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CARRIE JACOBS BOND BUYS A GULBRANSEN
Carrie Jacobs Bond, beloved American composer, has recently
purchased for her personal use a (iulbransen DeLuxe Console
through Mr. M. F. Martin, Pacific Coast representative of (iul-
! ran sen Co.
WURLEE'/MR EXECUTIVES HAVE UNIQUE TRIP
Top—Hugh Stewart, \\ urlitzer Vice Prcs. and Sales Mgr.;
I). T. Lowman, Pres., Lowman Music, Inc.; in front of Wolfe
Lodge.
Bottom—Banquet at Wolfe Lodge. Members of the Lowman
Music Company are seen with Wurlitzer representatives. Clock-
wise around table: Mr. M. L. Williams; C. F. Davis; Ott Cald-
well; Mrs. Hugh Stewart; M. L. Williams; George Barrow
(chef); Hugh Stewart; Mrs. Clark (iross; Miss Yvonne Davis;
D. T. Lowman; and Mrs. C. F. Davis. Clark (iross took the
picture.
When Hugh Stewart. Wurlitzer Vice Pres. and Sales Mgr. and
Clark F. (iross, Wurlitzer Regional Director, visited Bluefield
recently with Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. (iross, they were honored
with a unique banquet by Mr. D. T. Lowman, Pres. of the Low-
man Music Company. The banquet was held in a rustic cabin,
known as Wolfe Lodge, located at the foot of Brushy Mountain
along Wolfe Creek which is near the Virginia state line. The lo-
cation of the cabin was so isolated from the busy city that it was
necessary to travel from the main highway to the cabin by truck.
It was a most unique experience for Mr. and Mrs. Stewart and
Mr. and Mrs. (iross. They said it was one of the most thrilling
days they had experienced in a long while.
MEETING OF THE MID-SOUTH NAMM POSTPONED
On account of the severe illness of Paul S. Felder, Pres. NAMM,
the meeting of the Mid-South Chapter of XAMM, scheduled for
June 18th. was postponed. The members were notified that they
would be informed immediately when a new date is selected.
CLIPPINGS ABOUT PIANOS
The Lawrence II. Selz Organization, Publicity Counsel for
Xational Piano Manufacturers Association, reported on May 30,
1941, as follows:
Newspaper and magazine clippings 557, total circulation
(approximately) 70.000,000, total inches 4,057.
AUGUST, 1941
WALNUT INDUSTRY MEETS AT BRUNCH LICK
The 1941 Spring meeting and golf tournament which is partici-
pated in not simply by its members, but by practically all the firms
of the entire Walnut industry, was held on May 23 and 24 at
French Lick, Tnd. 'Lhc business session was short and sweet, for
there was an Annual Coif Tournament and other activities. The
following are the ABC's of the session: ,-/. A review of the Spring
furniture markets showed an increased interest in American hard-
woods. This is a market where according to NRFA the Wal-
nut sales (of all bedroom and dining room furniture) already
averaged approximately 45'/r of the total.
B. Business is better. Due to general business improvement in
the principal markets consuming Walnut, its sales for the first
quarter of 1941 as compared with the same of 1940 showed a
36'/' increase.
C. Encouragement came to the manufacturers present, and the
news will be well received by all users of cabinet-woods, when
statistical reports for both March as well as April showed that the
entire industry production, in spite of improved demand, had been
stepped up to a point where it exceeded shipments.
The Winners Win Walnut. |. Kobt. Rodahaffer of Kansas City
won the tournament this year with a very fine brand of golf. The
trophies were all Walnut. For this year's tournament the Associa-
tion's Secretary, Burdetl Green, did a little walnut promotion with
the result that every trophy was all, or in part, of American
Walnut.
ANOTHER FINE CHAPTER OE NAMM
Another notable milestone was reached in the progress of
NAMM at the William Penn Hotel. Pittsburgh, on May 28th
when an enthusiastic meeting of music merchants from Western
Pennsylvania organized the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the
NAMM. Mr. W. A. Mennie, Exec. Sec. of NAMM was present
and was introduced by Chauncey D. "Bond of the Weaver Piano
Co. After speeches by Messrs. Bond, Mennie, and Ray Erland-
son. Vice. Pres. of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.. and Vice Pres.
of the Ohio Music Merchants Assn. the following officers were
elected: Chairman. W. E. Pettey. W. F. Pettey Music Co., Pitts-
burgh, Pa.; Vice-Chairman, Harvey C. Trader, Butler, Pa.; Sec-
retary Walter E. Volkwein, Volkwein Brothers. Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Treasurer, C. H. Fleming, W. E. Pettey Music Co.. Pittsburgh. Pa.
The usual set of By-Laws used by all Chapters of NAMM was
accepted. The officers held an important meeting on June 2nd.
A successful general meeting was held at Kramer's Restaurant on
June 20th at 6:00 P.M. This Chapter will no doubt become a
verv active and influential one.
CAMPBELL ANTI-SI ENCiL MISBRAXPIXG BILL
An interesting story has come to us as a result of the death
in Washington, 1). C on May 27th of the Hon. Philip Campbell,
ex-congressman and outstanding lawyer.
Mr. Campbell was the father of the Campbell Anti-Stencil Mis-
branding Bill which was presented to Congress in 1912, being
sponsored by a number of persons, chief among whom was William
Lincoln Bush, then in the piano business. This "stencil light" was
quite a long one and quite a vigorous one. It was actively spon-
sored by Wm. L. Bush at the Piano Manufacturers Convention in
1912. He made an issue of it as candidate for President of the
Association and as a result was defeated.
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