Presto
Issue: 1940 2294 - Page 6
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC MERCHANTS
INCORPORATED
45 WEST 45TH STREET
N E W YORK. N. Y.
Dallas, Texas
July 12th, 1940
EXECUTIVE BOARD
PRESIDENT
WM. HOWARD BEASLEY
DALLAS, TEXAS
Pres. Whittle Music Co.
Greetings to the Trade:
VICE-PRESIDENTS
PAUL S. FELDER
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Pres. Philip Werlein, Ltd.
MELVILLE CLARK
SYRACUSE, N.Y.
Pres. Clark Music Co.
HARRY D. GRIFFITH
NEWARK, N.J.
Vice-Pres. Griffith Piano Co.
PAUL JENKINS
KANSAS CITY, MO.
Pres. Jenkins Music Co.
SECRETARY
S.
E R N E S T PHILPITT
MIAMI, FLA.
Pres.-Treas. S. Ernest Philpitt & Son
TREASURER
CLARENCE S. HAMMOND BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Manager, Music Salons
Frederick Loeser & Co., Inc.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
W. A. MENNIE
NEW YORK
45 West 45th Street
DIRECTORS
CHESTER D. ANDERSON
D A Y T O N , OHIO
Pres. Anderson Piano Co.
A. P. AVERY
Pres. Avery Piano Store
ST. LOUIS. MO.
Pres. Aeolian Company of Missouri
GEORGE F. CRESSEY
PORTLAND, MAINE
Treas. Cressey & Allen
L. G. LAMAIR
C H I C A G O , ILLINOIS
Pres. Lyon & Healy, Inc.
D. F. MCCORMACK
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
General Manager, Sherman Clay & Co.
E. R. MCDUFF
DETROIT, MICH.
Pres. Grinnell Brothers
KOBERT J . SHACKLETON
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Pres. Shackleton Piano Co.
CAHLWITTICH
READING. PA
Pres. Wittichs
ADVISORY BOARD
PAST PRESIDENTS
JEROME F. MURPHY
BOSTON, MASS.
Chairman
1937-1939
CHARLES E. WELLS
DENVER, COLO.
1936-1937
ALFRED D. LAMOTTE
SAN DIEGO. CAL.
1935-1936
EDWIN R. WEEKS
OTTO B. HEATON
BINGHAMPTON. N. Y.
1931-1935
COLUMBUS, O.
1930-1931
EDWARD H. UHL
W.W. SMITH
LOS ANGELES. CAL.
1926-1927
TOLEDO, OHIO
1924-1925
ROBERT N. WATKIN
DALLAS. TEXAS
1923-1924
J. EDWIN BUTLER
MARION, IND.
1922-1923
M. V. DEFOREEST
SHARON, P».
1921-1922
EDMUND
At a time when envy and greed, hate and revenge,
fear, destruction and death are taking such a heavy toll
in a large part of the world, it is difficult, indeed, to
sound an optimistic note, but surely that one note is
"America."
The old neolithic creeds of an eye for an eye and
of wealth by stealth seem to possess half of all mankind,
and the immortal hope of returning good for evil seems
quite to be forgotten. Can we o*^ America keep our faith,
keep ground under our feet, and measure up to the obliga-
tions entailed in all of our blessings !
PROVIDENCE, R I
W. PERRY CHRISLER
MIAMI. FLA.
Wis.
GRAM
MILWAUKEE.
1917-1918
JOHN
THE IMPENDING CRISIS
A.TURNER
Ours is the opportunity to "be not overcome of
evil, but" to "overcome evil with good." Let us so
strengthen ourselves as to be not overcome, and to be
standing ready when the fury and the storm have abated,
when the darkness draws nigh to dawn, to demonstrate for
once the power of good. Not thru sentimentality, not thru
Utopian dreams of fiat wealth or the omnipotence of
bureaucratic power, but thru honest toil and individual
restraint, thru the possibilities of cooperative pro-
duction rather than enforced re-duction; thru an under-
standing of the mutuality of our common interests, and
thru the acknowledgment rather than the denial of the
interdependence of men and of nations.
The truly great can afford to be truly humble, so
as we earnestly work to strengthen ourselves we can
devoutly pray to use our strength for good. Perhaps no
greater opportunity, no greater challenge, will ever be
presented to a race of men, to the faith and courage of
the newer half of a very old world.
As you grasp the hands of your brother dealers and
fellow tradesmen at this convention, let your own slip
deep into the hilt of the other, and press it with firm-
ness to show your respect for him and your respect for a
great industry in the greatest of all nations,—a nation
proudly conceived in liberty, and humbly dedicated to God
and man.
1916-1917
E.
H.
DROOP
WASHINGTON,
D.
Wm. Howard Beasley, President,
C.
19O9-191O 19OI
ESTABLISHED
WHB:C
National Association of Music Merchants,
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INCORPORATED
45 WEST 45TH STREET
N E W YORK. N. Y.
Dallas, Texas
July 12th, 1940
EXECUTIVE BOARD
PRESIDENT
WM. HOWARD BEASLEY
DALLAS, TEXAS
Pres. Whittle Music Co.
Greetings to the Trade:
VICE-PRESIDENTS
PAUL S. FELDER
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Pres. Philip Werlein, Ltd.
MELVILLE CLARK
SYRACUSE, N.Y.
Pres. Clark Music Co.
HARRY D. GRIFFITH
NEWARK, N.J.
Vice-Pres. Griffith Piano Co.
PAUL JENKINS
KANSAS CITY, MO.
Pres. Jenkins Music Co.
SECRETARY
S.
E R N E S T PHILPITT
MIAMI, FLA.
Pres.-Treas. S. Ernest Philpitt & Son
TREASURER
CLARENCE S. HAMMOND BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Manager, Music Salons
Frederick Loeser & Co., Inc.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
W. A. MENNIE
NEW YORK
45 West 45th Street
DIRECTORS
CHESTER D. ANDERSON
D A Y T O N , OHIO
Pres. Anderson Piano Co.
A. P. AVERY
Pres. Avery Piano Store
ST. LOUIS. MO.
Pres. Aeolian Company of Missouri
GEORGE F. CRESSEY
PORTLAND, MAINE
Treas. Cressey & Allen
L. G. LAMAIR
C H I C A G O , ILLINOIS
Pres. Lyon & Healy, Inc.
D. F. MCCORMACK
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
General Manager, Sherman Clay & Co.
E. R. MCDUFF
DETROIT, MICH.
Pres. Grinnell Brothers
KOBERT J . SHACKLETON
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Pres. Shackleton Piano Co.
CAHLWITTICH
READING. PA
Pres. Wittichs
ADVISORY BOARD
PAST PRESIDENTS
JEROME F. MURPHY
BOSTON, MASS.
Chairman
1937-1939
CHARLES E. WELLS
DENVER, COLO.
1936-1937
ALFRED D. LAMOTTE
SAN DIEGO. CAL.
1935-1936
EDWIN R. WEEKS
OTTO B. HEATON
BINGHAMPTON. N. Y.
1931-1935
COLUMBUS, O.
1930-1931
EDWARD H. UHL
W.W. SMITH
LOS ANGELES. CAL.
1926-1927
TOLEDO, OHIO
1924-1925
ROBERT N. WATKIN
DALLAS. TEXAS
1923-1924
J. EDWIN BUTLER
MARION, IND.
1922-1923
M. V. DEFOREEST
SHARON, P».
1921-1922
EDMUND
At a time when envy and greed, hate and revenge,
fear, destruction and death are taking such a heavy toll
in a large part of the world, it is difficult, indeed, to
sound an optimistic note, but surely that one note is
"America."
The old neolithic creeds of an eye for an eye and
of wealth by stealth seem to possess half of all mankind,
and the immortal hope of returning good for evil seems
quite to be forgotten. Can we o*^ America keep our faith,
keep ground under our feet, and measure up to the obliga-
tions entailed in all of our blessings !
PROVIDENCE, R I
W. PERRY CHRISLER
MIAMI. FLA.
Wis.
GRAM
MILWAUKEE.
1917-1918
JOHN
THE IMPENDING CRISIS
A.TURNER
Ours is the opportunity to "be not overcome of
evil, but" to "overcome evil with good." Let us so
strengthen ourselves as to be not overcome, and to be
standing ready when the fury and the storm have abated,
when the darkness draws nigh to dawn, to demonstrate for
once the power of good. Not thru sentimentality, not thru
Utopian dreams of fiat wealth or the omnipotence of
bureaucratic power, but thru honest toil and individual
restraint, thru the possibilities of cooperative pro-
duction rather than enforced re-duction; thru an under-
standing of the mutuality of our common interests, and
thru the acknowledgment rather than the denial of the
interdependence of men and of nations.
The truly great can afford to be truly humble, so
as we earnestly work to strengthen ourselves we can
devoutly pray to use our strength for good. Perhaps no
greater opportunity, no greater challenge, will ever be
presented to a race of men, to the faith and courage of
the newer half of a very old world.
As you grasp the hands of your brother dealers and
fellow tradesmen at this convention, let your own slip
deep into the hilt of the other, and press it with firm-
ness to show your respect for him and your respect for a
great industry in the greatest of all nations,—a nation
proudly conceived in liberty, and humbly dedicated to God
and man.
1916-1917
E.
H.
DROOP
WASHINGTON,
D.
Wm. Howard Beasley, President,
C.
19O9-191O 19OI
ESTABLISHED
WHB:C
National Association of Music Merchants,
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).