b'Built-Up RoofingSiding CaulkingInsulation ConventionCommitteeofMidwestRfg.Contrs. AssnfromSt.Louis,L.toR.,HaroldC.Biebel andWi:e,Betty;GeorgeE.StephensonandHis Wife,Lila. Conn,ntionHonors SeveralforService .-\\cPu,entionhighlightwastheaward of the JamesQ.\'.\\lcCawky plaque to Robert Osterholt,SouthSideRfg.& S.M.Co.,St. Louis,Mowhichwasacceptedinhisab sence by his children, Bob, Jr. and Carolyn. MiltOlson,OlsonBros.,Omaha,Nebr., ccci\\\'elthe"AmericanRoofer"award 1 presented by itspublisher, JohannaGulas. Newly-ElectedMRCAOfficers,Standing(Lefttoapolis,Minn.;LowellV.Langland,NelsenRig.EdCarlsonofCarlsonRoofingCo., Right)-A.B.Padon, Jr., Weathercraft Rig., Omaha,Co.,Ottumwa,Iowa;MichaelJ.Mooney,Hamilton Nebr.,Sec\'y-Treas.;JohnW.Bradford,BradfordRig.Co.,Hutchinson,Kans.;CyrilTilsen,TilsenR.ockforl,readaresolutionhonoringthe Rfg.&lnsul.,Billings,Mont1stvicepres.;Wil R.\'g.,Madison.Wis.;StanleyR.Haselton,UnionmemorvofthelateRussGarlock.Garlock liamR.Steinmetz,MidlandEngineeringCo.,SouthRig.Co.,Chenoa,Ill.;W. CraigPlummer.TrinidadEquipriimtCo.,;\\linneapolis.Minn. !!end,f,dPre-~.:,:,,,,,Jo!-i,.son,Empir~Rfg.1,lrisul.,AsphaltRig.Co.,Anderson,Ind.DirectorsNot Tulsa,Okla ChairmanoftheBoard;andHaroldPresentwhenPictureWasTaken,W.F.Rosenow,Cullen of Nat\'l Bureau of Standards C.Siebel,BiebelBros.,St.Louis;Director.RobertHansRosenowRfg.,Chicago;GeorgeE.Moeller,Di,cusscs Built-Up Roofing Criteria Osterholt, South SideRig. & S.M. Co., St. Louis, 2ndA.J.ShirkRig.,KansasCity,Mo.;andRodneyCriteriaforPerformanceofBuilt-Up VicePres.,WasNotPictured.Directors,Seated,Naucke,Dale Crampton Co., Fort Smith, Ark. LtoR,JohnSomers,CentralRig.CoMinne- (AllSNl~S Photos)RoofingwasdiscussedbyWilliamC.Cullen,i\\\'atiunalBureauofStandards,who MidwestRoofingContractorsAss\'nHoldsOutstandingnJ\\erclelementssuchasthermalexpansion,thermal shock,tensilefatigue,impact 25thAnniversaryConventionstrength(hail stones),windresistancef and fire resistance. He noted atrend a,\\\'avrom WilliamR.SteinmetzofSouthBend,Ind.,SucceedsRayJohnsonofTulsa,perscriptionspecificationstoperformance Okla.,asMRCAPresident . RobertOsterholtofSt.LouisHonoredwithspecifications. JamesQ.McCawleyAward MiltOlsonofOmaha,Nebr.,ReceivesThecriteria,itshouldbenoted.onlv PlaqueHonors.All-TimeConventionAttendanceRecordedwithOverappliestobituminousmembranes. 1,100PersonsonHandOutstandingProgramWellAttendedDuringAult and :\\,{orris Tackle Steel Roof Decks ConventionRobertV.Ault,Bm,manConstruction Products;andPaulC.Morris,aKansas The25thSilverAnniversaryconvention;\\!RC.-\\members electedtutheboardofCityroofingcontractor;sharedthepanel. oftheMidwestRoofingContracto1s.-\\ss\'ndirectors included:entitled: in St. Louis, Mo., ishistory now, but manyW.F.Rosenow,Chicago,Ill.; ;\\lichael.J.\'Steel Decks - Specifications ,,. Reality." fondmemorieslingeron.TheaffairMooney,Hutchinson,Kans.;GeorgeE.Inthe discussionit wasassertedthat the markedarecordcomentionattendance- Moeller,KansasCitv,l\\lo.;HaroldC.Bie structuralefficienc,oftheroofdecking morethan1.100- andafinecomentionbel, St. Louis; Lowell V.Langland, Ottum increasesasthe"illthofthetopflange programandenjoyablesocialeventscon wa,Ia.;Rodney Naucke, FortSmith,Ark.;increases.Facton;\\[utualsismakinginYincedroofingcon tractorsandtheirwivesCnil Tilsen,Madison, Wis.: StanleyHosel plantinspectionstochl"ckadherenceto thattheymadetherightdecisiontoat ton,Chenoa,Ill.;W.Craig1\'lum111er,An steel deckspecifications. tend.derson, Ind.; and John Somers. \'.\\linneapolis,It"\'a\'furtherstatedthatAST\'.\\IEis ;\\[inn.,n,rkingonstall(fardsformetaldeck,. -:-.-ewOfficersandDirectorsSt. Louis Convention Chores Shared\etaldecking,,-ascapableofsupporting Officerselectedluringthecon,entionBvBiebels andStephensons\'.100poundsper square foot.it was stated. are asfollows:\'\\Villiam R. Steinmetz.South~com entionsuccessisaccidental.ABureaus Establishing Standards o Bend,Ind.,president;John\'\\V.Bradford,St.Louisquartetwhich,rnrkllhardtoReviewed hvKugler and Manson Billings. :Vlont., 1st ,ice pres.; Robert Oster makesurethatMRC.\\"s:!jthconventionWilliamE.Kugler.Demer,Colo.;and . holt,St.Louis,2nd, icepres.;A.Padon,\\\\\'as thebest"\\\\\'astlicco-chairpersonsThomas;\\la11son.KansasCity,\'.\\lo.;reJrOmaha,i\\ebr.,scc\\-treas.;andRavHarold C.Biebel. BiebelRfg.and his wife,viewedagalax,of nineteen bureaus. agenJohns:n.Tulsa,Okla.,\'chairmanofth~Betty;andGeorgeStephenson,Stephensoncies,associ:itionsetc.,intheC.S.which board.Rfg., and his wife, Lila.affecttheestablishment ofroofing andrelatedindusrrvstandardsand specifications. This list with names and addresses isavailahkfrom\'.\\IRCA\'sheadquartersuponrequest. . . MRCADirectors Served asPanelists onConventionProgram,L toR.SeatedStanleyHoselton,UnionRfg.,Chenoa,Ill.;CyrilTilsen,TilsenRig.,Madison, Wis.;andW.F.Rosenow,HansRosenowRfg.,Chicago.Standing.L toR,Left to Right - Jim Taylor,Biebel RoofingCo., St. Loui~,Chats withPanelists JohnW.Bradford,BradfordRig.&lnsul.,Billings,Mont.;A.B.Padon,Jr .onRoofingConsultantForumChrisFiedler,Jr.,Memph,s,Tenn.,Center;and WeathercraftRfg.,Omaha,Nebr.;MichaelMooney,HamiltonRfg.,Hutchin- Werner Gumpertz,Right,Cambridge,Mass. son, Kans.; AlvinOgden, Ogden & Sons,Inc., Attica, Kans. 42SNIPSDecember,1974'