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senior vice president of
operations
Pro Towels
(UPIC:
PROTOWEL)—
Mark
and
Nick
Chipchase
of Mac Marketing will
represent the company in
Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia;
Frank Deaner
of Deaner
Marketing will represent the com-
pany in North and South Carolina;
Jim Miller
will represent the com-
pany in Alabama, Georgia,
Mississippi and Tennessee. In
addition,
Jules Scheck
,
Jason
Bickoff
,
Nancy Bercovitz
and
Mark Colfer
of JSA Marketing,
the Pro Towels Northeast/Mid-
Atlantic sales team, will now also
represent the company’s Kanata
Blanket Company brand.
Sweda Company, LLC
(UPIC: Sweda)—
Cindy O’Reilly
,
director of merchandise
Seville Gear
(UPIC:
SEVILLE)—
Valerie Spiller
and
PJ
Hemlock
of Elite Marketing will
represent the company in Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky;
Bo
Turner
of Turner and Associates
will represent the company in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi and Tennessee;
Mike
Newcomer
of Cool Swag
Marketing will represent the com-
pany in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia and West
Virginia; and
Rod Williamson
,
Bryan Mercer
and
Stephanie
Mercer
of MW Reps will repre-
sent the company in Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.
IN MEMORIAM
Myron “Mike” Adler
, whose
family owned Maywood, New
Jersey, distributor
Myron Corp.
(UPIC: MYRO0001), passed away
September 15 at his home in
Franklin Lakes. He was 91.
Adler served in the 3rd
Armored Division under General
George S. Patton and was award-
ed a number of medals, including
the Bronze Star. After leaving the
military, he attended New York
University. In 1949, he married
Elaine Finkel and together they
founded Myron Manufacturing
Corp., originally a direct market-
ing firm. Myron Corp. has grown
into one of the promotional prod-
ucts industry’s largest distributors.
In 1993, Adler suffered a
stroke following bypass surgery.
While he recovered from most of
the stroke’s effects, aphasia—a
language impairment affecting the
production or comprehension of
speech and the ability to read and
write, caused by injury to the
brain—proved resistant to treat-
ment. In 2003, Adler and Elaine
established the Adler Aphasia
Center in Maywood. The center
has since grown to include a satel-
lite facility in West Orange and a
sister program in Jerusalem’s
Hadassah College, and has treat-
ed more than 1,000 people.
Adler also served on the
board of Hackensack Hospital and
the United Jewish Appeal, and
recently expanded the School of
Nursing at Ramapo College.
Adler is survived by four chil-
dren—William and his wife Leslie;
Richard and wife Haekyung;
Donald James and his wife Dana;
and Mare Adler Kravecas and her
husband Saul—and 11 grandchil-
dren. In lieu of flowers, the family
requests donations be made in
Mike’s memory to the Adler
Aphasia Center, 60 W. Hunter
Avenue, Maywood, NJ 07607.
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