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Issue: 1946 June

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A Womlln Hils tbe Lllst Word - -
ABOUT THE eMI PUBLIC RELATIONS PLAN
By THE' REVIEW Office Girl
In the months past you have read the messages of the
Industry's leaders urging you to join the CM!. rou have
read the remarks of Mr. Mangan, Mr. Eaton, Mr. Kelner '
and the staff writers of THE REVIEW. I have read them
too- more carefully than you have because one of my
jobs is to read proof when we are going to press. The
other day I asked the Boss if I could put in my two cents'
worth and h e said I could. I had two reasons for my
request.
The first reason is purel y selfish- I'm darned tired of
having people rai se their eyebrows when they discover
that the trade magazine I work for is in the coin machine
field. To the general public, coin machines still mean
the " One-Armed Bandit" or juke boxes in a honky-tonk.
I wouldn't dare to sign my name to this article because
if I should decide to run for the office of Dog-catcher,
for example, even the support of the most immaculate
organizations would not be sufficient to dissolve the
suspicion caused by my connection with the Industry.
I think it's abou! time such a situation is changed. As
I see it, there's onl y one way to bring about a change
and that is through a strong representative organization
with the power and fund s to embark on a long-range
public relations program designed to enlighten the public
and make said public conscious of the many vital services
rendered by our Industry.
" Pressure group," "lobby," "public relations expert"
are all recognized terms these days. Do we have to be
different and lead with our chins? Being feminine, I like
to be in style. We must have our public relation s pro-
gram. After all, our Industry 'is a great one and still in
its adol escence. Can' t we speed up the process of develop-
ment by getting behind the CMI program and pushing
it to the limit ?
My second reason for wanting to break into print is
purely altruistic- a two-bit word that simply means
thinking in something other than the first person. Every
occupation or profession that amounts to a hoot has pro-
fessional or occupational obligations. Those obligations
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require membership in organizations-membership which
helps the individual through service to the group. For
example, one member of my famil y is in the teaching
profession. His year! y professional budget runs some-
thing like this :
Professional organizations (national ,
state, local ) ........................................ $20.00
Professional. o~ga~izations in his fi eld
of specIalizatIOn ................................ 9.50
Professional magazines (general and
specialized ) ........................................ 10.00
Support of student activities ...................... 15.00
$54.50
• This is for a school year of ten ~onths and does not
include the things he buys as aids to his work nor the
money he spends for books and for tuition in refresher
courses at the University.
Our doctor and lawyer friends have even higher pro-
fessional budgets. A friend who works in an industrial
plant tells me his union dues average $5.00 per month
plus special assessments. And what are you paying ?
Your budget should be:
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Membership in CML ............................... $25.00
Membership in local organization ............ 10.00
Two trade magazines.................................. 8.00
$43.00
Brother, you're getting off easy! You can afford to
j oin the local Chamber of Commerce or a business men's
service club to boot.
On my desk, waiting to be copied for the printer, is a
list of the distributors and operators who have already
indicated their faith in our Industry and their desire to
support the CMI program by becoming Associate Mem-
bers. Congratulations, gentlemen, on your good judgment
and prompt action. And you over there, is your name
on this list?
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF COIN MACHINE INDUSTRIES, Inc.
(List compiled May 17. 1946)
ALABAMA
Birmingham
Birmingham Vending. Co .
Ten Ball Novelty & Mfg. Co .
fairhope
E. J. Roberts Arwusement Co.
Leeds
Ralph E. Powers
Montgomery
Cohen Amusement Co .
Franco Novelty CO .
ARIZONA
Aio
J. Bowen Kindred
Pboenix
Andress Cigarette Service
Arizona Sales Co .
Garrison Sales Co.
Phoenix Distributing CO .
ARKANSAS
EI Dorado
Wood Distributing Co .
Little Rock
Ark·Tenn Distributing Corp .
Deluxe Novelty CO .
CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield
Fred Allen
Balboa
Newport Harbor Yacht Club
J . II. Bowen & James Addy
Bellflower
M & L Amusement Co.
Clearlake Highlands
Lake Electric Co.
Dunsmuir
Jesse James
Fresno
Elbee Company
Tower Music Co.
Glendale
McKee Sales Co .
Ray Tisdale Amusement Co.
United Vendors
Hollywood
Alpha Distributing Co .
Weymouth Service Co .
Lawndale
L. O. Haskins
Long Beach
Gillespie Games Co.
Los Angeles
Associated Operators of L. A. County, Inc.
Badger Sales 'C o.
Irving Bromberg Co .
Coinmatic Distributors
Ben Corenblum
General Music Co .
Gold Coast Coin Machine Exchange
Paul A. Laymon Co.
Music Operators' Ass' n. of So. Calif.
Navarro Distributing Co.
Nickabob Sales Co.
Pacific Coast Distributors
Pla-Mor Distributing Co.
Playland Arcade
Quality Pictures CO.
C. A. Robinson & Co .
Sicking Distributin9 Co.
Solotone Corporation
M. S. Wolf Distributing Co .
Maywood
Anton Jeppesen
Oakland
Automatic Machines Co.
E. & F. Novelty
Empire Specialty Co.
Mills Sales Co ., Ltd .
Oxnard
Oxnard Novelty Co .
Red Bluff
Walter K. Simpson
Redding
Spence Graves
Redondo Beach
South Bay Novelty Co .
Sacramento
A. B. C. Novelty Co.
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Miller Distributing Co .
San Bernardino
Gayer Company
San Diego
A. J . Fox Co .
San francisco
Advance Automatic Sales Co .
Gem Novelty Co .
Golden Gate Novelty Co.
H . & S. Sales Co .
M-B-W Associates
Murdock & Merrill
R. A. Parina & Co .
M. A. Pollard Co .
Vi king Specialty Co.
San Jose
Acme Novelty Co.
San Mateo
G . Barron Music Co.
I Se/ma
George K. Young
Yalley Springs
J. W . Ormes
CANADA
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Coney Island Amusement Co ., Ll'd .
Toronto, Onto
Donald Fielding Co.
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Winnipeg Coin Machine Co .
COLORADO
Denver
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Burkett Amusement Co .
Capitol Music & Sales Co .
James E. Gaddis
Modern Distributing Co .
Star Vending Co .
Wolf Sales Co.
Ft. Lyon
J . W. Mannion
Grand Junction
Burns Music Co .
Pueblo
Out West Music & Amusement Co .
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
Connecticut Pla ·Mor Co . '
Hart/ord
Novelty Amusement Co ., Inc.
Madison
Fred A . Fuest
New Britain
Connecticut Automatic Sales Co .
New Have"
John J . FitzGerald, Jr.
FLORIDA
Jadsonyille
Alcorn & Cate
Modern Southern Distributors
Miami
Christopher-Luker Co.
Florida Automatic Sales Corp .
Sun Sales Corp .
Miami Beach
American Vending Co .
Orlando
Southern Music Co .
GEORGIA
Albany
Albany Amusement Co .
Atlanta
'
. Friedman Amusement Co.
H & L Distributors, Inc.
Bainbridge
Cooper Music Co .
Colquitt
Maurice A. Rooks
Macon
Heath Distributing Co .
Nashyille
B. Morris Co .
Savannah
Mullininx Amusement Co.
Soperton
Sparks Specialty Co .
Ti/ton
TIfton Music Co.
HAWAII
Wahiawa, Oahu , T. fl.
Automatic Vending Machine Co .
IDAHO
Wallac~
North Idaho Sales
ILLINOIS
KENTUCKY
Carmi
Barbo~rYille
W . G . Fortner
Chicago
Robin Adair
Amalgamated Distributing Co.
Irvine
Hammons Novelty Co .
Hopkinsyille
Music and Novelty Shop
Frank Miller
American Amusement Co .
Ammco Distributors
Lexington
Automatic Coin Machines & Supply
Co .
Coin Machine Acceptance Corp .
Louin'ille
Sterling Novelty Co.
B & B Novelty Co .
t~u~~i~r:c~in D~s!~~~~nto~o.
Empire Coin Machine Exchange
Chas. W . Hoffman
Kruse & Connor
Lewis Coin Machine Service
Harry Marcus Co.
Marvel Mfg. Co .
Monarch Coin Machine Co .
Jack Nelson Co .
P & 5 Machine Co .
Pastime Music Co .
Mack H. Postel
Superior Products
Havana
Becker & Long
Kankakee
Gousset Sales Co.
Moline
Central Sales & Service of Moline
Oak Park
R. H. Adair Co .
Peoria
City Vendors
Quincy
H . & H. Novelty Co.
(Thomas D. Hickey)
H . & H. Novelty Co.
(Robert E. Hoffman)
Rockford
Cas-Ola Coin Machine Co .
,Bill Morris Music Co .
Rock Island
Frankel Distributing Co .
Skokie
General Music Corp .
Tavloryille
James Farney
INDIANA
Batesyille
John l. Biehl-Club Distributing
Co .
Evansville
Automatic Amusement Co.
S. Silver Novelty Co.
Fort Wayne
Binco Music Co .
Arnold A. Lee
Indianapolis
C. E. Armstrong
Banister & Banister Distributing
Co .
L. O . Martin
F. D. Munson
Sicking Co .
Muncie
Gay Games , Inc .
Salem
Barnard Amusement Co.
Shoals
Sherfick Music Service
Terre Haute
Wabash Valley Distributing Co .
Washington
Seneff, Dunham & Seneff Co.
IOWA
Des Moines
Gilbert Distributing Co.
Nelson Music Co .
Sandler Distributing Co .
Keokuk
Coin Operated Service
Waterloo
Automatic Supply Co.
KANSAS
Abilene
Novelty Music Co .
Chanute
General Novelty Co .
Indep e ndenc~
B,uton Novelty Co .
Kansas City
Broadway Amusement Co.
Wichita
Leonard G . Friebus
Matheny Vending Co .. Inc .
Mueller Specialty Co.
.
Ohio Specialty Co.
Southern Automatic Music Co.
Paducah
Thomas Novelty CO .
LOUISIANA
New Iberia
Teche Novelty Co.
New Orleans
A. M. Amusement Co .
Dixie Coin Machine Co., Inc .
Louisiana Coin Machine Service
New Orleans Novelty Co .
Shreveport
Janssen's Music Service
Thibodaux
Charley Glorioso
MAINE
Augusta
Stillman Music Co.
Cape Elizabeth
The O . J . Porter CO .
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Andrews Vending Machine Co.
Economy Supply Co.
General Vending Sales Corp .
Hub Enterprises
Roy McGinnis Co .
Beachville
Abe Weiner
Cambridge
Stacy L. Lewis
Cumberland
Queen City Novelty Co .
Silyer Spring
Domestic Novelty CO .
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Associated Amusements, Inc .
Franklin Discount Co .
Franklin's Advertising Service
J . J. Golumbo & Co.
Greene Distributing Co .
Hamel Distributing Co .
King Distributing Co .
Redd Distributing Co.
Trimount Coin Machine Co.
Fall River
Lavoie & Hillman, Inc.
Shrewsbury
Novelty Sales Co .
Springfield
Automatic Coin Machine Corp .
Becker Novelty Co .
Melody Phonograph Co.
Whitman
Donovan Vending Service
MEXICO
.Mexlco City, D. F.
Articulos Electricos
MICHIGAN .
Ahmeek
Frank Sager & Co .
Battle Creek
B. C. Vending Co .
Detroit
Angott Sales Co., Inc .
Edelman Amusement Devices
Gaycoin Distributors
Lemke Coin Machine Co .
Marston Distributing Co .
Robinson Sales Co.
A. P. Sauve
Essexville
Anthony H. Giffel
Grand Rapids
Great La kes Sal es Co.
Miller Vending Co .- ·
Kalamozoo
King-Pin Equipment Co.
Lansing
Automatic Service
Niles
Reliable Amusement Co .
Pontiac
Wolverine Entertainers, Inc.
Sparta
Peach Ridge Distributing Co .
Wyandotte
Frank Goodyear
MINNESOTA
Brainerd
R. L. Kuehmiche l
Duluth
Twin Ports Sales Co .
Faribault
Gopher Sales Co .
Grand Rapids
Frank Mager Novelty Co.
Minneapolis
Acme Music Co .
Bush Distributing Co .
HY-G Amusement Co .
Minnesota Machines Co .
Silent Sales Co .
StA~t~%atic Games & Supply Co .
Shakopee
Joe Topic
Willmar
Midwest Vendors
MISSISSIPPI
Bilox;
United Novelty Co. , Inc .
Columbus
Fairway Amusement Co .
Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg Music Co .
Inverness
W. Frank Davis
Natchez
Bill Eidt
MISSOURI
Carthage
McGuire Novelty Co .
Cuba
Missouri Music Co.
KaC~~~o~~:ted
Distributing Co.
Jobn W . Hathorn
United Amusement Co .
Universal Mfg. Co .
Moberly
J . s. Esry Novelty
Poplar Bluff
Frank Harris Sales Co.
St. Louis
Baum Distributing Co .
Container Mfg . Co.
Dewey S. Godfrey
Ideal Novelty Co.
McCall Novelty Co .
Morris Novelty Co., Inc.
Olive Novelty Co.
V-P Distributina ,Co.
W. B. Novelty Co., Inc .
MONTANA
Billings
Montana Sales Co.
Havre
Pete l. Weyh Co .
Malta
W. J . Nankeman CO.
NEBRASKA
Grand Island
Kellogg Sales Co .
Macks Music Service
Omaha
Barkalow Bros. Co .
Frankel Distributing Co .
Howard Sales Co.
H. Z. Vending & Sales Co .
Public Scale Co.
Scottsbluff
R. 'C. King
NEVADA
Reno
Bank Club of Reno
A. Benetti Novelty Co.
W . A. Huffman
Norman l. Mitchell
Ben T. Smith Co.
Williamso" Sales CO .
NEW JERSEY
Asbury Park
Casino Amusement Co .
Atlantic City
F. McKim Smith
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