Masonry Magazine June 1966 Page. 16
Detroit "Spring Frolic"
DETROIT, MICH. A record breaking crowd of approximately 200 attended the Fourth Annual "Spring Frolic" sponsored by the Detroit Mason Contractors Association. Feature attraction during the day long outing was the presentation of trophies and awards to winners of three sporting events held during the year.
Winner of the squash tournament was James Snyder with Floyd Nixon the runner-up. In the beginners class top honors went to Bol Bob Pachota with second place being awarded to Bob Vandervennet.
The bowling trophies were won by Lloyd Huebner and Vito Zaliagiris who combined to score a total of 1246 pins. Second place was won with 1217 pins by Ericks Schiellerd and John Burgess.
Winners of the golf awards were Sam Magna and Don Evans for their excellent scores during the Association's Annual Summer Outing.
Rounding out a full day of activities was the Annual Banquet and Dinner Dance.
AIA Honors
A prominent municipal redevelopment director and an internationally-known educator and author on design will be honored by The American Institute of Architects for "distinguished service to the profession by a layman." Edward J. Logue, development administrator of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, and Albert Bush-Brown, president of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, will receive honorary memberships in the AIA during the architect's national convention June 26-Julyl in Denver, Colorado.
SKIL Diversification
SKIL Corporation, the nation's second largest portable power tool manufacturer, has announced their diversification into the contractors equipment market. Beginning with the purchase of a gasoline-powered hammer and rammer from the Barco Division of Aeroquip Corporation last October, the firm's program gained momentum with the acquisition of substantially all operating assets of the Maginniss Power Tool Company, Mansfield, Ohio, during February. A line of gasoline-powered trowels was added in April.
"We entered this field to broaden our product base and because of the market's growth potential," said SKIL President John W. Sullivan. "More concrete is being poured every day in an ever-increasing volume of plant, highway and other heavy construction. New construction in 1964 totalled $65.8 billion; for 1965 the amount was $68.1 billion. Figures for 1966 are expected to exceed $70 billion. Of this, we anticipate that approximately $50 million will be invested in new concrete finishing and other contractors tools."
"Our expansion is aimed at a market where the SKIL brand has been accepted for 42 years. The manufacturing and engineering aspects of our new construction equipment are similar to products we've been making."
Home Building Market
A new, 230-page report, "The Home Building Market Its Characteristics and Buying Practices," has just been published by Sweet's Construction Catalog Services, a division of F. W. Dodge Company.
The report is the first comprehensive study of the home building market ever issued and contains a detailed analysis of product selection methods and factors which determine the market's purchases. The study results from original research and interviews with 300 home builders across the nation.
Manufacturers of building products may obtain copies of the report by writing to Sweet's Construction Catalog Services, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 330 West 42nd Street, New York, New York, 10036. Cost of the publication is $25.
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