b'MIDWESTMIDW&:ST ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONR O O F E Re\'::1 ,F77Jt?;d 1000 Power 8Light Bldg.,KonsosCity, Missouri64105 December,1975 OURCROWNINGCONVENTION OurTwenty- SixthAnnualConventionwastrul yanextraordinarysuccess, fromallstandpoints .CrownCenterHoteldrewravereviewsfromall .The businessprogramswereexcellentandverywellattended .Theunique, magnificentfacilitiesoftheMultimediaForumcontributedsignificantly toUresuccessanda.ccompliohme-rrt -o-:f~-ye-a::t:-1s-e-eB-v-e-R-a~i:-hi-n-:t-ePm-B sofpresentation of thebusinessprogramsandthe"MRCAMorningShow" ,our owntelevisionproduction . 1,326personsregisteredattheconvention,anall- timerecord.Our tradeshowwasthelargestever,withatotalof112exhibitboothsinside andoutside .Ladies \'Dayactiviti eswereheavil yattendedandt horoughl y enjoyedbyall.Inallrespects ,thisyear \' sconventionwasthebestever-ourcrowningconvention. Therecipi entoftheSevent hAnnualJamesQ.McCawleyAward,announced ._.,duringtheTuesdayeveningbanquet,wasMr.MiltonOlson,OlsonBros.,Inc ., Omaha,Nebraska . NEWOFFICERSANDDIRECTORS OfficersanddirectorsoftheAssociationelectedduringtheannual membershipmeetingheldonNovember12,1975are: PresidentJohnW.Bradford Billings,Montana FirstVicePresidentA.B.Padon,Jr. Omaha,Nebraska SecondVicePresidentRobertWiskus SiouxCity,Iowa Secretary-TreasurerCyrilTilsen Madison,Wisconsin ChairmanoftheBoardWilliamR.Steinmetz Sout hBend ,Indiana BoardofDirectors HaroldC.BiebelDonaldG.McNamara St.Louis ,MissouriMilwaukee,Wisconsin'