Masonry Magazine December 1966 Page. 32

Words: Eugene George, Robert Ebeling, Allen Young, Harold Peterson, Dan Berich, James Collins, Robert Tubesing, Jack Cook, O.L. Jollay, Robert Denny, Gerald Sutherland, Robert Harrison, James Gross, R. Hendershott, Edward Angerer, William Pernfuss, Emanuel Rohde, Robert Hartman, William Taggart
Masonry Magazine January 1966 Page.32

Masonry Magazine January 1966 Page.32
MCAA MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

January 4, 1967 "Insurance For the Mason Contractor" will be presented at the Hopkins House, Hopkins, Minnesota. Those interested in attending should contact R. J. Hendershott, 112 Wayside Road, Hopkins, Minn, or the MCAA Executive Office in Chicago.

January 20-21, 1967 'Masonry Estimating Course" is scheduled for the Marriott Motor Motel, Atlanta, Ga, Contact O. L. Jollay, 40 Franklin St., Avondale Estates, Ga. or the MCAA Executive Office.


Future Scheduling

"Masonry Estimating" is being scheduled for the western states during the first part of 1967 with stops in Phoenix, Portland and/or Seattle. Those Chapters interested in conducting one of MCAA's Management Institutes should contact the Executive Office and make arrangements for their area.


Convention Review

(Continued from page 7) held by the Association and will feature a diversified line of products, equipment and systems for the entire masonry industry.

Sunday afternoon's bearing wall seminar, "Your Future and the Bearing Wall," is a must for every mason contractor. Panel members will be:

Dan Berich, Mason Contractor, Denver, Colo.; Gerald Sutherland, Mason Contractor, Corpus Christi, Texas; Eugene George, Mason Contractor, Kitchner, Ontario, Canada; James Gross, Head Dept. Engineering, SCPI, Washington, D. C.; Edward Angerer, Architect, Rock Island, III., and Robert Denny, Moderator, Washington, D. C.

This seminar will be devoted specifically to the practical aspects of load bearing construction with great emphasis being placed on quality and job control of the masonry project.

On Tuesday afternoon MCAA will hold its Annual Meeting at the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel which will be followed by the Annual Banquet and Dinner Dance in the Khorrasan Room.

Members and others are urged to make their advance registration and hotel room reservations as soon possible so that they may be assured the best possible arrangements.


Fall Board Meeting

(Continued from page 23) Report for the fiscal year as prepared by the Association's auditors, Harris, Kerr, Forster & Co. was presented by Treasurer Robert Harrison. It was approved. In addition, the Nominating Committee composed of Jack Cook. Allen Young, Robert Tubesing. Harold Peterson, and Robert Ebeling submitted to the Executive Board its recommendations for a slate of officers to be elected at the Annual Meeting in St. Louis.


People & Events

(Continued from page 4) William Pernfuss, as Manager, Systems & Accounting. Travel is so fast these days, there is no such thing as a distant relative.

The Concrete Masonry Association of Illinois has released its first Ideal Sheets and has mailed it to 1,800 architects and engineers throughout Illinois. Featured is the Imperial 400 Motel, Rosemont, III. Emanuel Rohde, who founded the Tennessee Stone Co. in 1933, died during October at the age of 71 in Knoxville, Tenn.

Robert E. Hartman has been elected vice president and secretary and James F. Collins elected treasurer of the Alpha Portland Cement Co. William L. Taggart has been appointed president of the Dewey and Almy Chemical Div., W. R. Grace & Co.


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