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the assembly lines ,by the thousands he is
enjoying a dandy repair and main tenance
business. , •
Another old-timer who has won his spurs
on repairs and maintenance and built up
an unequalled record for always giving
more than your money's worth is H. R .
Graham. A pioneer in the field, Graham
has built up a customer list that covers
the eleven western states. It is surprising
to see the distance some machines come
just for the magic hand touch-up work of
Senor Graham.
R. T. Mahurin of Reid's Penny Arcade
in Venice, and Jack Borter and Al Ander-
son of Arcades in Balboa report that the
war scare hasn't helped business too much.
However the shortage of tourists has been
compensated for by the localites who seem
more pleasure-inclined than at any time
past. As a result business holds to an
even level.
E. Stewart Trimble in Huntington Park
has changed his opera ting name to Seville
Amusement Co.
In Glendale H. M. Steele is doing a
grand job on cigarettes. Steele knows the
full meani,ng of service and an inquiry at
any of his spots will show just how sold
they are on "Steele Service."
Jack Gerety has been doing plenty good
with his recently opened Arcade in Bakers-
field. A lot of Arcade folks have journeyed
up to see how Jack does it.
If you're interested in meeting the blue
bloods of the marble game and arcade
business in Southern California just rent
a chair for a week in Mac Sanders .. . IF
he'll let you. Mac seems to have a way
with the boys and they never miss a visit
to his place when in the city.
William A. Wulf tells us that Anaheim
is now coming into its own. W ulf, an
AOLAC member, has done a nice job of
clean operating in Anaheim and in return
he has had the co-operation and considera-
tion of the "powers that be."
Llewellyn H. Bailey is doing a consistent-
ly good job of supplying spots at Man-
hattan Beach with wired music.
Paul Blackford.
DENVER
DENVER (RC)-Highlygratifying was
the sale of defense stamps and bonds during
Defense Stamp week for Panoram operators
February 16-23 in which the Rocky Moun-
tain Soundies cooperated by placing a ma-
chine in the May Co., one of Denver's
largest department stores. With every pur-
cha-se of a bond or stamp one number was
played on the machine. Rocky Mountain
Soundies in cooperation with its loca tion
operators in Denver also donated a $100
bond which was awarded to a patron during
a drawing_ Throughout the week each lo-
cation gave away numbered coupons with
each play. A drawing was held at Boggio's,
other locations were connected by a tele-
phone hook-up, and the bond awarded the
holder of the lucky number.
T he Soundies Co. is now in its new
location at 1424 Court Street occupying
25 x 140 feet on the main floor with base-
ment size of equal footage. The new quar-
ters house sales, service and warehouse for
the Denver Sales Co. as well as the Soun-
dies Co., bo th of which are headed by Gano
Senter with Les Goodwin as manager.
The roll call of Uncle Sam now includes
the following former coin machine em-
ployees from this region: Clarence Berg,
serviceman for Wal ker Vending Co.; Bill
Daviason, head bookkeeper for Wolf Sales;
John Negri, route manager for Ce ntury
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MARCH '
1942
Music; Don Alvarado, serviceman for
Rocky Mountain Soundies Co., enters the
air service March 19; Dave G.oodenough,
also a serviceman with the Soundies, leaves
March 16 for a position with the civilian
personnel at Hild Field, Ogden, Utah. Dan
Brennan, San Francisco salesman for Wolf
Sales, is expecting hi's call most any time;
Al Roberts, Denver manager, and Chick
Roberts, San Francisco manager for Wolf
Sales, have applied for navy and army com-
missions, respectively.
Milton Pritts, Denver operator, has four
contracts for servicing coin operated ma-
chines at Lowry Field. Pritts has con-
structed pis tols resembling army 45's for
use on ray-guns and the soldiers can shoot
either the conventional rifle or the pistols
with th e latter receiving th e heavies t play.
Gibson Bradshaw, head of the Denver
Distribu ting Co., reports a nice flow of
orders for arcade equipment. Brad is dis-
posing of more equipment than he had
anticipated and in general is keeping his
affairs in sh ape so that he can act as rapid-
ly as possible should he receive a call to
military service.
Wolf Reiwitz of Wolf Sales is back in
Denver following a short stay in Arizona,
and is taking things a bit easy to help ..
recuperate fr,o m a recent illness_ Reiwitz re-
ports the Arizona territory in excellent
shape and prospects in Colorado and
Wyoming also lo.oking up, with an in-
creased demand for equipment_ Reiwitz
will shortly go to San Francisco to look
over the affairs of th e branch there, and
upon his return to Denver will remain
here permanently during the war. Salesman
George Rowe is working the I daho, Utah
and Wyoming terri tory and Charlie Crews
has been working part of the Wyoming
territory. Harry Bozarth of Winslow, Ari-
zona, is a new Wurlitzer .operator in that
territory, starting with a purchase of 25
phonographs.
Bill Stackhouse, formerly with La Salle
Music Co. of Denver, has joined the staff
of Century M usic Co.
Operati'o ns in general are down in this
territory; however such is expected as a
normal seasonal slump, and prospects for
the spring and summer appear to be
normaL As was to be expected, some un-
easiness exists among operators as to their
being called to service and those in that
immediate category are more in a selling
than a buying mood. However, in general,
sales are running about normal for this
time of year.
Herb Trackman.
War Theme On Games
INDIANAPOLIS-"Bomb H itler" and
"Bomb the J ap" are the names of two clever
counter games being offered the operators
of the nation by the Coin Machine Co. of
America.
Timely, colorful, legal, long lasting and
tax free these games have won an immediate
acceptance from the operators and outstand-
ing earning reports are filtering in from all
parts of the country.
Machines are small, require very little
cou nter space, attractive in appearance
and pri'ced exceptionally low.
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Model : "The artist made me pose with
a rifl e in my hands."
Anoth er: "Is he doing a picture of the
war?"
Model : "No, he can't trust himself."
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