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F YOU want to try that " Haven 't we
met before?" line on the attractive
bunette at the T. P. Seeburg Corp. branch
in Los Angeles, maybe this tip wi ll help
you along: Her name is Miss Ethyl Mc-
Donald and the smile is genuine.
Glenn McCarter, of Hemet, Calif., has
been prospering on phonographs so well
that he says he may try opening a beer
parlor down Imperial Valley way to cool
off the populace during the summer. It 's
so hot there the boys wi ll have to pu t on
overcoats when they get to Hades.
A. ]. Fox, of San Diego, again has added
to his string of Rock-Olas with a large
order for those 1936 Multi-Selectors.
One of the big reasons that the "Ace
in the Hole" record is now available to
yo u boys via Brunswick is that Lynn
Jones, of the Golden Gate Music Co., San
Francisco, has requested them to record
the number for the past year and a half.
Thomas Tabor, of Lewiston, Ida., writes
in that his music business is moving right
along with his string of Seeburgs.
Stanley Turner, Wurlitzer Simplex serv-
ice instructor, once was a chemistry stu-
dent in London and invented a liquid
that would dissolve anything. It would
have been a huge success if only Stan
could figure out a container to hold the
stuff !
Irving Stern, formerly of Los Angeles,
and Frank Fay are now with the Univer-
sal Music Co. in San Francisco.
Phil Brown, of Bakersfield, is always
doing something to break into print. His
latest triumph was topping one of his
own loca tions , which is a brand new
wrink le in phonogra ph operating.
The Brunswick-Columbia fo lks hav e
added two men to help handle biz from
the music operators. The new one in
San Francisco is Clifford Carter, assistant
to "Mac" McGough.
Jack Shoemaker has joined the rank s
of Wurlitzer operators in San Francisco,
purchasing 15 in the past eight days and
figuring on a total of 50 in the near
future .
Dan Rohrer and C. Murphy, successful
phonograph operators in Crescent City,
are planning to cover their entire terri·
tory with music.
J . B. Muddenaux, of Calexico, is get-
ting some mighty fine returns from his
music investment down a long the border.
Ben J . Braun is the name of a new
Los Angeles phonograph operator and
prospective member of the Associati on.
Frank Navarro passes along the good
word that Jim AIle, Los Angeles op, pl ans
to join the Association. Jim will be
welcomed into the ranks of the Asso-
ciation members.
Jack Henderson, of Beverly Hills, has
a string of music boxes that are doing
right well, thank you.
R. W. Miller, Wurlitzer operator of
Oakland, is now operating his machines
out of Nevada City and his son is in
charge of the ph onograph ~route in Oak-
land.
Jack Wip/li, of Salinas, ha s stepped into
the music field in full stride and has a
substantia l string of phon os working,
with prospects of adding more at an ea rly
date.
J. A. Brand, of Ri verside, is another
recent recruit into the business of music
merchandising.
Jack Schultz, music operator of Eureka,
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B & M ADDS NEW TRUCK
-Here is Frank Miles, vice·president and gen·
eral manager of the B & M Amusement
.
Corp" of Danville, lll" standing beside the
latest addition to the firm's fleet of six Dodge service trucks. Starting in the phonograph field
last August 27th in d small way, firm now operates 200 units and has ordered 200 more for
delivery before July 31st.
expects to become a proud daddy one of
these days and hopes it's a boy.
E. F. Lyon, of Long Beach, is another
op who's go ing places with phonog raphs.
R. A. Talbert, of Fresno, is in the
mu.sic field with Wurlitzers.
R. D. Pelton, of Yuba City, will have
automatic phon os all over Northern Cali·
forn ia if he keeps going at the present
pace.
Jack Kapp, president of D ecca Records,
shipped Bing Crosby a pocket knife that
has 106 gadgets and is only four inches
wide.
Frank Brighan, Seeburg travel ing repre-
sentativ e on the Coast, made a trip to
San Diego to see how Frank Kirk liked
th e twO new M ode l D jobs he bought
to tryon location. Mr. Kirk not on ly
lik ed 'em, but o rdered more despite hi s
fondne ss for those first Symphonolas he
brought to the Coast.
O ver heard at th e Wurlitzer Simplex
factory branch in Los Angeles between
twO employees, Ethel Hooper and Al
Leigh: " AI, you're 20 minutes late again;
don 't you know what time we start
work?" " No, Ethel I don't; yo u see,
you're a lways here when I get down ."
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