Music Trade Review

Issue: 1951 Vol. 110 N. 6

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The
Established 1879
VOL. 110-No. 6
THE
PIONEER
June,1951
2,855th Issue
REVIEW
PUBLICATION
O F T H E MUSIC
I N D U S T R Y
Golden Anniversary Convention
Discussions on All Business Phases
T
HE Golden Anniversary Conven-
tion of the National Association of
Music Merchants will be held at
the Palmer House, Chicago, on July
4th Hoor. The exhibits will be open at
9 a.m. on Monday. July 16th.
This year the exhibits will be held at
the Exhibit Hall where musical acces-
OFFICEKS OF THK NAMM—HARVEY E. CALLAWAY, VICE PRES.; RAY S. ERLANDSON, PRES.;
RUSSELL K. WELLS, TREASURER AND (JENE REDEWILL, SECRETARY.
16th, 17th, 18th and 19th. Registra-
tion begins on Sunday, July 15th, at
10 a.m. in the ballroom foyer on the
sories, radio, records, sheet music and
television will be displayed. A new
addition has been that of the Red Lac-
quer Room on the Club floor, which
has been reserved for radio and tele-
vision exhibits. The 6th floor will also
have radio, television and phonographs.
On the 7th floor will be the band and
orchestra instruments and musical mer-
chandise. The 8th floor, as has been
the custom in the past, will be devoted
to pianos, whereas the 9th floor will
have the exhibits of accordions, band
and orchestra instruments and acces-
sories.
The Golden Anniversary luncheon will
take place on Monday, July 16th, at 12
noon in the Grand Ballroom. The
speaker will he James R. Lamb, Amos
Parrish Organization, and his subject
will be "The Fall Outlook for Retail
Sales."
The annual business meeting of the
National Association of Music Mer-
chants will take place on Tuesday, July
17th. at 10 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom.
The exhibits will be closed on Tuesday
morning.
Operating Sessions
Operating sessions will include one
on top management from 9:30 a.m. to
GUEST SPEAKERS AT THE NAMM .MERCHANDISING FORUMS—I>R. 40HN C. KENDAL, V1CK 1'KES. AMERICAN MUSIC CONFERENCE; RALPH I..
THOMPSON, SALES MANAGER, C. G. CONN. LTD.; DR. PAUL NYSTROM, PRES. LIMITED PRICE VARIETY STORES: GLEN McDANIEL, PRES.
RADIO TELEVISION MANUFACTURERS ASS'N AND 11. FRANKLIN BILLS, 1$. FRANKLIN HILLS ASSOCIATES.
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12 noon in the Grand Ballroom on
Monday. July 16th. Record merchan-
dising will be discussed in the Grand
Ballroom at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July
17th. Accessories merchandising will
be discussed on Wednesday, July 18th,
at 10 a.m. in the Crystal Room. The
sheet music department will have its
cussed by Ralph L. Thompson, sales
manager of C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart,
Ind. He is also a member of the N.P.A.
Industry Advisory Committee.
For radio and television. Glenn Mc-
Daniel, president of the Radio & Tele-
vision Manufacturers Association, will
talk on the production outlook in that
Although after leaving college, he be-
came a trial lawyer in the state and
federal courts in northern Illinois, he
later returned to selling and headed up
the new business department of one of
the largest banks under one roof in
America-—The Continental and Com-
mercial Banks of Chicago. He has a
reputation of being very well-informed
on all phases of selling and is also a very
dynamic speaker. As one merchandise
manager of a large manufacturing and
distributing company put it, "one of the
best informational and informational
speakers on the business platform".
The annual banquet will be held in
the Grand Ballroom of the Stevens Hotel
on Wednesday, July 19th, at 7 p.m.
Pre-Registration a Time Saver
CONVENTION STEERING COMMITTKK—I,. TO R.—HERBERT KONEN, CHAIRMAN; F. O. WILKING
AND A. S. ZEISLER.
session on Wednesday, July 18th, at
11:30 a.m., also in the Crystal Room.
The session on repair merchandising
will be held on Wednesday also at 2
p.m. in the Crystal Room and retail
salesmanship will be discussed on Thurs-
day, July 19th, at 9:80 a.m. to 12 noon
in the Grand Ballroom.
At the top management session, one
of the speakers will be Dr. Paul H.
Nystrom, president of the Limited Price
Variety Stores Assn., Inc., New York
City. He will speak on "The Business
Outlook". This will be a discussion of
the business outlook as affected by gov-
ernment regulations; an examination of
the inflationary trend, and suggested
steps for checking it.
Dr. Nystrom, who has several degrees
from the University of Wisconsin, has
served on the faculty of that institution
and. was also employed as assistant to
the president of the U. S. Rubber Co.
from 1915 to 1916, sales manager of
the International Magazine from 1917
to 1921. manager of the Retail Credit
Assn. Associated Merchandising Corp.
from 1921 to 1927. He is also Professor
of Marketing at Columbia University, a
position he has held since 1926. He has
been with the Limited Price Variety
Stores Assn., Inc. since 1933. He has
also been a member of the Federal
Board of Vocational Education of which
he was chairman for two years, presi-
dent of the Sales Executive Club of New
York for seven years, chairman of the
Central Council of National Retail Trade
Associations, vice-chairman and also
chairman from 1942 to the present time.
"The Production Outlook" will be dis-
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industry. He has been associated with
the radio and television industry since
1946, when he joined RCA Communica-
tions, Inc. as vice-president and general
attorney. He is now a full-time paid
president of the Radio & Television
Manufacturers Association and was a
vice-president of the Radio Corporation
of America on the staff of Board Chair-
man David Sarnoff and President Frank
M. Folsom. He was also chairman of
the R.T.M.A. Defense Profits Tax Com-
mittee which recently obtained conces-
sions from Congress for the television
industry under the "Gulf Companies"
formula as applied to the Excess Profits
Tax Act of 1950.
Dr. John C. Kendel, vice-president of
the American Music Conference, Chi-
cago, will talk on the "Promotion Out-
look." Dr. Kendel, as is well-known, has
had a wide and varied experience in
educational institutions and was director
of Public School Music in Pueblo High
Schools, director of the Division of
Music in the Colorado State Teachers
College, state supervisor of music and
assistant superintendent of public in-
struction in the State of Michigan, and
was director of Music Education in the
Denver Public Schools for many years.
He is the author of "The Teachers
Manual for Conservatory Piano Series"
and has written numerous articles for
various musical publications as well as
being music editor of the Rocky Moun-
tain News.
At the Retail Salesmen's Forum, B.
Franklin Bills of the B. Franklin Bills
& Associates, Chicago, 111. will be the
speaker.
In order to save time, the members
of the association have been advised to
pre-register by sending in their names
to the National Association of Music
Merchants' headquarters before July 1st,
and upon arrival one may go to the
advanced registration desk in the ball-
room foyer on the 4th floor of the
Palmer House and receive his creden-
tials. This also applies to the purchase
of tickets for the luncheon which takes
place on July 16th. Tickets may be
ordered for this luncheon at any time
and will be mailed upon receipt of 85
for each ticket.
Ladies Entertainment
The ladies who will attend the Golden
Anniversary Convention have not been
forgotten.
Tickets for all occasions
will be obtainable at the Convention
ticket desk and there will be a Ladies'
Tea on Monday, July 16th, at 3:30
p.m. in the Crystal Room. There will
be unusual entertainment and refresh-
ments.
On Tuesday. July 17th, at 10:30
a.m. there will be a tour of the Furni-
ture Mart and a luncheon at the Furni-
ture Club of America. Chartered busses
will leave the Palmer House for the
conducted tour and the luncheon will be
enjoyed in the Sun Room of the Fur-
niture Club of America on the 17th floor
overlooking Lake Michigan and Chi-
cago's outer drive. Price for these
tickets will be S3.00 per person, which
includes the lunch, tour and transpor-
tation.
Tickets for the following broadcasts
will be available on a first-come first-
served basis during Convention week.
They cannot be sent in advance as they
are not available until a few days prior
to the performances.
They include
Breakfast Club, Ladies Fair, Northern-
ers and Parade.
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