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Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1944 December

Unbeatable Appeal of Operating
Will Bring Thousands To Industry
The undisputable appeal of the coin
chute, the thrill of placing equipment and
organizing routes and operating orga niza-
tions, will bring thousands of men and wo-
men back to the Coin Machine Industry in
the months ahead. And with them will be
co untless numbers eager to make a place
for themselves in this fascinating amuse-
ment and service industry whi ch we know
as the Coin Machine Business.
One has but to look around and spot
from one to a dozen men who have been
in and out of operating in the past fifteen
years. The ties never seem to be com-
pletely severed. Eventually the lure of
the coin chu te will bring them back to
some berth in this great ind ustry.
The story of M. W. McBroom's return
to operating in Phoenix, Arizona, is not a
wh it different than hundreds of other like
experiences of men and women in all
parts of the country. But it typifies the
spell the industry casts upon the knights
of the coin chute until they eventually re-
turn to the fold again. But let McBroom
tell his own story:
"I am thirty-nine years of age, married
and the father of two sons. I have been
retired from the coin machine business for
nearly two years because of ill health but
after a period of hospitalization and mak-
ing a change of climate to Phoenix, Ari-
zona, I ha\le regained my health and am
getting restless. I am going to re-enter the
coin machine business in the distributing
end.
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"In 1935 I was engaged in the restaurant
business, owning three restaurants in Col-
orado Springs, Colorado. More as a side
line I purchased ten phonographs in May
of that year with a cash outlay of about
$500.00 which I borrowed from my res-
taurant business. Within the first year I
saw the opportunities offered by the auto-
matic music business and started to dis-
pose of my restaurants. As time went on I
devoted more and more time to my music
business, adding other lines of coin ma-
chine equipment to it. By 1940 I was sold
out of the restaurant business, in the auto-
matic music business in earnest with about
140 units of music. With our continual
growth we started to streamline the busi-
ness with a very modern shop, salesroom
and offices. We started buying wall box
equipment and were one of the first in the
west to use wall boxes in quantities and
the receipts continued to increase.
"In the fall of 1942 I had an opportunity
to sell my operation for cash to a large
syndicate from the east and I decided to
take their offer for I had been in poor
health for several years. When I sold I
had 240 u nits of music with over 1.000
wall boxes, many of them large inst~lla-
tions, 175 pin games· and many other ma-
chines that enter into a successful coin
machine operation. We were also operat-
ing an arcade which was proving to be a
profitable addition to the business.
"I know of no business that has the op-
portunities the automatic music business
offers to a young man and I am looking
forward with a great deal of interest to the
time when I can begin telling live young
men of this opportunity."
Form Photo Association
WALLACE, N. C.- At ·a meeting of
photo machine operators from New York,
North and South Carolina, Ohio, Virginia
and Georgia held here, a National Direct
Positive Photo Operators' Association was
formed recently.
In the neighborhood of 100 operators,
manufacturers and supp liers were in at-
tendance and a barbecue dinner followed
the meeting.
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Filet Mignon is an opera by Puccini.
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NATCHEZ- Partial lifting of the ban
on amusement machines as the result of
recent orders closing locations at 12 noon
on Saturdays and 4 p.m. on afternoons
when there were convoys of soldiers go-
ing through Natchez, has been effected.
Locations not selling liquor, only beer, are
allowed to stay open as in the past.
The beginning of the football season is
aiding and abetting the coin machine busi-
ness in this area. Every week-end large
parties from Natchez and surrounding com-
munities go down to Baton Rouge for th e
games and these fans spend plenty cash.
The oil boom in this section of Mississippi
and in Louisiana co ntinues, making busi-
ness excellent for all operators. As a result
there are several new companies opening in
this territory, including Barney Atkins,
Jonesville, La., The Redd Dist. Co., of Phil-
adelphia, Mi"ss., and the Shelton Co., for-
merly of Jackson, Miss. These companies
have purchased local and Louisiana loca-
tions and have installed a numb er of new
machines.
The industry suffered a heavy blow here
recently when the many friends of the Cul-
pepper fami ly of F erriday were notified of
the death of Private First Class James C.
Culpepper, Jr., who died September 19th
in the Palau Islands as the result of
wounds received in action. Jim Culpepper
was with the 81st (Wildcat Division) In.
fantry, which suffered severe casualties in
the Southwest Pacific.
Culpepper was born July 2, 1907 in Con•
cordia parish and lived in Ferriday most
of his life. For twelve years he was em•
ployed as a shipping clerk and prior to
his induction in the armed forces, he was
associated with his father-in-law, H. B.
Nelsou in the operation of the Ferriday.
Natchez Amusement Co. Jim was one of
the best known operators in this section.
He was inducted at Camp Beauregard
June 8, 1942 and was sent to Camp Ru c-
ker, Alabama, for his basic training:. Fol •
lowing his training he went to the Ten -
nessee maneuvers with the 81st Division ,
and was also stationed at Camp Haren,
Arizona, where he was with a demonstra-
tion unit. Later he went to Camp San Luis
Obispo, California and from there he went
to Camp Beale and into the Pacific. Be-
sides his widow, the former Mi ss Dora
Nelson, he is survived by his mother, Mrs.
James C. Culpepper, Sr., of Ferriday, a
sister, Mrs. Richard Lee of Honolulu , and •
a brother, Robert, San Pedro, California.
No details of his death were given, but
the message from the war department
stated a letter would follow.
B. G. Trunzler, formerly of Wesson ,
Miss., and late of the U. S. Marine Corps,
from which branch of the service he re-
cently received a medical discharge, is now
in the co in machine business in thi s area.
He is manager of the Natchez branch of-
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