suited from his visit. Bill left on May 3rd
for Bakersfi eld, Sa n Fra ncisco and way
po ints. H e expects to go back to Chi cago
within the next co uple of weeks and, in
the interim, h e and Mrs. Corcoran intend
ta kin g u p Spani sh so th ey can meet our
Southern neigh bors on equ al foo ting when
they return after th e wa r.
E. Norris, who recentl y a rrived on
the Coast from Texas, is setti ng up a n
operation of 100 converted P a norams in
the beach cities surrounding Los An geles.
First 40 were deli vered by Bill Nath anson
recently and machines will be operated in
units of 10.
This is th e season for the disciples of
Isaac Walton and a lot of doors we rapped
upon and phon e numbers we called didn' t
res pond. All of which reminds us of on e
of the favorite couplets of yesteryear :
" Little basket, little bait, little lunch, lit·
tl e weight ; little sandwich, little pie, lit·
tI e fish , and sam e big li e!"
The W. Ellis 10hnsons of Claremont are
th e proud parents of a second so n.
1 erry Cooper, Ri verside, enters the joke
derby with this entry: Du ring a heavy
bombardment of a n En glish city in an Eagle
Squadron an ARP man ran up to the
opening of a publi c shelter, peered in a nd
called, " Are there any exp ectan t mothers
here?" After a very bri ef pause, a femi·
e.
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nine voice replied, "Hard to say. We' ve
only been down here a few minutes."
Paul Hirschler, South Pasadena , is aug-
menting his coin machine activities by
operating fishin g bo ats out of Newport
Beach. Paul has the "Star" a nd "Cres-
cent" for fishing expeditions to th e fi sh
beds near Catalina, Laguna, Dana Point
and San Clemente. For p rivate parties
" Marie" is available. And th at's no pun
for M arie is a fa st speed boat.
Kelley and Harvey were in from Pismo
Beach to pick up equipment and related
that their Arcade installation in this city
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1944
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FT. MYERS. , FLA.
is doing an excell ent business.
W. E. Simmons has sent out a nifty two-
co lor plastic holder fo r book matches.
O. Ri gdon, Fontana ; Frank Ton g,
F resno ; M. Gouff, Templeton ; Frank Har-
dy, Oxnard and I va n Wilcox, Visalia, were
among recent visitors at Laymon's.
Leon Sides, Seattle, Washin gton, was in
town mid-month picking up new machines.
Sides is op enin g two carniva ls in the weeks
ahead.
Bill Mahaffey, Stockton , now has com-
mercial fishing rights off Ava lon, Cata-
lina Island, and is over on the Island to
take care of thin gs.
Harry Kaplan's son, Lewis, is now with
the army air forces overseas.
Sgt. Nelson Baker, home on a 4-week
furlough , paid a visit to the P aul A. Lay-
mon establishment where he held a pre-
war job in the servi ce department. Baker,
only 23, has had more than a lifetime of
experi ence in th e army. As a waist gun-
ner on " H ell's Angels" he participated on
26 missions over Germany. Crew of " Hell's
. Angels" all hailed from Texas and Nelson
was the youngest. H e was wounded sli ght-
ly in the fa ce but, said Nelso n: "I got the
dirty bli'ghter that did it." Baker was
laden with medals and top most on his
chest was th e Distinguished Flying Cross
with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Silver Star,
campaign ribbons for the European th eatre
with clusters thereon, good behavior, and
many others. Nelson is to re port aga in on
the 25th for service and hopes to be sent
to the South Pacific for "I want to see all
parts of thi's here war."
Aubrey Stemler had a lon ge r vi sit in
San Francisco, May 8th, than he had ori g-
inally intend ed. Aubrey planed north to
confer with boss-man Don Cla rk. On board
the plan e for hom e he was suddenly asked
to relinquish his seat for a military per-
sonage. Two days did Aubrey wa it before
th e plane line had a seat for him.
Laymon's had a $16,000.00 order from
th e United States Navy to fill when we
visited them .. . and were they busy !
Ollie Trevillian, Santa Barbara, is on
the sick list, and brother Fred is back
e.
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