b'resident \' sArticle An Inspiring History "ThesensationalSixteenthIreturned from o winjustur Annual Co of MRCA willter meetings and Ito nventionhave be h Hotel Muehlbach,say that wee eld at thehav never Kansas City, Missouri, Novemberhad ar group bette18,of directors, 19and20."execuSo reads the opening line of thetives and adminAugust 1965Midwest Roofingistrators working Contractors Association Bulletin.together to proThe bulletinon to reportduce services for goesthat the trade show portion of the con ourmembers. vention is virtually\'TheTherearesome complete. response and enthusiasm of ourexciting and imporexhibitors continues to grow. Wetant inno ions in the vatKurt B already have reservations forrareasofinsurance,risk aumgartneroveMRCA President60 booths."m t,trainingand anagemenThearticlesinthe bulletinbusiness management thatwill you detailanewfilmstrip"Thesoon be hearing about. Shrinking Roof\' Aing Cata As Iin my first column, Ishow you some ways you can be Creep saidwant to strophe" (I don\'t think they wereinvolved. We have theique privilege of celeb tingehiverun ra th 50t annutalking aboutE . There issaryMRCA in Kan City,.isl r. Iinviting you to participate PDM) ofsasMo th yea am ticleshoppi ri experiences,teres to also an ar about bidngby sha ng yourmemorabi ia and anything of in tthe Isn\'t it amazing(some things never change) androofing commu thatmay have. We arengdisplay some of nityyougoi to an item aboutcargo clau inthese items at the annual mee and we would like to p lish some of both how muchhotsestingubunion con .yourtheRoofer. tracts experiences inMidwest things canThe president was RobertBring old,ion c , photo h old m ufacturer\'s Mar invoices un ontracts grap s,anchange whileandanyth in sign your quisthe executive secretarycatalogs oring that you th kificant to share withfellow wasBobLyons, w nodoubtcontractors.will be pu some of these items inissue. Let us hoWettingeach still remainingwrotebulletin - I recognize thenotrget th roofing is more a thanience and art relies ontory for thefo atrtsc histhe same?style.inspiration. Isn\'t it amazing both how much thingscanchangewhilestill remaining the same? When this was written I was16-years-old, and did my first roofing that year even got my first "hot" burn. It\'s staggeringtothink th MRCA at and Iboth turn 50 this willyear. That\'s ara long time fo bothman and an association, but I mu say stColor Cover growthat the MRCA is stilling and exhibits all the enth iasm and us MRCA extends its appreciation to Performance Roof Systems, Inc., optimismofthat1 -old 6-year for purch aad on the backof this month\'s issue. associationof1965- 1Iasing4-colorcover wishThisacover possible for the Midwest Roofer could say thefor th 16- makescolor sameat year-old boy.'