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Courier Ente[not eligible]s Ad Men

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Shown here are Edwin S. Troutman of Drug Trade News; advertising manager Doug Clark and Joseph Christian of Seagram's Distillers; Pete Marin of Warwick and Legler Advertising Agency; Jackie Robinson of Chock Full O'Nuts, and George Untendahl of P. Ballantine and Sons.--Layne Photo.

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Mrs. Robert L. Vann, president and treasurer of The Pittsburgh Courier Publishing Company, speaks to the more than 150 representatives of advertising, public relations and business firms at a luncheon meeting sponsored by her publication in New York's Belmont Plaza Hotel.--Layne Photo.

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Matthew Eder, executive secretary, and Col. Leopold Phillips, president of New York's Uptown Chamber of Commerce; Jack Finnerman, sales manager for Rheingold Beer; J.A. Rogers, Courier; Agis Bryant, director of the Abraham Lincoln Community Center; Ollie Crump, Monte Irvin and J. Martinez, representing Rheingold Beer, and Frank Delano, account supervisor for Leibmann Brewers at Foote, Cone and Belding Advertising Agency, and Ophelia DeVore, director of the Grace Del Marco Agency.--Layne Photo.

Mel Patrick was Instrumental in Bringing Madison Avenue in Focus with the Black Consumer.

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Among the honored guests were former baseball stars Monte Irvin and Jackie Robinson, representing Rheingold Beer and Chock Ful O' Nuts, respectively; Shirley Mereday, "Miss Transit," representing F. and M. Schaefer Beer, and Elston Howard, representing Ballantine Beer.--Layne Photo.

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Attractive hostesses were on hand for the event. Gracing The Courier-sponsored luncheon with their presence were Joyce Callender, Doris Chambers, Audrey Smaltz, Bobbi Spriggs and "Miss Empire State," Mary Lou Watson of the Grace Del Marco Agency.--Layne Photo.

January 25, 1958

Courier Magazine Section 5

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