Masonry Magazine May 1976 Page. 22

Words: Dwight Lewis, Howard Hicks, Edwin Viall, Albert Hazewinkel, Frank Kirchner, Ron Ohmes, Frank Soave, Robert Ebeling, Joel Lutz, Dale Kirchner, John Hart, Charles Gleeson
Masonry Magazine May 1976 Page. 22

Masonry Magazine May 1976 Page. 22
MIM Re-elects Lutz

Joel Lutz, vice-president of Kanfer Construction Company, Inc., Oak Park, has been reelected President of the Masonry Institute of Michigan for 1976.

Other 1975 officers also were re-elected by the Board of Trustees to a second one-year term. They are: Frank J. Soave, Cavanaugh & Soave, Inc., Troy, Vice President: Howard J. Hicks, Ebeling & Hicks, Inc., Romeo, Secretary: Robert F. Ebeling, Ebeling & Hicks, Inc., Romeo, Treasurer and Dwight Lewis, Rohn Fireproofing Co., Oak Park, Assistant Treasurer.

With the Institute now operating (and receiving financial support) on a statewide basis, action was taken at the organization's annual meeting to permit outstate representation on the Board of Trustees.

Elected to three-year terms as the first outstate Trustees were Albert Hazewinkel, vice-president of Hazewinkel Brothers, Inc., Grand Rapids, and Edwin E. Viall, secretary-treasurer of Jones & Simpson, Flint.

In the East Region, John W. Hart of Leidal & Hart Mason Contractors, Inc., Livonia, was reelected to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees, and Charles Gleeson of Clarence Gleeson, Inc., New Hudson, won election to the Board for the first time.


Frank Kirchner Retires

Frank F. Kirchner, F. F. Kirchner, Inc., Bridgeton, Missouri, has announced the retirement of its President, Frank F. Kirchner. Mr. Kirchner founded the firm in 1946, and today it is one of the largest and most progressive concrete block facilities in the country.

Frank Kirchner developed many production and distribution innovations now used in the manufacture of concrete masonry as well as the expanded use of units thru the introduction of colors, sizes and shapes that offer designers a broader choice of building materials.

Dale Kirchner and Ron Ohmes succeed Kirchner in the management of the St. Louis based company.

He who hesitates can be miles from the next cloverleaf.

A fellow we heard of makes generous contributions anonymously: he never signs the checks.


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