PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore.-Most operators busy
with income tax returns ... aren' t we all '?
Recent visitors to Portland were Lou
Wolcher, Mr. and Mrs. William Martin of
Cornelius, Bill Clark of Decca here from
Seattle. New Decca man in this territory
is Ralph Yost.
Double head er for Jack R. Moore organ ·
ization . . . his daughter, Alice, took the
final leap F ebruary 28th, as did Thelma
Oliver of the Seattle office. Good luck to
both cou pIes !
Yes, it's a daughter born February 24th
to Mr. and Mrs. George Gale of Portland.
Friends of Roy Moffitt are sorry to learn
of his passing a t Toledo, Washington.
Budge Wri ght of Western Distributors
and his good wife are now back after two
weeks in California.
Gene Dickson is the new service man at
Western Distributors.
Norman Nemer actually shaved and went
to Seattle for three days ... tryin g to spend
some money.
Some operators who are unable to secure
merchandise for their pun chboards are now
buyin g Defense Bonds and giving them as
premiums. Th ese patriotic coin men are not
only doin g a valuabl e service to th eir
clients but are helpi'ng their country at th e
sa me time.
Pauline Barb ee (brun ette ) and Marj ori e
Danielson (blond) repl ace two of the per-
sonnel of th e Jack R. Moore Co. who left
recently.
Gertrude Anderson, secretary to Cly New-
ton of the Puget Sound Amusement Nov-
elty Co., got married F ebruary 20th. Goin g
on two or three weeks honeymoon.
Joe Dreher of Dayton, Oregon, has sold
Announcing -
The KONTAX
SALES CO.
1001 Terminal Sales Bldg.
PORTLAND
OREGON
J. R. Ryan, Manager
PACIFIC COAST SALES DIVISION
REPRESENTATION:
ACME MFG. CO., CHICAGO
Complete Line of Punchboards
ALSO
ELECTRIC
PUNCH BOARDS
Newest & Fastest
Moneymaker on
Market Today!
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Distributors and Jobbers
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Portland. Oregon
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out to Herbert Holtes . ' .. Good luck, Herb!
Stewart Finley, P ortland operator, joined
the Army . .. leaving the business for the
duration.
Roy Gatto gettin g alon g fin e at the sani·
tarium . .. has gained 7 pounds . . . which
his many fri ends will b e glad to kno\".
Roy Yorter, form er employee of Max
Kristol, has gon e in the Army.
Howard Chandler leaving th e 11th for
th e Army . . . was · an employee of Frank
Lee.
Others in th e Service are Eein er Amund-
sen ana Harry Ka plan both form er Service-
men.
L. Helen Cus son.
Opens Portland Office
PORTLAND, Ore.- The Kontax Sales
·Co. h as opened an office in the T erminal
Sales Building with J. R. Ryan 'in charge,
to represent th e Acme F & M Co. and the
Kontax Mfg., Co. of Chicago.
Firm will cover Washin gton , Oregon,
Californi a, Idaho , Eastern Montan a, U tah
a nd Nevada for Acme's line of salesboards
a nd Kontax's new electri ca l punch boards.
Ryan has handled sales for eleven years
for Acme and is enthusiastic about hi s new
territory. H e has a ppointed D. M. Hall to
work with him in showing the Kontax
electric punch board to operators.
Cig. Prices Stick
WASHINGTON - On February 27th
Price Administrator Leon Henderson stated
that his department had refused to permit
an increase in cigarette prices, asserting
that an O. P. A. investiga tion showed that
current prices are "fair and equitable."
" Accordingly," he ruled, " the (old)
schedule and prices are continued in effect.
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Mackin Gets Appointments
SAN FRANCISCO- Sid Mackin, Man-
aging Director of th e Amusement Mer-
chants' Association, In c. had two honors
bestowed upon him during th e first two
months of 1942.
On January 8th Mackin was a ppointed
Chairman of th e Communications Sec tion ,
Balboa-Vi sitaci'on Disaster Relief Commit-
tee.
And then on F ebruary 11th an a ppoint-
ment as Councilman of th e Central Coast
Coun cil of th e California State Chamber of
Commerce was b estowed upon him.
Said Mackin : " You will noti ce that both
of these activities tie in directly with th e
Association and are evidence of th e recog-
nition and regard shown towards our Asso-
ciation as a direct result of the cooperation
and civic parti cipation carri ed on through-
out th e members of the coin machine in-
dustry in th e Associa tion."
N. J. Cig. Banquet Set
NEWARK, N. J.- The Cigarette Mer-
chandisers Association of New J ersey has
set April 11th as th e date for the 5th An-
nual Di'nner-Dance to be held at the Ne-
wark Athletic Club. An outstandin g floor
show of Broadway and radio talent has been
plann ed by the banquet committee consist-
ing of President Max Jacobowitz, Harry
Kolodny, Jack Grout, Vice P res. Michael
Lasca ri, Edward Dierick and Gage Beemer.
Besides CMA members manufacturers of
cigarettes, vendors, and matches will gather
with representatives of oth er cig. Associa-
tions in the Eas t and th e event will take on
a patriotic motif.
MEN IN SERVICE
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Attention, Western Operators-Legal Equipment
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Samp le . . . ,
Universal Grippers .
Batting Practice . .
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(Deluxe). , . . . $37. 50
5 M utoscop e Moving Picture
Machines. Like New .
49.50
4 Shipley Viewascopes Pic-
ture Mach., Like New
22.50
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10 A.B.T. Challengers .
5 Advance Shockers, New
Tom M!x Ray Guns .
I Pike' s Peak . . .
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17.50
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FOR
MARCH
1942