C. E . V E T T E R IC K
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P r e s id e n t
E d it o r
N a tio n a l M a g a z in e o f the Vending Machine In d u s try
ELEVENTH YEAR
FEBRU A RY, 1935
Vol. 11, No. 7
CHICAGO WELCOMES ANNUAL SHOW
World’s Fastest Growing Industry
Convenes at Hotel Sherman
Fred Mills Is Re-elected
President, NACOM M
First Day Attendance Shatters All Records;
Manufacturers, Distributors
Hold Meetings
By C a r r o l l E. V e t t e r i c k .
Chicago, February 18.— Straining
registration facilities to the utmost,
2,500 jobbers and operators from
practically every state in the nation,
yes, even from France, England, Can
ada and Portugal, had entered Expo
sition Hall within four hours after
the 1935 Coin Machine Exposition
and Convention opened. N. A. C. 0.
M. M. officials and Convention Man
ager Joe Huber declared that open
ing day attendance would shatter all
previous records.
Special trains on Sunday brought
600 operators and jobbers from New
York, and almost as many from
Texas and other southern states. The
Commodore Special arrived at 10:30
Sunday morning met by Bally’s Choco-
FR E D
M ILLS
late Soldiers. They also were met at
Dearborn station by two bands, con
vention officials and the A u t o m a t ic
A ge reporter. At 6:30 Sunday eve
ning the Texas delegation, headed by
Harry Drollinger, was welcomed to
Convention City. Last night at 6:30
welcoming festivities were performed
again at Central station when the
Michigan Special, headed by Marshall-
Lemke, Inc., and A. P. Sauve, arrived
for the show.
Among the important preliminaries
to the Eleventh Annual Exposition of
the Coin Machine Industry, was the
Pace Distributors’ Banquet held in
the beautiful Pace apartments at the
Congress Hotel on Sunday evening.
On this occasion Pace distributors
throughout the country paid tribute
to Pace’s Races and its builder, Ed
Pace. A gay banquet was followed
by brilliant entertainment features.
Highlights of the opening day pro
gram included election of officers by
the National Association of Coin Op
erated Machine Manufacturers at 10
o’clock. Fred Mills of Mills Novelty
Company was re-elected president;
N. Marshall Seeburg of J. P. See-
burg Corp. was re-elected vice presi
The Bally Special w ith 600 operators and Jobbers from New York area was greeted
dent; O. D. Jennings, president of
at Dearborn Station with appropriate festivities.
The Commodore Arrives!
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