Masonry Magazine March 1975 Page. 25
The Canadian Masonry Contractors Association 1975-76 Board of Directors are: (Seated 1. to r.) R. B. Beach, Assoc. Members Rep., Hamilton, Ont.; E. B. George, Past Pres., Kitchener, Ont.; F. Camisso, Immed. Past Pres., Toronto, Ont.; R. E. Beaupre, Pres., Vancouver, B.C.; D. Maniago, 2nd Vice-Pres., Vancouver, B.C.; R. H. Welch, 3rd Vice-Pres., Edmonton, Alta.; P. L. Martini, Sec.-Treas., Toronto, Ont. (Standing I. to r.) A. Dick, Dir., St. Catharines, Ont.; J. Deutsch, Dir., Windsor, Ont., D. Gasparotto, Reg. Vice-Pres., Thunder Bay, Ont., P. Zirpke, Reg. Vice-Pres., North Vancouver, B.C.; F. Robesco, Reg. Vice-Pres., Montreal, P.Q., W. N. Fraser, Exec. Dir., Toronto, Ont., H. A. Ormiston, 1976 Conference Chairman, Victoria, B.C., T. Mascarin, Reg. Vice-Pres., Toronto, Ont., V. Hellyer, Clay Products Rep., Malton, Ont.; R. H. Hillis, Dir., Vancouver, B.C. (Not Shown) W. J. Young, 1st Vice-Pres., Fredericton, N.B.; R. H. Grimm, Concrete Products Rep., Toronto, Ont.; J. Prall, Reg. Vice-Pres., Winnipeg, Man.; N. Carey, Reg. Vice-Pres., Avonport, N.S.; G. Hagblom, Reg. Vice Pres., Saskatoon, Sask.
CMCA Holds 8th Annual Conference
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nator, Masonry Advancement Fund of British Columbia. Panel moderator was Eugene George, President of George and Asmussen Limited, Kitchener, Ont.
Major conclusions of the ground-breaking workshop discussions were that apprenticeships are here to stay, and no alternative has been found to adequately train good masons. But if the industry continues to treat the program with contempt, or even indifference, it would vanish overnight and be replaced with some government-invented and controlled unworkable atrocity. "Get involved and participate" was the message, and this first-of its-kind discussion was CMCA's giant first step in that direction.
Other highlights of Day Three included a presentation on fire ratings of masonry walls by Larry Allen, field technical representative, Lake Ontario Cement Co. Ltd., and a round-up of what's in store for the industry when we swing into metric measure by George Slee, task force manager of the Construction Metric Commission, federal government, Ottawa.
Day Three evening social event was a roaring twenties night with everyone wearing the theme costumes. Prize draw included two return air tickets via Alitalia to Rome, Italy.
Day Four opened with the CMCA Olympics, an informal fun session, where delegates had the chance to let their hair down. It ended with a meeting of the new board of directors, followed by the gala annual banquet and ball.
Several films were shown during the meetings on Day Three, among them the breathtaking "First Principles of Masonry" from the I.M.I.
Also seen were "An III Wind" showing effects of wind on unsupported, unfinished masonry structures with suggestions for bracing them, and "A Skin to Save Your Skin" on all weather enclosure practices, both from the Alberta Masonry Institute; and a frightening documentary "High Rise Building Fire in Sao Paulo, Brazil" in which the effects of fire on an inadequately fire-protected high-rise were dramatically presented. It was provided by the National Fire Protection Association, Boston.
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Roaring twenties theme was featured at the Friday evening social event at the CMCA Annual Conference held at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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