Masonry Magazine June 1965 Page. 11
Mason Contractor News
Published by The Mason Contractors Association of America, 208 S. La Salle St., Chicago 4, III.
FORM MASONRY INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE
People & Events
The National Lime Association has moved to new offices in Washington, D.C. New address is 4000 Brandywine Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016 with telephone number 966-3418. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. has announced the appointment of Peter M. Button, as Southeastern Regional Sales Manager of Building Construction Products. His office is located at 218 Sandy Spring Place N.W., Atlanta, Ga.. Marvin Greenwood has been elected President of the Gypsum Association. Mr. Greenwood is Vice President of the Celotex Corp. Featured speaker at the final session of the Arizona Masonry Guild's "Informational Meetings" was John P. Frank, Phoenix attorney.
Universal Mfg. Co. has announced the following dealer appointments: Mac Donald Mach. Co., Inc., Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Lee Supply Co., South Houston, Texas. Paul 1. Jacobsen has been appointed to the sales department of Koehring Co. and Eugene Gifford has joined that firm's sales staff. Herman Sowell Masonry Contractor won top award in the recent MCA of Memphis Annual Masonry Execution Awards program. A repeat of the Masonry (continued on page 30)
Attending the MCAA Masonry Industries Committees Meeting in Pittsburgh are: Seated-William R. Connors, Harry C. Bates, Michael Coco and John J. Murphy. Standing are: Robert Rawlins, George King, S. H. Westby, Keith Behlig, Richard Branham, Leonard McGee, Thomas Hartley and William Roark.
CHICAGO, ILL. Announcement has been made by MCAA President Les Dietrich that the Association has formed a new Masonry Industries Committee for the purpose of gathering data and providing a central clearing house for the exchange of vital information within the Masonry Industry.
Heading the new group for MCAA is Michael Coco, Pittsburgh, Pa., with the following advisory members: William Conners, First Vice President, Bricklayers, Masons & Plasterers International Union of America; W. W. Underwood, Executive Director, and Richard Branham, Director of Marketing, National Concrete Masonry Association; Keith Bohlig, Manager of Housing Bureau, and S. H. Westby, Technical Advisor Housing Bureau, Portland Cement Association; William F. Roark, Director, Mason Relations Dept., Structural Clay Products Institute. Other MCAA members are Herschel Hunt, Indianapolis, Indiana and Fred Daues, St. Louis, Missouri.
Plan Conference On All-Weather
Work & Masonry Material Handling
It has been announced that the MCAA will sponsor a Joint Conference to cover the important topics of "All-Weather Construction" and "New Trends In Masonry Material Handling". In charge of the meeting will be James Snyder, Research Committee Chairman and Herman L. May, Material Handling Committee Chairman. May and Snyder indicated that formative plans call for the meeting to be held in the Chicago vicinity during the later part of September with a facility being selected that will offer ample room for actual demonstrations.
Chairman Snyder has announced that moderator for his session will be Corb Garton, Regional Director, SCPI, while Herman May will be assisted by Harold W. Peterson and Reno Fabbri.
Purpose of the Conference is two-fold. The morning "All-Weather Construction" session will investigate ways and means which Mason Contractors can work at greater lengths under adverse weather conditions-both hot and cold. The Material Handling session will review the latest developments and present a discussion on maintenance of equipment currently being used by mason contractors.
MASONRY. June, 1965
One of the first major projects to be completed by this unique Committee is a Directory of Materials available to those interested in training the work force of the Masonry Industry. This 24-page booklet will be ready for release in June and will be a valuable tool in training apprentices, journeymen and foremen. In addition it will be of great interest to architects and engineers.
President Dietrich expressed his appreciation to the Advisory Members, who have worked so diligently in compiling this material, and complimented the entire Committee on this Industry cooperative endeavor.