Haw"One Operator's Wile Took
Over For The Duration
By PRIVATE CHARLES W EINER _
Fort Bliss, Texas
(When Charles Weiner left his string
of music machines in San Francisco a
year ago to join the armed forces, Mrs.
Weiner took over the operation of the busi·
ness. Now at the end of a year Private
Weiner tells just how successful the ar-
rangement has been.-EDITOR)
I've been in the armed service anti-air-
craft for over a year now and I feel that
I ought to pass on to you something that
I am very proud of, and which may be of
some help to others that may be drafted
in the future.
We Buy From and
Sell To Operators
Everywhere
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PAUL A. LAYMON
DI STRIBUTOR
1503 West Pico
Los Angeles 15
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When I knew I was to be drafted I
started to break in my wife to the method
of operating the music route which I had
been running with my Dad. We operated
under the name of Bob and Mac.
Fully expecting the locations in gen·
eral to take a drop, I was very surprised
to find the recei pts, as well as the size of
the route, has increased greatly since my
induction.
Naturally I was very interested as to
how this was accomplished.' Here is what
I found: First, my wif~ Elinor studied the
type of records the indl'v idual account pre-
ferred. She did this by writing the name
of each piece placed in the location each
week and by tally of the register, placed
these figures next to the list on a pad.
Eventually it was easy to determine the
type most played. She placed a definite
day to be there and in clock-work preci-
sion was there every week on the same
day and changed 30 per cent of the rec-
ords; following the register, and taking
those off that had the least play.
During the week on any extra time she
is always dropping in to the accounts to
see how everything is, and incidentally,
taking nickels out of the box and giving
them to the location owner in exchange
for currency. This insures plenty of nic-
kels on hand. She also looks the records
over and replaces worn ones, dusts off oth-
ers and puts in new needles.
On the record end of it, knowing how
hard it is to get the desirable records at
the wholesale establishments, she lined Up'
quite a few retail sto~es who agreed to
save her choice records as they received
them. By continually shopping she man-
ages to keep up with I;ood oldies and re-
quests.
'
By checking over the records as she
took them off the machine, she keeps a
tab on them. During the evening at home-
5he goes over them again and compares
them with the tally she has of the differ-
ent records in the accounts each week.
She selects her next changes, being care-
ful not to repeat, if possible, any of the
records that might have come off recent-
ly. By turning them over, placing them
in another location, and vice versa, thi!>
record of plays prevents confusion.
There are many other things she has'
done such as, beJi'eve it or not, changing'
belts that have become worn, putting in
fuses and checking boxes that jam, and'
many jobs I thought would have been im-
possible for a woman.
Naturally some jobs require experienced
mechanics, and when they arise Elinor
goes over and gets the ' mechanic, brings
him to the location, and sees that the
machine is back in working order with a
very minimum of lost time.
Through all this effort the business has
I!;rown and prospered, and because of this
I am very proud of my wife_ Her record
proves that other operators making plans
to enter the army do not necessarily have
to sell their routes. There are many wives
that are capable of taking over a business,
and even building it up, during your ab-
sence.
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6 New ROCK-OLA Moderne
Tone Column Speakers .......... each
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10 New ROCK·OLA
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S49 50
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50 Brand New ROCK·OLA Mystic
Music Lock·Out Wall Boxes, each
10 Spectra vox Tone Columns for Wired Music ...................................................................... ea. $100.00
10 Red Dot Amplifiers for Late Model Rock·Ola Phonographs
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF WIRED MUSIC PARTS
BOUTE rOB SALE
A WELL ESTABLISHED ROUTE OF 25 MACHINESo;J PRACTICALLY NEW, IN
CONCENTRATED AREA IN LOS ANGELES
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2916·2920 West Pico Blvd.
PArkway 1179
Los Angeles 6, Calif.
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