but because of the difficulty in obtaining
materials and labor, he is putting it off
for two ' or three years. At the present
time the machines go out about as fast
as they come in, so do not require such
an extensive sales room. Bradshaw has
been behind on deliveries because the
demand for macnines has been so great
that he has been unable to fill all the
orders.
Bradshaw said that for the next two
years it was his intention to have a great
majority of shipments go direct from the
factory to destination, thus saving delay
in delivery as well as keeping down over-
head expense which is absolutely necessary
in order to sell to operators on as small
a margin as possible.
He is still short of help and is kept
extremely busy laying out territory and
looking after details, but expects to get
caught up this summer or early falL He
is planning to have more help in the near
future as some of his former employes
will soon be out of the Army. His brother-
in-law, Sergeant N. O. Nippert, formerly
connected with the Board of Patrols, ex-
pects to join his force soon. Sgt . . Nippert
speak Spanish fluently, as well as English,
and Bradshaw feels that he will be an
asset to the company.
Bradshaw said that a number of his
old friends are coming back. "It's nice to
see them. It begins to seem like old times
-puts the war a little more in the back-
ground."
Operators from out of town who were
recently in Denver and called at the
Denver Distributing Co. were: W. C. John-
son of Rawlins, Wyo.; Henry Chipp, his
wife and son, from Rock Springs, Wyo.
-Chipp runs the Chipp Music Co. there,
and R. R. Reeve of Pueblo, Colo.
Art Hopkins, an old-time Mills oper-
ator, is back from the armed service and
intends to go back into business for him-
self as soon as he can get equipment.
Frances Conrey
Mississippi
Good business will get better for coin
machine operators of Natchez and this area.
Newest industry to come here is Johns-
Manville Corporation's insulating board
factory that will employ nearly a thousand
people and provide a ready cash market
for pulpwood in Southwest Mississippi.
It has also been Garden Pilgrimage time
again and thousands of tourists have been
helping coin machine operators during the
past few weeks. After four years packed
in mothballs or hanging in attics like
ghosts of happier days, hoopskirts and
bodices came forth for the festival which
attracted many. It was not held during the
war. Oil booming and industrially conscious
Natchez has doubled in population during
the war years and hotels have been taxed
to capacity. However, private homes were
made available during the Pilgrimage to
the old homes, which proved successful and
aided local operators no end.
One of the largest transactions in recent
months was the sale of the locations of
Powell Kaiser, Ben Goss and Robert A.
Graham located at Vidalia, La., to James
D. Cross. Operation consists mostly of slot
machines and audio phones. Consideration
was not revealed.
Operator Wilkes B. Harmon of New Or-
leans, was a recent visitor here and was a
guest of the writer, Lee B. Chisholm and
other local operators. Harmon recently re-
turned from a tour of duty with the Army
Air Forces in the CBI theater of opera-
tions.
.
Lester S. Cook, well known service
man, has opened his own shop and reports
STANDARD BRANDS
ff/.itefif/fe"
OILER AND SPRAYER
p .. ice $2. 95
Badger Sales Co.
Badger Novelty Co.
1612 W. PICO BLVD.
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
2546 N. 30th ST.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
that business is plenty rushing these days.
Thomas Alexander, ex-repair and serv-
ice man, is still in the Navy and is
stationed at Corpus Christi. He was here
recently to visit with members of his fam-
ily. Tom expects' to get out in a few weeks
and return to his operations here, in louisi-
ana and Texas.
Newest addition to the firm of Ewing
and Co., is John Littlejohn. He is assisting
Don Lynor and George Wilson.
A recent visitor was Ed. L. Schrader
of the Schrader Co., Vicksburg. He reports
business in the Hill City is the best in
years and there are many new locations in
his area.
Thornton S. Smith, son of operator R.
E. "Ned" Smith has re-entered Louisiana
State University at Baton Rouge after re-
ceiving his discharge from the service re-
cently.
Also entering LSU this semester is Jerry
Larkin, son of operator John Larkin of
Natchez and Memphis, Tenn., and a re-
cently discharged GI.
A. B. "Buddy" Chisum of Sicily Island,
La., was a business visitor here recently.
He is a well known Louisiana operator and
has a number of locations in that state.
The Natchez Music Co. has moved to
new quarters on Franklin St. J. W. Callo-
way, the owner, who makes his home in
Cotton Valley, La., was here recently on a
visit with his manager, J. T. Witt and
service man, John Williams.
Major Charles D. Beard of Vidalia is
back after serving more than three years
overseas and plans to resume his Lou!siana
operations.
Jimmy Caire is back after a VISIt to
Jackson, where he went to make a pur-
chase of new parts and coin machines for
his business.
Harold M. Case
NEW YORK - Coca-Cola Co. reported
net earnings for 1945 of $23,324,729, equal
to $5.67 a common share, compared with
$23,221,445, or $5.72 a share, in 1944. Co.
also declared the regular quarterly dividend
of 75 cents a share on common, payable
April 1, record March 14.
No More Lucky Green
NEW YORK - Lucky Strike "green"
which went to war with such horrific fan-
fare and publicity a few years back, won't
be back on the package of the American
Tobacco Co.'s leading cigarette,. according
to rumors in cigarette circles. It seems the
company has discovered that the green
color did not appeal to women smokers.
* * *
A family with a summer cottage in a
wild region of Wisconsin bought blue-
berries from an Indian each summer for
several years at 50 cents a paiL Last year
he raised the price to one dollar.
"Why," th e lady asked.
"Big war on some place," the Indian
replied.
* * *
She: Can you play in the key of A
flat?
He: Give me the right key, baby, and I'll
play in any flat!
TONY THE FISH PEDDLER OR-
A SON OF THE BEACH
1 sella da leesh, 1 sella da crab,
I'm notta so good, and I'm notta so bad,
1 leeve in da shak ver da sea gull he screech,
I'm Tony Paroni-a sonna da beach.
1 guess maybe you teenk I'm purty beeg 1001,
Cause I never go fo Canadian scbool.
An' don 't know so good, da Canadian speech,
I'm just Tony da dago-a sonna da beach.
Dey say to me "Tony, what lor you stay here?
You make more mOD it you sella da beer."
1 say 1 don't car if I nevair be reecho
1 rather just be-a sonna de beach.
Lasta week 1 hear two leller talk on da san',
01 a lelIa called Hitler a beeg cra~y man.
1 don't hear ' so good what dey saY' in da
. speecb.,
But it sound like he too is a sonna da beach.
Now 1 on't teenk dey mean he be a lelia
like me,
Cause he don't leev here on the beach by the
sea.
So 1 don't understand maybe him an me each ,
Be two diUerent kind 01 a .onna da beach.
Well I'm just Tony da dago and damn glad
1 am,
I'm glad I'm not wot you call dictator man.
Cause some day wen 1 die and heaven 1
reach,
Dey will say "Come in Tony you old .onna
da beach."
, I
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