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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1973
Page
5
For the first six months of 1973 construction contracts totaled 746.3 million, down 21 percent from the prior year per F W Dodge. June future contracts totaled 132.4 million, slightly below 137.5 million last June.
Five Phoenix men launched Arizona’s first life insurer dedicated to contractors. Jim Harrington, president, says the company will pool 2 million dollars from 1,000 contractors and families to offer group policies, lower premiums, and profit sharing via dividends. The state authorized formation and stock sale. Directors include David H. Young and John J. Tighe, with Charles F. Knight and others tied to Western Standard and Congress Industries.
Lamb joins a California firm for Shell Oil Co. in California and Arizona. Roger Schuster wins Top of the Month for Al Overend and Associates for the second straight month after leading the firm in monthly sales and listings four times this year. Jack N. Shell joins Marriott Condominium at Camelback Inn as marketing representative after leaving Dean Witter in Phoenix. George and W. H. Moffatt join Ed Thirkhill Hayduke. Moffatt operated Moffatt Cotton Co. in Phoenix 1963 to 1971 and led Phoenix Cotton Exchange as president. Russ Lyon Realty Co. adds G. M. Shefrin in residential sales. previously with E. D. Brown Realty and Inter-Community Relocation Service. Howard W. Washburn named president and CEO of Pacific Homes Corp. Overseeing seven retirement residences and seven convalescent hospitals in the region, including Desert Crest in Phoenix.
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