Masonry Magazine June 1970 Page. 12
Thirty-one Apprentice Bricklayers
Graduate in Minneapolis-St. Paul
Left to right, front row: Ray Jasczyak, LaVerne Terwey and Leo Schahn, all of Minneapolis. Back row: Ken Haroldson, business representative, Bricklayers and Stone Masons Local #2 of Minneapolis: Robert Pritchett, Ennis Foley and David Christy of Minneapolis.
Left to right, front row: Roger Roy, Lester Cantin, Stanley Erickson, and David Snyder, all of Minneapolis, Back Row: Jerry Scott, James Patterson, Jim Harris of the Minnesota Division of Apprenticeship. and Roger Bilden of Minneapolis.
Thirty-one young men from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area were honored at a graduation banquet on April 30 in the Normandy Hotel, signifying their successful completion of the three-year Bricklayers Apprenticeship Training Program. Each received a certificate and journeymen's card at the evening affair.
Organizations participating in the Joint Apprenticeship Training Program in cooperation with the Concrete and Masonry Contractor's Association of Minneapolis include: Associated General Contractors of America: Masonry Contractor's Association of St. Paul; Bricklayers and Stone Masons Local #1 of St. Paul: Bricklayers and Stone Masons Local #2 of Minneapolis: Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S. Department of Labor; Industrial Commission of Minnesota, Division of Apprenticeship; Minneapolis Vocational School, and St. Paul Technical Vocational Institute.
The list of graduates is as follows: from Minneapolis- Roger Bilden, Lester Cantin, David Christy, Stanley Erickson, Ennis Foley, Theodore Hines, Dennis Hinkley, Ray Jaszcyak, David Oien, James Patterson, Robert Pritchett, Roger Roy, Leo Schahn. Jerry Scott, David Snyder, James Strohkirch, LaVerne Terwey and Edmund Trosczyk.
From St. Paul-Ralph Bache, Thomas Forliti, Michael Hilton, William Johnson, Richard Jonk, Jon Packard, Gary Scott, Leonard Seliga, Donald Swain, Thomas Teske, David Theits, Keith Thompson, and Dennis Trenda.
Left to right, front row: Ralph Bache, Leonard Seliga and Keith Thompson, all of St. Paul. Back row: Jim Harris, Minnesota Division of Apprenticeship: William C. Johnson and Richard Jonk of St. Paul, and Gordon Christensen, Secretary-Treasurer, Bricklayers and Stone Masons Local #1 of St. Paul.
Leading Architectural Firms Merge
Harley Ellington Associates, Inc. and Pierce, Wolf, Yee & Associates, two of Michigan's major architectural and engineering firms, have merged. The combined firm will have a staff of more than 180 people, making it one of the largest such organizations in the state.
Malcolm R. Stirton, president of Harley Ellington Associates, described the move as "a significant expension of services for our clients through the melding of pre.essionals in highly specialized areas of endeavor."
Ralph Pierce of Pierce, Wolf. Yee & Associates, said, "Today's technological, economic and social advances have resulted in larger and more complex construction projects requiring new attitudes and abilities from architects, engineers and planners. New concepts of life and environment, and the problems of creating and controlling the proper surroundings for human beings demand expanded professional service."
The merger was effected through the purchase of Harley Ellington stock by members of the firm of Pierce, Wolf, Yee, a partnership, and the admission of Wood and Stirton to partnership in Pierce, Wolf. Yee & Associates. For a time, both of the merging firms will operate under separate names and retain considerable autonomy in their activities.
With the merger of Harley Ellington Associates and Pierce, Wolf, Yee and Associates, the new board of directors of Harley Ellington will consist of (from the left, seated) Malcolm R. Stirton, Dr. Warren W. Yee and Anthony J. Wolf. (Standing) Paul B. Brown, Benson J. Wood, Ralph Pierce and Robert C. Cunov.
masonry June, 1970