Masonry Magazine January 1974 Page. 60
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Waco Scaffolding & Shoring Company 19
Western Products 46
This index is published as a convenience to the reader. Every care is taken to make it accurate but masonry assumes no responsibilities for errors or omissions.
There Ought To Be a Law!
Dale Harris, vice president of the Marriott Corporation, told a recent meeting of association executives a bit about laws. Here are some of the quasi-serious law definitions he gave, identified by their authors' names:
* Parkinson's Law-Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
* Murphy's Law If something can go wrong, it will.
* McGurk's Law-Any improbable event that would create maximum confusion if it did occur, will occur.
* Weller's Law-Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
* Chisholm's Second Law-Anytime things seem to be going better, you have overlooked something.
* Finagle's Law Once a good thing is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
AA Wire Products Company 8
Allis-Chalmers 34
Anchor Manufacturing Company 53
Bil-Jax, Inc. 3rd Cover
Blackwell Burner Company 49
Christensen Diamond Products Company 30, 31
CNA/Insurance 32
Cushion-Cut, Inc. 35
Dur-O-wal 3
Robert G. Evans Company (Target) 9, 10, 11, 12
Felker Operations, Dresser Industries, Inc. 50
Giant Industries Corporation 48
Gilson Brothers Company 44
International Brick Systems, Inc. 26
Klenztone Systems 52
Lull Engineering Company 5
Mayco Pump Corporation 28
Morgen Manufacturing Company 6
Muller Machinery Company, Inc. 39
National Concrete Masonry Association 20
Norton Company, Construction
Products Division Back Cover
Patent Scaffolding Company, Div. of Harsco Corp. 15
Prime-Mover Company, Div. of Hon Industries 16
Silbrico Corporation 47
Stone Construction Equipment, Inc. 2nd Cover
Super-Cut/Engelhard 40
Superior Manufacturing Corporation 4
Trinity Division, General Portland, Inc. 29
Universal Manufacturing Corporation 40
300th Pre-apprentice in Boston Program
Late last year marked the enrollment of the 300th pre apprenticeship trainee in the BM & PIU Local 3 (Boston, Mass.) Joint Apprenticehip Training Program, according to apprentice supervisor Donald V. Bertocchi, Jr. Thirty futures journeymen bricklayers began attending classes at the Stephen Wald School under the tutelage of Walter Carter, apprentice instructor. When the pre-apprentice completes 210 hours of classroom instruction, he begins the three-year/6,000-hour on-the-job portion of his training where he is employed in the field learning the trade by working with journeymen on actual masonry construction. Pictured (from the left) are Bertocchi with trainees Carmen J. Guiggio, Jr. David A. Brown, John J. Lewis, and Carl J. Tagliamonte.
Keep Your Business Out of the Red (Ink)
For financial reasons, businessmen have always preferred to stay out of the red. Now there's a new motive for keeping business in the black. Insurance companies working in flood areas report that business records stand a chance of survival if they are kept in black ink. The companies note that black ink of all kinds remains legible even after lengthy soaking, provided papers are separated and dried out as soon as possible. Black ink from ball point pens, as well as from other sources, apparently has sufficient carbon or other permanent material to retain legibility. Dies in colored inks are more likely to wash away. Where photocopies are concerned, it was found that data on uncoated papers could be saved, but that the coating washes away from coated copy paper.
masonry January, 1974