Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1945 April

SKEE BALL BEADQUAR.,ERS
for Ihe 'Weslern Sioies
We carry a large stock of parts· for the convenience o,f Skee Ball Operators
Pull Down Arms, ' Segment Gears, Wooden Balls, etc., etc.
SPECIAL
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BALL
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PRACTICALLY NEW! WRITE FOR PRICES.
Skee Ball Reconditioning
We Buy and Sell
We refinish and recondition your equipment
in our own shops. Beautiful color designs to
revive interest and increase the play. Let us
show you some of our work. You'll be pleas-
antly surprised.
SDE BALJ.S
Any Number-On or Off Location
NICKABOB SALES' COMPANY
(NICK CARTER)
COIN
MACHINI
FAirfax 1461
RliVI£W
, 2525 West Pico Boulevard. Los Angeles 6. Californ'i a
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APRIL
have a formal opening in the next thirty
days.
A. C. Roberts, partner of Wolf Sales Co.,
is now at the Aerial Gunnery School, Tyn·
dall Field, Panama, Florida. A. A. Roberts,
brother of A. C. Roberts and also a part·
ner of Wolf Sales, reports a new arrival
at his home. It's a baby boy, born F ebru·
ary 24, weighs 7 pounds, 6 ounces. The
first baby in the family. His name is
Douglas Clark Rob erts.
J. P. Blackwell is taking a vacation in
the Sunny South with hi s family. H e is
expected to return as soon as spring
opens up.
G. J. Fendrick, one of the largest oper·
ators in th e city- known as the "Scale
man," said there h ad been a decided
slump in business si nce last fall and espe·
cially durin g th e winter, because so many
service men are leaving the di strict. There
has been very little buying of machines
since last summer. Many firms have closed
up, consequently all operators have sur·
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NICKEL NUDGERS
plus equipment on hand at this time.
F endrick said that there had been a
grea t deal of pilfering and breaking into
machines lately. It is believed that hi gh
school boys and so me of the soldi ers sta·
tion ed in the Denver area are responsible.
Many of the latter have b een workin g for
coin machine comp anies in the East and
some of th em h ave "master keys to phono·
graph machin es. So it is pretty well estab·
lished that much of the pilfering has been
from the service men in training a t Lowry
a nd Buckley Fields and at Fort Logan.
Up to the present they have b een unable
to a pprehend the culprits.
Fendrick has a long·time record as an
operator of weighing machines, amusemen t
machines and arcade equipment for almost
48 years. H e has been an operator in Den·
ver for almost 24 years.
Frances Conrey
Seattle
In army parlance, it's the man behind
the man behind th e gun who is th e de·
cisive factor in bringing forth a .successful
military decision. In th e jargon of wired
music, it is the girl behind the mike be·
hind the operator who either makes or
breaks a location.
If a citation for efficiency were on the
presentation agenda, Russell Amusement's
Martha Stivers would be a forerunning
contestant. Martha is a dark chubby girl
who , on first appearance, looks like the
type at their best relaxed in an easy chair
nibbling chocolates. But behind the turn·
tabl es, she is a veritable dynamo.
Life b ehind th e wire goes somethin g like
this: The yellow light, signifying that 15c
has b een chuted, fla shes on the panel. She
flips the switch and says, "Number, please."
The customer names two records by nu-
merical designation and th en gives one by
name--or h e calls out only two. The happy
adjustment must be made, the records must
be slipped out of th eir jackets and placed
alongside the turntable, the customer's
superfluous conversation- such as "What
are y'doin' toni ght, Babe?"-must be cut
short and the other eleve n or twelve turn·
tabl es kept fun ctionin g.
It's not " Blue Monday," th at h arasses
Martha but "Tempestuous Saturday," be·
cause pressure and play are at full blast
th en. The most aggravating situation is
when two drunks speak into the same
(Convenient Change Device)
LIGHT BULBS FOR
GAMES (ALL SIZES)
-SEE-
PAUL A. LAYMON
DISTRIBUTOR
. . . an individual to whom is entrusted the maior assignment of putting across the most
intricate parts of a difficult seleclion . THE SAME HOLDS TRUE IN THE REPAIR AND
MAINTENANCE FIELD . . . one shines forth and excels in the ' repair and maintenance of
4 Beils , Vest Pockets, '.Balls, Paces Races, and the like . . . and that ONE is Globe Elec·
tronics . . . not by self claim, but by acclaim of dozens and dozens of Southern California
operators who have found Globe Electronics DOES IT BEITER-CONSISTENTLY!
REMEMBER-
ALL EQUIPMENT INSURED AGAINST FIRE AND THEFT WHILE IN OUR SHOP.
GI.OBE EI.ECTRONICS
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1945
mouthpiece simultaneously.
Sandwiched in between flipping buttons,
pressing switches, sleight·of·handling discs,
soothing irate customers, placating drunks
and keeping the nickels coming are a few
miscellaneous duties such as typing record
tags, answering the phone and handling
service calls.
In the order named, these are the songs
which carried the most fingerprints last
month: "Rum and Coca-Cola," " Don't
Fence Me In," and "Twilight Time."
* * *
Recent visitors at Jack R. Moore Co. in-
cluded the following out of towners: A. C.
Watson, of Lewis and Co., Tacoma; Mr.
Guthrie of the Western Music Co., Spo-
kane; Gino Magrini, Tacoma Novelty and
Sound ; Chet Pepple, Wenatchee; L. R.
Farrell, Mt. Vernon; Mr. Lewis, Klam ath
Falls, Ore.; Hobart Hedri ck, Shelton, and
many others.
An unexpec ted and pleasant surprise
greeted the Bert Beutlers this month wh en
a long di sta nce phone call ca me in from
Santa Ana, Calif., announcing the safe re-
turn of Mrs. Beutler's brother after 3 years
in the India-Burma-China theater of war
as a medic attached to the Ai'r Corps. Sgt.
Luth er Alger, by name, was transferred
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by request to Fort Lewis, Wash., for dis-
persal , and there received his furlough
leave of 4 weeks. Laden with citations,
service stripes, campaign pins, a Tibetan
Spaniel dog and worlds of experiences to
relate, Sgt. Alger spent a hectic week with
the Beutlers, receiving a royal welcome
and seeing the Northwest for the first time.
He then trained to San Francisco to
catch a plane for a look at the old home
town of Ashland, Kentucky. He reports
back to Santa Ana after his furlough for
reassignment whi ch he hopes will be Eu-
ropean duty.
City ops who carried furrowed frown s
on their faces when the Byrnes midnight
curfew bell tolled, are smiling broad-
beamedly because play has increased as a
result. A vet op explained it thusly: "The
gang who used to take off at ten p.m. for
some out-of-way night spot and remain
until th e small hours of th e morning stay
in town now because it isn' t practicable
to travel a long di stance for just a few
hours' entertainment. Then, too, there are
phonos and pin games in restaurants and
the curfew doesn't effect th em."
Quickies . . . Old-time Arcadester Earl
Heroux is no longer at the old familiar
haunts, having sold his coin game interests
BIG SPRING CLEARANCE SALE
OF ARCADE MACHINES
ORDER YOURS NOW FOR SPRING AND SUMMER RESORT SEASON
60
ALL MACHINES COMPLETELY RECONDITIONED-IF NOT SATISFIED
RETURN WITHIN 10 DAYS-MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED
f OR
APRIL
1945
ARCADE E9UIPMENT
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Photomatic ....... .. ....... $1500.00
Smil.-a- Minut.
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Bally All ey ................. @ 35.00
Ro ll in the Barr.L ....... 115.00
Talki. Horosco p . ........ @ 240.00
SkY Battl.s .................. @ 295.00
Anti Aircraft .......... " .... @ 95.00
Kirk Astrology Scal . ...... 125.00
Kirk Astro logy Scale
(tall) .............................. 165.00
2 G.nco Playball .......... ~ 160.00
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2 Keeney Submarine._ ... @ 195.00
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Texas Leaguer.
T.n Pin . ....................... @
S.I.ct-a- Vi.w .......... @
M utoscope Peeks ......... @
Traveling Crane ........... @
Ray-o-Lit . ................. @
View -a-Sco pes ............ @
Chicken Sam ............... @
Jail Bird
Shoot-the-Chutes
Sc i.ntlflc Baseball
Kick.r & Catch.r.
Trip i. Gripp.r.
37.50
55.00
30.00
30.00
80.00
125.00
22.()0
140.00
175.00
195.00
87.50
25.00
20.00
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2 10e Astrascope ............. @ 125.00
2 Se.burg Astro lograph .@ 70.00
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W.stern 8as.ball ........ @
Love Pllot... .....................
Super Bomber .............. @
Ac. Bomber .................. @
Driv.mobile ................ @
SkYflghters .................. @
Liftograph .................. @
3 Col. Card V.nd.r .... @
Stamp V.nd.r Ro ll........
EI.ctric Shock.r..............
Skill J u m ps .................. @
P ikes P.ak .......................
Radio Rifl. with fllm ....
I Cigarette Vender..............
I Butter- Kist Po pcorn
Mach in . ............................
2 5e Ba lly Bull ................ @
I 5c Ch.st.r-Po ll ard Go lf
1 5c Chester-Pol lard
Football ............................
I 5c Vi-Ader Foot Vibr...
I 5c Basketball
1 Mutoscope Reel 1142"...
f Ie lorn Mutosco!)e Ree l
I 5c Jr. Bask.tball...
2 5c 3 Col. Card Vnd. @
4 2c Muto. Car d Vnds. @
4 5c Mills Peek Mchs ... @
2 5c Coin Movi .............. @
2 5c Air Raiders ........... ,@
155.00
165.00
395.00
395.00
395.00
375.00
165.00
55.00
50.00
15.00
42.00
20.00
65.00
45.00
125.00
95.00
75.00
125.00
75.00
60.00
95.()O
35.00
45.00
45.00
35.00
125.00
165.00
235.00
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5c Torp.do.
.. ....... 160.00
5e M uto. Hockey.............. 90.00
5c Bally Defend.r .......... 375.00
Ic Gypsy Pal mist... ......... 95.00
5e Solar Horoscope ........ 110.00
Ie Exh. Card V.nd.r.... 35.00
Ic Exh. Kiss O' Meter .. 145.00
5c Bas.ball........................ 45.00
5e Chi Coin Hockey ...... 215.00
5c World S.ri.s.
95.00
Ic Exhibit Fist Strik.r.. 75.00
5e Exhib it Hi Ball........ 95.00
5c Pok.r Jok.r................ 75.00
Scientiflc Punch. Bag .. 195.00
Kirk Gu .... r Scales @ 125.00
Muto. Card V.ndrs. @ 45.00
Knock Hitler's Pants Off
Bas.ball Throwing Gm . 165.00
Doll
Rack
Comp lete
with . Baseballs • • tc. ..
125.00
Duck P in Alleys, Whole
Set. Compo EQuipp.d .... 800.00
A.B.T. 6 Gun Airo-
matic Rifl. Range .......... 3800.00
Compl~t. with all equip-
ment. co mpressor, tar-
g.ts.
50.000
B. 8's.
cartridges. etc., all fac -
tory reconditioned. Sat·
isfaction guaranteed.
A RCADE SU PPLI ES
I Neon
outside V type
sign, size 5 ft. x ' 8 ft.
Reads liThe P-Iaydium
Amusement Center" on
both sides .......................... $650.00
Neon inside front win·
dow sign size 4 ft. x
4 ft. R.ads "Th. P lay-
dium Recreation for All" 275.00
Large Electric National
Cash Register. Used 6
Months .................. ,.: ........ 295.00
3 Small Cash Registers @ 65.00
18 FlUorescent flxtures 48"
Compo with Lamps @
9.50
I Neon sign reads , " Voice
Recording Studio." Size
50.00
24" x 24 ......... " ...
I Neon inside sign for
A. B. T . Gun Range.
Reads liThe Gun Club.
20 Shots for I()c". Size
3 ft. x 5 ft. ....
.. ... 250.00
and retired ~o a cigar-candy store in White
Center. But the flame still burns-a few
assorted arcade pieces are in evidence ...
Add retirers: The Waltz Music Co. is no
more, with Boss Don devoting his time ex-
clusively to war work . . . The Schnabel
shop has added two discharged se rvicemen
to the payroll: Johnny Inman and Johnny
Larrabee.
Cpl. Louis Ka rno / sk y
Portland
Max Arnsberg of Northwest Sales, re-
cently home on furlou gh, has returned
overseas.
Recent visitors to Portland . . . Bert
Schuler of Newport . . . W. R. McPher-
so n of Eugene . . . H eine Adrian, also of
Eugene ... A. Pizanti and wife of Vallejo,
California . . . Vic David and son, who is
a Lieutenant in th e Air Corps . .. B. A.
Mecklenberg of Mack Sales Co. from War-
renton, Orego n . . . Mrs. Mel Dix, who
with her hubby works for Mack Sales at
Bend, Oregon . . . Sol Esfeld of American
Discount Co. of Seattle.
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R. M. Waggener of Coin Machine Ac-
ceptance Corporation, Chicago, and his
wife were recent visitors to th e Coast.
The Ja ck R. Moore organization was
very happy to receive a card from Lt.
Charles M. Howe, one of its form er em-
ployees, who is a prisoner in Germany.
Ace Arnsberg is very busy in defense
work. Harry Arnsberg of the U.S.c.G. re-
cently had a severe injury to his hand ,
however, has been called back and is in
limited se rvice now. With all of the Arns-
berg boys here in the service or in de-
fen se work, their sister, Mildred Israel,
has plenty to do helping run th e North·
west Amusement.
John A. Ruggiero of the Moore Co. San
Francisco offi ce recently took a much
needed rest at Carmel-by-the-Sea. George
G. " Gardy" Goss, form erly with Jack R.
Moore Co. in Salt Lake City, is assisting
John Rugg iero. John Chalman of that
office has recently been inducted into the
service.
Marty Fibiger of th e U. S. Navy is now
in California with his wife, Joan. We
imagine Marty experie nced some rather
exci tin g times, as he was on the U.S.S.
A. J. Grant.
Dale H. Grimes, who for th e last three
months h as been in Portland, has returned
to assist the new manager, Ralph Perin,
at Jack R. Moore Co.'s Spokane office.
Received a n interesting letter from Orva l
Emerick, former bookkeeper of Jack R.
Moore Co., who is a Sergeant in the U. S.
Army and is now in the Philippines. H ad
a letter from Donald McLain, who was a
phonograph operator in Portland for An-
I Neon sign reads OIElec_
tric Rifle Range." Size
24" x 24·· ....................... . 65.00
1 Neon, reads "P lay for
40.00
5c" ........... .
All the above signs are complete
with transformers. 10 % off on all
Cash orders of $2,000.00 or more.
$7.00 Crating Charge on all Floor
Machines.

Wir •• Phone. Writ. for · Sampl. ·
STEWART NOVELTY COMP~NY
250 SOUTH STATE STREET
SALT LAKE CITY I, UTAH
ALL PHONES 3·5055
Improved
5c-l0c-25c
SCAVENGERS
for
Mills Jumbo Par ades
a nd Mills Fou r Bells
Part # 505A, $3.50 each
-SEE--
PAUL A. LAYMON
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