PDCA awards honorary memberships

     The Painting & Decorating Contractors Association recognized two recently retired members during the monthly membership meeting at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. In a special ceremony, Mark Switzer, P.D.C.A. Chapter President, presented lifetime honorary memberships in the local chapter to John Goens and Roy Morey in acknowledgement of their many years of service to the painting industry.
     John Goens founded Goens Brothers Painting Company in 1969. He served two terms as president of the Kansas City Chapter, P.D.C.A. and sat on the general labor committee. He was a management trustee for Painters' District Council No. 3 Pension Fund from 1985 to 1990. Roy Morey had been a sales representative in the painting and decorating industry since 1962. Other honorary members in attendance were Vern Ammon, Don Hudson and Leon Switzer.