Masonry Magazine January 1981 Page.27
Mason Contractor News
# People & Events
Frank Keeling has been elevated to manager, international marketing for Target Products Division of Federal-Mogul Corp., Kansas City, Mo. Keeling will be responsible for world-wide marketing and distribution of Target's wide product line which includes specialized construction equipment, safety groovers and highway rehabilitation equipment. Jack Conway has been named general sales manager of Wej-It Corp., Broomfield, Colo., manufacturer of masonry anchor bolts. The Cement Division of National Gypsum Co., Southfield, Mich., has announced two sales appointments- Carl Schultze as representative for the Lansing sales district and Donald P. Rosenberg as rep for the Minneapolis district.
Bouwman Steel Scaffold Co., Inc., Bellflower, Calif., has appointed Gary S. White president/executive sales manager of its newly opened branch in Phoenix, Ariz. Bernard DeRose has been promoted to general sales manager for California, Genstar Cement & Lime Co., San Francisco, Calif. Bay State Abrasives Division, Dresser Industries, Inc., Westborough. Mass., has named Mike L. Langthorp.
# Oklahoma MCA Funds Architecture Program
For the second consecutive year, Michael J. Thompson, Oklahoma State University graduate student in architecture from Wagoner, Okla., has received the $500 Mason Contractor Association of Oklahoma and Masonry Advancement Fund Scholarship awarded annually to promote the masonry industry and to support higher education. Others attending the presentation were Dr. Kenneth A. McCollom, dean of OSU's Division of Engineering. Technology and Architecture; Paul LaVene, executive director, Oklahoma Masonry Institute, Oklahoma City: Charles Warehine, president, MCA of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, and Alan Brunken, professor and acting head of OSU's School of Architecture. (OSU photo by Bill Ellis)
# Dahl of HON Industries Announces Retirement
Arthur E. Dahl, senior vice president of HON Industries, Muscatine, Iowa, will retire effective December 31, 1981, after 35 years with the company. He started in 1946 and was the tenth member of the young company known then as Home-O-Nize. Today the firm has seven divisions, 14 plants in seven states, and sales approaching $300 million.
Dahl's first assignment was as head of the planning division. In 1950, when the company acquired the rights to manufacture and market powered wheelbarrows from Bell Aircraft, the Prime-Mover Co. was formed and Dahl was named vice president of the new division.
During the period when he was general manager of Prime-Mover, he also became a vice president of HON Industries, the parent company. In 1970 Dahl was named senior vice president of HON.
In addition to Prime-Mover, other HON divisions serve the home building and remodeling industries (Heat-ilator), and the office furniture field.
# Patent Scaffolding Rep
Patent Scaffolding Co. has announced the appointment of Potter Material Service, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind., as its new representative for rental and sales of "Trouble Saver" sectional steel scaffolding in the Indianapolis and central Indiana area.
In addition to scaffolding. Potter also handles a broad line of brick and concrete block.
# Metropolitan Ceramics Expands Canton Plant
Metropolitan Ceramics has announced the expansion of its Canton, Ohio plant for the manufacture of "Ironrock" thin paver tiles.
Metropolitan's Canton plant was the first American manufacturing facility built with automated equipment designed to produce split-tile. The system allows a dual unit to be processed with all the advantages of a single unit, resulting in a thin paver having the strength of a thick one.
Ironrock was selected as the flooring product for all high traffic areas of Hartsfield Atlanta Airport, which handles some 55 million passengers a year. The job required 500,000 sq. ft. of tile-more than nine acres.
Nothing is quite so annoying as to have someone go right on talking when you're interrupting.