Masonry Magazine February 1966 Page. 22
# Mason Contractor New
Published by The Mason Contractors Association of America, 208 S. La Salle St., Chicago 4, III.
Calendar of Events
APRIL 1 & 2, 1966: Masonry Estimating Course, Denver, Colo. Contact Les Osborne, MCA of Colorado, 123 Vallejo, Denver, Colo.
APRIL 16, 1966: Annual Meeting of the Mason Contractors Associations of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
AUGUST 11-13, 1966: Annual State Meeting of the Associated Masonry Contractors of Texas, The El Tropicano Motel, San Antonia. Texas. Contact: Jerry Jarboe, 1114 Cortland, Houston, Texas.
FEBRUARY 18-21, 1967: 17th Annual Convention & Educational Trade Show of the Mason Contractors Association of America. Chose-Park Hotel, St. Louis.
JULY 10, 1966: Summer Executive Board Meeting of the MCAA, Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Osarks, Osoge Beach, Mo. Contact MCAA Executive Office.
HOUSTON ELECTS BARTLETT
New officers for the Associated Masonry Contractors of Houston, Texas are: Bill Bartlett, President; Jim Leavesley, Vice President; G. W. Veazey, Secretary and Cecil Barker, Treasurer. Jerry Jarboe is the Executive Secretary of the Association.
SKIL PURCHASES MAGINNISS
Skil Corporation of Chicago and Maginniss Power Tool Co., of Mansfield, Ohio, have announced an agreement whereby Skill would purchase substantially all of the operating assets of Maginniss. When the transaction is completed, Maginniss will become a division of Skil.
Maginniss manufactures vibrators, vibratory soil compactors, and generators for the construction industry. These products will be integrated into the Skil line to provide broader markets for Maginniss products.
BLISS & LAUGHLIN REPORT
Bliss & Laughlin Industries President, Fred J. Robbins, announced revenues of $83,813,243 for the year 1965. Net income totalled $3,546,069 or $3.12 per share. This compares with revenues of $80,747,609 and earnings of $3,295,630 or $2.92 per share for the previous year. These figures consolidate the results of the operation of Waco-Porter Co. for both years.
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Cleveland Names Nemec President
The Cleveland Chapter of MCAA met in mid-January to elect officers the new year and named H. R. Nemec as its president.
Mr. Nemec, president of the Cleveland-based Nemec & Root Construction Co., is an active figure in that Ohio city's construction industry. Aside from that role with that MCAA chapter, Mr. Nemec is chief labor negotiator for the masonry contractors in the Greater Cleveland area.
Over 25 masonry contractor companies were represented at the meeting, held at the Pick-Carter Hotel in Cleveland. This represents about 50 percent of the Cleveland chapter membership.
Hugh Farmer, Paugh & Farmer, Inc., masonry contractor representative to the Bricklayer Joint Apprenticeship Committee, reported that apprenticeship enrollment in the Cleveland area has declined over the past several years. He stated that there are now 48 bricklayer apprentices in Cleveland compared to 53 in 1964 and 64 in 1963.
The members of the MCAA chapter decided to look into a statewide on-the-job training program sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Labor. Basically, the program would make available Federal funds to underwrite the cost of apprentice training in the bricklayer trade. Under this program an apprentice coordinator would be appointed who would solicit high school graduates for the bricklayer apprentice program.
Aside from the election of Mr. Nemec as president, other new officers of the Cleveland chapter are: vice president, Stanley West, W. M. West & Son, Inc.; secretary, A. J. P. Martini, The Martini Construction Co.; treasurer, Steve Teresi, Teresi Construction Co. and executive secretary, John A. Hull.
President of the Mason Contractors Association of Cleveland, MCAA Chapter, is H. R. Nemec, left with Stanley West Vice President. Mr. Nemec is President of the firm of Nemec & Root while Mr. West heads the W. M. West & Sons, Inc.
Left to right are: Jake Haditsch, Herb Heasley, Ed Kovacich, Fred Denk and Charles Schultz.
Attending the Annual Meeting of the MCAA of Cleveland were: (1. to r.) John Peternel, Dick McKeon, Ernest Schmidt and Jerry Schenck.
Mr. Nemec was named as delegate to the Cleveland Building Trades Employers Association and will head the arbitration committee for MCAA. The other contractors serving on the collective bargaining committee include R. G. Harley, Thomas Keelin and Messrs. West and Teresi.
MASONRY
February, 1966