OABA Honors Bill Alter

This article comes from Highwaygames.com

William (Bill) Alter, Senior Vice President of Sales with National Ticket Company since 1958 has been named as the Outdoor Amusement Business Association's(OABA) annual Lunch with a Legend honored guest. OABA's Lunch with a Legend, which started in 2001, will be held during the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) convention and trade show in Atlanta, on Wednesday, November 16, at Noon. A twenty-dollar ($20.00) per person ticket donation is required. As reservations are limited for this prestigious event, please contact the OABA office at 407-681-9444 to reserve tickets.

Other past Lunch with a Legend honorees have been Ron Burback, owner of Funtastic Shows; Bernard Thomas, retired founder of Thomas Shows; E. James Strates, owner of Strates Shows; and Tom Powell, senior editor with Amusement Business. This luncheon event, held during the IAAPA convention and trade show, serves as fundraiser for the OABA – Duke Smith Memorial Education Fund.

Bill Alter will retire from National Ticket Company (NTC) in June of 2006, after spending over 45 years of service in their sales organization. Bill was hired in the late 1950s by then president of NTC, William Conway at their plant in Shamokin, PA. After going through early years of cross training in different positions, Alter settled in the sales department.