Masonry Magazine October 1965 Page. 29

Words: Walter Zeigler, William Miller, Bernard McDonough, William Lea, C. Girardeau, Robert Kruer, Bill Watkins
Masonry Magazine October 1965 Page. 29

Masonry Magazine October 1965 Page. 29
RK BECOMES NATION'S

s Co., Inc., York, Pa.; Harris-Building Units, Inc., Harrisburg. Aberdeen Products, Inc., Aber-Md.; Lincoln Stone, Inc., York; Valite, Inc., York; and Mason-on Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., Perry-Md.

According to Sipe, Walter Zeigler, long-time associate and executive president of York, will assume presidency of Superlite, which is a wholly owned subsidiary.


AED Field Guide

A new 1965-66 Third Edition "Serial Number Field Guide" showing serial year of manufacture for more than 200 leading makes of construction equipment has just been published by the Used Construction Equipment Research Corporation, an independent research organization supported by members of Associated Equipment Distributors.

This guide is widely used by contractors, insurance companies, distributors, finance companies and banks, appraisers, federal, state and municipal agencies, and others who deal with used construction equipment. Serial year of manufacture for a wide variety of used machinery can be determined easily and quickly. Covering all major brands, this new guide is the most comprehensive reference of its type ever published.

Copies of the new "Serial Number Field Guide" are available at $10 each (first class mail postpaid) from Used Construction Equipment Research Corporation, 615 West 22nd Street, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523.


Company Changes Hands

ATLANTA, GA. - Control of McDonough Construction Company, a national firm founded here 16 years ago, has been acquired by a group of long-time employees, William H. Miller, executive vice president and general manager, announced.

Bernard P. McDonough of Parkersburg, W. Virginia, chairman of the board and the company's founder, and William C. Lea, Atlanta, Ga., former president, negotiated the sale of all equity to the group.

The sale includes all equity in the company and all work in process, Mr. Miller said. Mr. McDonough's ownership of lands, buildings and properties is not affected by the transaction. The sale price was not disclosed.

In addition to Mr. Miller, who has been with the company nine years, the new owners are C. H. Girardeau, vice president and an 11-year veteran; Robert J. Kruer, vice president and treasurer, with the firm for 10 years, and Bill Watkins, who is president of Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

The four men are now the sole stockholders in the company, Mr. Watkins said, and will retain the original name.

Located at 1958 Monroe Dr., N.E., McDonough Construction Company undertakes general contractor work involving commercial and industrial projects on a national scale. According to reliable trade sources, McDonough is the largest Georgia-based building contractor, with contract volume ranging between $20-$25 million annually. The firm's jobs extend from Alaska to the Caribbean.

Mrs. Brown was not a very tidy housekeeper. Housecleaning was a chore she detested. One evening after dinner her husband called angrily from the hall: "Helen, where's the dust on this table? I had a very important phone number written on it."


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