Music Trade Review
Issue: 1940 Vol. 99 N. 8 - Page 19
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 19J+0
4 6 0 Employes Attend Winter & Co. Outing Plays Hammond
On June 29th, Winter & Co. employees who asked for a moment of silence in
held their fourth annual picnic. Each year memoriam of five Winter employees who in Seven Months
this picnic has grown in size and popu-
larity. This year some 460 employees, ex-
had passed away since the last annual
picnic.
Little Miss Dicky Bell of Birmingham,
Ala., held an impromptu audience in sus-
ecutives and families, sat down to dinner
together at Alps Castle, Preakness, N. J.
Not only was this day the annual get-
together of the Winter & Co. family, but
it marked the beginning of the two week
vacation period which every worker in
Winter & Co. enjoys. The company gives
every man two weeks vacation with pay
who has been in the company's employ
two years or longer. Men with one year
of service, receive one week vacation.
Most of the day was given over to fun,
games and contests of all kinds. There
were only two short talks, one by Mr. W.
G. Heller, President who took this occa-
sion to express his gratitude to the men
for their loyalty and cooperation, to pledge
himself to work with them towards a big-
ger and better year. The other talk was
given by Henry R. Heller, Superintendent,
There was the usual ball bame between
the factory and the office which this year
ended in a victory for the factory. Up to
this time the factory and office are tied in
victories in this annual event. Prizes were
donated by W. G. Heller.
pense one day during the convention
when she played several classical selec-
tions on the Hammond Organ in one of
the Hammond exhibit rooms. Only eleven
years of age and having had only seven
months of training she displayed remark-
able aptitude and technique. Her career
started when she became a member of the
Forbes Accordion Band which was
Clinic Cities
Announced
The Executive Committee of the National
Piano Manufacturers Association have
endorsed the following cities in which
sales clinics will be held next spring:
St. Louis, Mo., Fort Worth, Texas, Los
Angeles, Cal., San Francisco, Cal. and
Portland, Oregon in February; Boston,
Mass., Washington. D. C, Chicago, 111.,
Cincinnati, O., Atlanta, Ga. and New York
in March.
Baldwin Piano Co. Holds Rodeo Sales Convention
A novel sales convention was held by erected. Games and amusements were
the Baldwin Piano Co. immediately be- enjoyed in true western fashion.
fore the National Convention in Chicago.
During the morning a two hour meeting
Approximately 250 members of the Bald- was held at which John Ortez of the Bald-
win organization attended, coming from win Artists department made an address
all over the country. It all started at the and was followed by Burton Closen well
Hotel Gibson, Cincinnati, on July 18th. known interior decorator. Donald Mac-
After an inspection of the Baldwin plant Donald of Allen, Heaton and MacD^nald
on the next morning the guests were taken explained the advertising plans of the
to see the Cincinnati Reds play the Boston company for the fall. The closing speaker
Little Miss Dickey Bell at the Hammond
brought to the convention by the E. E.
Forbes Piano Co.* of Birmingham, Ala.
None of her family has been musical but
when this little miss began to show prog-
ress she expressed a desire to play the
organ and is credited to have made faster
progress than any person of her age!
Mrs. O. W. Williams Passes
Word has been received in New York
Rodeo sales meeting of Baldwin organization held at the estate of Philip Wyman, vice president of The Baldwin Piano Co.
Bees. At a Victory dinner that night mem-
bers of the Baldwin 100% club were
honored. On Saturday Philip Wyman,
vice president of the company, entertained
the guests at his estate Miralake where
large tents and a western city had been
was Dr. James Thomas whose talk on
salesmanship was the highlight of the
meeting.
In the afternoon a baseball game was
played between the •wholesale and retail
organizations.
of the death of Mrs. O. W. Williams,
widow of O. W. Williams, for many years
a prominent figure in the piano industry.
Mrs. Williams who lived in Overbrook,
Pa., suffered a heat stroke and passed
away on July 26th.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 19J+0
4 6 0 Employes Attend Winter & Co. Outing Plays Hammond
On June 29th, Winter & Co. employees who asked for a moment of silence in
held their fourth annual picnic. Each year memoriam of five Winter employees who in Seven Months
this picnic has grown in size and popu-
larity. This year some 460 employees, ex-
had passed away since the last annual
picnic.
Little Miss Dicky Bell of Birmingham,
Ala., held an impromptu audience in sus-
ecutives and families, sat down to dinner
together at Alps Castle, Preakness, N. J.
Not only was this day the annual get-
together of the Winter & Co. family, but
it marked the beginning of the two week
vacation period which every worker in
Winter & Co. enjoys. The company gives
every man two weeks vacation with pay
who has been in the company's employ
two years or longer. Men with one year
of service, receive one week vacation.
Most of the day was given over to fun,
games and contests of all kinds. There
were only two short talks, one by Mr. W.
G. Heller, President who took this occa-
sion to express his gratitude to the men
for their loyalty and cooperation, to pledge
himself to work with them towards a big-
ger and better year. The other talk was
given by Henry R. Heller, Superintendent,
There was the usual ball bame between
the factory and the office which this year
ended in a victory for the factory. Up to
this time the factory and office are tied in
victories in this annual event. Prizes were
donated by W. G. Heller.
pense one day during the convention
when she played several classical selec-
tions on the Hammond Organ in one of
the Hammond exhibit rooms. Only eleven
years of age and having had only seven
months of training she displayed remark-
able aptitude and technique. Her career
started when she became a member of the
Forbes Accordion Band which was
Clinic Cities
Announced
The Executive Committee of the National
Piano Manufacturers Association have
endorsed the following cities in which
sales clinics will be held next spring:
St. Louis, Mo., Fort Worth, Texas, Los
Angeles, Cal., San Francisco, Cal. and
Portland, Oregon in February; Boston,
Mass., Washington. D. C, Chicago, 111.,
Cincinnati, O., Atlanta, Ga. and New York
in March.
Baldwin Piano Co. Holds Rodeo Sales Convention
A novel sales convention was held by erected. Games and amusements were
the Baldwin Piano Co. immediately be- enjoyed in true western fashion.
fore the National Convention in Chicago.
During the morning a two hour meeting
Approximately 250 members of the Bald- was held at which John Ortez of the Bald-
win organization attended, coming from win Artists department made an address
all over the country. It all started at the and was followed by Burton Closen well
Hotel Gibson, Cincinnati, on July 18th. known interior decorator. Donald Mac-
After an inspection of the Baldwin plant Donald of Allen, Heaton and MacD^nald
on the next morning the guests were taken explained the advertising plans of the
to see the Cincinnati Reds play the Boston company for the fall. The closing speaker
Little Miss Dickey Bell at the Hammond
brought to the convention by the E. E.
Forbes Piano Co.* of Birmingham, Ala.
None of her family has been musical but
when this little miss began to show prog-
ress she expressed a desire to play the
organ and is credited to have made faster
progress than any person of her age!
Mrs. O. W. Williams Passes
Word has been received in New York
Rodeo sales meeting of Baldwin organization held at the estate of Philip Wyman, vice president of The Baldwin Piano Co.
Bees. At a Victory dinner that night mem-
bers of the Baldwin 100% club were
honored. On Saturday Philip Wyman,
vice president of the company, entertained
the guests at his estate Miralake where
large tents and a western city had been
was Dr. James Thomas whose talk on
salesmanship was the highlight of the
meeting.
In the afternoon a baseball game was
played between the •wholesale and retail
organizations.
of the death of Mrs. O. W. Williams,
widow of O. W. Williams, for many years
a prominent figure in the piano industry.
Mrs. Williams who lived in Overbrook,
Pa., suffered a heat stroke and passed
away on July 26th.
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