Masonry Magazine April 1966 Page. 21

Words: Jerry Jarboe, John Portman, Dwight Lewis, Mason Painter, Chas. Denna, Clarence Gleason, Robert Vandervennet, James Sny
Masonry Magazine April 1966 Page. 21

Masonry Magazine April 1966 Page. 21
Mason Contractor News
Published by The Mason Contractors Association of America, 208 S. La Salle St., Chicago 4, III.


Calendar of Events
MAY 13 & 14, 1966: Masonry Estimating Course, Holiday Inn Central, Houston, Texas. Contact: Chas. Denna, Jr., P.O. Box 22234, Houston, Texas 77027.

JUNE 26, 1966: Mason Contractors Association of Milwaukee Annual Picnic.

JULY 10, 1966: Summer Executive Board Meeting of the MCAA, Tan-Tor-A Resort, Loke 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: Mason Painter, 3313 idlewild Drive, Chattanooga, Tenn.

AUGUST 11-13, 1966: Annual State Meeting of the Associated Masonry Contractors of Wexos, The El Trepicana Motel, San Antonio, Texas. Contact: Jerry Jarboe, 1114 Cortland, Houston, Texas.

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.


Annual Squash Tournament
The fourth Annual MCAA International Squash Tournament will be held in Detroit, Michigan, May 9-10, 1966, according to word received from the host Chapter, The Detroit Mason Contractors Association.

Those desiring to participate should contact the Chapter office at 18505 West 8 Mile Road, Detroit, Mich. 48219 or call a/c 313-532-2004.

Tournament Banquet will be held on the evening of May 11th when trophies for the various events will be awarded.


Name Atlanta Architect
John C. Portman, Jr., of Atlanta will be principal architect and one of the developers for a $150 million, 5-block area of the Golden Gateway project in San Francisco.

Mr. Portman, together with Trammell Crow of Dallas, and Cloyce C. Box of New York, will invest the sum office skyscrapers and land. Crow-Box-Portman were selected by the San Francisco redevelopment agency to develop the area the last and the largest commercial area in the Golden Gateway project. Edwards and Portman of Atlanta will be the architects for the project.

The development will include office towers, retail commercial areas, theaters and entertainment features.

One of the requirements of the development is that all blocks be linked by pedestrian bridges to separate vehicular and pedestrian traffic and to facilitate the flow of both.


NEW WITHOLDING TAX BOOKS MAILED
All members have been mailed the NEW 1966 FEDERAL GRADUATED WITHHOLDING TAX TABLES effective May 1, 1966. It has been necessary due to changes made in the law. Every employer will need these new Tables with the concise explanation to help comply with the new graduated withholding requirements. Ten separate official "wage bracket" withholding tables for both single and married employees for weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly and daily or miscellaneous payroll periods are computed and reproduced. Also included will be the rates needed to compute withholding for those employers who use the percentage method. Still another table covers social security-medicare withholding. These books are another service of the MCAA. Additional copies will be $2.50 per copy.


Elect Lewis President
Dwight Lewis has been elected President of the Detroit Mason Contractors Association. Other officers of the MCAA Chapter are: Clarence Gleason, Vice President; Robert Vandervennet, Treasurer and James Sny-


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