Masonry Magazine May 1971 Page. 6
Local No. 56 Honors Belli & Belli and Franciscan Nursing Center
Principals in ceremony April 3, 1971 at the Marionjoy Skilled Nursing Center, Wheaton, III. for architectural award for excellence. Reading left to right; Glen A. Nelson. President Local 56; Guido Belli, Architect; Sister Virginia Mary Barta; Alvin Gorman, President, Power Construction Co.
In a brief Saturday afternoon ceremony on April 3, the newly completed Marianjoy Skilled Nursing Care Care Center in Wheaton, III., was the object of a dual award given to architects Belli and Belli and the Franciscan Sisters who are sponsoring the center. The award was presented for excellence of concept in design by the Bricklayers, Masons & Plasterers International Union of America, Local No. 56, DuPage County, III.
Opening remarks commended the excellent use of masonry in many forms varying from granite, brick, limestone and marble to structural and mosaic tile, plaster and concrete. Trygve A. Espeland, Local No. 56 business representative, complimented the "skill and artistry of the tradesmen" and the "functional use of materials by the architects" in the over-all design.
Representing the various firms involved in the construction were Alvin Gorman, president, Power Construction Co., general contractor; Elmer Wirman, secretary-treasurer. V.S. Wallgreen Co., mason contractor, and Robert Nordstrom, Galie Plastering Co., who was plasterer foreman of on the project.
Presenting the awards to architect Anthony Belli and Sister Virginia Mary Barta, provincial of the Franciscan Sisters, was Glen A. Nelson, president of Local No. 56. Robert Harrison, MCAA regional vice president, and Anthony Luczynski, president of the DuPage County Ma-
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Standing left to right: Robert Harrison, Regional Vice President of the Mason Contractors Association of America, Anthony Luczynski, President, DuPage County Chapter of MCAA and Elmer Wirman, Secy. Treas. V. S. Wallgren Co.
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