Masonry Magazine June 1968 Page. 19
Executive Board To Meet At Breezy Point
The Summer Executive Board Meeting will be held August 1-4 at Hopkins House Breezy Point, 144 miles north of the Twin Cities on Lake Pelican. The Board Meeting schedule calls for Committee Meetings on Thursday and Friday with the Board Meeting in Executive Session on Saturday. Friday afternoon the members will take to the 18-hole golf course for the Annual MCAA Golf Tournament.
Breezy Point and the enjoyable Par 3 Golf Course. The Golf Course now has a full 18-holes and will be the site of the Annual Golf Tournament.
For those flying in by commercial airlines it is recommended that flights be scheduled into Brainerd, Minn., while those flying their own craft can land at the 2600-foot lighted airstrip at the entrance to Breezy Point. A recent multi-million dollar expansion has added greatly to the facilities of Breezy Point. New docks for the 65 slips have been installed and the Marina has fishing boats, pontoon boats, canoes and motors available for rent. Board members have received full information relative to reservations and travel. Members desiring information on the meeting should contact the Executive Office.
The main lodge is on the right with the Beach and Surf Side Units in the distance.
HIGH-RISE SEMINAR
A High-Rise, Load-Bearing Seminar on concrete masonry construction was held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa recently.
The Seminar, sponsored by the Iowa Concrete Masonry Association, was attended by 80 architects, engineers and masonry contractors from Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. Introductory remarks were given by William Pender, Dubuque, Iowa, president of the Iowa Concrete Masonry Association.
Examples of High-Rise, Load-Bearing Construction were shown by Larry L. Stanley, Cedar Rapids, Chief Engineer of Dur-O-wal National, Inc. Henry Toennies, Director of the National Concrete Masonry Association, Arlington, Virginia, presented "Concepts of High-Rise Construction". Albyn Mackintosh, principal in the Structural Engineering Firm of Mackintosh and Mackintosh, Los Angeles, California, presented an illustrated lecture on Testing and Quality of Reinforced Concrete Masonry.
Masonry Research
One of the nation's most outstanding examples of intra and inter-industry cooperation, Masonry Research, 2600 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, is announcing for 1968 a broadened and accelerated program of research, testing and design studies along with expanded technical assistance to architects, engineers and contractors.
According to Executive Director, Leonard L. Thompson: "Masonry Research's functions are to tell architects, engineers, contractors, developers and financial executives about masonry's full capabilities. This may include how to design it, the many time and money-saving construction techniques as well as structural and esthetic superiorities. In addition, the office furnishes extensive code and specification data."
Product and design studies which encompass the full spectrum of masonry's utilization and the development of new criteria and engineering concepts are under the direction of Walter L.. Dickey, consulting structural engineer.
Funds for the programs are administered by four trustees: Contractors Richard Tejeda, Albert Pinamonet, Frank Fisher; and Ryan O'Brien, executive vice president of California Mason Contractors Association and manager of Mason Contractors Exchange. In addition, there is an advisory committee composed of four union officials.