Masonry Magazine February 1976 Page. 18
COMING
EVENTS
1976
March 6. Excellence In Masonry 75 Awards Dinner Dance, Hyatt Re-gency O'Hare. Contact: Metropolitan Chicago Masonry Council, 1550 Northwest Highway, Suite 201. Park Ridge, III. 60068.
March 24-25. Symposium on Building Construction to be held at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), Gaithersburg. Md. Contact: Harry Thompson/James Haecker, Center for Building Technology, NBS, Washington, D.C. 20234.
March 28-April 2. Annual Convention, American Concrete Institute, Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: Howard W. Smith, Convention Mgr., ACI, Box 19150 Redford Sta., Detroit, Mich. 48219.
April 5-6. A 2-day symposium on fire standards and safety at National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Md. Contact: Center for Fire Research, Technology Building, Room B147, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234, or call 301/921-3143.
May 5-8. Annual Conference, Canadian Masonry Contractors Association, Victoria, B.C. Contact: CMCA, 134 Oakdale Rd., Downsview, Ont. M3N 1V9.
May 16-21, 27th Annual Meeting of The Perlite Institute, Le Chateau Champlain Hotel, Montreal, Canada. Contact: Perlite Institute, Inc., 45 West 45th Street, New York, N.Y. 10036.
June 20-23. Annual Promotion Meeting, International Masonry Institute, Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Contact: Neal English, Executive Director, IMI, 823 15th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
November 17-19. Building & Construction Conference, McCormick Place, Chicago, III. Contact: The Producers' Council, Inc., 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
TORTURED!
Mortar-plaster model 10 mp
Crews don't always take care of mixers. That's why Gilson builds mixers to survive tortures of high turnpike speeds, ruts and boulders, "new" hired help. Heavy non-twist, electrically welded main frames keep all components rigidly aligned. And blade shafts run on precision ball bearings lubricated for life. Concrete mixer tilting models with 31½ and 6 cu. ft. capacities. Non-tilting in 312, 6, 11, and 16 cu. ft. sizes. Mortar-plaster mixers in 312, 52, 6, 8, and 10 cu. ft. sizes. Write or phone for details. (414) 692-2441. Gilson Brothers Company, Mixer Division, Box 245, Fredonia, Wisconsin 53021.
Some mixers are tougher than others... Gilson
GSA Names Chambers
Terry Chambers of Alexandria. Va.. has been named deputy administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration in charge of overall day-to-day operations.
Chambers was appointed by Administrator Jack Eckerd to the second-highest ranking position in the 38,000-employe agency. GSA is the business arm of the federal government, in charge of civilian housing and supply needs, records-keeping, communications, and continuity of government in time of disaster.
"We are most pleased to have Terry Chambers on the new management team here at GSA," said Eckerd. "We will depend heavily upon him as the chief line officer in making this agency more efficient in carrying out its support role for the other departments of the federal government."
Ceremonial Trowels
Many have called to request information on the availability of various types of ceremonial trowels. Please note this in your records. Three different types are available from Goldblatt Tool Co., 551 Osage, Kansas City, Kansas 66110. a/c 913 MA 1-3010. They are:
Gold Brick Trowel $20.75 ea.
Silver Brick Trowel $20.75 ea.
Silver Pointing Trowel $ 7.00 ea.
Lee Wilkins advises that trowels are in stock in limited quantity. Shipping is three to four days after receipt of order, F.O.B. Kansas City, Kans.
Acquisitions
Bend Industries, Inc., West Bend, Wis., a multi plant manufacturer of concrete masonry products, has recently acquired A A Distributors, Inc., Andrews Roofing and Siding. Inc., and Fond du Lac Concrete Products Corp., according to Fred Yahr, President. A A Distributors is a wholesaler of building materials, primarily roofing, siding, and metal building products, to applicators and dealers in Southeastern Wisconsin. Andrews Roofing and Siding is a contracting firm specializing in the sales, application, and installation of roofing and siding products, and aluminum doors and windows. Fond du Lac Concrete Products Corp. includes an overhead door division in addition to its concrete block production facility.
These firms will be operated as subsidiary companies of Bend Industries, Inc. Alan Graham, formerly with Concrete Products Corporation, Mishawaka, Indiana, has been appointed the new General Manager with responsibilities for manufacturing and sales at the Fond du Lac location.
masonry • February, 1976