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Out:of· towners in for a loo'k 'see and buy:
ing fes t were: F. A. Greenough, Bakers·
field; Bill Wolfe, San Diego; and Har ry
Gordon;,all of which sought ou t Laympn's.
Neat sales for t he month were rung up
at General Musi'c for Harry Greenb urg,
Charli e J oseph and Sunset Musio; Sam
Handma n and oRoxy Amusemen t, Jay Bul·
lock, AI Weymouth, Lee Webb, and Art
Weiss and his Globe Amusement.
George Bucknum, San Diego, is in Mex·
ico .on a va cation tri p. Geo rge skipped land
travel ,and took a plane for his vis it to the
southern Republic.
Jack Lipps, La Mesa Arcade operator,
visi t.ed the Coin Machine Capi t.ol .of th e
West t.o pick up equipment 'in early ApriL
J.oh n ny Nels.on, wh.o .operates games at
Culver City, f.ound the same go.od excuse
t.o c.ome int.o t.own and see what's what.
N.o ticed .on Cali f.ornia .operat.ors of la te
is the pr.oud insignia .of t h.ose wh.o have
v.olunteered bl.o.od t.o the Red Cr.oss B1.o.od
Bank. All .of which brings us to a st.ory
that sh.ould n.o t go untold. Jane Carico, t he
darling .of the Gutshall establishment, de·
cided to drop a pint .off wi th the Red Cr.oss
inasmuch as her Aame is in the service.
Jane parked her hack near the Red Cr.oss
.office . . . made her d.onati.on . . . and reo
turned t.o find her car nicely banged up.
All .of which pr.oves that if y.ou start t.o
give, y.ou must c.on tinue t.o give, regardless.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry G.ord.on , San Diego,
breezed int.o t.own .on the 14th bringing
w.ondr.ous tales .of the success they are en·
j.oying with the Sc.oo ter Ride they have in
.operati.on .on th e main stem of a boom
town. Opened tw.o weeks ago the Gord.ons
find patr.ons p.o und ing .on thei r d.o.or at 1
p.m. wanting to get in to r ide th e 20 ca rs
when the published h.ours are 4 p.m. to 12
p.m. A small Arcade surr.ounds the track
and the Gordons expect t.o add t.o it with
new Arcade pieces.
Hymie K.ozinsky, who needs n.o intr.oduc·
tion, is now in the Marine Camp a t Camp
Pendlet.on, near Oceanside. Hymie t.o.ok ad·
vantage .of his time .off t.o d r.op in at Lay·
m.ons a nd thank them f.or the games they
had d.onated f.or the Red Cr.oss Drive in
that area .
Ted Bl.o.o m, Mojave, arrived in t.own in
g.ood spirits an d was excited about the nice
business h e is enj.oying fr.om the Marine
base near there.
Lucille Laym.on has been c.ontributing
her part t.o the Red Cr.oss March drive by
s.oliciting and handling theater c.ollecti.ons.
In addi ti.on t.o d.o.or·t.o·d.o.or s.ol icitati.on she
served in the theater drive in the d.own·
t.own a rea and .on .one day c.overed n ine
sh.ows. "In spite .of it all , I didn't see .one
c.omplete picture," .opined L ucille in reo
c.ounting the experience. ~.owever, c\>lIec·
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INDUSTRIAL MUSIC IN WAR PLANTS by Ben :ami n Sterling . J r., of Moosic 4nd Scranton . Pa .
'. THE YENDIN.G . MACHINE OPERATOR CAN " KEEP GOING ... AT A PRO FIT!" by R. H.
. Ad ai r. 0 "'" Pa rk. III.
THOUGHTS ON REFURBISHING by Thomas D. Sull ivan . Ch icag o.
OPERAT~~G F~ln~~:;nE MACHINES UNDER WARTIME CONDITIONS by R. A. Parina of
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MAY 12TH
The COIN MACHINE ·REVIEW
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ti.ons were very g.o.od and much .of it can
be a ttribu ted t.o the' energetic w.ork .of Mrs.
Laym.on.
Frank N~varr.o is still making th.ose AY·
ing -trips t.o Mexi'c.o City t.o take care .of his
.ope rati.ons. He says things are reall y b.oom·
ing there.
R.oy C. W.o.odward has sold his r.oute .of
ph.on.ographs t.o Paul J.ohns.on . The deal
was handled by Bud Parr .of General Music
and b.oth parties expressed themselves as
very well satisfied.
J.oe Lei n is .one .of the pet .operat.ors at
Jack Gutshall's. Jack can use all the K ing's
Engl ish .on him and he b.ounds back f.or
m.or.e, but i n spite .of it all , he is still .one
.of Gutshall's best cust.omers.
Bill Happel is buying lots .of 5·balls f.or
shipment t.o Milwaukee. He has made sev·
eral trips t.o L.ong Beach and .other S.outh ·
ern Calif.ornia cities t.o pick up 5·balls f.or
shipment t.o M ilwaukee where they are n.ow
running free rein.
The Laym.ons have received a letter fr.om
William McD.ow, a f.ormer employee, wh.o
is n.ow with the Engineers C.orp. in Indi'a.
Wr.ote he: "I'm in India and that's ab.out
all I'm permitted t.o say!"
Music .opera t.or B.ob T h.omps.on, Delan.o,
made it a " must" t.o visit General Music in
early ApriL
One .of the . new lads in the new jumper
suits that bear the name .of the firm .on the
back at Paul Laym.on's is J.oh n Wyatt.
Paul Black/ord
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APRIL, 1943
Alpha Distributing Co .. ............................. .. 10. 24
American Society for Control 01 Cancer ........ 16
Badger Sales Co. ..........................
.. .......... 7. 29
Baronette Radio Tube Co ............. ..................... 32
Block Marble Co....... ...... .................. .........
.. 6
Bluebird-Victor Re cord Dis tributor . ................ 26
Brady, W. H .. Co ............................. , .. ....... .. .......... 17
Buckley Music System. Inc . ................. Cover IV
Buckley Trading Post.. ..
. ... .............. Cove r III
Burtt. W . R.....................
.. ...... .... ............ 15. 24
California Simplex Distributing Co ........... 20. 21
Ceazan. I. N.. CO ......... .. ........ .. .............................. 28
Chicago Lock Co....... .........
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.... 31
Chicago Novelty Co .. Inc . .......... ... : .................... . 5
Cigarette Distributing Co ...
.. .. .... 10
Economy Supply Co.
Excels ior Record Co.
..33
. ...... __ .... _ ....... __ .. 2~
.. ... .......... 33
Franlcrich Distributing Co.
General Music Co.....
Gere tt. M. A.. Cor p. .
. ................ Cover IV
.......... 29
Holdsworth Print Shop
Howard Sales Co.
........... 34
. .................. ........... 36
Ideal Novelty Co ............
.. ........ .......... 17
Independen t Lock Co.....
. .... . B
International Mutoscope Corp ............ ............. 4. 9
lers e y Specialty Co . ....................... .... ................... 10
Laymon. Paul A ...
Lazar. B. D .. Co
Lorde n , Les .....
.. ...................... 36
............................... 17
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.. .......... 8
Mape . E . Too Music Co .......................................... 18
Milwaukee Coin Mach ir.e Co. ...
.. .............. 11
Minthorne. lean 1..
.. ..................... ... Cover II
Monarch Coin Machine Co.
..33
Mus icraft Corporation
.. ___ .. . . ... ..... . ...... .. ___ .24
Nathans on. Wm . ................... .
_ _ 3 Years at $2.00 or _ _ I Year at $1.00
.. ..... .1 2. 13
Packard Manulactu ring Corp ....
.. ..... 25
Parina. R. A .. & Co ........................................... . .. 32
Permo Produc ts Corp .....
..26
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