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jgg 1 national retail hardware association ^ comprised of thirty-seven state and regional hardware associations and Canada 964 north Pennsylvania street Indianapolis 4 ?╟≤ Indiana president H. H. MEYER SHAWANO, WISCONSIN Wisconsin, illinois managing director July 5, 1956 RUSSELL R. MUELLER vice-president L. A. LUEDTKE FAIRMONT, MINNESOTA Minnesota, north dakota south dakota Mr. A1 Freeman Publicist, The Sands 1+U9 South Beverly Drive Beverly Hills, California advisory committee Dear Als A. B. HILL PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA Pennsylvania and atlantic seaboard Virginia, west Virginia JOHN T. SKOLFIELD GARDINER, MAINE Connecticut, new england new york ROBERT H. WESTBROOK RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA California, pacific southwest Attached is a copy of our 1956 Hardware Week report which promi- nently mentions The Sands Hotel as the vacation spot for the Jack- pot Prize winner. I think it is a wonderful gesture on the part of you and your hotel management to write personally to Mr. Barker and invite him to The Sands Hotel. With such cordial management I am sure they will bring back a glowing report of their stay there. directors G. W. ASPINWALL HAWKEYE, IOWA iowa If you would like to have additional copies of this Hardware Week report for any purpose, just let me know how many and we will send them to you. JOE B. BAKER MCGEHEE, ARKANSAS arkansas, louisiana Oklahoma tri-state, texas K. O. CAYCE, JR; HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY Indiana, kentucky Enclosed also are some pages from the June issue of HARDWARE re- tailer, with brackets around that portion of copy that deals with The Sands Hotel. If you would like to have additional copies of HARDWARE retailer or reprints of this mention of The Sands Hotel, we will be glad to furnish them. FREDERICK J. GARTNER WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN Michigan CARL E. GRAEFF DAYTON, OHIO ** ohio MELVIN KRAEMER On page 79 of these tear sheets you will find a picture of Miss Hardware Week, which, you will have to agree, is pretty fancy even if it is not a Las Vegas product. The winners all want to know if they get to take her along on their trips. MARYSVILLE, KANSAS Missouri, nebraska western A. R. MANNO MEDFORD, OREGON intermountain, moniana, mountain states, north coast pacific northwest GEORGE M. SILCOX RIDGETOWN, ONTARIO Canada As you recall, we are going to have our National Congress July 23 thru 26, and the audience of some 700 or 800 people will be ad- vised of the fact that the Jackpot Prize winner is going to The Sands Hotel. Would you like to send along a few travel folders for distribution at the convention press room in case any of our delegates are interested in visiting your hotel? RUPERT B. WATSON ATMORE, ALABAMA alabama, carolinas florida, georgia Mississippi, tennessee By all means I hope something develops next year whereby I have to come to The Sands to make final arrangements. At any rate, I will be looking forward to working with you again next year. Cordially yours, Publishers of HARDWARE RETAIL] \ R. OLMSTED 'romotion Director FRO/ef