Masonry Magazine June 1973 Page. 17
Mason Contractor News...
People & Events...
Ken Parker, former MCAA Region G Vice President from Portland, was unanimously elected president of the Oregon Masonry Guild, the industry's promotional arm for western Oregon. Robert J. McEntee of Singer Masonry, Inc. has been elected president of the Unit Masonry Association of Greater Cincinnati. Serving with him are Ralph Sandoz, vice president, and Chad Hadden, secretary-treasurer.
Bradford M. Purcell has been appointed senior vice president/product development of McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co., New York City. President Richard Nixon has nominated Arthur F. Sampson to head the U.S. General Services Administration. Sampson has been GSA acting administrator since June, 1972. And the GSA's Value Engineering Excellence Award for fiscal 1972 has been presented to the joint venture of Paschen Contractors, Inc. and Gust K. Newberg, both of Chicago. The Paschen-Newberg venture is credited with saving more than $1 million in costs while constructing the superstructure for the 42-story Chicago Federal Building.
A wise husband remembers his wife's birthday, but forgets which one it is.
Spokane paint chemist Larry Grossman discussed masonry waterproofing and damproofing at the May 23 luncheon seminar of the Oregon Masonry Guild in Portland. Randall L. LaFollette has been appointed gen- (Continued on page 36)
Colorado MCA Holds 6th Spring Conference
More than 500 representatives from literally all segments of the masonry industry convened in Denver at the Regency Rodeway on Saturday, April 14, for the 6th Annual Spring Conference of the Colorado Mason Contractors Association. Theme for the conference was "Masonry, Going Up... Not Out."
The morning program began at 9 o'clock with a material and equipment show presented by the manufacturers. Among the special showings was the new "break-away" system of packaging concrete masonry units by the Signode Corp. This method allows the units to be delivered to the job site in large bundles which can be divided into smaller ones for easy handling and distribution to the masons.
The luncheon program featured special annual awards. The Bricklayers Union Local 1 presented its "Bricklayer of the Year" award to Gayle Bruner, who was chosen by his peers as an outstanding craftsman. Prizes also were presented to the top three winners of the state apprentice contest held a week earlier, and honorary CMCA memberships were presented to several former members Bill Ingram, Norm Schillo, Fred Chippendale, Chris Johnson and Don Bowey.
Keynote speaker at the luncheon was George A. Miller, MCAA Executive Vice President.
The afternoon session offered attendees a choice of three seminars "Risk Management" by Thomas N. Frisby, president of Frisby & Associates Construction Management Institute; "Hazard Recognition" by James Patterson, a safety specialist with the G.A. Talbott Agency, and an OSHA-recognized course on first-aid presented by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
MCAA Region F Vice President Guy Apple of Phoenix extends best wishes to conference participants. CMCA President Louis Helbert (right) served as conference master of ceremonies.
Handbooks Presented
The Arizona Masonry Guild and the Masonry Industry Program of Arizona have presented copies of the Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook to Arizona State University and the University of Arizona for their Colleges of Architecture and Engineering.
Dr. Harry S. Lundgren of Arizona State is said to be using the handbook in one of his civil engineering courses.
Automotive Field Makes Good Use of Masonry
The current issue of Pictorial magazine published by the National Concrete Masonry Association spotlights the effective use of masonry construction in automotive facilities throughout the nation.
Many of these facilities, the magazine pictorially illustrates, have made use of split-ribbed units and decorator block in putting up buildings that are not only beautiful to look at and architecturally sound but offer many maintenance and cost-saving advantages.