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FEBRUARY 23,
1924
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
National Edison Disc Jobbers' Ass'n
Holds Annual Meeting in New York
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Two New Sonora Jobbers
Announced by That Firm
Meet at Hotel Commodore and Hold Important Conferences—L. W. Bloom Elected President—
Thos. A. Edison Gives Dinner in Honor of Jobbers—An Excellent Attendance
Baltimore Phonograph Co., Inc., of Baltimore,
and Reinhardt's, Inc., of Memphis, Appointed
New Sonora Jobbers
Mrs. B. Wolnitzky, Mr. and Mrs. J. Mehl, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Buchanan, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rob-
inson, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Schultz, W. Hilde-
brand, W. T. O'Shaughnessy, C. Stevenson, R.
McCandless, A. C. Ireton, Ralph Allen, Walter
H. Miller.
"Among Those Present"
Among the Edison jobbers who attended the
1924 Convention were: F. H. Silliman, H. L.
Frank J. Coupe, vice-president and sales man-
ager of the Sonora. Phonograph Co., Inc., New
York, announced this week the appointment of
the Baltimore Phonograph Distributing Co.,
417 North Franklin street, Baltimore, Md., as
a Sonora distributor. William A. Quinn will be
in charge of this company's sales activities and
this new Sonora jobber was organized by
prominent business and financial interests in
*T*HE annual convention of the National Edi-
•*• son Disc Jobbers' Association was held last
week simultaneously with the celebration of the
seventy-seventh birthday of Thos. A. Edison.
The business meetings took place on the 11th
and 12th of this month at the Hotel Commo-
dore, New York City. Monday, the opening
day, was devoted to a closed session of the
jobbers, at which the new officers were elected
Some of Those Attending Annual Convention of Edison Disc Jobbers' Association, Hotel Commodore, February 11 and 12
Left to Right—Messrs. Siliiman, Goddard, Ellenherger, Buehn, Keeney, Hawley, Hirschberger, Laurence Lucker, Meyers, Bowman, DuBois, Shultz, Bloom, Blisli, Ailing, Silver-
stone, Oehlman, Hemingway, Jr., Martin, Hemingway, Sr., William Lucker
and over which Laurence Lucker, the retiring
president, presided. The officers for the ensuing
year are: L. W. Bloom, of Cleveland, president:
H. G. Stanton, of Toronto, vice-president; R
B. Ailing, of Detroit, secretary and treasurer.
The new executive committee is made up of
Laurence Lucker, of Minneapolis; F. H. Silli-
man, of Boston; E. Bowman, of Richmond, and
A. A. Buehn, of Pittsburgh.
The second day was devoted to a conference
with officials of Thomas A. Edison, Inc., at
which joint meeting Charles Edison acted as
chairman. The business transacted throughout
the Convention was of a private character.
Tuesday noon the Edison jobbers gave a lunch-
eon for the Edison officials at the Hotel Com-
triodore, which was a most enjoyable event.
Dinner in Honor of Visiting Jobbers
On Tuesday evening, February 12, Thomas A.
Edison, Inc., gave a very delightful dinner party
in honor of the visiting Edison jobbers who
were in New York for their annual convention.
The dinner was held in the ballroom of the
Hotel Commodore, New York, and the very
sumptuous meal was supplemented with enter-
tainment of a high-class order, consisting of
specialty singing, dancing and novelty acts. It
was purely a social affair, there being no set
speeches or "shop" talk.
Among those present from Orange were Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Edison, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Philips, Miss S.
Philips, Miss V. Philips, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Durant, Mr. and Mrs. L. McChesney, Mr. and
Mrs. John Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lanahan,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. F. C.
Beatty, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Walsh, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Karch, Mr. and Mrs. C. Homer,
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Farrier and Miss H. Farrier, Sumner Williams,
E. Trautwein, Mr. and Mrs. C. Baldwin, Mr.
and Mrs. Win. Meadowcroft, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Haggerty, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Burns, Mr. and
Ellenberger, F. C. Keeney, Boston; Frank E.
Bolway, Syracuse; Nathan Griffin, Albany; E
Bowman, Richmond, Va.; W. L. Rosenblatt,
Atlanta; F. S. Hemingway, New Orleans; P. H.
Oelman, Cincinnati; A. A. Buehn, Pittsburgh;
P. R. Hawley, Philadelphia; L. W. Bloom and
E. H. Hirschberger, Cleveland; R. B. Ailing,
Detroit; Edward DuBois, Kansas City; D. W.
Shultz, Omaha; A. H. Curry, Dallas; Laurence
and William Lucker, Minneapolis; Harger
Some Other Conventiorifers
Left to Right—Messrs. Harrison, Stanton and Griffin
Blish, Des Moines; F. S. Martin, Helena, Mont.;
W. A. Myers, Williamsport, Pa.; Mark Silver-
stone, St. Louis; James Harris, St. John, New
Brunswick; H. G. Stanton and F. Goddard,
Toronto.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
Baltimore. Its territory will comprise Mary-
land, District of Columbia and Virginia, and, as
a forerunner of its future activities, it is inter-
esting to note that the Baltimore Phonograph
Distributing Co. has already placed the Sonora
line with the Knabe Studios and the Chickering
Warerooms, of Baltimore, Md., two of the lead-
ing retail concerns in this part of the country.
Mr. Coupe also announced the appointment
of Reinhardt's, Inc., Memphis, Tenn., as Sonora
distributor to cover the States of Tennessee,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. This con-
cern has for some time past been one of the
most successful Sonora dealers in the country,
and, in addition to distributing Sonora products,
will continue its activities as a retailer. It takes
over the distributing territory formerly handled
by the Hessig-Ellis Drug Co.
The sales department of the Sonora Co. was
advised this week that Townsend, Wall &
Wyatt, of St. Joseph, Mo., well-known retail
house, had arranged to carry the Sonora line.
This deal was closed by J. M. Ervin, special
representative of the Sonora sales department,
working in conjunction with the C. D. Smith
Drug Co., St. Joseph, Mo., Sonora jobber.
Doerr-Andrews & Doerr, Sonora jobber in
Minneapolis, Minn., reported this week that it
had closed a deal with the Hartman Furniture
& Carpet Co., of that city, whereby this house,
which is a leader in the furniture line in the
West, would handle the complete Sonora line.
No Edison Radio-Phonograph
The first of the month a delegation of Edison
dealers, operating in the metropolitan district,
called on Thomas A. Edison, at Orange, in
order to inquire the intention of the Edison Co.
regarding radio. Mr. Edison received the deal-
er contingent in person and informed them that
the Edison Co. will not produce, now or later,
a combination radio ami phonograph.