are finding it a convenient stop for parts
and supplies.
Tom W. Lewis, Oceanside, has taken
over the route of Archie Freeman who in-
tends to retire.
Mrs. Bud Holloway is handling her
hubby's wired music operation in San
Bernardino while Bud is in the armed
forces.
Los Angeles
New equipment, and when it will arrive,
still continues to be the most discussed
subject when two or more coinmen meet.
We've met with a lot of. them the past
month, and talked to many of the men who
should know who have visited our fair
city, from Chicago and New York. Almost
to a man they tell us 1946 is the very
earliest before an appreciable amount of
new stuff will come through. Many factors
make this a reality and not the ' least of
them is the OP A ruling which allows
manufacturers only 15 per cent markup'
over the prices charged for like equipment
before producti'on was frozen. Manufactur-
ing costs have increased far beyond the
15 per cent figure and consequently it would
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be more profitable to manufacture parts
and rebuild machines than create brand
new ones and sell below manufacturing
costs. At least, these are some ' thoughts
worthy of passing along so you may plan
accordingly.
One of the shortest operating careers in
history was brought to a close recently
when Charles Thomas relinquished his
music route after operati'ng it for three
weeks. Route was sold to Thomas by Nick
Carter of the Nickabob Co. Thomas, one of
3 specialized welders of intricate units in
the U.S., was employed at a local aircraft
plant and in doing some postwar planning
acquired the route from Nickabob. ,On a
Friday afternoon, after operating the route
as a sideline for three weeks, Thomas re-
ceived notification of a cutback at his
plant and no further need for his services.
Happy in the knowledge he had a route
to carryon with he enjoyed a sound sleep
until the postman arrived the next morn-
ing with his "Greetings." Nickabob took
back the route, refunded in full, and
Thomas has been outfitted by Uncle Sam
and is now learning ways and means of
exterminating Nips.
The "flu" has laid a lot of the lads up
for a few days. Charlie Robinson hit the
mattress for a couple of days to lick his,
and Bud Parr extended his stay to four
days to be positive.
Since moving to the former Herb McClel-
lan spot on W est Washington, Len Micon
has found that Pacific Coast Distributors
has really come into its own as a mecca
for coin machine men. Just a couple of
doors from the Association office the boys
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Root are infantici-
pating. Coin men are making plans to
descend on the Root liquor store the
minute the young ' un arrives. With the
shortage of cigars, the liquor store should
provide the necessary ingredients for a
celebration of the event.
Nickabob Co., has sold Hershell Ozer
a route of guns and skeeballs in Los An-
geles.
De Loss H. Osborn, formerly of Oak-
land, has moved to Los Angeles. Dwight
Osborn, of S & M Sales Co:, Memphis,
Tenn., visited his father, A. D. Osborn, in
Los Angeles recently. The elder Osborn,
grand old man of the coin machine indus-
try is seriously ill.
I. B. Gayer, San Bernardino, has picked
Cuba for a three-weeks vacation holiday.
And back from a vacation trip to Skagway,
Alaska, on the Princess Nora of the Can-
adian Pacific Lines, is A. M. Keene, Taft
operator.
If the horse should ever replace the
auto (and it might) Len Micon has no
worries for the curb along the side of his
building has hitching rings firmly imbed-
ded every ten feet, providing just enough
room for an operator to tie up his
team and load equipment.
Remember the old song: "I Know A
Guy Who Knows A Guy Who Knows A
P lace to Go"? Well Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Robinson enjoyed a counterpart of the
old song on a recent visit to San Francisco
where, in the company of a friend, they
decided to go to the Top of the Mark
for cocktails. About 50 people were wait-
ing in the lobby to go up in the elevator
when the friend decided he might see his
friend-the manager of the Mark Hopkins.
Result: The party went up the freight
elevator to a reserved table; down to
the dining room to examine a menu loaded
with spaghetti, fish and macaroni dishes,
and then have the menu snatched out of
their hands while a full course dinner
crowned with huge steaks made its way
out from the kitchen. Ah, yes! It pays to
know the guy who knows the guy!
Jimmie Rutter of Operators Service, left
the first of July for a vacation trip back
to Missouri, but it didn't quite turn out
that way. Wrote Jimmie from Nowata,
Oklahoma: "Having a fine time so far
but think I'll quit seeing the operators
as they put me to work when I show up.
I stopped in San Berdu and Gayer made
me work. Went to Barstow and Ray Smith
'Wanted me to wire a volume control. Got
out of that. Stayed all night in Kingman
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