Masonry Magazine December 1974 Page. 33

Words: Mel Kroker
Masonry Magazine January 1974 Page.33

Masonry Magazine January 1974 Page.33
rants and quaint shops. All areas will be paved with brick pavers on several levels for added interest to the hillside contours.

Designers of the project are Myers & Kroker Architects & Planners, AIA. Mel Kroker, who gave the 35mm slide presentation on the center, said the design will be patterned after the rustic European village architecture that has appealed to so many travelers.

Loadbearing masonry walls of brick and block will give the total project a continental atmosphere and a refreshing change from the commercial appearance of so many shopping centers. Early estimates of the total brick requirements are in excess of one million units. Work is scheduled to begin early in 1975.

Now, children," smiled the schoolteacher. "I want you to be so still that you can hear a pin drop." After a silence that seemed quite long to the children, a little boy over in the corner shouted, "O.K., let 'er drop!"

The Census Bureau recently figured out what today's 18-year-old will earn in his lifetime. If his education stops at grammar school, his earnings will total $277,000. If he gets through high school, the average goes up to $371,000. However, if he finishes college, his earnings zoom to an average of $584,000. How about graduate degrees? According to the survey, a graduate degree should add another $52,000 for a lifetime income of $636,000.

The guy had fished all day with no success. Stopping by the market he said to the clerk, "Throw me five nice trout." "Why do you want me to throw them to you?" he was asked. "So I can tell my wife I caught them," said the unsuccessful husband. "I may be a poor fisherman but I'm not a liar."


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