Masonry Magazine May 1966 Page. 16
Mason Contractor News
Published by The Mason Contractors Association of America, 208 S. La Salle St., Chicago 4, III.
People & Events
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Gary Davis has joined the staff of SCPI Region 6, Ames, la... Take a minute now and make sure you have filled out and mailed the '66 MCAA Masonry Package Survey form. It is important to you and to your Industry.
Robert W Shudes has been named manager of technical service for the Vermiculite Institute He fills the vacancy left by L. A Barron, now managing director of the group. Shuldes is a graduate civil engineer of the Illinois Institute of Technology. B. H. Warren has been appointed manager, tractor and industrial equipment sales, Farm Equipment Div., International Harvester Co... William E. Furlow has been re-elected President of the Indiana Limestone Co. Inc. Other officers elected are K. W. Johnson, Secretary-Treasurer; J. R. Hodges, Assistant-Treasurer and C. B. Bloom, Assistant-Secretary. C. DeWitt Brown has been elected Chairman of the Texas State Bricklayers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee.
Fred J. Robbins, President of Bliss & Laughlin Industries has announced the appointment of Frank W. Aughnay as General Manager of the Construction Group. This group consists of four firms; Ames Taping Tool Systems Co., Waco-Porter Co., Goldblatt Tool Co. and Goldblatt Ames Distributing Co... Dennis W. Dobleske has been appointed Area News Gathering Supervisor in the Chicago Region for Dodge Reports.
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Hold Cleveland Apprentice Contest
An annual event at the Cleveland Home and Flower Show is the Bricklayer Apprentice Contest, sponsored by the Cleveland Chapter of MCAA, the local bricklayer's union and the Building Trades Employers' Assn. in that city.
Prior to the contest finals, a dinner was held for all parties involved in the contest. Here, H. R. Nemec, president of Cleveland's MCA chapter, pauses and poses with John A. Hull Cleveland MCA executive secretary.
Helping out with the judging during the apprentice contest were Dick Prescott of the MCA member, Christman & Prescott, and Anthony Gattezzi, chief architect for the City of Cleveland.
Winner of the 1966 contest was Raymond Victor. He is employed by the Leo W. Schmidt Co. Runners-up
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Calendar of Events
JUNE 26, 1966: Mason Contractors Association of Milwaukee Annual Picnic.
JULY 10, 1966: Summer Executive Board Meeting of the MCAA, Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, Osage Beach, Mo. Contact MCAA Executive Office.
JULY 21-23, 1966: 18th Annual Southern States Apprenticeship Conference, Rice Hotel, Houston, Texas.
AUGUST 4-6, 1966 Annual Tennessee State Convention, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Contact: Masen Painter, 3313 Idlewild Drive. Chattanooga, Tenn
AUGUST 11-13, 1966: Annual State Meeting of the Associated Masonry Contractors of Texas, The El Tropicana Motel, San Antonio, Texas. Contact: Jerry Jarboe, 1114 Cortland, Houston, Texas.
AUGUST 14-18, 1966: Mid-year Board Meeting of National Concrete Masonry Association, Calgary Inn, Calgary, Alberto, Canada.
SEPTEMBER 16 & 17, 1966: MCAA Masonry Estimating Course, Cleveland, Ohio. Contact: Robert Dalton, MCA of Cleveland, Ohio, 744 Union Commerce Bldg.. Cleveland, Ohio.
OCTOBER 14 & 15, 1966: MCAA Masonry Estimating Course, Milwaukee, Wis.
NOVEMBER 3-6, 1966: Fall Executive Board Meeting of the MCAA, Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Contact MCAA Executive Office.
FEBRUARY 18-21, 1967: 17th Annual Convention & Educational Trade Show of the Mason Contractors Association of America. Chase-Park Hotel, St. Louis.
VI Holds Annual Meeting
Delegates to the Vermiculite Institute's 25th Annual Convention, held recently at Chandler, Arizona, were told that 1965 sales of water repellent vermiculite for insulating masonry walls had increased 1512% over 1964. Insulation Committee Chairman, R. L. Upchurch, predicted even greater gains for 1966. He attributed this in part to a greatly accelerated boom in residential, industrial, and
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Koehring Acquisition
Koehring Company has obtained a majority interest in Menck & Hambrock, G.m.b.H. of Hamburg-Altona Germany. Products made by Menck & Hambrock include pile driving machinery, electric and diesel powered quarrying and mining equipment and crawler mounted, self-propelled scrapers. The manufacturing equipment, facilities and techniques are similar to those required for Koehring equipment.
MASONRY • May, 1966