ILL. In ceremonies conducted recently in the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Bricklayers, Masons & Plasterers International Union of America, members of the Masonry Industry's Committee of the Mason Contractors Association of America met to pay special recognition to new apprentices entering the bricklaying trade. Highlighting the occasion was the presentation of an attractive certificate by Union President John J. Murphy to Bernard Solo, new apprentice trainee from Local No. 1, Washington, D.C. The certificate, which officially recognized Mr. Solo's indenture into apprenticeship, also carried the commendation and congratulations of the Committee, and acknowledged with appreciation his contribution to the masonry industries through his interest in training to fulfill high standards of craftsmanship.
Spokesman for the Committee, George A. Miller, Executive Vice President of the Mason Contractors Association, cited the particular significance of Mr. Solo's entry into apprenticeship in 1965 which marks the centennial anniversary of the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America. For the Union, Mr. Murphy accepted similar certificates from Mr. Miller for presentation to all the young men entering apprenticeship during the year.
In addition to officials of the Union and the Mason Contractors Association, the Committee is composed of representatives from the National Concrete Masonry Association, Portland Cement Association and Structural Clay Products Institute. The Committee's purpose is to gather data and serve as a central clearing house for the exchange of vital information within the masonry industries.
DOUGLAS STONE RETIRES
Douglas Dacre Stone, 68, internationally famed as a designer of hospitals and other award winning structures, and founder of the San Francisco architectural firm of Stone, Marraccini and Patterson, has retired.
Stone's retirement ends, for him, more than 35 years as an architect, during which he and the firm he established in 1927 successfully completed more than 800 design commissions in the U.S. and abroad.
The firm will continue as a California corporation furnishing architectural services, with Silvio P. Marraccini, A.I.A., as President. Directors include Norman W. Patterson, George A. Agron, Dean L. Folker, Robert J. Bettencourt and Sanford L. Berger, all members of the American Institute of Architects.
Of the more than 800 design projects the firm has completed, nearly 200 have been hospitals; from 12 bed to 1,500 bed facilities, stretching across Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and reaching across the Pacific to Samoa and to Viet-nam.
In retirement, Stone plans to "rest for awhile and then to travel when his health permits. He also will occasionally engage in architectural consultation.
NAME TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Perlite Institute, Inc. promoted H Norris Havens, Jr. from technical representative to technical director. R. E. Barnes, managing director of Perlite Institute, announces the promotion and said, "Mr. Havens' responsibilities will consist primarily of representing the industry with model building codes, providing technical assistance to government design and specifications departments, and participating in the supervision of Institute-sponsored research and development projects at universities and independent testing laboratories."
Mr. Havens was an assistant project engineer with Turner Construction Company before joining the Perlite Institute staff in July 1963.
ACQUIRE TWO NEW FIRMS
Mr. F. J. Robbins, President of Bliss & Laughlin Industries, in an apparent first for the Chicago business world, announced concurrent plans for the acquisition of two companies by Bliss & Laughlin Industries. The companies are Frank Doerner & Sons Limited of Waterloo, Ontario, and Waco-Porter Corporation of Schiller Park, Illinois. Both transactions have been approved by the Board of Directors of Bliss & Laughlin Industries. The Waco-Porter transaction has been approved by its directors, but is subject to the final approval of the Waco Porter shareholders. A special meeting for that purpose will be called on October 11.
The Waco-Porter agreement calls for an exchange of an undisclosed number of shares of Bliss & Laughlin Industries' common stock for the business and substantially all of the assets of the Waco-Porter Corporation. If shareholder approval is secured in the forthcoming special meeting, it is anticipated the transaction would become effective December 31, 1965.