Masonry Magazine January 1977 Page.23
Mason Contractor News
Koehring Quarter and Nine-month Earnings Up
Koehring Co., Milwaukee, Wis., has reported earnings of $3,051,000 or $0.90 per share for the third quarter ended August 31, 1977, and year-to-date earnings of $6,959,000 or $1.96 per share.
These earnings compare with $2,902,000 or $0.87 per share for the 1976 third quarter, and $5,856,000 or $1.62 per share for the nine-month period a year ago.
Medusa Renovates Plant
The board of directors of Medusa Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, has approved the expenditure of $50 million for the modernization of its Charlevoix (Mich.) facility. The project will involve the conversion of the existing kiln from the wet process to the dry process.
The work is part of Medusa's overall program to meet the Federal Energy Administration's goal of reducing fuel consumption 18 percent by 1982.
Events
Michael J. Phalen has been elevated from western region sales manager to vice president-sales for industrial and construction machinery in North America, Massey-Ferguson, Inc., Des Moines, la. In a related appointment, Robert L. Knox moves up to the new post of general sales development manager. Max H. Hall has been named marketing director for Booker Associates, Inc., an engineering, architectural and planning firm based in St. Louis, Mo. JRB Architects, Inc., a new firm with offices at 689.
IMI Film Presented to Architectural Schools
Every accredited school of architecture in the United States and all approved architectural schools in Canada have been given a copy of the new, full-color film, Architects Architecture, produced by the International Masonry Institute (IMI). Local/regional IMI promotion groups, MCAA Chapters and/or BAC locals assisted in the distribution of the educational film to the college deans.
The 35-minute movie, which has been acclaimed by the architectural community, is being used in classroom instruction as a permanent part of the schools' courses in architecture. Architects/Architecture features on camera and shows the architecture designed by Philip Johnson, FAIA; Hartman & Cox, FAIA, and Ulrich Franzen, FAIA. All are winners of the Louis Sullivan Award for excellence in masonry construction presented by the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen (BAC).
The idea for the film and method of presentation evolved from IMI's Architectural Education Advisory Council composed of Hugh Burgess, dean, College of Architecture, Arizona State University; Patrick Quinn, dean, Department of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; E. Fay Jones, chairman, Department of Architecture, University of Arkansas, and Ambrose M. Richardson, chairman, department of Architecture, University of Notre Dame.
Dean Burgess will appear as a featured speaker at the '78 MCAA International Masonry Conference in Las Vegas, March 11-16.
Free loan copies and sale prints of Architects Architecture are available. For details on ordering, request a complimentary catalog from IMI, 823-15th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
Arkansas Chapter Awards Architecture Scholarship
Ted Lowery (left), president of the MCAA Arkansas Chapter, presents a $3,000 scholarship grant for the 1977 fall semester and 1978 spring semester to James Ray Smith, a senior in the School of Architecture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dr. Charles A. Leone, vice president and provost of the university, extends congratulations. Smith, a native of Texarkana, is a Vietnam veteran. He and his wife, Betty, have six children.
Bumper Sticker Contest Helps Promote Masonry
King Tut's pyramid, the world's oldest masonry structure, is the background for some of the efforts being used to promote masonry construction in the Milwaukee area. The words "Masonry. Built to Last." added to a picture of the king's pyramid, formed the winning entry in a recent bumper sticker contest for over 1,000 masonry tradesmen, members of Bricklayers Local #8.
The winning design was created by Ralph Zahner of Brookfield, Wis., whose idea won a weekend for himself and his wife at a Lake Geneva resort.
Walther Joins Law Firm
Former National Labor Relations Board member Peter D. Walther has joined the law firm of Cunniff, Bray & McAleese, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. The firm specializes in labor law and employment practices for management.
Of all U.S. workers, 63% get nine or more paid holidays a year. Some 12% get 12 paid holidays. Canadian workers have an even better deal: 76% get ten or more paid holidays annually.
28th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & SHOW
MCAA MARCH 11-16, 1978 LAS VEGAS HILTON Vegas
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