Masonry Magazine August 1972 Page. 38
In Memoriam
HARRY M. STRAUSS, JR.
The Masonry Industry and the entire MCAA membership were saddened by the sudden passing of Harry M. Strauss, Jr. on June 30. Harry, who was 55, served as President of Dixie Construction Co., Birmingham, Ala., and was one of MCAA'S most devoted workers and avid supporters.
He had served as MCAA Regional Vice President and State Chairman and as President of the MCA Birmingham Chapter. Most recently he was technical leader of the Association's Research Committee. Whether he traveled in this country or abroad, he gained the reputation as MCAA's ambassador of good will, constantly promoting the activities of the Association.
Harry's firm is widely known throughout the Southeast for its quality masonry work. In addition to the Birmingham headquarters, the company also maintains offices in Georgia, Florida and North Carolina.
Harry was a veteran of World War II, a member of the Pine Tree Country Club, and former board member of Temple Emanu-El. He was a native and lifetime resident of the Birmingham area.
Surviving are his wife, Evelyn; a daughter. Diane: two sons, Bernard and Harry M. the 3d; and a sister, Mrs. Ruth S. Datnoff, all of Birmingham.
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GP Sales, Earnings Up
General Portland Inc., Dallas, Texas, reports an increase in sales of 29% and net income growth of 14% for the first half of 1972 compared with a similar period last year. Six-month carnings per share increased to 794 from 754 on a greater number of shares outstanding. Consolidated sales for the six months ended June 30 rose to $86,641,000 from $66,944,000 a year ago. Net income for the period totaled $5,405,000 compared to $4,737,000.
Chairman and chief executive officer L.. James Wade. Jr. said that the demand for cement continues strong.
Veterans' Training Up
The Veterans Administration, continuing its intensive effort to produce on-job training opportunities for veterans, established 4,607 new training programs capable of handling 9,185 trainees during the month of May.
This brings to about 40,000 the number of programs established since the drive began nearly a year ago. The programs can accommodate about 75,000 veterans.
Starting pay for a single veteran is $108 a month from VA plus the employer's contribution, which must be at least half the wage of the job the man is training for. Married veterans get a larger check from VA, based on the number of their dependents.
Penn-Dixie Loan
Penn-Dixie Cement Corp. announced it has negotiated a $5 million, 8-year term loan agreement with a group of banks led by the State Bank of Albany (N.Y.).
James C. Jacobsen, chief financial officer, said that the cement and steel producer "will use the proceeds to augment working capital and to repurchase Penn-Dixie convertible debentures in the open market." The term loan has a coupon presently of 7 per cent to be paid through a wholly-owned subsidiary.
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Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, the country's oldest, free, privately-financed college. Located at Cooper Square and Astor Place in New York City, the building is both a registered national historic landmark and an official city landmark.
In its Great Hall, a year after it was opened in 1859, Lincoln enunciated his opposition to the extension of slavery and pleaded for the preservation of the Union-issues that were to take him to the White House and the nation into the Civil War.