b' .l :i!, / /; ~ I.~~. J t .,. Above: The charter members of theNotionalRoofingContractorsAssociations,No.1isJ. WilkesFord, founderthe Ford Roofing Co., No. 2is Samuel D. Warren, the originator of built-up roofing in the U. S. No. 3 is H. M.Reynolds, inventor of the asphalt shingle. No. 6 is M. W. Powell whose firmis still in existence in Chicago. No. 7 is John M. Sellers, whose firm is now owned by John D. Reuter, post-president of N.R.C.A. and No. 11 is Major Samuel E.Barrett, founder of the Allied Chemic11I Co. 16JANUARY,1962'