For David Fincannon, president of A-All Pest Control, hanging onto an old issue of Pest Management Professional (PMP) turned out to be one smart move. This year, Fincannon entered one of his copies—yes, one—of the May 1957 issue of PMP, formerly known as Pest Control, into a collections contest at the State Fair of Texas. The issue, […]
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