Masonry Magazine June 1971 Page. 23
Now It's Lone Star Industries
A new corporate name, Lone Star Industries, Inc., was approved by shareholders of Lone Star Cement Corporation.
"Lone Star Industries more accurately reflects the broadening scope of our operations," said John R. Kringel, chairman and president. "In the past year particularly, the company has diversified in a number of areas, and it is management's intention to continue to broaden our capabilities. As a diversified company, less affected by the trends of a single industry, we can do more to serve customers, employees, and shareholders."
While still the largest producer of cement in the Western Hemisphere, Lone Star today also produces a variety of other construction materials and products, manufactures rugs and carpeting, operates retail "Home Care Centers," and is engaged in land development projects ranging from the Atlantic Coast to Hawaii.
THE OLD AND THE NEW-The trademark at left is being replaced by the modern design at right to accompany the new name of Lone Star Cement.
Several national magazines, which reach decision makers in the U.S. and Canada, recently featured masonry on their covers.
FORTUNE magazine, which goes to leaders of corporations and a wide array of organizations, had for its masonry products to spell out "500". That number identifies the issue's annual listing of "The 500 Largest U.S. Industrial Corporations."
PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE, which is distributed to architects, engineers and leaders in the design professions, devoted its April cover and a photo feature to restoration of a Washington, D. C. landmark. It is the Canal Square complex, which involved restoration combined with brick paving and a new brick addition for an old brick warehouse-type structure in historic Georgetown. Architect Arthur Cotton Moore, AIA, "performed the magic" that transformed the dilapidated building into an intriguing place to browse, eat, shop and work.
ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, which has a wide circulation in the design and construction professions, featured a Rochester, N.Y., masonry building on its April cover and in a major photo feature. It is architect Hugh Stubbins, FAIA, widely acclaimed College of Fine and Applied Arts for the Rochester Institute.
Plan MCAGC Awards Program
Jack Mathews (left), D.H. Johnson Co.; Chuck Anderson, SGM Corp., also chairman of the "Excellence in Masonry Awards Program"; Frank Laureys, Laureys, Inc., entertainment chairman for the annual dinner dance sponsored by the Mason Contractors Association of Greater Chicago, and Jan Sutherland, Executive Secretary of MCAGC, meet to discuss plans for the Masonry Awards Program that will be held in conjunction with the dinner dance at the Regency Hyatt House, November 27. Tickets and information regarding either event may be obtained by contacting the association office at 297-3424 in Park Ridge, III.
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