Oaklond Music
Operators' Association
By D. H. PETSCH
The Oakland Music Operators' Asso-
ciation's annual banquet for the ladies,
held this month at the Leamington Ho-
tel, went down in phonograph history as
a sensation. With 150 fun-loving people
present, and with Al Lamb acting- as
master-of-ceremonies, the evening mov-
ed along and gathered speed at every
moment. The crowd agreed that rarely
has such a well-timed program been
presented.
The new policy of Rock-Ola not to
donate phonographs, no matter how
worthy the cause, came near to gum-
ming up plans for the banquet. Chances
had been sold on the Wurlitzer piano,
the Rock-Ola phonograph and the mar-
ble ashtray prior to the affair, and Ac-
tion Sales Co. had put a Rock-Ola on
display in the Leamington's lobby early
in the week. What took place in the
hurried Miller-Ziff huddle, no one will
know, but Joe himself ended by donat-
ing the machine.
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Before the drawing that evening, it
was announced that the 250 remaining
chances would be raffled off to the high-
e s t bidder. With five dollars' worth al-
ready in his pocket, Frank Clarke took
the lot, but Fate chose someone else,
and H. V. Munson of Berkeley's H. and
A. Music Co. won the Rock-Ola on a $2
ticket. Mrs. Osbourne, wife of Wurlitzer's
Northern California representative, won
the Wurlitzer piano, but in order to con-
vince the boys it wasn't a frame-up Os-
bourne immediately returned the ticket.
On the second try little Miss Compagno,
daughter of the San Francisco Associa-
tion president, drew the ticket of Miss
Peterson, a guest of one of the opera-
tors. Miss Peterson also won the ash-
tray, proving that lightning sometimes
doe s strike the same house twice.
Al Lamb kept the program moving
with his sleight-of-hand tricks, using
everything from the rabbit-in-the-hat on
up. An excellent floor show marked the
high point of the entertainment. Presi-
dent George Miller introduced visiting
celebrities and donors of the prizes, and
Joe Ziff discovered how to become
thoroughly unpopular with his wife dur-
ing this part of the program. Joe was
called to the telephone just prior to the
donation of his Rock-Ola, and Mrs. Ziff
had to pinch-hit with a few well-chosen
words. It has been rumored that Ziff had
the call arranged through the telephone
company for a small consideration.
Several couples used the banquet as
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Everyone agreed that the Oakland
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tie s, and they all regretted that, like
Mother's Day, Ladies ' Night comes only
once a year.
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