Masonry Magazine July 1971 Page. 17
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The Eau Claire, Wis., agreement covers Local 19 recently formed by merging Eau Claire 15, Chippewa 29, Menomonie 19, and Amery 30. Union leaders for the IMI effort were: Harold Anderson, Gailon Schroeder, William Bauer, and Harold Kassing, Committee Chairman. Donald Enerson was Committee Chairman for the Chippewa Valley Mason Contractors' Association.
Lawton, Oklahoma
The Lawton, Okla. agreement was arranged by BM&PIU's Nolan Patton, George H. Hardy, Jr., and Edwin F Pauley, Sr., with AGC contractors W. C. Shelton, Bill Davenport, Sam Chapman, and W. P. Howle, according to Local 6 Financial Secretary Jim Davidson.
Northwest Cities
In Tacoma, Wash., Secretary Jerry Carlisle, then Local 1 Secretary, and Contractor Robert F. Barkshire were negotiation spokesmen. In Seattle, Local 2 Secretary George Lucker and contractor Hugh Levenson, who is MCAA Chapter President, led the meetings. Principals in the Spokane negotiations were Local 3 Secretary F. S. Llewellyn and MCAA Chapter President Russ Herman. In Pasco, Local 7 Business Agent I. I. "Bud" Nelson and contractor Ken Thompson co-operated in the effort. Local 1 Secretary Al Thomas and MCAA Regional Vice President Ken Parker were the principals in Portland, Oreg, negotiations. In Eugene, Local 6 Secretary Jens Horstrup and contractors Joe Nama and Alfred Summers worked out the IMI support.
In welcoming the latest cities, IMI Chairman Bidwell of Plymouth, Mich., said he was especially heartened to see such widespread support developing for IMI. This early response from major cities "will enable us to launch the masonry industry's first labor-management directed national advertising campaign ahead of schedule, in addition to promotion activities underway," he said.
BM&PIU President Thomas F. Murphy said he was encouraged by IMI's steady growth and confident that its program will result in more masonry construction and employment for union members and others whose livelihoods depend upon it. MCAA's President Allen Young, of Memphis, Tenn., told mason contractors attending a July regional meeting in Biloxi that IMI is growing at a fast pace and urged them to participate.
Lesser Known Facts
Cow manure and old glass bottles have been combined by a University of California professor to produce ceramic planks and brick. UPI reports the glass and cow manure ceramic is like styrofoam in looks and weight - is a good insulator, will not soak up water, will not burn, has no odor, can be painted and sawed. It might moo when petted.
Here's another gem In Australia, on March 23, 1968, Dennis Blechynden carried a 7 Ib. 12 oz. wire-cut, semi-pressed brick 21 miles in a downward position without gloves. He set a new record in the annual Narrogin Brick Carrying Contest. This earth shaking news comes to us from the Guinnes Book of World Records published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
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