The Miami Valley Distributing Co., this city, distributor of products manufactured by the Crosley Division, Avco Manufacturing Corp., has announced the opening of "the room of knowledge," a new display and sales training room believed to be unique in distributor operations.

The opening of the new room, located in the Miami Valley Distributing Co.'s spacious quarters here, was celebrated by a two-day open house, attended by 375 dealers and their sales forces. A feature of open house activities was the display of the current television receivers, as well as other Crosley products.

The room, according to Edward F. Smith, vice president and general manager, was "built with the thought in mind that our business for the future is the dealer and his problem of sales training.

"We are going to run a series of schools on the products for the dealers, teaching them and their sales forces how to properly present a product and its merits. We also plan to hire salesmen ourselves, whom will train here, and after they know our products we will place them with dealers who are interested in extending their sales forces.

"Another purpose of the room, which has made a hit with dealers," Mr. Smith said, "is that of making the room available for meetings in which they have a special interest.

"If they have a cooking school, a meeting of a church group or P.T.A., they may use the room and we will assist them in making the arrangements." The room also will be made available to various associations in Dayton such as the Radio Repairmen's Association, the Refrigeration Repairmen's Association, or the Gas and Electric League.

The room is so arranged that it can hold a large meeting seating as many as 250.