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Issue: 1926 March

THE AUTOMATIC AGE
V ol. I
CHICAGO, M ARCH , 1925
No, 8
Ho! For the Convention
When this issue of TH E A U T O M A T IC A G E reaches the
hands of the vending machine operators from Canada to
the Gulf of Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific that
imll be the signed to start packing your grip, put a trusted
assistant in charge of your route, make your reservations,
and get ready to take a train, for the great city of Chicago
where the vending machine trade, the manufacturers, oper­
ators, capitalists, and inventors wUl gather in the most
gigantic conclave of its kind that was ever called together.
From the letters that flow in, from the conversations with
traveling salesmen, and from the communications from
manufacturers this convention and exposition is going to
far exceed the wildest hopes of its progenitors.
During the past six months there Juts been a quiet but
powerful organization o f boosters built up who have set
about determined to make this convention a howling suc­
cess.
In the ramifications of the card index system of THE
A U T O M A T IC
AGE
office there is found the surprising
total of 300 men who )mvc been working up this convention
and exposition.
There are fifty exhibitors, each one to ha.ve
an average of tivo men at the Exposition.
200 pledged operators working.
There are over
Thi-s small army has been
going about its duties quietly but eagerly planning a rous­
ing get-together in this interesting trade that will send- it
forward on its march to greater progress unth tremendous
impetus.
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T h e A u t o m a t ic A ge
A W O R D T O OPERATORS W H O GOME
AS DELEGATES
The first thing to do on arriving at Chicago is to go to the hotel,
register and get a comfortable room. You do not necessarily have
to stop at the Great Northern Hotel because there are quite a num­
ber of other hotels within two to five blocks walk. In fact any of
the loop hotels are good. I f you desire to be in the convention
hotel you had better write ahead and make a reservation. When
you get to the Great Northern Hotel, arriving as early on Monday
morning as possible, go to the fifth floor; oil that floor will be held
the great exposition. When you are not in the convention hall
spend your time among the exhibits. Lots of people will arrive on
Saturday and Sunday preceding the convention so' that they will
have time to get located before the convention sessions.
On your arrival at the fifth floor the first thing for you to do is
to register with the convention secretary, George A . Grastorf,
whose desk will be right opposite the elevators. By registering
you register only your attendance. You do not obligate yourself
to become a member of the National Vending Machine Operators
Association, You are welcome to attend the opening session of
the convention. You may hear the objects stated and the discus­
sions, Then if it is your desire to join in the organization of oper­
ators you will be privileged to do so. Please understand you do
not have to be a member now or later to attend the exposition or
the open sessions of the convention.
If you arrive after 10 o’clock Monday morning proceed at once
to the mezzanine floor where the operators sessions will be held
in the Crystal room. The exhibit floor will be closed from the
hours of 10 to 12 A . M. and from 1:3 0 to 5 P. M. You have the
early morning hours, at least an hour at noon after lunch, and
all evening to view the exhibits.
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