Iron County Record | 1963-03-14 | Page 11 | Local Furniture Firm Named Recipient of Certificate of Distinction of Future Stores

Local Furniture Firm Named Recipient Of Certificate of Distinction of Future Stores Leigh Furniture Company of Cedar City has been named as a recipient of a "Certificate of Distinction in the Furniture Stores" category of the annual Brand Names Foundation contest con-test being held in New York City, N. Y. Word of the selection of the Cedar City firm to receive the award came after three days of intensive research into the presentations pre-sentations of 438 retail merchants mer-chants by a panel of judges. The judges honored Leigh Furniture Fur-niture & Carpet Co. on the basis bas-is of excellence in Brand Retailing, Re-tailing, "outstanding presentation presenta-tion of manufacturers brands," in promotion, advertising and store policy. William S. (Dul i U,;'.h, it was reported, will acc t .t.e award on behalf of his company at the awards ceremony, to be held at the Americana Hotel In New York City on April 11, before an audience audi-ence of business and civic leaders, lead-ers, and top exwutives of Brand Names Foundation's member firms. Leigh will also take part in a series of meetings and seminars to be staged in connection with the two-day event to help formulate formu-late plans for the merchandising and trade programs of the Foundation Foun-dation for the coming year. He will also be guest of honor along with other top retailers at luncheons and special functions hosted by media and manufacturer manufac-turer members of the Foundation. Founda-tion. The climax of th two day celebration will be the annual dinner, this year commemorat ing the 20th anniversary of the Foundation to be held in the Imperial Im-perial Ballroom of the Americana Hotel.