Masonry Magazine June 1978 Page. 24
ALL-WEATHER MASONRY CONSTRUCTION
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We are compelled to maintain a minimum in staff and equipment utilization. A few years back companies were known to carry more laborers than tradesmen. Today the trend is reversed. The ratio is one-half or slightly higher. Material handling devices and new techniques have blazed inroads in our industry.
Moreover, the high cost of financing is and will continue to bring additional pressures that will necessitate our continued promotion of the All-Weather concept.
To achieve the ultimate benefit, we must continue to be that cohesive force, we must complete our programs, and we must continue to make further adjustments and adaptable recommendations to meet with the changing times our industry faces. That way we will be able to sell masonry twelve months a year.
Scholarship Memorializes Hoadley
A memorial grant honoring the late L. Eugene Hoadley has been established in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the masonry industry and his participation as chairman of the Guidance Committee of the Masonry Advisory Council, Park Ridge. III.
The grant will be awarded annually to the son or daughter of a mason contractor or bricklayer who shows "proven evidence of academic participation in the field of engineering or architecture."
Announcement of the L. Eugene Hoadley Memorial Grant was made jointly by Walter Laughlin, president of the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen (BAC) Local #21, Chicago, and Donald E. Larsen, chairman of the Board of Trustees and Advisors of the Chicago Masonry Institute and president of Thorleif Larsen & Son, Itasca, III.
A memorial plaque was awarded posthumously to Mr. Hoadley by the Masonry Advisory Council in recognition of his "unselfish services and valued contributions to the masonry industry." Mrs. Alice Hoadley accepted the plaque. Mr. Hoadley, former president of A.B. Fireproofing. Inc., a Chicago mason contracting firm, died August 4. 1977.