Masonry Magazine October 1972 Page. 13
Mason Contractor News...
Masonry Appoints Editor
Stan Misunas, a 20-year veteran of the business and trade publication fields, assumed the post of editor of Masonry effective October 1, George A. Miller, executive vice president of MCAA, announced.
A former sportswriter and news correspondent for United Press in Springfield, III., Stan has served as editor and feature writer for a number of professional publications, and for several years was associated with a Chicago-based advertising agency as an advertising and promotion writer. He has been free-lancing for the past 12 years handling the production of magazines in the construction, hospital, educational and public relations fields.
A native Chicagoan, he is a graduate of Loyola University and did post-graduate work at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. During World War II he served as a bombardier with the Navy Air Corps in the Pacific Theater.
New BIA Booklet
The 1972 edition of Home Buyers' Guide to Brick is being distributed by the Brick Institute of America (formerly SCPI).
The 20-page booklet is designed for consumers as well as banks, hardware stores, home shows, savings and loan associations and others interested in improving their properties.
The booklets are priced at 25¢ each or 15¢ in quantities of 1,000 or more. For details contact Kenneth S. Dash, director of marketing promotion, BIA, 1750 Old Meadow Rd., McLean, Va. 22101.
ANSI Proposes Metric Conversion Council
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) held a recent meeting to discuss formation of a National Metric Planning and Coordination Council. The session brought together (Continued on page 22)
Mosaic to Commemorate Wright Brothers' Flight
A computerized print of the Wright brothers' first flight will be used to guide craftsmen in creating a 62-ft. mosaic for the Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio. The giant work will include 163,296 tiles, each with a symbol related to the history of the epic flight. Precise reproduction is being made possible by a new ink jet-printing system developed by the Mead Corp. Scientists at Data Corp., a Mead unit, analyzed the historic photo and computer-plotted exact placement of each tile to program the computer.
Impressive Masonry Building Receives More Pictorial Coverage
The Washington University Medical Sciences Building. St. Louis, featured on the cover of the August, 1971 issue of Masonry, has received similar treatment in the August, 1972 edition of Brick & Tile published by the Brick Institute of America. The three-page cover story runs in full color reflecting the impressive beauty of brick.
Nine stories high and a block long with striking, undulating outside shafts, the structure is built almost entirely of brick and is directly linked to existing brick buildings in a crowded complex of teaching hospitals and support structures. Brick & Tile commented that the new building "shows (Continued on page 22)
Convention "Early Birds" Register in September
The earliest of the "Early Birds" to register for MCAA'S '72 Annual Convention slated for the Marriott Hotel in Atlanta, February 23-28, were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Velardo and Mr. and Mrs. Guido Salvucci of Boston. Their reservations were simultaneously received here on September 18. They not only have been assured of proper hotel accommodations but saved themselves $10 by registering early!
Other Early Bird registrants, who also are ten bucks ahead and have one less thing to worry about, are: Mr. and Mrs. Bob McKeand, Nashville, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Tony Luczynski, DuPage County, III.; Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Johnson, also of DuPage county; Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Knott, Jr., Baltimore, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Mack H. Pettit, Spartanburg, S.C.; Mr. and Mrs. John Goltz, Columbus, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Storer, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Storer, and Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Barnes, all of Toledo, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. Gilmore, Johnstown, Pa., and Mr. Joseph Szabo, Des Plaines, III.
Why not follow their move by registering now and saving $10? You'll not only avoid any last-minute rush but will have extra cash to spend at the Convention as well!
N.Y. Noise Law Trims Time for Construction
Despite opposition from the construction industry, the New York City Council has passed a noise abatement law limiting construction activity in Manhattan to the hours between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
It also places strict limitations on the volume of sound emanating from air compressors, paving breakers, refuse compacting trucks, sirens and auto horns.