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Philip H. Lang Sales Mgr. of
American Felt Passes Away
Philip H. Lang, sales manager for
the American Felt Co., for twenty-four
years, died on Monday, November 22nd
at the Newark Eye and Ear Infirmary
after an operation. His age was 60.
PHILIP H. LANG
Mr. Lang, who lived at 7 Arden Place
in Summit, N. J., had been ill for three
months. He joined the American Felt
Co., in 1910 as an office boy in the ex-
ecutive offices of that manufacturing
company at 200 Fifth Avenue. He served
in the Army in France during World
War I.
Surviving are his widow, Sadie; his
father, Henry Lang of New York, and a
brother, Charles.
Funeral services were held at the
Kohr Funeral Home, Summit, on Fri-
day, November 26.
"Phil Lang, as he was known to
thousands, was a tower of strength to
the American Felt Co.", said J. F. Mar-
shall, vice-president of the company.
"He had a wide knowledge of felt, hav-
ing spent his life in the business after
school age. He was extremely well
known in the musical trades, having been
brought into the company by way of
the American Piano Supply Co., which
is an early subsidiary of the American
Felt Co. He was an expert on piano
felts and knew the subject well, par-
ticularly the quality and perfection
properties and the importance of ham-
mers."
Mr. Lang had several inventions to
his credit, one of which was an escape
filter for vacuum cleaners. Another was
a fused edge product which is an im-
portant part of modern felt making,
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GROVER C. BLESSING
Grover C. Blessing, former cashier of
the Weaver Piano Co., York, Pa., died
suddenly on November 6, at his resi-
dence in Hellam, Pa. He served as cash-
ier from September 18, 1911 to the time
of his retirement, December 31, 1952.
He was a life long member of Trinity
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Census of Mlrs. and
Business Hours Due in 1955
The Department of Commerce has
announced that early in 1955 the Census
Bureau will conduct a census of busi-
ness, manufacturers and musical indus-
tries.
For the Census of Manufacturers, to
cover an estimated 275,000 factories, the
common inquiries for all industrial es-
tablishments will include plant identi-
fication, kind of industry, employment,
payrolls, hours of work, cost of materi-
als consumed, power equipment, water
consumption, and value of products
shipped. Product and materials inquir-
ies will vary by kind of industry and to
that end more than 200 different report
forms, each "tailored" to fit a specified
industry or several closely related indus-
tries, have been prepared. This census
will be a mail canvass of each establish-
ment in the Census Bureau's file of es-
tablishments brought up to date by co-
ordination with the files of the Bureau
of Old Age and Survivors Insurance.
The Census of Business will cover
approximately 3,000,000 retail, whole-
sale ,and service establishments; thea-
ters and other amusement places; and
hotels and tourists courts. Inquiries to
be made will include location, kind of
business, corporate relations, employ-
ment and payrolls, operating expenses,
inventories, total annual sales and credit
sales. As in the case of the Census of
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adapted to the several kinds of business,
with the smaller firms being required
to answer a minimum of basic inquir-
ies.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1954