Masonry Magazine March 1971 Page. 16
Detroit Bricklayer Unions & Mason Contractors Assist Salvation Army
Thanks to the civic-minded thinking and the joint efforts of Metropolitan Detroit-area bricklayer unions and mason contractors, the Salvation Army's contemplated move into its future Social Service Headquarters Building came a step closer to reality last month and the Army was deeply appreciative.
Fruit of these efforts represents a $65,000 gift in the practical form of 8,500 bricklayer apprentice man-hours donated and paid for by Detroit's masonry industry for the purpose of adding necessary partitions to all six floors of the warehouse area housed in the structure at 1627 West Fort, future home of the Army.
Ninety-nine apprentice bricklayers in various stages of training, supervised by their instructors, participated in the 3-month masonry remodeling project which began January 6. According to Bob Ebeling, president of the Detroit Mason Contractors Association and member of the Detroit Metropolitan Masonry Joint Apprenticeship Committee, it all started when union and management leaders approached the Salvation Army with an offer of free apprenticeship-bricklayer work to assist the Army in any possible masonry needs.
In view of its necessary move, the Army was more than gratified to accept the offer, and the project provided practical job-site schooling for trainees as part of the jointly sponsored union-contractor training program.
Salvation Army officials met on the job-site with union and mason contractor representatives on February 24 to view the work nearing completion and to praise not only the work itself but the generous, civic-minded gesture it represents.
According to Col. S. W. Franzen, divisional commander of the Army's Eastern Michigan Division, "Detroit's masonry industry-union and management-provided an all-important financial lift for us." He also praised all of the apprentices and instructors for the "excellent quality" of the masonry work accomplished.
The repartitioning project was slated to wind up in March. Further renovation of the building will be necessary before the Army moves into it in 1972.
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