ports : "They try it- they keep it." Eric J .
far Northwestern bulk vendors which are
Margon operates a compact territory in the
taking up very little space and no way in-
downtown di strict, and every machine is
terfere with store traffic. However, his agree-
serviced at least every second day. Equip-
ment calls for all coin-opera ted equipment
ment is kept immaculately clean and mer-
in th e San Francisco area.
chandise in vendors is constantly replenish-
Mrs. Sass handl es all the offi ce detail, an d
ed. Acco rdin g to Margo n, there is no such
accordin g to Ol iver is an excellent judge
thin g as lo ca tion owners ringing up to say
on new location s. Carol Ann , four years old,
that one of his vendors is out of supply.
helps to b righten their home life.
Margon encourages new operators and just
Sass made a point emphasizin g tha t he
last week he go t 30 spots for a fo rmer de-
uses by preference Northwestern because
fense worker who wished to enter th e coin
he find s it such excellent equipm ent and
machin e fi eld but was at a loss how to get
because "Prince" Dutton is such a swell
locations.
person to do business with.
Margon's success migh t be ascribed to th e
Twelve yea rs ago Eri c J. Margon was an
fac t that he lik ed the busin ess sufli ciently
insurance man in the E ast. Lon gin g for the
to stay on the job ten to twelve hours a
sunny California climate he decided to co me
day and is a good enou gh mechanic to make
west for a vacation. Near his residence
there were several vending machines which . adjustme nts unless they are very complicat-
ed- when th ey a re brought in to Viking for
he considered a great convenience. Gradu-
a thorough overh aul.
ally he became inter ested seein g how people
Triangle Sales celebrated openin g its
patronized the vendors. From there it was
beautiful new quarters at 1000 Columbus
just a step trying to get into th e coin ma-
Ave., with a great shindig with swell food s
chine field, seeing what a good proposition
and liquo r served to distributors and loca-
it might be. H e noticed · the label and all·
tion owners. Tria ngle Sales is not really a
dress of Viking on th e equipment, called
new firm having been established in 1938
and made the necessary arrangements to
under the name of A.C.S. Novelty Co. at
get a few machines. He started out wi,h
another address. Change of name and loca-
about ten vendors. Adding to th em throu gh-
tion have been synchronized most appropri-
out the years, he has now several hundred.
ately. The building, which the fi rm has pur-
Margon also operates scales, bulk vendors,
chased is of a triangular shape and the three
pencil vendors, handkerchief vendors. He
way partnership further justifies th e name.
has concessions with chain theaters for
Ever since its inception, th e firm has
scales and is anxious to get more scales.
constantly increased its scope of activities.
Margon find s that service stations and
smoke shops are good spots for handker- The owners are P. And erlini , M. Checchi
and Wm. Silvestri. Anderlini said that when
chief and pencil vendors; bars are good for
COIN
the partnership formed they agreed on
MACHINE nut and peanut vendors, and grocery stores
three cardinal points : to give consistently
for penny candy and gum vendors. At
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satisfactory service ; keep equipment in
present he is very much interested to add
perfect condition ; have scrupulously fair
stamp machines and bar candy vendors to
dealings, and give no special concessions.
his other equipment. Margon has an almost
That they have built on a sound basis is
uncanny sense fo selecting locations, and
proved by their success. During th e last
giving them complete satisfaction. He re-
FOR
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two years the firm has bou ght four routes.
Just a fortni ght ago the Baritoni pinball
route was purchased. There are now three
mechani cs employed, there is an excellent
parts and service departm ent, also ware-
housing fa cilities. All reco nditionin g is don e
by the service staff.
Louis Grosso, owner of Grosso Amuse-
ment Co., believes th at directing youthful
exuberance into the right chann els would do
a lot of good to the Coin Machine Indus-
try. Mu ch adverse legislation could be a-
voided by keepin g teen-agers off the street
and giving them health y recreation. Backin g
his conviction by hard cash, Louis Grosso is
sponsorin g two baseball teams fo r boys and
two bowling leagues for girls. The boys, in
th e age group of 17-23, are bein g groomed
for professional players, and one of them,
Joe Desanti, has already made good, mak-
in g his mark as a professional.
Nobro Novelty Co. is very much interest-
ed at present in a bowling tournament in
whi ch the Nobro t eam consists of Joe and
Carl Noto, Fred Nelson, Nobro's general
manager, Harry Tonkins and J ack Negher-
bon. They are playin g in the 850 Marina
Bowl Classic Tourn ament and have won
so far two out of three games.
Raymond Williams, owner of Commercial
Music Co., Dallas, Wurlitzer di stributor
for Texas, spent a week-end here, accom-
panied by his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Williams
were entertained . by Mr. and Mrs. Don
Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Pop-
key at dinner at Dinah's Shack. Don Clark
is owner of Clark Distributing Co., West
Coast Wurlitzer distributor, and Kenneth
W. Popkey is manager.
Th e Clark organization made up a fish-
ing party a little while ago, and spent a
most enjoyable fortnight at Cross Lake,
Minnesota. The party consisted of Don
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