Phono. Ops. Ass•n
of E. Penn. & N. J.
By Harry Bortnick
Further recognition as the outstanding
phonograph operators' association in the
country has come to this group during the
past month. A request was received from
the Board of Directors of the Automatic
Music Association of New Jersey, Inc.,
asking that Frank Hammond, business
manager of the local group, cooperate with
them and aid in training their newly ap-
pointed business director.
Following a discussion with the New
Jersey group Hammon'cl'' agreed to permit
the newly appointed official to remain in
the Philadelphia office for a brief period in
order to study the routine of handling the
affairs of this Association.
Continued cooperation between the local
Association and the organization of New
Jersey will be improved under the care of
the new business manager.
Another Association, the Wisconsin Pho-
nograph Operators' Association, also re-
quested the cooperation of the local group
and asked for information regarding the
manner in which the local group is organ-
ized and operating.
♦
George Leatherby
Passes in S. F.
SAN FRANCISCO-George Leatherby,
one of Californi a's oldest music operators,
died here on August 3. Leatherby dropped
dead while playing a game of golf on a
local course.
His funeral was held on the 5th of Aug-
• ust and many of his friends joined in pay-
ing tribute to a man th ey had all liked
and respected.
♦
"Three Little Fishes"
Are Still Popular
CARBONDALE, ILL. (RC) -An ex-
ample of the super-popularity of one record
was reported recently by DeWolf Wines,
operator of Rock-Ola phonographs and
Bally amusement games in southern Illi-
nois. He states that on three di!ferent
occasions he has been forced to replace
"Three Little Fishes" on one of the loca-
tions at the campus of the Southern Illi-
no-is Normal Teachers' College here.
Each time the record was worn gray,
and almost without sound reproduction.
Wines is wearing a cheerful grin in making
these replacements and credits the fish
ditty, plus "It Ain't What You Do," with
a 70 per cent increase on five of his
machines during the last month.
♦
Nels Nelson Attends
Seeburg School
LOS ANGELES-Nels Nelson, Seeburg
service representative on the west coast for
the E. T. Mape Company, joined 36 service
men from all parts of the nation in July
for a week of intensive training on See-
burg's new Wall-O-Matic Wireless Selector.
The company held a training school at
the factory in Chicago so that Seeburg serv-
ice men might obtain a thorough knowledge
of the new equipment.
Nels believes that Seeburg's Wireless
Wall-O-Matic, and Playboy with organ
type speaker, are the most important addi-
tions to the phonograph industry this year.
He feels that they will greatly increase the
operator's profits on many locations.
The factory is going into heavy produc-
tion on the Wall-O-Matic, according to re-
ports from Chicago, and delivery is now
being made throughout the country.
♦
Opentttl' t( tAe /Jt111tA
M. C. Edwards
Exclusive Seeburg Buyer
is today the largest
phonograph operator in
San Bernardino County
Operating a successful route of
Seeburg phonographs from San
Bernardino to Las Vegas, Nevada,
M. C . Edwards has daily proof of
the superiority of performance
and guaranteed profits of MARBL
GLO CLASSICS and VOGUES.
In business less than a year, this
progressive operator has purchased
from Jean Minthorne nearly I 00
twenty - record Seaburg phono-
graphs. Edwards says, "In an area
where heat is an important factor,
Seeburgs always give perfect per-
formance, and only Seeburg can
give you Marbl Glo-the greatest
merchandising force in music.
M. C. Edwards says: "To obtain and hold
top spots rely on Seeburgs."
Simmons
Sez:
He won a Keg of Beer on a bet
this month and is going to put
that Keg in the Aviation Club
Room of the Hollywood Plaza
Hotel, Hollywood, August 23rd,
for all Beer drinking Operators
to share, providing one of them
will bring a spigot! "No Coolin',
come on up August 23rd."
*
Stanley Turner, Factory Service In-
structor, certainly has been putting
out a lot of Wurlitzer Seiective
Wall Boxes this month. Stanley is
easy to get along with and always
glad to assist any Operator needing
installation advice. Also, Stanley is
the Champion Ping Pong Player of
Hollywood.
*
Mike
Hammergren,
General
Sales Manager, of the Wurlitzer
Factory will be at the Hollywood
Plaza Hotel, Hollywood, August
23rd, and hopes every Operator
will drop in on "Mike" for a
chat, a chew and a brew. (Mike .
heard about Bill's Keg.)
*
Any vacation minded Operator who
really wants to catch some fish
should try Owens Valley Fishing
near Bishop. Jack Gutshall's Ocean
catch would make a good bait in
Owens Valley.
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COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
*
The month of July broke all rec-
ords at the North Tonawanda
Plant for shipments of Wurlitzer
Phonographs over any other
month in 1939.
*
D. H. Osborn, San Francisco , Cali-
fornia, Wurlitzer Distributor, re-
ceived more carloads of Wurlitzer
Phonographs in July than in any
other month this year. Osborn
doesn't fish, hunt or swim, his only
Hobby is Phonographs.
*
Bob Howe, Wurlitze~ _f!onolulu
Distributor, now v1s1Ung his
Father in Santa Cruz, California,
brought with him a whole flock
of orders from the Islands.
*
Oh yes, no partiality, I lost a bet of
a Keg of Beer in San Francisco and
will furnish a Keg, spigot and all,
August 25th in the Green Room of
the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco.
Come on up you Keg Beer drinkers.
*
E.T. MAPE MUSIC CO.
Rudolph Wurlitzer
Company
JEAN MINTHORNE-Branch Manager
1517 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles
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