76th ANNUAL CONVENTION • Michigan Association of County Drain Commissioners • RAMADA INN MIDLAND, MICHIGAN • Wednesday, Thursday, Friday February 12th, 13th, 14th Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Five ,. o "'f:ftllt.Jrrtt: 0 11 0 m . ~ ~n ~ us IOeIJSIH£S$ 0 .,. " '".. 0 0 [] 0 0 343 ENTRANCE" 318 344 o 1ST FLOOR 319 345 320 346 321. 347 322 348 , liCE EII1"'" RAMADA INN 1ST FLOOR Motel Rooms (301 to 388) A - Registration Lobby B - Gift Shop C - Goodie Shop H D - Game Room and Sport Courts E - Lobby Lounge (Cocktails) D F - I ndoor Swimming Pools G - Health Spa (Sauna, Whirlpool, Exercise Area) X - Vending Area 2ND FLOOR J 2ND FLOOR Motel Rooms - same as 1st floor (401 to 488) H - Captain Nemo - Garden Room I - Captain Nemo - Cocktail Lounge J - Captain Nemo - Dining Rooms K - Meeting Rooms (464-466-471-473) I sincerely appreciate the privilege of serving as your Secretary-Treasurer and trust that the office has been efficiently managed to meet your ap­ proval. Should there be any corrections necessary I in this program, please notify me so that the Sec - retary's office can compile a completely accurate record of all members, contractors, suppl iers, en­ gineers and consultants. THOMASE.MOORE Secretary-Treasurer On behalf of the Association and myself person­ ally, I wish to express my appreciation to the mem­ bers of this organization for their assistance and co­ operation during my term of office. ORRIE FRANCIS President -1- INDEX In Memoriam ..................... 4 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 1975 Alden E. Stilson & Assoc's .................. 58 Armco Steel Corporation . 35 Ayres, Lewis, Norris & May .................. 46 Beach Manufacturing Co ................... 42,43 The Boam Company ...................... 29 Boeve Construction Co. ................... 16 Boldt, McLeod & Johnson, Inc................. 57 R. S. Bennett & Co. ..................... 31 Brewer Engineering, Inc. ................... 58 Capitol Consultants, Inc. ................... 48 Carlson, Hohlock, Mitchell & Piotrowski, Inc. 45 Chemi-Tro1 Chemical Co ..................... 44 Concrete Pipe Association of Michigan ........ 32,33 Consoer, Townsend & Associates .............. 47 Delta Land Surveying & Engineering, Inc. ....... 49 DeWitt Excavating Inc. .................... 29 Dunigan Brothers, Inc. ..................... 22 East Jordan Iron Works, Inc. ............... 36 Edmands Engineering, Inc. .................. 60 Ellis & Ford Manufactoring Co ................. 37 Emery & Porter, Inc. .... ................ 61 Carl Erickson, Contractor .................... 16 Rocco Ferrera & Co., Inc. ..... ............. 18 Finkbeiner, Pettis & Strout, Limited ............ 46 Fishbeck, Thompson & Carr .................. 61 Fisher Construction . 29 Flint Road Builders Co. .................... 17 Fraser Brothers .......................... 17 Giffles-Webster Engineers, Inc. ............... 58 Grand Ledge Clay Products Co ................. 34 Greenfield Construction Co., Inc. ............. 21 Green Printing & Offset Co. 44 Gould Engineering, Inc. ................... 56 Gove Associates, Inc. ..................... 58 Hancor, Incorporated ...................... 39 Heystek Excavating. .. 19 Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. 54 Hunter, Whittier & Associates ................ 58 Holzhausen Excavating. 58 -2- Jensen Bridge & Supply Co ................... 40 Johnson & Anderson, Inc. ................. 59 Jones & Henry Engineeres, Limited ............ 56 Keyser Underground Inc ..................... 24 John Kistler & Associates, Inc ... ......... ..... 57 Kurzy Engineers . 61 Lamar Corporation .................. 31 Lantz-Griggs, Inc. ....................... 60 Leach Engineering, Inc. .................... 48 Lerner-Linden, Inc. .. 16 Marsh Monument Co., Inc. ................. 38 , McNamara Construction Co., Inc. ............. 22 McNamee, Porter & Seeley .................. 61 Michigan Contractor & Builder Publishing Co ........ 23 Nagel Excavating Co. ...................... 16 National Clay Pipe Institute ............ 38 National Concrete Products .................. 41 Northern Concrete Pipe .................... 34 The Ohio Company ........................ 50 Orchard, Papke, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. ....... 52 Leo, Cappello/V. Pangori Inc. ............... 25 Parsons Construction Co ..................... 30 Pate, Hirm, Bogue, Inc. ................... 62 Price Brothers. 20 Richardson & Nordlund, Inc. .............. 57 Ric-Man Construction, Inc. ........... .... .. 25 Rivard Brothers .......................... 30 Roe, Leonard (Contractor) ...... .. ..... ..... 26 Charles J. Rogers Construction Co. ..... ....... 26 Rowe Engineering ........................ 52 Ruddell Engineering. 62 Sewer Specialists, Inc. ....... ............ 27 F.J.Siller&Co ......................... 19 Spaulding, DeDecker & Associates .............. 55 Spicer Engineering Co ........ ..... .... ... ... 55 Stauder, Barch & Associates .................. 51 Stock Brothers, Inc......... .......... ... ... 28 Superior Products Co. " .................... 44 Wade, Trim & Associates, Inc. ............... 53 Carl Walker & Associates, Inc. ............... 62 Wesley Brothers .......................... 30 Wilcox Engineering . 45 Williams & Works ........................ 57 Wolverine Engineering Company .............. 62 Wood, Lee (Contractor) .................... 28 Yerington & Harris, Inc. .................... 29 -3- I-:::~::::;'<~~;:;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;;::::::;;;::::::::::::::,:,::::::,::::::::::::::::1 .:-: LIFE MEMBERS :~ Lee Bracey Earl Weaver Owen Aemisegger Ross Beggs Herbert Dietrich Ernest L. King Walter Moeller Freeland Sugden L. G. Monk Rollen A. Gross T. A. Smith Ralph Welser - IN MEMORIAM- In Memory of those Members Who have passed away within the Last Year Dean Braden Charles Loukas Claude Stuart v James (Ernie) Rohen - 4- MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONERS 1975 COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE BOARD Orrie Francis ............................. President Walter E. Morris ................. First Vice-President Thomas S. Welsh ................ Second Vice-President Fred W. Baker ............ .. .... .... Past President Thomas E. Moore . ............... Secretary-Treasurer Charles R. Loukus ............... .. .. North District Stuart Armstead ........ .......... Northeast District Evart O. Bowerman ..... .... ......Northwest District Ronald 1. Swan. Southwest District Donald W. Burton ............ .. .. Southeast District Stanley Quackenbush .. ............ Ex-Officio Member LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE Donald Mitchell, Chairman Roscoe DeVries George Kuhn, Vice-Chairman Charles R. Loukus Thomas E. Moore, Secretary Walter E. Morris Dale Chapman Ronald J. Swan Wendell A. Gee Anthony Ragone Orrie Francis Richard L. So de Donald W. Burton Jerome K. Fulton Thomas E. Donohue Charles N. Youngblood Thomas S. Welsh Fred W. Baker Stuart Armstead Evart O. Bowerman Stanley Quackenbush, Ex-Officio Member BY -LA WS COMMITTEE Walter E. Morris, Chairman James E. Rohen Donald W. Burton Lloyd Cupp Gerald Riggs John Raymond LIAISON COMMITTEE George Kuhn, Chairman Robert Tufts Wendell A. Gee Louis Spletzer Roscoe DeVries Leslie E. Lounsbury NOMINATING COMMITTEE Donald W. Burton, Chairman Ronald J. Swan An thony Ragnone Evart O. Bowerman Michele Atkinson Dean R. Braden Charles P. Loukus Herbert Dietrich -5- AUDITING COMMITTEE Michele Atkinson, Chairman Ronald J. Swan James E. Rohen Wm. P. Rosebush Elmyra Hearns Ronald G. Geer EDUCATION COMMITTEE Donald Mitchell, Chairman Fred Becker Evart O. Bowerman Richard Rudnicki Robert Stems Jerome K. Fulton Stanley Quackenbush RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE Dale Chapman, Chairman Walter H. Ehle Walter E. Morris Horace Griffin Orville Maxson Michael D. Bigelow INSTITUTE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT Donald Mitchell, Chairman Frank W. Bouma Stanley Quackenbush John Mielock Dale Chapman STA TE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Thomas S. Welsh, Chairman George Stevenson Thomas E. Donohue John Watters Emil Roubal Richard Dougherty Gerald Williams Jack Robinson JOINT COUNTY OFFICERS Thomas E. Moore, Chairman Talley J. Richards Louis Spletzer Vern Smittendorf Wendell A. Gee Orville Maxson Ernest Waffle, Jr. August Peterson PUBLICITY COMMITTEE George Kuhn, Chairman Charles R. Loukus Richard L. Sode Roscoe DeVries Harry H. Nye Don Mitchell Weldon Johnson -6- , NOR TH DISTRICT PUBLICITY & EDUCATION COMMITTEE Robert Stearns, Chairman Cornelius Alessandrini Archie Carpenter Harold K. Connors R. R. Lippens John Watters Emil Roubal Charles R. Loukus Albert O. Anderson PROGRAM COMMITTEE Thomas E. Moore, Chairman La Vern Potter Dalo>Chapman Ardan Bawkey Jacob P. Maltry Ben Paulus Roger Watson Harold K. Connors Arthur Segerlund ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE H. M. Hultquist, Chairman Gordon Eastick Felix Anderson Dale Chapman Dean Niswander Thomas Moore Orrie Francis CONTRACTORS COMMITTEE Gordon Easlick, Chairman Leland Wood Robert C. Bremer Angelo DiPonio Rocco Ferrara ENGINEERS COMMITTEE Felix Anderson, Chairman John Kistler Pat McAvinchey John Boldt Ernest Orchard Merrill V. Hunter William Hohloch Ray Stauder SUPPLIERS COMMITTEE Dean Niswander, Chairman Walter Woodhouse Dan Marsh Bill Washabaugh Ernest Barnes Bud Ward C. J. Bauer, Jr. LADIES AUXILIARY OFFICERS Evelyn Maxson .......................... President Dolores Frances .................. First Vice-President Leone Nye ..................... Second Vice-President Faith Griffin.