b'Volunteers for Historic Preservation Editor\'sMonty Banner ispredicament.TheNTRCAtinguished undertakin ishing note:g, furnan MRCA member, in addition toresponded by publishing Frazier\'smaterials, equipment, andmanbeingmemberthe North Texasaspirations in its newsletter, Thepower. It was a truly imp ive aofressRoofing Contractors Association,Rafier, asking for members to vol site; the park lot was filled with ing the Roofing Contractors Associa un a manner of roofing vehicles. teer.ll heFieldernow tion of Texas and the NRCA.HeT oldHouse,theSeveral large dump trucks were submitted to MRCA the followingFielder Museum,recorded aspositioned in strategic locations was article about apreserva a T Historic Landmarkinaround the work-site, askyhistoricexasnew tion project performed by NTRCA1979. It wasthefirst houseintrack was in constant operation ottcontractors in Arlington, Texas.Arlington to h electricity andload ng and roof-loading aveimaterione of the first brickinals,an armylocal roofers housestheandof specialHouseilt March 21, 1998 was acity. The Fielderwas bu indiligently went about the task at date for the North Texas Roofing1914 and was lived in by Jamesh And, of,h Fand.course Ric ardraContractors Association. T wasPark Fielder and his family. F lderzierwaseverywheredirecting hisieone of our true red-letter days, awas ain figure incom oper making decisions, and prom enttheations, timefilled withgood will,civicmunity,as aty council coordinating the massive e rt. servingci ffoMuseum volunteer Ted Holloway andpride,camaraderieamongoldmanaswellasa memberofEvenNTRCA ExecutiveDirector Project Organizer Richard S. Fraziercompanions, the making of newSouthern Methodist University\'sJanie Pluenneke was on hand to friends,andcontribu totheF Clubamem witness the event and lend mortionoundersandboard community. At ofitude andber at the University of Texas atsupport. This coming together deb grat of thanks is owed to Richard S. Fra Arlington and several of Arling individuals h special frin benadge zier of Frazier Roofing and Gutter ton\'s earlybanks.The Fielderefits that I hadexpected. IrnotpeingCompanyforproviding theHousewasalsoknownasthesonallyover acontrametdozencho NTRCAmembershipwiththe"home on the hill" because of itstorsw werepreviouslyonly opportunity to takepartinthisconspicuouslyposition.names without faces.introducelevatedAs event.Astheresultof Frazie sT exis gmaterialstions were made and Itknow r\' hetin roofinggo to leadership abilities and organiza ontheagedstructureincludedthese menwere generously who tional,of Arlington\'s his three layers of giv gtime and resources to skills onecomposition shin in their landmarkssorelyworthyfeltto toricalobtained agles and the original wood cedarthiscause, Ihonored neededoverhaul, and theshingles whichlaid over 1"call them my peers. roofingwere NTRCA received ashowX 4" wood lathing.ambitiousBoard members of the Fielder chance toThe what it is made of.scope of the project included theMu graciously p pared and seumreLast November Rich Fr ierfollowing:tal removal of all roof served the hard-working, hungry ardaz towas calledby Philip Stork, oneing materials down tolathing;roofers with atraditional onthehearty, plywood of the Fielder Museum\'s directors,installation of adeck, aTexas lunch, including barbecue toinspect and consider its roofply oflb.lt,an brisket, special homemade chili, 15fe andpre-pai ted problems. It quickly beca appar metal edge onperimeters; andpotato salad,bemethebarbecueans and ent to Frazier that the $22,000 pricefinally,application of new com all the trimmings,me ion thenot tonttag for aroof was far morepositionles. This sizableplenty of ice-cold drinks and an newshing task an2"tsthan the museum\'s budget couldwas complicated by8" on 1 abundance of tasty desser . possibly bear. So Frazier took itroof pitch and the bu ing\'s con Plans are underway to submit ilduponhimselftogetpersonallysiderable height of approxim this n thy a to atelyotewor ccomplishment involved andhelp the museum.28 feet fr ground level to eave.theACircleProomNRC GoldAwards Last December heinformedtheMore than 27 roofing contrac gram; itbe entered under the -will NTRCA board of his in ns toto , supply houses,andrentalcategory of community s vice.Wei./ tentio rs erhelp themuseumwithitsroofc panies h ain this dis- Continued on page 11 om adhand'