Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1941 May

It is always surp,,1tng to a visiting coinman to see the splendid membership turnout at the
various meetings of the Associated Operators of Los Angeles County. The abo ve picture was
taken at the meeting of Tuesday , April 8th , when 98 /,0 of the . membership was on hand for
a noonday meeting . .. certainly something of a record for midday meetings in any industry.
Curley Robinson , managing director , is shown presiding .
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Herb Klemme , California-Simplex representati ,'e , and Ed W urgler, factory repre-
sentative, watch as Fred Rice, San Francisco musicman , places another order for Wurlilrer
Victories .
"Tippie" Klein of Philadelphia's Atlas Distributing Co., is shouting the praises of Packard
PIa-Mar remote control units to the skies. Here he is , second from left , starting off on the
ground by telling W. J. Morrisey , Joe Mangone and Frank Hammond .
Clayton Ballard, popular Packard District
Manager, covers the states of Oregon, Wash-
ington , Montana and Northern Idaho , making
Portland his headquarters.
Scene from " Bolero ," a Holly-Movie Shorls
produefion which is be ing released by Meter-
movies of Hollywood. The firm reports more
fhan an ample supply of films now available
for coin-operated movie machines.
Wherever the name of Wolf Sales Co., Denver, appears,
the states served by the firm, giving the reader or see-er
territory. Wolf's AI Roberts , W. A. Bye , western distrief
and Wurlitzer's Mike Hammergren flank one of these
it is superimposed on a map of
a visual piefure of Wolf Sales
manager, Wolf's Wolf Reiwitz,
maps on the show window.
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Stanley Turner
Packard Pla-Mor in the far Northwest is winning more acclaim every day. The above piefure
is a Packard Pia-Mar installation in the Riviera, Spokane , Washington. Left to right: Jack Davis ,
Mrs. E. M . Perry. Ed Perry , of the Interstate Novelty Company of Sp'okane, Packard's distributor
in Western Washington , and Clayton Ballard, Packard Distrief Manager.
Steady progress with Wurlitzer Viefory models in lining up new locations is reported by Tony
Capers, Oakland, Calif., music merchant, here shown signing an order for additional instru-
ments as California-Simplex's Myrl Park looks on.
Turner Gets
Packard Post
LOS ANGELES - Associated with th e
coin controlled music fi eld since 1929, Stan-
ley Turn er has become service instructor
for th e P ackard Mfg. Corp., makers of
Ca pehart Pla·Mor products, and will make
hi s hea dquarters a t the Hollywood offi ces,
1025 North Highland Avenue.
Employed by th e Yea Music Shop in Sac·
ramento , a Capehart Orchestrope deal er,
Turner was spotted by W . E. Simmons,
th en western regional sales· manager for
Capehart, as a good man to have around
a nd employed as service engineer with the
res ponsibility fo r supervising Ca pehartf5:n.
stallations in many fin e homes in Cali-
forni a, and commercial installations usin!(
hidden Capehart chassis, with speakers and
non ·selec ti ve wall boxes.
During 1933 and 1934 Simmons and
Turn er, remainin g associa ted, continued to
sell co mmercial music, handling Holcomb
.& Hoke Mfg. Co.'s Electromuse. In May
of th e la tter year Simmons became district
manager for th e Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.-
a nd Turn er went alon g as service instruc·
··'tor.
On . April 19, 1941 Turn er once again
joined Ca pehart and Simmons, becoming
P ackard's service instructor. His many
western friends wi sh him well.

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