Masonry Magazine July 1975 Page. 13
Mason Contractor News...
People & Events...
During the Summer Executive Board Meeting at Pinehurst Mr. & Mrs. Eugene George, Kitchener, Ontario, observed their 23rd Anniversary.
During the later part of June Mr. & Mrs. George Jensen, Memphis, Tenn., celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary. The Texas Mason Contractors Associations will hold their state meeting on August 15-18 in Austin, Texas.
The fire resistant qualities of masonry are being touted from billboards around the Seattle, Washington area. The Masonry Institute of Washington reports that over 5 million viewer impressions were made during the month of June.
The future is that time when you'll wish you'd done what you aren't doing now.
Fred C. Stockinger, formerly Vice President and General Manager of Felker Operations, Dresser Industries, Inc., has been named Vice President, international operations for Bay State Abrasives. James R. Reed succeeds Mr. Stockinger as General Manager of Felker Operations.
James P. Barris is the new director of Codes and Standards for the Portland Cement Association. The 4th International Brick-Masonry Conference will be held at Bruges in Belgium on April 26-28, 1976.
An adult is one who has stopped growing at both ends, but not in the middle.
Celebrating their 25th Wedding Anniversary the later part of June were Mr. & Mrs. G.W. Veazey, Jr., Houston, Texas. Blackwell Burner Co., San Antonio, has announced the appointment of John H. Lohman as General Manager. Carl J. Schober has been named Regional Sales Manager for the industrial and construction machinery division of Massey-Ferguson Inc. Max McGee, former Green Bay and Viking football player, was the speaker at the June meeting of the Minnesota Chapter. (Continued on page 27)
masonry • July, 1975
Architectural Design Competition Announced
Michigan's first architectural honor awards competition for excellence in masonry design has been announced by the Masonry Institute of Michigan. The competition is co-sponsored by the Michigan Society of Architects, and is open to the 1,200 registered architects in the state who are members of MSA.
Michigan buildings or projects completed since May 1, 1972, are eligible. There are no special categories. All entries will be judged on overall excellence of design by an awards jury made up of prominent architects from a major city outside Michigan.
To participate in the competition, architects must submit their entry slips and registration fees ($30.00 per entry) to the Masonry Institute by August 19, 1975. Completed entries must be received by October 27. The awards, bronze plaques for both the architects and the winning buildings, will be presented at a banquet in January 1976.
"For years, Michigan has been a center of outstanding masonry design," said John A. Heslip, executive director of the Masonry Institute. "Now, through this annual competition, we will have a forum for honoring those architects who design so well with man's oldest building material."
Any questions should be directed to the Masonry Institute, a non-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of masonry construction. The Institute is located at 27600 Farmington Road in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Telephone number is (313) 476-2495.
Elect Miller Head of CSC
Garth W. Miller, M.R.A.I.C., Director of Promotion, Ontario Masonry Contractors Association has been elected National President of the Construction Specifications Canada (Equivalent of the Construction Specifications Institute in the U.S.).
Miller has been employed by OMCA for the past year according to Executive Director Neil Fraser, and is responsible for contacting owners, architects, and engineers in Ontario to encourage the increased use of masonry products and systems in construction. He is also able to provide technical advice and assistance to OMCA members.
A native of Edmonton, Alberta and graduate of the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Architecture, he has been very active in the work of CSC for many years. Prior to his election as president, he served on the CSC as Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer. CSC adopted the new name in 1975 making Miller the official first President of CSC.
It Is Now ProSoCo
For Process Solvent
Process Solvent Company, Inc., Kansas City, Ks., manufacturer of "Sure Klean" masonry cleaners and specialty construction chemicals, has been renamed ProSoCo, Inc.
Incorporated in Kansas City in 1937 as a manufacturer of specialty cleaning chemicals, the company has expanded its product line to include restoration cleaners, remedial and tile products, concrete cleaner, waterproofing systems and curing products. Manufacturing facilities have expanded to three plants located in Kingston, Ontario, South Plainfield, N.J., and Kansas City, Kansas.
P. C. Releases New Guide
In its continuing effort to serve the construction industry, Producers' Council, Inc. has just announced the publication of the Guide To Construction Marketing Research.
The GUIDE is the first such work of its kind... a distillation of many years of cumulative experience of professional marketing and marketing research managers in the nation's largest building materials and products companies.
It is designed to assist a broad spectrum of marketing executives, specifically in understanding the (Continued on page 27)
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