Masonry Magazine August 1961 Page. 14
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
TO MEET AT EUGENE, ORE.
Eugene, Oregon, has been selected as the site for the September 22 and 23 meeting of the Northwest Conference. Schedule of events calls for Committee meetings starting on Friday evening. The Annual Business Session will be held on Saturday morning with the group attending the University of Oregon football game during the afternoon. At seven o'clock the annual banquet for the conference will be held.
FALLOUT SHELTER
MOVIE AVAILABLE
A new 14-minute movie entitled "The Dual Purpose Room" designed to familiarize contractors with fallout shelter construction is now available through district offices of the Portland Cement Association. Chapter Officers desiring to use the film for a forthcoming meeting are asked to schedule the film with the local PCA office.
HOLD ARCHITECTS MEETING
URBANA, ILL. The Eastern Illinois Mason Contractors Association was host at a dinner meeting on Thursday, August 10th, at the Urbana Golf and Country Club for architects of the Champaign-Urbana area.
PLAN MEXICO TRIP
Following the 1962 MCAA Convention at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, February 11-14, a post convention tour of Mexico is being arranged by Cartan Travel Bureau for MCAA members and guests. The trip is conveniently divided so those who have ample time can see both Mexico City and Acapulco, while those who desire can return after a pleasant stay in Mexico City. A complete day by day schedule was featured in the July edition of MASONRY.
COST OF TRIP
The cost for the MCAA post-convention trip to Mexico is as follows: Mexico City portion$ 99.75 Entire trip, including Mexico City. Acapulco, Xochimilco, Cuernavaca and Taxco $207.00 A list showing what items are included in cost can be found elsewhere in this issue of Masonry. For information, rates and reservation, write Don B. Feather, Mason Contractors Trip. Cartan Travel Bureau, 440 N. Michigan, Chicago 11. Illinois.
SUMMER is here!
Order Your MCAA Job Site Signs Today
Fifty Signs for $23! Job site signs are 32 inches long and 24 inches high. Red, white and black in color, they can be used on the job, on your truck or as a window display. Your name, address and chapter affiliation (in black) will appear in letters up to three inches high depending on the length of the copy. Cost of 50 signs, the minimum order is $23.00, printed, f.o.b. Massillon, Ohio.
Publish Guide to Fire
Safety in Schools
A statement of current knowledge and needs regarding building, equipment and personnel to lessen the hazard in schools has been compiled in a detailed report under sponsors of the Building Research Advisory Board. Entitled "School Fires: An Approach to Life Safety," the report contains guidance of leaders in education, architecture and engineering, fire safety and building codes officials on fire safety in school buildings. Copies are available at $2.50 from Printing & Publishing Office, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington 25, D. C.
NADD Charters New York Group
NEW YORK, N. Y. The National Association of Distributors and Dealers of Structural Clay Products has granted a charter to the New York chapter. Membership in the new chapter consists of: Appalachian Shale Products Co. of New York (city); Belden-Stark Brick Corp., New York City; Entwisle Corp., New York City; Freuenburg and Lounsbury, Inc., New York City; William Geier Brick Co., Brooklyn; Merritt, Inc., Flemington, N. J.; Nateo Corp., New York City; Tomkins Bros., Newark; and United Clay Products Co., New York City.
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