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makes plans readily available, and NCMA gave a fast moving presentation of their TV and radio messages for selling masonry.
Walter Derk of the Fred. S. James & Co. gave a synopsis of MCAA's various insurance programs. Morgen Manufacturing Company showed their new leveling device, while the Fred R. Hiller Co. introduced a new glass joiner for striking joints of various sizes. The session was closed by Charles Velardo who gave a brief summary of the MCAA All-Weather Program and the plans for the future.
Opening the Convention session on Monday morning was another superb presentation of the Colors by the Marine Corp Color Guard. Dr. Robert Ozment, First Methodist Church, Atlanta, gave the invocation. Welcome to Atlanta was given by O. L. Jollay, Convention Chairman. C. Clayton Turner, Superintendent of Purchasing for Georgia then introduced Governor Lester Maddox. Addresses were then presented by W. Vernie Reed, Vice President, Laborers' International Union and Thomas F. Murphy, President, B.M.&P.I.U. Discussing the American Arbitration Association was their Executive Vice President Robert Coulson. The session was concluded with an informative and excellently presented talk by J. Lewis Powell entitled "Cave Man to Space Man."
Tuesday General Session was opened with a presentation by James O. Long, Georgia State Supervisor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. John F. Hallman, Jr., Past President, NADD, and President of the F. Graham Williams Company, Inc. of Atlanta, briefly resumed the history the National Association of Dealers and Distributors of Structural Clay Products. The "Brick Value Home" was discussed by Robert Foster, Managing Director, Brick & Tile Service, North Carolina. Juris-
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The U. S. Marine Corps Color Guard presents the colors at the opening session of the 18th annual MCAA Convention.
The "New Ideas Spectacular was jammed packed with information. Shown above is a demonstration of "Monowall" construction.
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Here one of the many attractive displays in the MCAA Educational Trade Show. This year's Show was the largest ever held.