Wm< i i 1 :>x-x i I M i •T X Xv.v-:-:-xv:vi 55>v wwvvy. '7/IYjY •Xv/XK vX*> WYYYYjv VA Zw//.v. V/sSsY YYirY/Ym9//A •.OW/.*. VV/M *.y /.'AVW •jV.*.'.'.'. •////JWw. r '•V'YYY. Y,'j A A the occasion of the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America Annual Convention at the Waldorf- Astoria Hotel in New York held April 8th- 11th, our Company, as a member of the Association, decided to wholeheartedly participate in this Convention and have a Hospitality Room to meet and receive the friend- wholesalers and their executives during the Convention. We also took the opportunity to introduce for the first time at this Convention what we hope to be come the 1951 cocktail sensation m 0 m mm I# mmmmm war mm i. ri« - - - f ,,00 "THE BOLS PINK SQUIRREL." We had an attractive display made up and from early indications, every body who has once tasted this de lightful cocktail comes back for more. For those of you not already in the "know," "The Bols Pink Squirrel's" ingredients are 2 parts Bols Creme de the further hours of the day was, of geles, Mr. Frank LaBerge of Oakland, In the Bols corner of our Hospitality RoomLarry Pugh acts as the host to visiting Harry Morton of Milwaukee while Mr, MoltzerChairman of the Board of Erven Lucas Bols, looks on. Noyaux, 1 part Bols Creme de Cacao course, extra. Andy Swedlund of San Francisco, White and 1 part light cream. Shake Our guest book shows an impres- Mr. Johnny DeLuca of Las Vegas with ice and strain into chilled cock- sive list of visitors to our room. Of and Mr. Frank White of Reno, Ne- tail glasses. You'll admit it's really the many Heineken's wholesalers who vada, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morton of something new! called on us, the following were in- Milwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny It was a hectic week indeed between eluded: Mr. Ed Gerow of Worcester, Saragusa of Houston, Texas, Mr. some continuation of our office rou- Mass., Mr. and Mrs. John Scott of Max Glazer and his son from Dallas, tine and the Convention meetings St. Louis, Mo., Mr. Milton Fried- Texas and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Schnit- which were highly interesting and man of Chicago, 111., Mr. Harry educational. The entertaining during Sweet and Vince Trapani of Los An- zer of Trenton, N. There were also quite a few of our Bols distributors as well as some of m m i the New York sales force who dropped in. We made a number of promising contacts, both for the distribution of Heineken's as well as for the Bols products. This Convention gave us the unusual opportunity of bring ing together different wholesalers from various parts of the United States. Having them compare notes about the sales of our product has been to our advantage as it made many real ize the fine opportunities our prod ucts have in their territories. The consensus was that this Mr. and Mrs. John Scott of Albrecht Liquor Co., Inc., St. LouisMissouri, paid us a long visit and enjoyed hearing again the Heineken s story under the watchful eye of our tall, greyish Jim Connelly. W.S.W.A. Convention was the most successful, best attended and accord ing to the hotel house detective anc the elevator operators, the best be haved group of men that the Wal dorf-Astoria has had in a long time.

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