to appear on the Pacific Coast, and swung
over to phonographs when the first Wur-
litzer instruments appeared.
Even his hobby is music, and he likes
lo play the violin, though he doesn't have
much time for it, what with the scope of
his business which extends from the San
Joaquin Valley lo Stockton, and his policy
of attending to service calls at any hour
of day or night.
With Mrs. Dorser, the Fresno musicman
was one of a group of "nine oldest" music
operators in the country especially hon-
ored at the recent Wurlitzer Century Club
convention in Buffalo. As one proof of
the time he has spent in the business, rec-
ords were revealed which show that he
bought and operated the second Wurlitzer
phonograph shipped from the factory. •
Pipe Identifies
age of tobacco, some matches , five cents,
and an old hat check. The teller fortu-
nately saw the spot he was in and volun-
teered lb phone Charlie's bank, while
Charlie pulled away on his old pipe
madernhell. Once during the conversation
the teller returned to the window, took a
look at Charlie, and went back to the
phone. He was smiling when he handed
Charlie the money.
"What's so funny?" muttered Charlie
out of the corner of his mouth not occu-
pied by pipe.
"Well," said the teller, "the man at
your bank asked, 'Is he smoking a pipe?'
'Yes,' I said. 'Notice anything funny about
it?' he inquired. That's when I came out
for the look. 'Yes, it's got a white holder
on the stem bitten half in two,' I told him.
'That's Charlie Fey,' he said. 'There's only
one pipe like that in this country. You
can give him the money.' "
•
Charlie Fey.
Mnsicman at 10,
Dorser celebrates fiftieth
anniversary in business.
FRESNO, California.-There's nothing to
insure success like an early start in life,
and J. C. Dorser, now head of the emin-
ently successful Dorser Music Co., oper-
ating throughout the San Joaquin Valley,
got his start when, at the tender age of
ten, and still in short pants, he peddled
sheet music from door to door. That step
was destined to mark him as a musicman
for life.
In 1903 he invaded the automatic music
field with electric pianos, among the first
SAN FRANCISCO. (RC)-If you know
Charlie Fey you know he has his own
ideas about things. You also know that
he uses a white rubber holder on the
end of his pipe to keep from wearing down
his teeth on the stem. Until recently not
many comments have been made on it;
Charlie explains that he's not getting any
younger and can't grow any new front
teeth, and that's that. The device saved
him a lot of trouble the first of the month,
however, when a Chicago company sent
h im a draft on an order.
He was down town when he decided
lo cash the draft. Not being in the vicin-
ity of his own bank, he entered one that
was handy, and was immediately asked
for identification. A search through his
pockets brought the usual loot-a pack-
74
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