Masonry Magazine May 1963 Page. 19

Words: James Lonie, J. Carroll, R. A, Hugh Stubbins, Robert Hutchins, Miss Morsch, Charles Mohrhardt, Miss Weise, Dr. Metcalf
Masonry Magazine May 1963 Page. 19

Masonry Magazine May 1963 Page. 19
COUNTY SMOKER

Mason Contractors Association of County, Ill., will hold their Spring Smoker at Hank's Supper Club on Thursday evening, June. Tickets for the affair are $9 per person and reservation can be made by calling Program Chairman Nordstrom at KI 6-8216 or JU. Hank's Supper Club is located in Old Skokie Highway in Lake near Waukegan, Ill.


TWO-DAY WORKSHOP

CLEVELAND, OHIO-The Building Trades Employers Association held a two-day workshop seminar on the fundamentals and practical application of the Critical Path Method, as it pertains to the construction industry, on May 17 and 18th at Cleveland Engineering Society. The seminar was conducted by the Brandon Associates, Inc. of Haddonfield, NJ.


CO REPORTS

PITTSBURGH Natco Corporation, structural clay products manufacturers, reported declines in both sales and earnings for the first three months of 1963 operations, as compared with the same period last year. In his quarterly report to company stockholders, Natco President R. A. said that adverse weather conditions during the first quarter resulted in loss of new business, curtailed building schedules and caused cutbacks in plant operations. He said building activity in most sections of the United States was brought to a halt by "the most severe winter in history."

To view the beautiful masonry display at the Cleveland Home & Flower Show, President James Lonie, Dayton Ohio. The Cleveland Masonry Exhibit was viewed by a record breaking crowd and featured Cleveland and Ohio Apprentice Contests.


Library Award Program

WASHINGTON, D. C. Seventeen U. S. library buildings have been selected to receive architectural awards in the First Library Buildings Award Program sponsored jointly by The American Institute of Architects, The American Library Association and The National Book Committee. Awards were bestowed in two categories College Libraries and Public Libraries by a jury of architects and librarians composed of J. Roy Carroll, Jr., FAIA, of Philadelphia, chairman; Hugh Stubbins, Jr., FAIA, of Cambridge, Mass.: Robert S. Hutchins, FAIA, of New York City; Miss Lucille Morsch, chief of descriptive catalogue, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.; Charles Mohrhardt, associate director, Detroit Public Library; Miss M. Bernice Weise, director of library service, Baltimore Public Schools; and Dr. Keyes Metcalf, director emeritus, Harvard University Library. Jurors Metcalf and Mohrhardt disqualified themselves in judgments of libraries on which they acted as consultant.

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