June 15, 1929
PRESTO-TIMES
Utah; E. G. Gottlieb, D. W. Lerch Co., Canton, Ohio.
N. E. Hager, Hager Musical Inst. Co , Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.; Ernest Hartman, Conn Chicago Co., Chi-
cago, 111.; P. L. Heestand, Conn Peoria Co., Peoria,
111.; A. J. Hunleth, Hunleth Music Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Lee Kelbaugh, Conn Baltimore Co., Baltimore, Md.;
Mr. and Mrs. Al. A. Knecht and Miss Betty Knecht,
Pa.; F. Krai, Krai Music House, Cicero,
Over One Hundred Dealers in Conn Band Philadelphia,
111.; C. V. Kuehn, The Fiddle Shop, Schenectady,
Instruments from Twenty-five States
N. Y.; A. N. Kahn, Bay City, Mich.
C. R. Lebo, Edfred Co., Akron, Ohio ; W. H.
Attend the Meeting—Great
Levis, Levis Music Store, Rochester, N. Y.; John
Interest Manifested.
Luellen, Continental Music Co., Chicago, 111.; Mr.
Over 100 dealers from 25 states attended the fifth and Mrs. Joe Lyday and Joe Lyday, Jr., Joe Lyday's
Conn convention at the C. G. Conn, Ltd., factories Music Shop, Harlingen, Tex.; R. C. Lebret, Export
Advertising Agency, Chicago, 111.
in Elkhart, Ind., May 30, 31 and June 1.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McClellan, McClellan Music
President C. D. Greenleaf in his address of wel-
come Friday, May 31 called attention to the excel- House, Buffalo, N. Y.; Solon Manchester, Manches-
lent market for band instruments that dealers in ter Studio, Lebanon, Mo.; Lyle Markham, Markham
various parts of the country have discovered and are Music Co., Erie, Pa., Jas. Maroney, Thos. Goggan &
developing. Using the metaphor of "Acres of Dia- Bro., Houston, Tex.; Mrs. M. C. Melville, Tri-State
monds," he stressed the fact that these rich markets Band and Orchestra School, Memphis, Tenn; Max-
are lying right under the nose of dealers and it has well Myers, Conn Boston Co., Boston, Mass.; Harry
Myers, Selmer-Conn Co., New York, N. Y.; Daniel
only been recently that their possibilities have been
Miller, Conn San Francisco Co., San Francisco;
recognized.
He cited instances of dealers who have organized Start Mueller, Harding & Miller Music Co., Evans-
bands not only among schools but among chilis, in- ville, Ind.; Harry Mulholland, Northwest Conn Co,
dustries, business houses, within garages, along busi- Seattle, Wash; Henry Mulholland, Conn Vancouver
ness streets and in scores of the most unusual groups. Co., Vancouver, B. C, Can; C. A. MacDonald, Mac-
It is just beginning to dawn upon various dealers, Donald Cook Co. (Adv.), South Bend, Ind.; Louis
according to Mr. Greenleaf, that the band idea has Mango, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Miss Pauline Nickey, Nickey Music Shoppe, Tip-
an unusual fascination for people of all classes and
that it is up to the alert dealer to organize this in- ton, Ind.; A. J. Niemic, Flanner-Hafsoos Music Co.,
terest and give people the opportunity of playing in Milwaukee, Wis.
Jack O'Toole, Conn Peoria Co., Peoria, 111.; M.
a band.
Overholt, Huntington, Ind ; W. F. Overmyer, Mc-
An Active Campaign.
According to Mr. Greenleaf the surface has only Comb, Miss.; C. G. Risley, Thos. Goggan & Bro.,
been scratched. Up to the present time, a baud has Houston, Tex; B. A. Rose, B. A. Rose Music Co.,
Minneapolis, Minn; Mrs. Cleon Russell, Bell Music
been organized here and a band has been organized
Co., Muncie, Ind.; Chas. F. Ross, Warsaw, Ind.; H.
there, but bands will in the future, with the proper
organizing and merchandising facilities behind the Rinue, Indianapolis, Ind.
Mr, and Mrs. Sam Santelli and Miss Janet San-
campaign, be organized on a wholesale scale.
Significant of this optimism also was a large hand- tell':, J. E. Green Music Co., Toledo, Ohio; J. L.
painted sign hung'before the various meetings of the Sayre, Augusta, Ga.; Arthur Scott, Markham Music
convention. This sign showed that Conn dealers in Co., Erie, Pa.; Verl Sheffer, Anderson-Soward Co.,
various parts of the country were enjoying a fine in- Dayton, Ohio; C. I. Shirley, Pearson Piano Co., Ko-
crease in business this year over last year, through kmrru, Ind.; Glen Silberman, Bell Music Co., Muncie,
Tnd.; Eugene Slick and brother, Anderson, Ind.; L.
band organizing activities.
Various sessions of the convention were devoted C. Smith, Yahrling-Rayner Music Co., Youngstown,
to dealer problems with emphasis upon band organ- Ohio; Theo. Steinmetz, O. K. Houck Piano Co.,
izing activities. Dealers who have been successful in Memphis, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Streep, F. D.
various lines of activity spoke before the convention, Streep, Jr., and B. W. Streep, Conn Kansas City Co.,
explaining methods to the other dealers and answer- Kansas City, Mo ; Mr. Spaniard, Spaniard Music Co.,
Maysfield, k y . ; Miss E. M. Schlor, Toledo, O.
ing questions which the various talks developed.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Teed, Conn New Orleans Co.,
Outstanding among these was the address of Wm.
Howard Beasley, of D. L. Whittle Music Company, New Orleans, La.
Elmer Uggen, Poppley Piano Co., Grand Forks,
Dallas, Tex., on "Preparation of a Budget and Its
Value to a Dealer." Other excellent talks were given N. D.; J. Van Dusen, Hager Musical Inst. Co.,
by G. S. Glen, Glen Bros.-Roberts Piano Company, Grand Rapids, Mich ; Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Whitney,
Ogden, Utah, on "Is Musical Merchandise Depart- Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Dale Williams, Markham Music Co.,
ment of Store as Profitable for the Dealer as Other Erie, Pa.; B. W. Williamson, Humboldt, Neb.
C. R. Young, Flora, Ind.
Departments?"; and by N. E. Hager, Hager Musical
Instrument Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., on "Is
Band Organizing Profitable for the Dealer?"
James F. Boyer, general chairman of the conven-
tion, closed the three-day meeting by a band com-
posed entirely of Conn dealers. More than 250 deal-
ers, factory executives and their wives gathered in
the Athenian Ballroom of the Hotel Elkhart at the Dewey M. Dixon, Assistant to General Man-
dealer banquet Saturday night, June 1, were so en-
ager, Tells of Reports, Work
thusiastic over this exhibition that it was decided to
make a Conn Dealer Band a permanent feature of all
and Helps.
future Conn dealer conventions.
In his report to Alfred L. Smith for the year end-
This band was an impromptu gathering of Conn ing May 31, 1929, Dewey M. Dixon says that 11,480
dealers under the direction of James F. Boyer.
requests for credit information on music dealers
were received during the year, reflecting a slight
From All Over the Country.
In attendance at the Fifth Annual Conn Dealers' decline from the previous year; 7,642 new reports
Convention at Elkhart, Ind., May 29 to June 1, 1929: were added to the files, also representing a slight de-
Air. and Mrs. B. J. Anderson, Chas. E. Roat Music crease from the same period last year. To date,
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.; H. A. Anderson, B. A. Rose 59,078 reports were added to the files representing
Music Co., Minneapolis, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. An- comprehensive ledger information on about 36 000
music dealers.
drews, Milner Musical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
There are at the present time about 150 concerns
H. T. Baskerville, Chas. E. Wells Music Co., Den-
ver, Colo ; Wm. Howard Beasley, D. L. Whittle Mu- using the Credit Service comprising most of the prin-
sic Co., Dallas, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Berryman, cipal piano, band, phonograph and radio manufac-
Beasley Music Co., Texarkana, Ark.-Tex.; Jas. T. turers and jobbers. There are also more than 1,000
Bristol, Bankers' Commercial Security Co., Chicago, reports in our files covering dealers in foreign coun-
111.; Mr. and Mrs. George Byerly, Conn Peoria Co., tries.
Peoria, 111.
During the year just completed 292 claims totaling
Chas. O. Caputo, C. O. Caputo Music House, Pitts- $68,359.00 were turned over for collection by mem-
burgh, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cherney, Cherney's Mu- bers.
The Credit Advisory Committee for the year has
sic House, Menominee, Mich.; E. M. Cameron, Selmer-
Conn, Inc., New York, N. Y.; J. B. Cassaubon, J. W. consisted of: Fred P. Bassett, chairman; James T.
Greene Music Co., Toledo, Ohio; Fred Cook, Mac- Bristol, Fred A. Holtz, W. W. Kerr, C. J. Mulvey,
and L. W. Peterson.
donald-Cook (Adv.), South Bend, Ind.
The $1,000 prize for a slogan for the trade was
S. T. Daly, Edfred Co., Akron, Ohio; Scott Daw-
son, Conn Baltimore Co., Baltimore, M.; F. B. Dowd, won by Mrs. Linnie Lewis Wilson, who contributed
the winning words, "The Richest Child is Poor
sMilner Musical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Elmore, Lafayette, Ind.; Hugh Without Musical Training." During the campaign
nearly 400,000 leaflets carrying the message of musi-
M. Enyeart, Wabash, Ind.
Mr. Flanner, Flanner-Hafsoos Music Co., Milwau- cal instrument playing were distributed through deal-
kee, Wis ; M. J. Foellger, Milner Musical Co., Cin- ers, music teachers, manufacturers, jobbers and
cinnati, Ohio; R. I. Francis, Newark, Ohio; David associations.
C. M. Tremaine, director of the National Bu-
Fiverson, Bay City, Mich.
Geo. S. Glen, Glen Bros.-Roberts Piano Co,. Ogden, reau for the Advancement of Music, sent a personal
CONN CONVENTION
AT ELKHART, IND.
ANNUAL REPORT OF
M. I. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
letter to 3,500 women's clubs inviting their participa-
tion in the contest. The Chamber also sent letters
to associations such as the American Legion, Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, Boy Scout Organizations
and others.
Every two w r eeks during the campaign stories were
sent to a newspaper list of 1,350 dailies. Special fea-
tures were also sent to 1,500 weeklies. Frequent
articles were sent to a list of educational papers esti-
mated to reach 250,000 educators and professional
musicians. The response from the public reached by
these mediums was tremendous. Two hundred and
fifty replies were counted from an article run in one
weekly alone, the "Pathfinder." Splendid co-opera-
tion was shown by the trade papers during the
contest.
COMMITTEES NAMED
H. B. Richmond, president of the Radio Manufac-
turers' Association, at the Chicago convention on
June 7 announced the chairmen of the following com-
mittees:
Legislative: C. C. Colby, Samson Electric Co., Can-
ton, Mass.
Finance: T. K. Webster, Jr., The Ekko Company,
Chicago.
Show: Jess Hawley, United Reproducers Corp,
St. Charles, 111.
Broadcasting: B. G. Erskine, Sylvania Products Co.,
Emporium, Pa.
Contact: L. E. Noble, Federal Radio Corp., Buf-
falo.
Statistics: George C. Furness, National Carbon Co.,
Inc., New York city.
Merchandising: Herbert H. Frost, Kolster Radio
Corp., New York city.
Credit: Donald MacGregor, Ail-American Mohawk
Corp., Chicago.
Engineering: Walter E. Holland, Philadelphia
Storage Battery Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Fair Trade Practice: Morris Metcalf, American
Bosch Magneto Corp., Springfield, Mass.
Foreign Trade: G. H. Kiley, Farrand Mfg. Co.,
Inc., Long Island City, N. Y.
Membership: N. P. Bloom, Adler Mfg. Co., Louis-
ville, Ky.
Patent: LeRoi J. Williams, Raytheon Mfg. Co.,
Cambridge, Mass.
Public Relations: William Sparks, Sparks-WUhing-
ton Co., Jackson, Mich.
Traffic: B. J. Grigsby, Grigsby-Grunow Co., Chi-
cago.
The Board of Directors re-elected Bond P. Geddes
as Executive vice-president of the R. M. A., M. F.
Flanagan as executive secretary; Hon. John W. Van
Allen, legal counsel, and Frank D. Scott, legislative
counsel.
The resignation of Arthur T. Haugh, of Rochester,
N. Y., as a director, was accepted by the Board of
Directors. His place is taken by Arthur Walsh, East
Orange, N. J., vice-president of Thomas A. Edi-
son, Inc.
The Board of Directors adopted the following reso-
lution concerning the National Broadcasting Co.:
RESOLVED: That the Board of Directors of the
Radio Manufacturers' Association, assembled in Chi-
cago, Friday, June 7, expresses to the National Broad-
casting Company and associated stations, their offi-
cers and management, our sincere thanks for their
splendid cooperation and assistance in connection with
the broadcasting of the annual RMA Banquet Pro-
gram on Wednesday evening, June 5, from the Ste-
vens Hotel, Chicago.
The Board of Directors also adopted the following
resolutions: Thanking Radio Retailing for the pub-
lication of The Daily during the trade show; thank-
ing G. Clayton Irwin, Jr., trade show manager, for his
able conduct of the trade show. Thanking M. F.
Flanagan, executive secretary, R. M. A , for his able
handling of the convention. Thanking Bond P. Ged-
des, executive vice-president, R. M. A., for his able
handling of the banquet. Thanking Paul B. Klugh,
vice-president, general manager of Zenith Radio Corp.,
for his work as chairman of the reception committee.
The Board of Directors expressed their apprecia-
tion to United Reproducers Corp., and Samson Elec-
tric Co., for the splendid public address system which
was installed throughout the three hotels of the con-
vention and the exhibition halls, and directed that a
full and complete description of the apparatus be sent
to the press.
The Board of Directors received an invitation to
return to Chicago for its 1930 convention and trade
show, signed by Frank F. Winans, president of the
Chicago Association of Commerce, Wm. H. Hen-
nessy, manager of the Convention Bureau of the Chi-
cago Association of Commerce, and E. J. Stevens and
J. F. Bowman of the Stevens Hotel.
Invitations to hold the 1930 R. M. A. convention
and trade show were also received from Atlantic City,
Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City and St. Louis.
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