b'Here\'s TheSuccessStoryof winnerof AmericanRoofers annual AchievementAward. Paul Morrishashad aprofoundinfluence on the Midwest Roofing Contractors\' Association.Theaswciationisuniquein that,unlikemanytradeorganizationsitsLeft:PaulMorris members have been encouraged to conductreceivestheAward pe_rsonalresearchintotechnicalproblemsfrom themagazine\'s editor, who althoug,h onthematerialsemployedinthetrade5ft.8in.seems and in their installation.dwarfedbyMorris Aleaderinthispersonalresearchisandthetrophy. Paul Morris and it ison the basisof this researchthattheAMERICANROOFERlived in the country, at Alta Vista, Kansas,fThebasketballstarwhohadfinishedf ANDBUILDINGIMPROVEMENTCON inaten-roomhome,withenough grass high school 33rd in a class of 36, made an TRACTOR haspresented him with its1962landarounditfortheponythatDaeimportant discovery when he was 25-that award.bought for the children.ifhewastomakefurtherprogress,he Paul didn\'t grow fat during the depres neededaneducation.Thereensueda sion,buthegrewtall,towering over hisroughschedule,workingduringtheday fellow-pupilsinthesevengradeschoolsandattending FinleyEngineeringSchool, heattendedofnecessityasthefamilyand the University of Kansas at night, plus moved in advance of the rent-collector.additional courses in sales and advertising Therewasalwaysanafter-schooljobat the ExecutivesClub. during grade schoolandhigh-school,butWhenhewas29hewaselectedfirst hisheight marked him asa candidate forpresidentoftheRoofingContractorsAsbasketball honors, and on basketball nightssociationofGreaterKansasCity.Hebehe was absent from the 5 P.M. to 2 A.M.came active in the Midwest Roofing Conjob, thatevenwiththeseabsencesnettedtractorsAssociationservingasdirector, him $2800 a year.secretary,presidentandchairmanofthe Thesevennightaweekjobrequiredboard of directors. his being a member of the Hoisting Engi Besidesbeingvice-presidentofSellers neersLocalUnion-makinghimthe&Marquis Roofing Co.,itsformer truckyoungset member as well asthe tallest.driverheadsChimney,sInc.,isaviceWiththecashendedtheMorrisf_ president of Martin Roofing Co., a partner amily\'s battles with the rent collector, as Paulin MartinRental and Leasing Co.,all of bought hismother ahouse,and also pre Kansas City. sented himself with his firstcar.He isa member of the National RoofThecarstartedaromancethatAnningContractors\'Association,andofthe Landerswouldhave frowned upon.It in Chambers of Commerce of the two Kansas volved a16 year oldregisterednurse andCities of Missouri and Kansas. a1 7 year oldbasketball star.The pair ofTheformer"depressionyoungster"is them got married and-page Ann Landersvitually interested in youth-is co-chairman - they are still married and the parents ofof aMethodist Youth Fellowship,andis abalancedquartette,twoboysandtwoan aide of the Boy Scouts of America. PAULMORRISgirls ranging in age from 10 to 18.And allof thishasbeenaccomplished Ongraduatingfromhighschool,thewith the help of that "first and same wife" bridegroomwasofferedtwobasketball\'Billie" Ann, 18 year old Mike( a college P AULMORRISadmitsthatheoughtscholarships,butUncleSamalsomadereshman) ,15yearoldVickiJo( high tohavebeenjailedwhenhewas12him an offer,theresult of whichwas20schoolsophomore) ,13yearoldLeonard years of age-for delivering bootleg liquormonths in the South Pacific.( an8th gradejunior high student), and onSunday.Heearned50centsaday,His education in roofing started in 194610yearoldLeeAnn( elementary school collectingthegrandtotalof$3.50perwhenhegot ajobasatruckdriverfor5th grader). week,andthenclimbedtothetopofaSellersandMarquisof KansasCity,Mo. three-storywalk-upapartmenthouse,Next he bought a filling station and operwhere his widowed mother and his brotherated it for 14 months.1963AWARD? occupiedtworoomsbutsharedabath Then there was another stint as a hoist WewouldlikeYOUto-nominate room with fourother families.ingengineer,buthisbriefacquaintanceacandidateforthe1963award. Hedescribeshimselfasan"alley-ratwithroofinghadattractionsforhimandCandidatesarenotlimitedto any kid"anda"depressionyoungster."Thethistimehedecidedtostartatthetop,sectionof theroofing, siding, insudepressionperiodwasoneofconstantbysellingModernRoofing&Insulationlationandbuildingimprovement movement- moving fastin advance of theCompany on engaging him as an Assistantindustry.Eligibilitydependsonly rent collector.fanager.SellersandMarquistookan onthecontributionof theindividIt wasn\'t alwaysthat way for fiveyearstherlookattheirex-truckdriverandualtotheindustry\'sdevelopment. before,beforehisDaddied,thefamilyffered him the post of Manager. NOVEMBER,196215'