Masonry Magazine March 1968 Page. 34
ADVERTISERS' INDEX
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AA Wire Products Company 8
Anchor Manufacturing Company 30
Clipper Manufacturing Company Back Cover
Robert G. Evans Company (Target) 31
Felker Manufacturing Company 29
Keystone Steel & Wire Company 12 6 13
Lad-E-vator Div. of Wyco Tool Company 26
Lull Engineering Company 4
Morgen Manufacturing Company 20
National Concrete Masonry Association 27
Ohio Lime Company 17
Pfizer Minerals, Pigments & Metals Div. Second Cover
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation 25
Rockwell Lime Company 10
Trinity White, General Portland Cement Company 22
Thomsen Equipment Company 14
This index is published as a convenience to the reader. Every care is faken to make it accurate but maseary assumes no responsibilities for errors or ommissions.
Acme Acquires Nolan Browne Co.
Acme Brick Company has purchased the Nolan Browne Company of Dallas. The transaction was announced jointly by Bill Darwin, vice president and general manager of Acme Brick's Southwest Division and by Nolan Browne, Jr., president of the Nolan Browne Company.
Combined sales for 1968 are expected to approximate $30 million, according to Darwin.
Nolan Browne Company dates from 1934, making it the oldest concrete-block producer in Dallas. The Browne Company has been a franchise manufacturer since 1956 of Spectra-Glaze masonry units, which are concrete blocks with a glazed surface available in 48 colors.
Acme Brick Company, headquartered in Fort Worth, is the nation's largest producer of face brick. Since 1891, the company has grown to an operation with 20 plants in six states-Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.
This venture is Acme Brick's first acquisition outside the structural clay products field. It is a step in a diversification program to provide customers a more complete line of masonry products, reports Darwin. The transaction was for an undisclosed amount of cash.
Nolan Browne, Jr. and Joe Phillips, vice president of Nolan Browne Company, will continue in the operation, said Darwin, as will all other key employees of the pioneer concrete-block firm.
Acme Brick Company's acquisition of the Nolan Browne Company of Dallas provides a more complete line of masonry products to Acme Brick customers. Left to right are Joe Phillips, vice president of Nolan Browne Company: Company Company: Bill Darwin, Acme Brick vice president and South-west Division general manager; and Nolan Browne, Jr., president of the Dallas concrete block concern.
THE COVER PHOTO
Project: Equitable Savings & Loan Association, Portland, Ore.
Architect: Lewis Crutcher & Associates
Mason Contractor: Frederick E. Brown MCAA
General Contractor: George Moore & Associates
Photographer: William H. Grand
Located in a suburban shopping center, this banking facility intrigues the casual visitors with their lacy solar screen walls designed by the architect to give privacy, yet lend enchantment to the total project.
Stepping within the area to transact business, the depositor must cross an arched brick bridge, spanning a pool landscaped to give a wooded area feeling remote from the outside business world.
Reinforced on the underside of the brick units within the mortar joints where applicable, this solar screen wall was designed to withstand wind forces and seismic action.
This design proved so popular with the bank executives, three additional branches were built in Oregon and Washington within a few months.
Colorful Office Structure
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mix in a factory and then delivering it dry to a construction site. It is then easily converted through automatic equipment into the desired material.
The olive green mortar being used at 909 Third Avenue was created from a sample of Moor-O-Matic wall paint. The charcoal brown tint was created from various samples of paint and materials.
Architects are the Office of Max O. Urbahn and Emery Roth & Sons.
masonry • March, 1968