Masonry Magazine July 1966 Page. 28
Allied Masonry Council Meets
Allied Masonry Council met in Washington, D.C., April 27th, to exchange ideas and review current activities of the industry. Attending were: (L to r.) Homer Bryce, President, SCPI; Robert Ebeling, Chairman, MCAA's Masonry Industries Committee; Anthony Porri, MCA. President, and George A. Miller, Executive Vice President, MCAA.
MDTA Field Coordinators
The in-the-field coordinators for the bricklayer apprentice program attend a training session in Washington, D.C. recently. Pictured from left to right are: Delta Barbour, Secretary: Eugene Sullivan, Field Coordinator; Ernest Studebaker, Dept. of Health Education & Welfare; William Roark, Director, SCPI, Mason Relations; Elijah Thomas, Field Coordinator; Richard Wilkes, Field Coordinator: Thomas Gerto, Field Coordinator, and Robert McConnon, U.S. Dept. of Labor.
FTI Appoints Anthony Avellar
Chicago, Illinois-Announcement has been made by John M. Aldworth, executive director of the Chicago based Facing Tile Institute, of the appointment of Anthony Avellar as regional director to take charge of its operations in the New York City area. Mr. Avellar, who has a fifteen-year background in the architectural and designing fields, will make his headquarters at 342 Park Avenue in New York City.
In representing the FTI, his responsibility will be to promote continued use of structural facing tile and to encourage its specification in new construction by architects and designers. He will also assist dealers and distributors who handle the products of FTI members, and he will provide regular market and other pertinent reports to the Institute.
The recently reorganized Facing Tile Institute is the sponsor of a nationwide program to encourage the use of structural facing tile in all appropriate building areas and to encourage and maintain a program of rigid quality control over all products involved.
John H. Stewart, Jr., of Stark Ceramics, Inc. is president of the organization. Member companies are: Arketex Ceramic Corporation; Darlington Brick, General Dynamics Corp.; McNees-Kittanning Co.; Metropolitan Brick, Inc.; Natco Corporation; The Robinson Brick & Tile Company; Stark Ceramics, Inc.; and West Virginia Brick & Tile Co. Chicago headquarters are at 333 North Michigan Ave.