: : : 75th ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL CONVENTION • Michigan Association of County Drain Commissioners • HOLIDAY INN FLINT, MICHIGAN • Wednesday , Thursday, Friday February 20th, 21st, 22nd Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Four HOLIDAY INN 401 S. Detroit Street Flint, Michigan I sincerely appreciate the privilege of serving as your Secretary-Treasurer and trust that the office has been efficiently managed to meet your approval. Should there be any corrections necessary in this program, please notify me so that the Sec­ retary's office can compile a completely accurate record of all members, contrac­ tors, suppl iers and engineers. DALE R. CHAPMAN Secretary-Treasurer On behalf of the Association and my­ r self personally, I wish to express my appreciation to the me mbers· of this organization for their assistance and cooperation during my term of office. FRED BAKER President INDEX In Memoriam. .3 Life Memberships .................. .4 Association Officers and Committees ... 5,6,7 Drain Commissioners. 8,9 Paid-up Memberships ..........10,11,12,13 Program ....................... 14,15 ADVERTISERS FOR 1974 Armco Steel Corporation .................... 42 Ayres, Lewis, Norris & May. ... 53 Beach Manufacturing Co. .............. .18,19 The Boam Company . ... 22 Boeve Construction Co. .............. 16 Boldt, McLeod & Johnson, Inc. ............... 57 Brewer Engineering, Inc ...................... 56 Capitol Consultants, Inc ...................... 52 Carlson, Hohloch, Mitchell & Piotrowski .......... 47 Chemi-Trol Chemical Co. ................... 16 Concrete Pipe Association .................. 30,31 Consoer, Townsend & Assoc's in Michigan ......... 50 The Dane Company ........................ 41 DiLegge Construction Co ..................... 23 Emiel DeSander, Inc. ...................... 27 Delta Land Surveying & Engineering, Inc. ........ 48 Dunigan Brothers, Inc. .. ... ............... 40 Carl Erickson. ... 16 Fargo Engineering Co. ..................... 56 Rocco Ferrera & Co., Inc.... .. ............... 38 Finkbeiner, Pettis & Strout .............. ..... 53 Fisher Contracting Co. .. ..... ............. 43 Fraser Brothers ...................... ..... 34 Flint Road Builders Co. .................... 34 Giffels-Webster Engineers, Inc .................. 56 Gould Engineering, Inc. .................... 54 Gove Associates, Inc. ............... ....... 56 Grand Ledge Clay Product Co .................. 32 Greenfield Construction Co., Inc ................ 37 Hancor Incorporated ............... ....... 33 Heystek Excavating ........................ 36 Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. ................. 51 Hunter, Whittier & Assoc's, Inc................. 56 Jensen Bridge & Supply Co. .............. 17 Johnson & Anderson, Inc. ........... ... 45 Jones & Henry Engineers, Lmtd. ........... .54 Kenower, MacArthur Division. 25 Keyser Underground, Inc..................... 35 John Kistler & Associates, Inc. ..... 57 Lamar Pipe Company . ..... 41 2 Lantz-Griggs, Inc. ........................ 55 Leach Engineering, Inc. ....... 52 Lerner-Linden Inc .......................... 16 Marsh Monument Company ............... .... 20 McNamara Construction, Inc. .20 McNamee, Porter & Seeley .................... 43 Michigan Contractor & Builder . ..... 29 Mick & Rowland .......................... 58 Mikan Construction Co. .............. ...... 24 Nagel Excavating Co. ...................... 16 National Concrete Products . .21 Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc ................... 32 George A. Odien .................... .55 Orchard, Papke, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. .46 Parsons Construction, Inc ........ ......... .. 43 Price Brothers Company . ... 28 Richardson & Nordlund, Inc. .57 Rivard Brothers . 40 Leonard Roe ............................. 22 Charles J. Rogers Construction Co. ... 26 Rowe Engineering ...................... ... 46 F. J. Siller & Company ...................... 36 Spalding, DeDecker & Associates ..... .44 Spicer Engineering Company .... ... 44 Stauder, Barch & Associates. ... 39 Alden E. Stilson & Assoc's ............. ... 56 Superior Products Company. ... 40 Wade, Trim & Associates, Inc .................. 49 Wesley Brothers ................ .. ......... 43 William & Works ...... ... 57 Lee Wood Construction ...................... 24 - IN MEMORIAM- In Memory of those Members Who have passed away since the last Annual Meeting Henry V. Herrick John Wagar Harley Peasley Glenn W. Smiley 3 ~~:.::::::::;:.":;:;:;:;:;:::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=:=:~:~:=:=:=:=~:~:~:;:;:;:::::::J o ~ ~ ~ ~N ~ « ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ LIFE MEMBERS ~ ~ ~ ~ N • .~:~ LEE BRACEY ~.~ ~M ~ ~~ Owen Aemisegger ::;~ ~ ~ ,~ ~;~~ Herbert Dietrick I ~ .~ ~ ~~ '.;;; ~ , Walter Moeller .~:: L. G. Monk T. A. Smith Earl Weaver Ross Beggs Ernest L. King ~' .§ ~ ~ :? Freeland Sugden :::: ~ ~ M ~ M ~N ~ Rollen A. Gross :::: a~ »~ ~ f ~ ~n ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ . ~ ~:~:~~!:::::~::::~~~::i-::::$::::::~::::::::::~::~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::'$::-;:::':(:::*$::::::::::::::S:;~::::::;~ 4 MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONERS 1974 COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE BOARD Fred W. Baker .. .. ... ......... .. President Orrie Francis. First Vice-President Thomas S. Welsh Second Vice-President Vern Converse . .. .. Past President Dale Chapman . .. Secretary-Treasurer Charles Loukus . ..... North District Anthony Ragnone . ...... Northeast District Thomas Moore . ............. Northwest District Walter Morris ... .. ..... ... Southwest District Donald Burton. .. Southeast District Stanley Quackenbush . ......... Ex-Officio Member Chester Pierce ....... ........ Ex-Officio Member LEGISLA TIVE COMMITTEE Donald Mitchell, Chairman Richard Sode George Kuhn, Vice-Chairman Orrie Francis Claude Stewart, Vice-Chairman Fred Baker Charles N . Youngblood, Vice-Chairman Anthony Ragnone Dale Chapman, Secretary Thomas Moore Roscoe De Vries Ralph Welser Wendell Gee Donald Burton Thomas Welsh Jerome Fulton Ex-Officio Members - Stanley Quackenbush & Chester Pierce BY vLA WS COMMITTEE Charles N. Youngblood, Chairman Michele Atkinson Charles Loukus Ronald J. Swan Donald Burton Walter E. Morris LIAISON COMMITTEE Richard Sode Roscoe DeVries Thomas Moore Wendell Gee George Kuhn NOMINATING COMMITTEE Donald Burton, Chairman Charles Loukus Anthony Ragnone Thomas Moore Walter Morris 5 75th ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE Charles N. Youngblood, Chairman Anthony Ragnone George Kuhn Thomas Moore Dale Chapman Walter Morris Charles Loukus Donald Burton PUBLICITY COMMITTEE George Kuhn, Chairman Wendell Gee Roscoe DeVries Richard Sode Leslie Lounsbury Thomas Welsh ENTERT AlNMENT COMMITTEE Hal Hultquist, Chairman Robert Bloom Lee Wood C.J. Bauer, Jr. Felix Anderson Dean Niswander Richard Mancini Bill Homiak CONTRACTO RS COMMITTEE Anthony DePonio, Chairman Bill Dunigan Otto Solomon Bill Washabaugh Dix Rix August Ferrera Lee Wood Nicholas Canzano Emiel DeSander Dan Marsh ENGINEERS COMMITTEE Ted Biehl, Chairman Ernest Orchard Felix Anderson John Kistler Art Woodhouse Joseph Craigmile Dick Kraft John Snell Bob Wade Samuel C. Wartinbee SUPPLIERS COMMITTEE 1 Richard Rix Tom Bradley Bill Washabaugh Fred Smith Bud Ward William Baxter James Hull AUDITING COMMITTEE Michele Atkinson Stuart Armstead Ronald J. Swan Riley Sandborn Horace Griffin Vern Smittendorf 6 AUDITING COMMITTEE Michele Atkinson Stuart Armstead Ronald I. Swan Riley Sandborn Horace Griffin Vern Smittendorf EDUCATION COMMITTEE Claude Stewart, Chairman Stanley Quackenbush Ernest Waffle, Ir. Evert O. Bowerman Wendell Gee Richard Rudnicki RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE Chester Pierce, Chairman Thomas Moore Ralph Welser I erome K. Fulton Donald Burton James E. Rohen Stuart Armstead INSTITUTE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT Richard Sode, Chairman Stanley Quackenbush Wendell Gee Donald Mitchell STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Thomas Welsh, Chairman o rrie F ran cis Thomas Moore Harry Nye George Kuhn James E . Rohen Charles N. Youngblood JOINT COUNTY OFFICERS Thomas Moore, Chairman Wendell Gee Ralph Welser Orrie Francis PROGRAM COMMITTEE Dale Chapman, Chairman C. N. Youngblood Thomas Welsh Richard Sode George Kuhn Anthony Ragnone LADIES AUXILIARY OFFICERS Lucille Lounsbury ................... President Evelyn Maxson ......... ...... First Vice-President Doloris Francis .. .... .. .. Second Vice-President Jean Moore . ..... .. .... Secretary-Treasurer Dorothy Baker. Historian Vera Welser. Chaplain 7 ~ rr:-e-<Z: ~ ~ J -- eLL ~c''-C.-!~~ {l<-t? ~ Rt.~-e~ 1M. ~I - IcJ7i, "9: ~ DRAIN COMMISSIONERS - 1974 County Commissioner A1cona .......................... Fred Becker Alger ................................ None Allegan ....................... Walter E. Morris-- Alpena ....................... Jacob P. Maltry ....... An trim . None Arenac . .. Ross A. Perrin (Rd. Comm.) Baraga . .. John Watters Barry ........................ Dean R. Braden - Bay ...................... William P. Rosebush Benzie ............... Cecil Hawkins (Rd. Comm.) Berrien ......................... Harry H. Nye ,- Branch ........................ Orville Maxson- Calhoun ..................... Ernest Waffle, Jr. Cass ........................ Talley J. Richards - Charlevoix .................... Ronald G. Geer Cheboygan ..................... LaVerne Potter Chippewa ....................... Robert Stems Clare ......................... Walter H. Ehle Clinton ...................... Dale R. Chapman -- Crawford ............................. None Del ta .. Rene P. Lippens Dickinson . Cornelius Alessandrini Eaton. .. Ronald J. Swan Emmet ........................ Ardan Bawkey Genesee ..................... Anthony Ragnone - Gladwin ......................