Masonry Magazine June 1974 Page. 28

Words: Bill Blackstock, J. Nelson, George Lucker, Liz Rogers, Harry Bullis
Masonry Magazine June 1974 Page. 28

Masonry Magazine June 1974 Page. 28
OUT-OF-THIS WORLD OUT-HOUSE

Sixteen-year-old Liz Rogers receives an old Sears catalog to go with her new brick out-house that she won at the Seattle Home Show. Presenting the catalog is George Lucker (left), secretary of the Seattle Bricklayers Union Local 2. Looking on are J. B. Nelson and Bill Blackstock of the Mason Contractors Association.

A 16-year-old Bellevue (Wash.) High School sophomore has the distinction of having the only brick out-house on her block. Liz Rogers was chosen out of 20,000 entrants at the Bricklayers' booth at the recent Seattle Home Show to receive the unique structure.

Her friends at Bellevue High celebrated the event by giving her several rolls of colored toilet tissue and a pink toilet seat. Liz claims she is not going to have an "open house."

The brick structure was given away as part of the display and demonstrations put on at the Seattle Home Show by Seattle Bricklayers' Union Local #2, the Masonry Institute of Washington, the Mason Contractors Association, and various suppliers of masonry products.

Liz's father is looking forward to using the brick out-house as a tool shed. "But," Mrs. Rogers said, "with five children in the family, it would really be handy having an extra one around." And she wasn't refering to a tool shed!

To help celebrate the event, Bricklayers' Union Secretary George Lucker, along with J. B. Nelson and Bill Blackstock who represented the Mason Contractors Association, gave Miss Rogers an old Sears catalog.

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