b'Kansas securing a high percentage ofcapacities, over the years. roofingcontractsinresidential,Atthepresenttime,heisthe commercial and industrial properties.President of Kaw Roofing and Sheet Dalycreditshiscontinuingpros Metal Company, Inc., and Patacts Daly perity to his active involvement in hisas the Vice-President andTreasurer, community. From the very beginning,whilePapaTomisChairmanofthe he was associated with a wide varietyBoard. Both sons have worked with the of projects, serving as president of thefirm for over 20 years, and have ably ~ w ChamberofCommerceandthecarriedontheresponsibilityof Kiwanis Club. In addition, he has beenmanaging the organization whichnow a member of the Knights of Columbusboasts an annual sales volume ofa over ROOFINGand the YMCA, as well as a number ofmilliondollarsandawork-forceof other organizations.forty-five regular employees, earning a CELEBRATESAlso, he has devoted much time andtotal payroll of $450,000 annually. energytotheaffairsoftheroofingTom Daly credits Lester McFall, his industrythroughhismembershipinassociate of many years who recently 50ththeNationalRoofingContractorsretired to join hissoninabank,for Association,TheMidwestRoofingkeepingtheKawofficesrunning ANNIVERSARYContractorsAssociation,andthesmoothly and efficiently,thus permitGreater Kansas City Roofing Contrac ting him to concentrate onproducing tors Association. He served as NRCAsales for the firm and allowing time for TIME HAS BEEN KIND to Thomaspresident in 1937 and in 1938, and hashiscommunityandtheroofing J. Daly, founderofthe Kaw Roofingfilled amultitude of other offices andindustry. andSheetMetalCompany,KansasservedonmanycommitteesforallRecently, two grandsons joined the City, Kansas. As the firm celebrates itsthese organizations.familybusiness for summer jobs. FiftiethAnniversarythisyear,itisIn1950,TomDalywaspresentedThese are just the highlights in the hard to believe that when his birthdaywithNRCA\'shighesthonor,thelifeofTomDalyandKawRoofing, rollsaroundonNovember 4,hewillJosephA.PiperA ward,forhiswhich beginning as a one-man business need 7 4candles to decorate his cake.outstandingcontributionstotheventure, developedintoasubstantial UsuallyTomDalycelebrateshisroofing industry.organization. birthdaybyattendingtheMidwestAs they grew up,hissons,PatrickHis real success lies in a half century RoofingContractorsConvention,andandEdward,nowactiveinthedevotedtoimprovingconditionsfor hasnot missed anannual meeting oforganization,wereimbuedwithhishumanity.Thefriendshipandsymtheassociationwhichhehelpedenthusiasm for the roofing industry. Inpathy extended to hisfellowmen,his organize almost twenty-five years ago.1956,Ed Daly served as president ofmoral courage, his honesty and unselfIt hasbeen an eventful,successfultheMidwestRoofingContractorsishness diligently practiced, imparts a life,beginning inPhiladelphia,Penn Associationaswellasinotherglow of warmth to all who meet him. sylvania, where he was born. When he was only three, he lost his father and was taken by his mother to live withTom Daly of Kaw Roofing and Sheet MetalPAT DALY relatives inSt. Louis. He was blessed with anhonorableandpiousmother who set a good example, weaving into Tom,astrongmoralfiberthat influencedhisentire life. He graduated from business college at the age of 15, the youngest pupil in the class andwas immediately placed intheofficesoftheFordRoofing ProductsCo.,whereheutilizedhis mathematicaltalentsbyquickly mastering their bookkeeping system. After a disasterous fire at the Ford plantin1917,whenalltherecords wentupinflames,18-yearoldTom Dalyimpressedhisemployersby installingacomprehensivenew accounting system withinaperiodof threemonths,wasrewardedwitha promotion to the position of manager of their Kansas City office. In March 1923,Tom andapartner entered the roofing business together. Shortlythereafter,theyopeneda branchoffice.Whenthepartnership dissolved,Tomretainedthebranch office, christening it the "Kaw Roofing Co.", of which he was the sole owner. Thecompanyenjoyedaconsistant andrapidgrowth,eventhroughthe Great Depression of the 30\'s expanding into the Greater Kansas City area, and thenthroughouttheentirestateof ABC; July 1973'