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By HARRY BORTNICK - --
PHILADELPHIA (RC)-Local coin ma-
chine and phonograph operators are in-
directly benefiting greatly from the de-
fense program for they are getting thou-
sands of extra plays from men who are re-
turning to work for almost the first time
in a decade. Philly's tremendous factories,
naval shipyards and stores are all busy on
government orders and everybody here
seems to turn toward music or pinball ma-
chines, during their lunch or relaxation
periods. So operators now are smiling again
even more widely than when they first dis-
covered the bonanza to be found in this
new industry.
Elections were held in the country's
most powerful mu-
sic organization, the
local Phonograph
Operators' Associa-
tion of Eastern
Pennsylvania and
NewJersey,on
Thursday, October
24. This meeting
was held in the or-
ganization's
head-
qua rt ers at the
Schaff Building, in
Philadelphia, and
was attended by al-
Harry Bartnick
most a hundred per-
cent membership.
Elevated to the presidency by a majority
vote was Charles Young, operating as the
Delaware River Music Co., and who had
previously served the group as a member
of the board of directors. Young succeeded
• P hil Frank in this high office, and was the
firs t New Jersey member-he is from Had-
donfield-to hold the highest office in the
P honograph Operators' Association. Retir-
ing President Phil Frank, head of the Auto-
matic Vending Corp., Chester, Pa., was
named to th e board of directors, thus
changing posts with Young.
Retained as vice-president for a second
term was Jac;k Sheppard, whose fine work
in his office was rewarded by virtually
unanimous election to the job which he
had made highly important by his conduct
of the work.
Secretary is popular, friend ly Harry El-
ki ns, Royal Distributing Co., who succeeded
George Fields of Fields & Murphy, Norris-
town, in this writing position. Harry prom-
ised a sweeping change in making his notes
highly interesting and authoritative.
Unanimously re-elec ted to handle the As-
socia tion's funds as Treasurer was Joe
Mellwig, Cameo Amusement Co., against
whom there was no opposition because of
the fine manner in which he handled the
organization's dough.
The board of directors now consists of
Frank; Lou Sussman, Lyric Amusement
Co.; Art Pockrass, Universal Ameusement
Co. ; William King, Quaker Vending Co.,
and George Field, retiring secretary, all of
whom will represent the Pennsylvania mem-
bership while the New Jersey operatrs will
be represented by Lou Hinden, Garden
State Amusement Co., Camden and William
Mongan, operating under his own name
from Berlin, N. J.
Withdrawing from the board of directors
are I. Friedenber of the Atlantic City Mu-
sic Box Corp. and Sam Weinstein, Mutual
Music Co.
Only details which we have of the elec-
tion held by the Upstate Branch of the
Smart music merchandising was demonsfrafed recently in Bradford, Pa., when Bill Fertig (right)
gof John Finley (center) , manager of fh e New Bradford Theater, fo install one of his
Wurlitzer B00's in the lobby during the personal appearance of bandsman Mitchell Ayers (Jeff) .
As the sign over the machine indicates, location owners were invited fo have similar machines
installed free of expense in their places. The result: good.
P honograph Operators' Association, con-
cerned the election of John Moran, Pitts-
town, as Presiden t of the Chapter.
A large delegation of local operators, in-
cluding more than 20 members of the
P honograph Operators' Associations and an
equal number of pinball operators were the
guests of the Keystone Novelty & Mfg. Co.
-Mills Novelty Co. dfatributors-and Bill
Helriegel, as they traveled to the New
York premiere of the new Pa nor am movie
machine. All operators returned to Philly
with enthusiastic reports about the money-
making possibilities of the machine which
will be distributed shortly in this -district.
Thomas Mullin of Allentown, who for
the past two years served as manager of
the Harrisburg chapter, has recently sev-
ered his connection with the group. He
will call on the upstate phonograph mem-
bers as a representative of the local Rock-
Ola Distributor, Keystone Vending Co.,
which is headed by Sam Stern. Mullin has
made many friends among music operators
and should do a fine sales job for Rock-
Ila in the mid-state territory.
Mull in's successor as business manager
of the Harrisburg chapter of the Phono-
graph Operators' Association has not yet
been appointed. All communications should
be addressed to the secretary, Sol Hoffman,
Tri-State Music Co., Harrisburg, Pa., who
will temporarily conduct the business af-
fairs of the organization in that district.
Universal Amusement Co., headed by
Artie Pockrass, has been appointed local
exclusive distributor for Buckley Music
System, Inc. DeWitt "Doc" Eaton, east•
ern regional director for the manufacturer.
who made the appointment, spent several
days with Pockrass conferring on promo-
tional plans. Artie sai'd that he will hold
a party-showing of the new product shortly
and will extend invitations to all operators
in this district.
Another new product which is receiving
considerable attention from operators and
the publi'c is the Automatic Hostess Mu-
sic Studio. Robert Harper of the AMI,
announced the opening of a studio for this
unique product at the Washington Sauare
Building, 108 South Seventh Street, Phila-
delphia. Operators wishing to see this op-
eration may secure passes from the AMI,
offices of which are located at 2041 Fair-
mount Avenue. Large i'nstallations have
been located at several important spots in
the city, notably the Venture Inn night-
club and a large tap-room on Arch Street,
and other installations will be opened short-
ly at Wi lkes-Barre, Scranton, Wilmington,
Dela., and perhaps also at Po ttsville, Pa.
Harper is doing a fine job of promoting this
product for AMI, having secured a full.
length fea ture-article publicity for it in one
of Philly's leading daily journals, and pro-
moting interest in it among locations.
Tippy Kline of the Premier Music Co.
and Sam Weinstein of the Mutual Music
Machine Co. have recently combined their
extensive routes and have also gone into
the distributing phase of the industry, tak-
ing on distribution of Homer Capehart's
Packard Mfg. Co.'s products, including the
company's new "Heads-Up" Selector and
the numerous other products expected to
be released soon. Kline and Weinstein,
now partners, will shortly open a cen trally
located Philadelph ia showroom to display
the fu ll line.
Frank Engle and Mike Spector, heads of
the booming Au tomatic Amusement Co.,
local Seeburg distributor, which in a
shorter time than any other organization
has stepped in to a top-notch distributing
position-a.,e now showing the new See-
burg Wired Music Studio equ ipment at
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