b'.In1973t heMRCAconvenedat theHiltonin O::aha .Bill Cullen p::-esentedaprogram entitled,"A,:,plicationTe::-,pe::aturevs.KettleTem;;,er-a t ure."Sincet hebeggoft i me,na.nufre::shadtol duswemus t innin actu-notheatasphalt beyond425or450whileignori~;theapplicationtemperature .Afterthisprogramit onlytook-afe,.;caysuntiladvisoryl e tt.er-s andmanualchangesstartedshowingup. Asaresult ofasessiononMasterspec,an_::.r.::i.specifi cationservice, at whichtheroofingpor tionof Hasters,:,ecwasp::esented,ajoint committee ofN?.CAandMP.CAwasfor medfort hepurpose of rn=-i ngsuggestedchangest o Nast erspec.InJulyof1974this corn,-nitteemet._ it.htheeditor of M ter-. asspecin Washington,D.C.andpresentedproposedc~anges.About90%of RCthesewereaccepted .Bythisyearthe M .Z.membe::shiphadgrowntoo,,er 300mer:ibersrepres enting21s tates.The1974co;-1;entionwasheldinSt . Louis. In1975at theconventionin KansasCi tythe progr amsdealt with "DissectionofaJoint Venture,""NewEuro9eanRco.:ingProducts :aProlo:;:ue toIndustryProgress .""ReroofngRevisited, "a:-icinsurance,amongother isubjects .Thekeynotespeakerwasthe EonorableJamesW.Symingtonofthe UnitedStatesHouseofRe?resentatives.Lastyear\'s convention wasagain helda tthebeautifulBroadmoorin ColoradoSprings .I nsulationwasabig topicalongwithblisterproblems,RoofMaintenanc:eandthemultipleproblemsfacingthe modernroofer .MayorPeteSmythe,1asanentertaining speakera tt heopeningl uncheon. Plansarealr eadyu:-iderwaynot onlyforthe1977conve ntionbutfor thoseinthefuture Theconte nt of t heconvention moret hanjustifies thetimetheRoofingContractorspendsattendingthem. CK~PTER3 TheaccomolishrnentsoftheHRCAarei mor essivebutit wasnotthe MRCAtha tbroughtaboutt hegreatstrideu?;;,.ardsoftheRoofing Contracto:: butrathertheRoofingContractorthat gaveofhi!:!selfto maketheMRC. t h: ?\\ powerfulorgani zationit is today. Weoweagreatdebtto menlike HertBuckleyof Wichit awho ,though neveranoffice holderintheAssociation,tookti=lefromhisdutiesas President oftheNRCAtohelpfoundand _ fir.a.~cialandm support. giveoral tothefledglingneworganization of theHidwest.Anotheris TomDalyoE. KansasCity whoworkedf ortheMRCAbutrefusedto holdofficebecausehe felt it s hould beayoungman \' sorgani zation.CarlForbes o fWichita , Orvil le DuffofGrandIsland,TomEganofSalina,andothersinthose formativeyearslaboredhardanddiligentlytomakesurethefoundation wassolidenoughtosupportthefuturegrowthoftheMRCA.R.B.Stevenson of T6pekawasthefirstpresidentin 1951,thoughsomefeel that t hisdistinctionreallybelongst oCarl For bes,whoalsoservedaspresidentin 1951,andthatthepositionf irst heldbyM!:.Ste.rensonwasreally moret \'.-\'ta\':. ofchairmanship of thefirst meeting.Mr.Stevensonservedasecondter m in1952andhiscont ributiontotheformationofthe~L is unquestionable . ~CA M.r.Forbes \'t ermin office wassomewhatmarredbytheabrupt resignation ofthetreasurer,whichresultedinsomeirregularitieswiththefunds . Hr .Forbess pentcountlesshours settingupnewbc~ksand withthehelp ofMr .MertBuckleyandMr.OrvilleDuff,theMRCAregainedasoundif somewhatstill shakyfinancialfooting.Ther ecover ywa ssomewhatsimplifiedbythe willingnessofthesethreemen,plus7omDaly,R.B.Stevenson, -8-'