A panel of carpet experts was featured at the annual President’s Night dinner meeting of the Cincinnati Floor Covering Association held 30 years ago. Shown here in a photo taken in October of 1978 is Dan Blake, second left, of McSwain’s Flooring, posing with the panel. From left, are John Dixon, chief operating officer of Columbus Mills; Blake; Shaheen Shaheen, president of World Carpet Mills, and Peter Spirer, president of Horizon Mills. The executives shared their views of what business would be like in 1979 with an overflow audience.