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RAY S. ERLANDSON
President
W. R. GARD
Executive Secretary
Claude P. Street Named
NAMM Nominating Chairman
Appointment of the 1952 Nominating
Committee has been announced by
President Ray S. Erlandson, of the Na-
tional Association of Music Merchants,
in accordance with the Association's
Constitution and By-Laws, which pro-
vides for the appointment of seven ac-
tive members whose duty it shall be to
select candidates for the vacancies of
those Directors whose terms expire in
1952.
President Erlandson named Claude
P. Street, President, Claude P. Street
Piano C o m p a n y , Nashville, Tenn.,
Chairman of the Nominating Commit-
tee. Mr. Street's term as a Director ex-
pires in 1952. Active members of
NAMM serving on the Nominating
Committee are: Merle K. Bennett, Ben-
nett Music House, Wichita, Kansas; J.
A. Brown, Brown Music Co., Jackson,
Miss.; J. J. Collins, Collins & Erwin
Piano Co., Portland, Oregon; Earl
Dart, Jones & Dart Music Co., Sacra-
mento. Cal.; Harry S. Holmes, Holmes
Piano Co., Hempstead, N. Y.; Vincent
Kling, Vincent Kling Music Co.,
Rochester, Minn.
Members of the Committee are stra-
tegically located in every section of the
country to insure a representative list
of nominees. Sixteen (16) nominees
will be selected by the Committee, from
which eight (8) will be elected to fill
the vacancies on the Board of Directors.
After the Committee has completed
its selection of nominees, their names
will be published by the Association
headquarters, not later than twenty
days prior to the NAMM Annual Busi-
ness Meeting, at which the eight new
Directors will be elected by the mem-
bership. The Annual Meeting is sched-
uled for Tuesday morning, July 29, 10
a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the
Hotel New Yorker, New York City.
At the time of the Annual Meeting,
additional nominations may be made
from the floor by any active member.
Chairman Street and his Committee, en-
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1952 CONVENTION
Hotel New Yorker. N. Y.
SCHEDULE O F EVENTS
Monday
July 28—Opening Luncheon—Business Session
Annual Tea for the Ladies
Tuesday
July 29—NAMM Annual Meeting—Business Session
Ladies' Luncheon—"Starlight" Roof, Waldorf-Astoria
Wednesday July 30—Sheet Music Forum
Thursday
July 31—Music Industry Banquet—Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel Reservations—The New York Convention and Visitors Bureau will again
operate the NAMM Housing Bureau. Attached to this bulletin is a convenient
Reservation Form for requesting hotel accommodations. Make your plans
now—send your reservation to the "NYCVB—NAMM Housing Bureau", in
New York.
courage all Association members to
suggest the names of any active mem-
bers for the Nominating Committee's
consideration. Suggestions may be sent
to either Chairman Street or the Com-
mittee member nearest to those who
have suggestions. The eight Directors
retiring in 1952 are not eligible for re-
election for the period of one year.
Following are the names of current
Directors, and the years their terms ex-
pire:
Term Ending in 1952— Earl Camp-
bell, Campbell Music Co., Washington,
D. C ; Thomas Dahl, Radio-Television
Corp. Ltd., Honolulu, T. H.; Otto B.
Heaton, Heaton's Music Store, Colum-
bus, Ohio; L. G. LaMair, Lyon &
Healy, Inc., Chicago, 111.; Paul E. Mur-
phy, M. Steinert & Sons Co. Inc., Bos-
ton, Mass.; Clay Sherman, Sherman
Clay & Co,, San Francisco, Calif.;
Claude P. Street, Claude P. Street Pi-
ano Co., Nashville, Tenn.; Carl Wittich,
Wittich's, Reading, Pa.
Term Ending in 1953 — George H.
Beasley, Beasley Music Co., Texarkana,
Ark.; Wm. Howard Beasley, Whittle
Music Co., Dallas, Texas; Eldred S.
Byerly, Byerly Bros. Music Co., Peoria,
III.; Ray S. Erlandsoti, San Antonio
Music Co., San Antonio, Texas; S. H.
Galperin, Galperin Music Co., Charles-
ton, West Va.; Paul W. Jenkins, Jen-
kins Music Co., Kansas City, Mo.;
Clarence M. Pettit, Wm. Knabe and
Company, New York, N. Y.; Emert S.
Rice, W. S. Rice & Son Music House,
Columbia, So. C.
Term Ending in 1954 — A. Perry
Avery, Avery Piano Co., Providence,
R. I.'; Ted W. Brown, Ted Brown Mu-
sic Co., Tacoma, Wash.; Arthur E. God-
frey, Williams Piano Co., Sioux Falls,
So. Dakota; Ralph 0 . Grassmueck,
Berry & Grassmueck, Pasadena, Cal.;
Parker M. Harris, Philip Werlein, Ltd.,
New Orleans, La.; John H. Troup,
John H. Troup Music House, Inc., Lan-
caster, Pa.; Russell B. Wells, The Chas.
E. Wells Music Co., Denver, Colo.;
Frank 0 . Wilking, Wilking Music Co.,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Education Division Progress
NAMM members in several cities are
well underway in their education di-
vision development programs. Director
V. R. Marceaux has worked with mem-
ber stores in San Antonio, Brownsville,
Corpus Christi, Dallas, and Fort Worth,
Texas, and Shreveport, La. Intensive
sales training sessions have been held
for dealer's staffs, and field work has
included school assembly programs,
"Fun With Music Programs" for PTA
groups and service clubs. Contacts
wilh bandmasters, teachers and school
officials have laid the groundwork.
Dealer reception of materials and
information projected in these meet-
ings, and field trips, has been enthusi-
astic, due to the tremendous sales, po-
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MAY, 1952