Masonry Magazine June 1978 Page. 26
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Bend, Wis., manufacturer of concrete and other masonry products, has appointed James L. Weber vice president-marketing.
Always put off till tomorrow what you shouldn't do at all.
Essick Manufacturing Co., Division of A-T-O. Inc., Los Angeles. Calif., a leading producer of mortar and plaster mixers. has appointed Barney Berlyn director of manufacturing for all Essick products...Dr. Babu N. Thakur, a familiar name in the field of industrial diamond technology, has joined Cushion Cut, Inc., Harbor City, Calif., as director of research and engineering. Cushion-Cut manufactures diamond blades and core bits with worldwide distribution... Olive Ann Doughty, a 14-year General Services Administration employee, has been named administrator of GAS's Region 7 with headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas.
"Everybody wants progress, but nobody wants change."-Anon.
Dick Schlee of Seedorff Masonry. Inc., Strawberry Point, la.. is recovering from a serious leg injury he suffered in recent motorcycle accident ...Bob Ebeling of Romeo, Mich., a partner in the mason contracting firm of Ebeling & Hicks, Inc., and immediate past-president of MCAA, is taking a month's sabbatical to unwind and recharge his batteries...Pacific Clay Building Products, Los Angeles, Calif., has announced three sales appointments. Robert Bragstad has joined the firm as architectural sales rep: Dave Leal has been named Mini-Brick Products Sales manager. and John Burke has been appointed a dealer sales rep... Jim Hayward has joined GOMACO Corp., Ida Grove, Iowa, equipment manufacturer for the concrete construction industry, as a district sales rep for the East Central territory.
When it comes to spotting the other fellow's faults, most everybody has 20/20 vision.
Les Preece has been appointed manager/glaze development for Pacific Clay Building Products, Santa Fe Springs, Calif....The Industrial Products Division of Johns-Manville has named William R. "Bob" Browne. vice president and director of sales with headquarters in Denver, Colo.. and appointed K. P. Sutton as sales representative for refractory products in Tulsa, Okla... Dave Shepersky is the new executive director of the Mason Contractors Associations of San Diego and Imperial Counties in California. Shepersky, a mason contractor and local masonry industry leader, replaces Stuart R. Beavers. who moved to Sacramento to become executive director of the newly formed Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada... Larry Davenport, director of the Construction Action Council of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has been named to the Executive Committee of the Consultative Council of the National Institute of Building Sciences, Washington, D.C.
The trouble with being a good sport, states Quote, is that you have to lose to prove it.
The promotion of James P. Vinke to president of Darlington Brick & Clay Products Co., Pittsburgh. Pa.. and Powell & Minnock Brick Works, Inc.. Albany, N.Y.. has been announced by Marblehead Lime Co.. Chicago, III. The two brick companies are operating units of Marblehead Lime... At the same time, the company also announced the elevation of Arthur R. Collentine from national sales manager to vice president-sales of Marblehead Lime.. Dennis A. Jensen, confidential assistant to the administrator of the Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Services. has been named administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration's Region 8 with headquarters in Denver. Colo... In another appointment announced by GSA administrator Jay Solomon. I.. D. Strom, who has served the government for 45 years, was chosen as administrator for field operations.
Advice to men who want to drive their wives crazy: Don't talk in your sleep: just grin.
26 MASONRY/JUNE, 1978