Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1939 February

more new cigarette operators in the
west than any other individual could
account for. He introduced them to the
business, showed them how to operate
and how not to operate, listened to their
problems, and generally acted as nurse-
maid or father-confessor , whichever the
circumstances demanded.
In August, 1938, the DuGrenier people
decided to terminate their long-s tanding
policy of manufacturing machines to be
handled through a distributor and, in-
stead, to sell direct to the operator
through salesmen of their own. After
careful consideration, and equally
thorough study on his part, Blake was
offered and accepted the job as direct
factory representative in the western
territory which he intends to cover
thoroughly and regularly. 'Tm still sell-
ing the finest machine ever built," he
asserts. Because of the fact that Du-
Grenier was making the machines sold
by the company with which he was
formerly associated, Blake points out the
fact that "there are more DuGrenier ma-
chines in operation throughout the
country today than any other manu-
facturer can claim."
Radical changes in the new machine,
he asserts, make the current model an
even better product, and one more prof-
itable for coinmen to operate . Among
the distinctive features of the latest Du-
Grenier models are included double
capacity, shift-in columns, etc.
Blake is married, has a young son,
now owns a beautiful home in an ex-
clusive section of Los Angeles, and the
fact that he could build it marks a sharp
contrast to the state of his pocketbook
when he arrived here five years ago. As
he explains it, 'Tm here to stay, and in
order to do so I'm out to do a complete
job-for Arthur H. DuGrenier, and for the
operator so that I can go back again
and sell him more machines whenever
he needs them. I'm going to help him
all I can to make his operation a suc-
cess so that he'll need new machines
often."
Bloke Named
DuGrenier factory
representative.
LOS ANGELES.-Arthur H. DuGrenier,
Inc., has named C. A. Blake, pioneer
cigarette merchandiser salesman of the
Pacific Coast, direct factory representa-
tive in the territory from Denver west,
according to recent announcement. The
DuGrenier firm's offices are located in
swank Rockefeller Center in New York
City, and the firm's plant is in Haverhill,
Massachu ssells.
Blake, whose "success story" reads a
bit like one of the famous Alger stories
in which the hero invariably came up
"the hard way" from poverty to riches
and prominence, hitch-hiked from New
York to Los Angeles because he couldn't
afford train or bus fair, and landed in
the city July 1, 1933 with but a few cents
in his pocket. He was filled, though, with
a determination to make good at intro-
ducing cigarette machines to almost
then virgin territory, and in the course
of five years he turned in a selling job
as fine as his boss had ever seen.
Most noteworthy, perhaps-and this is
fact , was the record he hung up for the
largest single sale in the industry's his-
tory, a record still unbroken. The sale:
3000 cigarette machines to the firm of
Coast Cigarette Vendors, Inc. of Los
Angeles. True, Coast didn't want all
3000 machines at one time; they took
them as locations were found, but the
order has long ago been completed.
Then, too, Blake probably established

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CMA Plans Banquet
NEW ARK, N. J.-Plans for the second
annual show and exhibit and the second
annual banquet of the Cigarette Mer-
chandisers' Association of New Jersey,
to be held at Hotel Robert Treat, here,
Sunday, February 19, are going forward
rapidly, according to Manager Le Roy
Stein. A group of mystery awards, danc-
ing, and a whole lot of fun are said to
be on tap. Athl~tics have captured the
interest of a good many members of this
organization, and competitive teams will
be put on a number of fields.
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