Masonry Magazine February 1980 Page. 52
SURFACE BONDING
Surface Bonding, the not so quiet revolution, is winning growing acceptance for commercial construction due to its ease of use and reduction of construction time.
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* More waterproof.
* More economical.
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* Commercial use.
* Residential use.
* Rehabilitation use.
* Racquetball/handball courts.
* Texture versatility.
* Above/below grade.
* Load/non-load bearing walls.
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Perry West, Retired
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Dies at Age 101
L. Perry West, retired president and board chairman of West Brothers Brick Co., Inc., died in January 1980, at Georgetown University Hospital of head injuries suffered in a fall at his home in Washington. He was 101 years old.
Mr. West was born in Washington and attended old Business High School. In 1902 he joined the brick firm which had been founded by his grandfather in 1844. He became president in 1926 and continued to head it until 1971, when he retired. The firm's production facilities were sold to a group of employees at that time.
For many years the company was located on what are now access roads to the Pentagon. The property was condemned by the government to make way for the Pentagon in World War II, and Mr. West relocated it in Fairmont Heights.
Brick from the West Company were used in the White House, the Pentagon, the U.S. Supreme Court building, the Capitol, and other notable buildings.
When he retired, Mr. West told an interviewer that "figuring out what to do now is a lot harder than making brick."
In 1979, Mr. West was one of a group of centenarians who appeared before Rep. Claude Pepper's House Select Committee on Aging. The Florida Democrat wanted to find out about longevity.
Mr. West said he had done calisthenics and deep-breathing exercises until he was into his 90s. He also said he had smoked the only cigarette of his life "between 4 and 4½, when my older sister offered it as a bribe to give up my kilts."
He also skated on the Potomac in his younger days, bicycled from downtown Washington to Frederick, Md. and back in one day (a distance of 96 miles), and rode horseback until he was 65.
Mr. West's survivors include three daughters, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1960.
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