b'Mr.JohnBradford October12,1974 PageNo.4 ~~~n~_i__?nprogramincludedawideran~ofeducationalsubjects. A~- _ .ifS"8c~nv:~. wefo~m_ - fllia-~w~it1C\'Jl~trona.i:-!_~J. ____~!!9n~eaftedaIIy:_ _ContractorsAssociation,notingthesubst~ntialp:riogress Roofing \'whtch-N- -ha\'tlmade.- - of- was 0 rncreasedfrom ReA- -The number directors 1-3to -in toprovide\'adequategeographicarepresentation 15 o:rde-r-ofthe. newareasbeingserved.- -TomEganwasPresidentin 1959andpresidedoverthecontinuinggrowthoftheAssociation.Theconventionthat year wasattheHotelContinentalinKansasCity,Missouri.Iam enclosingapacketwhichcontainsall oftheconventionprograms fromthe1959conventionthroughthe1974convention.Thisis theonlycompletesetofconventionprogramswhichexistand wemusthaveit back.Pleasereturnit tomeinSt.Louis. +.n1960PaulMorriswasPresidentofMRCAandforthefirst t!~-~_ mei:nb.e:r.l1. exceeded100.A_sowebegan___ t}ie.3\'ear-g~ll~_pl ~~-fng . ~~!,.O _ t.Q p,!~g~~9~~J4~!\'~ab\'""leemphasisupontechnicalandresearch ___ ~BeforewehadaTwa:ys-faIJcecf-abo \' -o\'therpeople ~~_ -u"t" ~-!\'fat__ weredoinginthisarea.In1960webegantodosomethingabout it ourselvesforthefirsttime.Thateffort hascontinuedto date.Theeffort wasfirst broachedinminutesoftheJanuary 30,1960meetingatwhich~r.Morris"suggestedthatthisAsso- .1:es\' 11\'1\' ciation J3\'houldcommenceaprog:i:\'ani-of researchancffirijf.ordertoprovidethe tocertainproblemsofa-\'answerstechntcal 11a~urewhicharenotyetresolvedbyanyavailableliterature." The1960conventionwasattheSheraton-Fontenel.leHotelinOmaha, Nebraska,andincludedapresentationtitled"TheGutsofAGood RoofTheApplicator\'sSearchforStandardsEstablishedbyField Testing.".PaulMorrispresidedoverthissession,whichin my opinionrepresentsoneoftherealwatershedeventsofthisindustry.Cutsweremadeofanumberofroofsthroughoutthemidwestwhichhadstoodthetest of time;theyhadnotfailed. Thesetestcutswereanalyzedtodeterminewhatmadeupagood _ roof. _Forthefirsttimeropfingcontractorswerethemselves usingtesting-equipmenttodeterminethe -engineeringproperties ofhqj.ltup._roofs-TherewasalivelydiscussionattheHovember,1960, . meetin_g,astheresultofwhichGlennE.Langer directors ofMilwau~onsiJi:-wasacceptedasamemberoftheAssociation, therebyfm,- tfiefi rst- timeextendingthearea tobeservedbyMRCA intothatstate.Duringthepreceding _~-ehadadmittedone y:ear firmfro~Texasanda~er_.f.i.x~nL.fr.QUL&\'.ls~nsas TheOmahaconven-::::: tionrepresenteaacfuantumleapinourcov-entionattendance,with conventionreceiptsexceeding$9,000andanetprofitfromthe conventionof$4,500.:L,.,.;\'- :-\',,,j_,"-r-i~,J. \',(t~-.~11.- . :. .;.\'.:-i.i\' t\'" .~ .,, ,,-.,. ,,,, j\'""\'\\, I._.:.,.L;- .;, \'.,Ini961DwightChandlerofOmaha,NebraskawasourPresident. IDJi~. ir~~. s metinHotSprings,Arkansa._~wit~, .\' ]Jlfil,_L-2~~-.,~ ~ _DaleCramptonmaki~gthe~angements,a_ \'th~] Jl(l-,:rc-1;,,,"7 1~:!_c3._tmeeting presentedtothedirectorsaformofapproved-roofingguarantee -'