THOUGHTS
(Continued from Page 11)
this war is over, and that will give the
lead to equipment providing service and
merchandise. Tear this out and file it away,
if you want to, so you can tell me what you
think if this proves to be wrong.
Just two other things: As I see it, the
industry will never again have such lush
days of high prosperity as it had at one
time but it will be a steady, dependable,
resp~cted way of earning a living. And I
don't look for a wholesale flocking in of
new blood after the war. At least the sol-
diers aren't thinking about going into the
coin machine business when it's over, over
there. They're expecting, generally, to ~o
right back where they came from. It WIll
take a major upset in a number of fields
of production of goods to divert manpower
into operating. For the most part they'll
be content to do the thing they already
know, and to be your customers.
As a soldier, I've been stationed in three
spots-in Sacramento, Califo~nia, i~ _New
York City and now here m LouIsIana.
Everywher~ I've found coin machines. In
the camp near Sacramento I was mad at
the phonograph business_ In the Post Ex-
change a phonograph was set up not five
feet away from the telephone booths, and
no one could hold a satisfactory conversa-
tion with his girl friend, near or far. Down
here I'm mad at the cigarette machines in
the Service Club, but that's because of the
high tax on cigarettes. (The ~oca:C~la
Company certainly has a gold mme m ItS
vendors down here, by the way, because of
the we~ther.) In New York I wasn't mad
at anyone, and I saw nothing to complain
of in the coin machine field, outside, per-
haps of shortages of gum and candy bars
-understandable enough-in vending ma-
chines. Of course the soldiers aren't "in
the dough ," unless they' ve been lucky in
a poker game, but there ought to be enough
of them to make operations in and near
camps, a reasonably profitable thing. Any-
how, you know about that.
What am I doing? Why, thanks for ask-
ing. It's a job of writing, connected with
training and with public relations. And,
just like all the rest of the men (and
women) in the service, I'm anxious to get
this affair over with, so I can get back
and be your customer once more_ Until that
time, keep 'em rolling!
Johnson Has Park
SAN ANTONIO-James E. Johnson,
former coin-operated amusement machine
manufacturer and head of Western Prod-
ucts, Inc., Chicago, is the owner and op-
erator of the new Playland Park in San
Antonio.
Playland is one of the finest amusement
resorts in the Southwest and operates with
a free gate and presents free vaudeville at-
tractions each night.
Park has 13 rides and 30 concessions_
A ballroom, roller rink and a swimming
pool will shortly be opened.
Johnson reports the Park is doing a ca-
pacity business at its location a mile from
the heart of the city.
* * *
Mother: You naughty boy! You've been
fighting!
Little Son: No, mother.
Mother: How did your clothes get torn
and your face get scratched?
Little Son: I was trying to keep a bad
boy from hurting a good little boy.
Mother: That was noble. Who was the
good little boy?
Little Son: Me.
Are
you c£ferall';f
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