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Stephenson Music Co. Receives
Top Brand Name Award at Waldorf
A distinguished audience of more
than 1,700 business and civic leaders
applauded C. H. Stephenson, Jr.. of
"Oscar," a bronze plaque, as Brand
Name Retailer-of-the-Year in the music
store category in Brand Names Foun-
C. H. STEPHENSON, JR., CARL E. SUMMERS AND RUDOLPH SIEGLING
WHO RECEIVED AWARDS
Stephenson Music Co.. Raleigh, N. C,
on April 28, as he received retailing'?
dation's annual competition. The pre-
sentation was made at the Brand Names
Day Dinner on the stage of the Grand
Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
in New York City.
The ceremony concluded a 3-day
program of events in honor of the 118
winners who were selected for out-
standing presentation of manufacturers'
advertised brands to the public during
1953.
Four other music store dealers
shared the spotlight with Mr. Stephen-
son as winners of Certificates of Dis-
tinction. They were: Butler Music Co,
Marion, Ind.; Carl F. Summers, of
Summers & Son, Inc., Columbus. Ohio;
H & M Music Co., Houston. Tex.; and
Rudolph Siegling, of Siegling Music
House, Charleston, S. C.
Prior to the award ceremony, Rear
Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman
of the United States Atomic Energy
Commission, delivered the principal
address. He told his audience about the
many peacetime uses and applications
of atomic energy.
The Retailerof-the-Year
awards,
sponsored by the Foundation for the
sixth consecutive year, were given in
25 categories of retailing. A top win-
ner and up to 4 Certificate winners
were named in each category. The win-
ners, from 32 states and Washington,
D. C , won out over thousands of en-
tries. They were selected by a blue-
ribbon panel of judges composed of 17
i- Will ALWAYS Me«o Mask To Marion
ONE OF THE
12
BUTLER
ADS AND ONE OF THE
SUMMERS
& SON PRESENTATIONS
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW. MAY, 1954