Automatic Age

Issue: 1943 January

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Confections
345 W . ERIE STREET
CHICAGO. ILL.
and every operator a f a i r
chance and opportunity to use
this service car. The success of
this plan depends on the man­
ner in which the members co­
operate with this office and an­
ticipate their wants in advance.
“It is the aim of this Associ­
ation”, Robinson stated, “to as­
sist operators, A T N O CO ST ,
on the p l a n as enumerated
above. However, if it is found
that this will work a hardship
on the Association, then a mini­
mum cost rate will be estab­
lished which will not bare a
hardship on any one, and we
will assess only O U R C O ST to
you. I realize that quite a bit
of c o n f u s i o n can be caused
through every one wanting to
be satisfied at once. However,
you must bear in mind that
there is only one car and one
service m a n - - and that this is
a new idea, so please bear with
us”.
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Texas Operator Recalls
a Fond Memory
N EW
F O R M
V
5 5
V ictory Tax Record
Book Needed For
Em ployees
NEW DAILY RECORD FORM
Needed to
S ubstantiate C laim s
W it h O . D. T. For
G asoline a n d Tires
O th e r S ta n d a rd Forms
For Every Operator
Form
K For
R For
B For
F For
T For
W For
C For
O For
S For
V For
A For
P For
Pin Games
Phonographs
Amusement Games
Diggers
Cigarette Machines
Beverage Machines
Record Requests
Maintenance Reports
Salesboards
Vending Machines
Slot Machines
Panoram Machines
For Detailed Circular of Standard
and Individualized Forms . . . lor
Actual Form Sample . . . Write
CHARLES FLEISCHMANN
BALTIMORE SALESBOOK CO.
120 West 42nd St.
2
New York, N. Y.
From Texas comes a friend­
ly letter, written by Harold A.
Gallarneau, and we print it be­
cause Harold is a high-class
type operator of good equip­
ment and quality merchandise.
He calls to mind the convention
of the industry held in 1941,
and gives an indication of the
progressive spirit which enab­
led him to develop a worth­
while business.
“I have often t h o u g h t I
would write about the time we
met in Chicago at the last con­
vention. At that time I walked
up to your booth and you call­
ed me by name. To the best of
my knowledge it was the first
time you had ever seen me.
I asked you how you happened
to know my name, and you re­
plied that you remember my
picture being in Automatic Age
a few months before. I ’ll tell
you it made that convention a
happy one for me to have you
call me by name like that. I
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have never forgotten that.
“I have been asked to install
machines in a s h e l l loading
plant we have here. This is a
defense plant under the Ord­
nance Department. Both army
men and civilians are employ­
ed. They are interested in drink
machines that use paper cups
rather than bottles.
“Can you send me a list of
manufacturers and merchan­
dise suppliers? I would also
like the name of a large opera­
tor that I might write to about
his experience with such ma­
chines.
“How does the future look
to you for this business? I am
having a very good business,
but daily reducing my stock
more than I am able to replen­
ish it”.
Yes, there are many opera­
tors like Harold Gallarneau,
who are doing the best kind of
a job possible, overcoming ob­
stacles, and doing the job that
makes them self-reliant citi­
zens, rendering a useful ser­
vice and playing their part in
the game in the good American
Way. The war conditions im­
pose a new set of obstacles on
these good operators, but they
will survive this test and be the
ones who will rebuild the in­
dustry to greater heights in the
new day.
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New Rock-Ola Cafeteria
Serves War Workers
A large modern cafeteria is
nearing completion in the busy
war plant of the R o c k - O l a
Manufacturing Corp., Chicago.
With the payroll rapidly ap­
proaching the 4000 point in
total employees, the need has
rapidly developed for a special
cafeteria within the premises
of the plant.By serving a well
prepared assortment of nutri­
tious foods, the cafeteria in a
large war plant occupies an
intangible but very important
position in the production plans
and results.
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TRAIN GIRL MECHANICS
To offset the drain on man­
power, the automatic merchan­
dising industry is seriously con­
sidering t h e employment of
women in positions previously
held by men only. S e v e r a l
operators already have hired
women for servicing, and sev­
eral others including Rowe Ci­
garette Service, New York City,
are employing women as shop
mechanics.
Baltimore Cigarette Service
appears to have been the first
operating company to hire wo­
men for servicing machines.
According to Louis Bogahs,
manager, the experiment in­
volved too few women over too
brief a period to justify defi­
nite conclusions. However, Bo­
gahs asserted, while it appears
that women may not be able to
achieve the speed characteris­
tic of servicemen, they are not
so slow as to be unsatisfactory.
At Rowe Cigarette Service
Company several women have
been engaged and trained to
repair or adjust slug ejectors.
Sal Sparacino, Rowe’s shop
manager, states that he is well
pleased with the work these
girls are doing.
These w o m e n mechanics
take the slug ejectors apart,
clean them thoroughly, and
make all adjustments required
for precise coin testing.
The experiment has been so
successful that Rowe is now
beginning to train the girls in
the repair of plunger housings
and other complicated cigar­
ette machine parts.
First it was Western Union
girls, then mailwomen, now
girl mechanics and service wo­
men. Tomorrow— who knows?
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Playland is Prosperous;
Buys More Machines
A cheerful note comes from
Frank Wittlinger, which also
shows that the alert operator
is making the best of war-time
conditions and at the same time
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PENNY ARCADE HEADQUARTERS SINCE 1895
Manufacturers of Photomatic and Other Famous Coin Operated Equipment

44-01 Eleventh Street
Long Isla n d City, N ew Y o rk
is contributing to the upbuild­
ing of morale.
Needle Manufacturer on
War Production
Associated with Wittlinger is
H. E. Everschor, operators of
the well known Playland Ar­
cade in Columbus, Ohio. These
live wires have had a very
prosperous year.
M. A. Gerett Corporation,
Milwaukee, well-known manu­
facturers of “Miracle Point”
automatic phonograph needle
now widely used by this indust­
ry, is operating its plant six­
teen hours a day on war pro­
duction. G e r e t t is doing its
share in providing parts to the
armed forces to help win the
war. Another instance of the
whole-hearted e f f o r t of the
coin machine industry in doing
its part through its highly pre­
cise production facilities t o
puncture the Axis balloon.
Many machines have been
added to their Arcade. Just re­
cently, Everschor was in Chi­
cago and did c o n s i d e r a b l e
buying of machines. Business
has been very good, and their
alertness to purchase equip­
ment whenever possible is as­
surance that P l a y l a n d will
continue in great shape. Our
congratulations and best wish­
es for continued success.
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