b'(Continued from page7andmaterials. Thesevolumeswillbeavailable LhroughtheAmericanRoofermagayou - zine. Ifweare interested, please write us al 221 Lake SL., Oak Park, Ill. 60302 so Lhatcanadvise youwhenthey are ready and the price as soon as it has been determined. Pelham Locates Ancestors Near Brighton Going to England last September to attendtheInternationalRoofsand RoofingSymposiumwaslike"going home"toBobandBellePelham, PelhamRoofingandSheetMetal Works, Charleston, S.C. Little did they know, when they decided to join ABC\'s tour, that theywouldget acquainted AttheMayor of Brighton\'sreceptionareleft,CharlesRaymorid,NRCApresident,Billwithabitoftheirownancestral Steinmetz,immediatepastpresidentof NRCA;Englishroofing contractor Marshall Roy;history. NRCA technical services expert Ed Mertz; Denys Lingard, chairman ofAssociation ofeIt was by chance, in a discussion with thethBritishRoofingFelt Manufacturers; and F. ]. Prater, chairman, Mastic Asphalt Couricil andanotherdelegatebetween symposium Employees Federation.sessions,Bob Pelhamlearnedthatin the nearby town of Lewes, county seat of East Sussex, about a well-known inn called"ThePelhamArms".That evening they decided to pay a visit to thearea,locatingthecharminginn with no difficulty. A sign on the 1640 buildingfeaturedtheimpressive Pelham coat of arms,andactedas a beacon light on the quiet cobble-stoned streetwithancientbutwell-kept structures liningeach side. They werenot disappointedinthe warminterioratmospherenorthe friendly host who greated them. While chatting about the similar names,the innkeepers wife suggested they check their book on Pelham family geneology, discoveringthatBobwasdescended from one of the three Pelham brothers This is an illustration ofe loose-Lying system, popular inGermany,whohadimmigratedtotheUnited thwhich was describedby Dip/. Eng. H. Bechler, Braas and Co., FederalStatesfromtheEastSussexarea. Republic of. Asurface layer ofor a course ofAfter dining at the inn, they left their Germany gravelroofing slabs will preventstripping by wind action. Heclaims it is virtuallynew-foundrelativeswithpromises of trouble free, and because ofly low cost, is playing anfuturevisits. its comparativeincreasing role in roofin that country.RobertL.Pelham,awellknown design contractor, attended the symposium as arepresentativefromthestateof SouthCarolina.Commentingonthe Summing up the accomplishments of"RoofingScience"toourindividualconference,Pelhamstatedthatthe the International symposium, J. Grant,practical experiences.immeasurable knowledge concentrated memberoftheprogramcommittee"Thekeytofurtherprogressisintheweek-longsymposium,and (GroupGeneralMgr.-Development,measuredperformancespecificationexpanding the range of experience of Ruberoid, Ltd.) wrote us recently "Wefor the materials, working through thethose attending,wouldaffect roofing learnedhereofnewmaterials,contractorwhomustprovideatechnology throughout theworld. contributionswerehelpfulinthecorrespondingqualityofsitesuper Pelham, always active in association provisionofphysicaldata,andonevision and workmanship."work,isamemberofthestate participant was generous to reveal theThediscussionsattheconferenceorganization, as well asamemberof composition of hisnew product.were in addition to the written reportstheNationalRoofingContractors "Withthecontributionsofthewhich are being reproduced and boundAssociation. He has served his industry European Agrement Union (Ed. Note:into two volumes. Most of thepapersinmanycapacities,notonlythrough AnorganizationofsixEuropeancentered on the flat roof rather than onhis activities as acommittee member, Countriesworkingtogetheroncom thepitchedroof,sincemoreofthebut as an officer. He is a past president mon roofing performance criteria), theproblemsstemmedfromthissource.oftheCarolina\'sRoofingandSheet British Agrement Board, The SocietyThe papers represent years of researchMetal Association (serving both North ofChemicalIndustryandalltheby many of the speakers and are highlyand South Carolina), and at present is contributorsandparticipantsfromtechnical.Otherpapersstressthean advisory Board member. He is also aroundtheworld,wehaveaddedpracticalsideofdesign,application,theinsurance trustee for the group. 8American Roofer & Building Improvement ContractorNov.Dec. 1974'