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Tbonqr For, protidont of gouthrrn Colit'onrio Bcttril Lunbrr Alroclq' tton (lcft), cnl Orrb W. Hcnilton, orccutivr vlco'Foridoat ol Aro' clqtloa, rtudy themc ligure roPrcrcnling nyltory ol buildlng indu.rtrT'r 'lncn oi the yccr't cr Eilccn Scvcroncc poinlr out rccrecy will lirround hir idenfly until Mqrch 15. Then bc will be nqncd qt l6th ianuql Coastructioi tndurtiicr Gridiron Bcuquol in Biltnorc Bowl' rocoivc Third Conriruction tndurtricr Achicvcnoat lwcrd.

Iclentity of the Southland construction industry's "man of the year" will be revealed March 1.5 at the 16th Annual Construction Inclustries Gridiron Ilancluet, S. IJ. Ilarnes, chairman of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce's Construction Industries Committee, antlounces. To be held in the Biltmore Bowl, the event is sponsored by the oommittee in cooperatiort with 27 building trade associations.

Illore than 1000 building industry leaclers are expected to attend the anuual afiair at which the winuer of the Third Annual Construction Industries Acrievement Award will be announced. The arvard is sponsored by the Construction Industries Committee.

The r.nernber of the constructiou f raternity who receives the award will have been judged to, have contributed most to the progress of the industry during the past year' Additionally, the award is made for achievement in public service, public relations and in the science of design, construction and material. A five-man jury selects the award winner.

This year's jury is headed by Glen Arbogast, Newbery (cq) Fllectric Corp. Other jurors include Walter Escherich, Escherich Brothers; Paul C. Keenan, W. P. Fuller & Co.; A. N. Silverstein, Consolidated Western Steel Corp'; Newton Withers, Daily Construction Service. The jury is considering nontinations from various sections of the construction industry'

Traditionally the outstanding social event of the Southland's construction industry, the annual Gridiron Banquet drawr architects, contractors, engineers' lumbermen, material dealers and representatives from each craft 6eld'

They convene to Pay honor to top city' county and state of' ficials and to hear some of them "roasted" with humorous "gridiron" skits. The lampooning includes red tape, conflicting oidin"n.., and other bureaucratic nuisances with which the building industry must contend.

Frank Giltelen, commissioner of the l.os Angeles Board of Public Works, heads the banquet committee which is busy making arrangements for the anrual event'

Chairman of the subcommittee preparing the gridiron script is George Brandow, structural engineer' He promises that it willbe-flavoredhighlywithaspectsofthemobilizationefiort and the new alphabetical agencies which have come into being since the start of the national emergency'

Judge LeRoy Dawson, who served as "roastmaster" of the IO"SO 6anquet,;ill undertake his "skewering" role again this year.

The annual award is presented in the form of a framed scroll, its legend inscribed specifically to its winner' William A. Simpson, general contractor, received the 1950 award while John C. Austin, veteran architect and past president of the l'1,",.t.,ber. was the first winner in 1949'

Appointc New Sales Reprerentative

John K. Duarte's aPPointment iLriirll Jurrrr r\! -'rr----iu,;i4 as territory representative for In- sulite building Products in the East B4y and San Joaquin valleY areas is announced bY R. F. TriPlett, Western Assistant Sales Manager for the Insulite Division of Minnesota and Ontario PaPer Cornpany. Mr. Duarte will make his headquarters at Oakland, California.

John

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Mr. Duarte has an excellent background in the building ma- graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, Mr. Duterial business in this area. A arte is a veteran of World War a oilot in the U. S. Air Forces, he served overseas in the Southrvest and Western Pacific theaters.

Perry A. Dame, sales manager, Vaircouver Plywood Comp"ny, V"n.ouver, Wash., and Mrs. Dame made a brief trip io ialifornia in the latter part of February to see his mother, who was cn a visit to his brother, Clarence Dame, of Strable Hardwood Co', Oakland'

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