Masonry Magazine July 1967 Page. 19
Mason Contractor News
Published by The Mason Contractors Association of America, 208 S. La Salle St., Chicago 4, III.
Schedule All-Weather Seminar In Sept.
The Mason Contractors Association of America in cooperation with allied trade groups has scheduled the first of a series of All-Weather Seminars for Thursday, September 28th at The Sherman House, Chicago, III.
Featured speakers will cover all phases of both cold and hot weather construction and at the meeting MCAA's new All-Weather Program file folder will be released for the first time.
Further details on this meeting will appear in next month's Masonry.
Seattle Masonry Estimating Course
Concentrating on one of the many items that Mr. LoJueme presents during the day and a half lecture on Masonry Estimating.
SEATTLE, WASH. With the holding of the Masonry Estimating Course in Seattle on June 9 & 10, the course has now journeyed from coast to coast and border to border and has had a record number of 697 persons attend since it was started a little less than two years ago.
The Seattle course was attended by 30 persons from various cities in Oregon and Washington. Ray Wimer, MCAA Field Representative, was in charge of the course and Edward LeJeune was the featured lecturer.
Those attending were: D. V. Klier, M. Lund, Herschel. R. Peterson. Gene Mrs. Lois Nelson of the W. E. Coleman Co., Portland, and Howard Jacobs, President, Oregon Masonry Guild, were two of those who took advantage of the valuable course in Estimating.
Salveson, Stan Adams, Mrs. Lois Nelson, G. Earl Blackstock, G. Earl Blackstock. Jr., LeRoy Tarp, George (Continued on page 16)
Hold Tri-State Meeting
ASHVILLE, N.C. The first tri-state meeting of MCAA Chapters in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee was held here on June 29th through July 2nd with a record number of members in attendance. The meeting was directed by Allen Young. Tennessee State Chairman. Featured speakers on the program were William Hand, First National Bank of Birmingham, who discussed "Money as a Commodity"; Curtis Bell, American Mutual Insurance Company who outlined a "Workmen's Compensation Program"; and N. A. "Andy" Anderson, Southern Brick & Tile Manufacturers Association who reviewed with the contractors progress that has been made by the clay products industry.
The Annual Meeting on Saturday was chaired by Regional Vice President Harry Strauss during which time problems in the three state areas were presented and plans for future meetings of this nature discussed.
MCAA officers in attendance were: Harry Strauss, Regional Vice President; O. L. Jollay, Secretary; James Randolph, Georgia Chairman; John Swindal, Alabama Chairman; Allen Young. Tennessee Chairman; Richard Harris, West Virginia Chairman and George Miller, Executive Vice President.
New Financing Brochure
A brochure outlinging the construction equipment industry and its financing requirements has just been released to 1,000 of America's largest commercial banks by the Financial Manage(Continued on page 16)