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Service Letter 
NATIONAL PEST CONTROL ASSOCIATION, Inc. 
A NON-PROFIT MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION 
3019 Fort Hamilton P'way. turn Brooklyn 18, N. Y. 
PEST/CONTROL 
Ar ASSOCIATION 
Number 54 I 
Date H/6/48 
MEETING 
CPPORTUNITIES 
IMPORTMT MEETINGS FOR PCQ*S 
There are always several outstanding meetings each year following our Annual 
Conventions which should be of interest to the PC0*s* We realize that no one is 
probably in position to attend all these meetings but we are certain that many PCO's 
will undoubtedly plan to attend at least one or two of these meetings. The dates 
of the several meetings about which we have received notice are listed on Appendix 1 
made a part of this service letter. 
Please note in particular the Regional PCO Conferences. By all means make it 
your business to attend the Regional Conference held nearest to your "home base". 
The U* S# Public Health Service has extended invitations to our industry to at¬ 
tend the "Field Training Course" held in Atlanta, Georgia but this course usually is 
of four weeks duration., These dates likewise conflict in part with other important 
industry meetings, as for example, the present course running from October 11th 
through November 5th, distinctly conflicted with our Annual Convention in Toronto. 
Some of the material likewise is not of unusual interest to the PCO, It is expected 
that there will be set up at strategic locations a shorter course more directly ap¬ 
plicable to the PCO. 
We are submitting as Appendix Z the outline of a "Rat Control Field i raining 
Course" which will be^held in Kansas City, Missouri, November 29th to December 10th, 
1948. This training course comes nearer to a reasonable period of time that one may 
be able to absent himself from his business as well as giving more practical informa¬ 
tion for everyday rat control service work. Those interested are urged to communi¬ 
cate directly with Mr. Joseph W. Hunt, U. S. Public Health Service, 2200 Fidelity 
Building, Kansas City 6, Missouri, for the registration application form. 
PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST 
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1— ^Xnterprstations of the Regulations For The Enforcement of The 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act." - Copy may 
be had without charge by writing to the Production and Marketing 
Administration, U* S. Department of Agriculture, Washington 2o, 
D. C. Ask for "Service and Regulatory Announcements No. 167. ! 
2— A book which you may like to add to your library: 
"Ant Hill Odyssey" by W* M. Mann - 1948, Atlantic Monthly Press; 
Little, Brown and Co*, Boston. 338 Pages, 6 Illus., 5 maps* 
October * $3.50* 
This is an autobiography of the colorful director of the National 
Zoo at Washington, D* C* who has traveled widely over the face of 
the earth collecting insects and other animals* Dr* Mann is a 
world authority on ants and frequent references occur to ants and 
other insects in his vivid reminescences including experiences 
among the cannibals in Fiji• 
