Leading central vacuum manufacturer, Lindsay Manufacturing, Inc., held it's 50th Anniversary celebration in Ponca City, OK. In late September, more than 150 of Lindsay's dealers, suppliers, and friends gathered to help the Lindsay family celebrate it's 50th year in business. The three-day convention was an enjoyable mix of business meetings, recreational activities and social events.

The celebration got underway with a welcome night cookout at the historic Lew Wentz Camp in Ponca City. Guests enjoyed the chance to socialize and were entertained by a historic monologue about camp founder and early oil baron Lew Wentz, as well as the music and comedy of Clay Self.

The convention opened the next day with introductions by company president, Winston Lindsay III and a brief company history by founder Ed Lindsay. The company began in 1956 as a manufacturer of heat exchangers called Thermodynamics, Inc. They soon manufactured their first central vacuum system for a Kirby salesman in California and became known as Vacu-Maid, Inc. Vacu-Maid was an early pioneer in the central vacuum industry, obtaining several patents in the 1960's and 70's. By the late 1970's, the company had a substantial dealer network throughout the US into Canada and Australia and several European countries. The company was renamed Lindsay Manufacturing in 1987.

The rest of the morning's agenda included a marketing seminar presented by National Sales Manager Jeff Simonsen, a product overview of the Vacu-Maid and AstroVac lines by Winston Lindsay III, a seminar on commercial systems given by Jason Elmer and Jon Tippin, and a seminar on System One intercoms, given by Jim Person, Don Owens, and Reed Snarr of Reed's Built-Ins. Personal factory tours were also given by Ed Lindsay and Winston "Win" Lindsay IV.

The afternoon included presentations from Vern Cunningham of Alutron Modules and Denise Schier, Pete Pavlick, Ken Girt and Alan Neal or Ametek Motors, as well as a Central Vacuum Installation seminar. The Central Vacuum Installation seminar, and VDTA Central Vacuum Installation certification was presented by Dan Phillips of Central Vacuum Systems, Terry Stephenson of Pro Vac Built In Vacuums and Vincent Ciernick of A-1 Central Vacuums.

The evening's social event gave guests the opportunity to sample Oklahoma's Native American culture at a Pow Wow hosted by the Kaw nation, Osage Nation, Otoe-Missouri Tribe, Pawnee Tribe, Ponca Nation and Tonawa Tribe. Hundreds of Native American dancers performed their people's dances in the newly constructed pavilion at Standing Bear Native American Memorial Park.

On the last day of the convention the morning session featured a product update seminar, a product fair including supplier displays and a dealer forum.

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