has a Chris Craft holding up his floating
Dry Dock. Bill has a neat boat up at Lake
Sherwood but, for some reason or other,
the dry dock does a good job of sinking
tbree or four times a year. Wisely he put
the boat under the dock and today the boat
is doing the unusual task of holding up the
dock. Certainly a new maneuvering in ship-
ology.
The great Golf game of the age took
place June 15 at Bill Happel's Wilshire
Country Club. Participants: Bill Happel of
Badger; Dan Donohue of Seeburg; Bill
Wolfe, San Diego operator; and L. B.
McCreary of Mape Music Co. The four-
some really made the greens scream and
when it all was over considerable fold ·
ing money passed. In true coinman fashion,
the payoffs were liberal.
Mrs. Walter Bogenberger has been en-
tertaining her mother and soon the two
will leave for Milwaukee. Mrs. Bogen-
berger will spend a few weeks there and
then return.
M. E. Thiede, formerly connected with
the Mape Music Co., has opened a trading
post in connection with E. L. Grossett, de-
signer and refinisher of phonographs.
Thiede's spot is on Pi co Boulevard.
Art Carp, Phonograph operator, has pur-
chased four homes on a large lot in the
North Hollywood district. The Carp family
will live in one unit and rent out the
others.
Verlin Schinn, Alameda, has been visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laymon. He is an old
family friend of the two and will soon leave
to join the United States Engineers in
Alaska.
Billy Mason, Venice, is donating 200 rec-
ords to the Records For Our Fighting Men
campaign. Billy wanted to turn his records
in ahead of the launching of the drive and
had a deuce of a time locating Chairman
Bob Hope so he could make the presenta-
tion.
Barstow is going to look better than Los
Angeles on future Saturday nights for Lu·
cille Arnold. Lucille worked doubly hard
for a week so she could come into L. A.
for a Saturday nigh t. Arriving here she
made the rounds of half a hundred hotels
without getting a room and finally had to
sit up all night.
In at Paul Laymon's recently to purchase
equipment were W. T. Culley, Parker, Ari-
zona; Elbee Gerson and Paul Butts, Bakers-
field; H. A. Presher and Bill Wolfe, San
Diego; Walter Ross and Homer Gillespie,
Long Beach ; John Patrick, Santa Monica
and Wesley Knudson, Provo, Utah.
Harry Williams, old time operator of
Santa Monica, made one of his infrequent
visits to Coin Row in early June.
Clem Korte, Glendale, had dreams of a
nice six weeks vacation in Colorado Springs
when he left Glendale recently. After he
had been in Colorado Springs a scant two
weeks it was necessary for him to hurry
home for brother Ben, who is a partner in
his operations, had been rushed to the hos-
pital for an appendici tis operation.
Bert Beutler and the missus enjoyed a
bit of ranching up in the San Joaquin val-
ley on Bert's leave from Laymon's. He reo
turned June 14th appearing none the worse
for his sojourn in the sticks.
W. E. Davis has sold his games and
phono. routes to Verne Winchell, Alham-
bra.
Homer Gillespie made a trip to Oakland
the first of J une to inspect his Arcade there.
Milton Stivers, now serving in the navy,
called on the Laymons recently to order
some parts and supplies for his route.
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E. J. Bandhauer who operates the Inyo
Music Co. at Bishop, called on local job-
bers in mid-June picking up equi~ment.
Jack Johnson, Long Beach, put In an
appearance on Coin Row recently after a
long absence.
Mason and McDonald, Arcade operators
on the Lqng.Beach Pike, have been pur-
chasing Arcade pieces from Paul Laymon.
It's a one·year·old Boston Toy puppy
named " Sonny Boy" who has just arrived
to gladd~ll the hearts of Jean and Dolores
Minthorne.
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Lucille Laymon is "on the mend" after
a siege of the flu which lasted two weeks
and put her to bed three or four days.
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