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COIN
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REVIEW
72
FOR
APRIL
1947
F!:deral 1810
To help finance a $10,000,000 a year edu-
cational program in Idaho, legislators at
Boise adopted a new set of laws legalizing
bell machines.
COIN ROW AD LIB-What say .we
get away from that dreary chatter about
legislatures and take a jaunt along Coin
Row? We were recently covering King St.,
deep in the heart of Chinatown, and we
stepped into a 'Chinese eatery, or maybe
it was Japanese, to get a pack of fags. Who
do you think was eating there? None other '
than Bill Alsdorf, dynamic S.M. for Jack
Moore here. But, friends, here's the scoop.
What was William eating? OCTOPUS
LEGS. And that ain't all. They were RAW.
He was also sampling some RAW Bonita,
some kind, .of fish. "Very good," chortled
Bill, scooping up another mouthful. '
No robb_eries reported at Puget Sound
Novelty this month. George Preece says
the new hair-trigger burglar alarm system
they put in after being victimized by thugs
a couple of times must be a good deal, be-
cause nobody has been around after hours
to try it out. Lyle Tenney again has wheels
-he finally got his Chevvie out of the shop
after three months of foot-punishing wait-
ing for some transmission parts.
Sammy Eskanazy, Associated Amuse-
ment Co., was still screaming Monday after
playing a bit of 4-5-6 with the galloping
dominoes over the week-end. Seems some
Joe made 15 straight passes, with 20
smackers of Sammie's folding stuff on each
pass.
Ed Hauter of the Puget Sound shop, is
expecting a new addition soon.
Man'a ger Bert Beutler has just returned
from a general policy shindig and skull
practice session held in L. A. by Bossman
Jack Moore for his coast managers. Visitors
. in the trade' stopping at Jack Moore's re-
cently and taking home Seeburg and Bally
equipment were: Ralph Brink and Ralph
- Hall, Tacoma; Red Roberts and Bud Boy-
sen, Centralia; Verne Beason, Puyallup;
John- Lavender, Wenatchee, who was pick-
ing up some Seeburgs ' for operations at
Euphrata, Moses Lake, and Coulee City.
Stopped in at the 2nd & Cherry Bldg. to
talk a little shop with Mike Brickner of
Zam Music-and what do you think we
chewed over? Baseball. It must be spring.
Mrs. Harry Jacobs reports pin operations
Los Angeles 6, Calif.
going swell. Bring on the depression, the
recession, the digression or anything, says
Mrs. J; people will always play the pin
games, so why worry?
Vic Abdo of John Michael's, will soon
be a papa, if not already. Congrats, Vic. .
Van Santen & Cohen, headmen of Cen-
tury Industries, recently wrapped up a sale
of music and pin ball machines totalling
$2300 and $3500 to C. G. Harris and 1. F.
McCrady, respectively.
Larry Adler, famous mouth organ vir-
tuoso, was entertained while filling an en-
gagement in town recently by Ralph Yost
and Andy Huffine. They arranged a radio
airing for Larry out of Bob Nichol's record
shop, and later got together with the local
press at-how odd-the Press Club .. Ralph
Yost likes the press, especially those gal
reporters.
Ben Rosco and Associates are building
some mighty sweet coin operated radios out
on Second Ave., and will be releasing some
good news on a custom built deal at mass
production prices soon. Marion Carson,
plucky little secretary, was in an auto acci-
dent recently, and is hobbling about on
crutches with a badly sprained and twisted
ankle-but still working.
Recent visitors to Puget Sound Novelty
included: Orin Mason, Tacoma; Joe Broad-
bent and Leo Tyler of Anchorage; Arnold
Olson, Ketchikan, and Vic Little of Van-
couver, B. C. Looks like the boys from the
Frozen North are getting hot on the ball,
huh mates?
Ron Pepple of Northwest Sales Co_ is
driving a shiny new Dodge, and was taking
Louie Di Denti out for a bit of a spin be-
.for.e lunch as we came by. (We came by
on foot, as usual.)
. Alice Riplinger is again holding down
the secretarial chair for Ron, and she can
really hold down a secretarial chair, all 105
pounds of her. (How's that for guess on
your heft, Alice?)
George Trambitas is the new head man
at Western · Distributors. He hails from
Portland, where he has been working with
Western for about five years. Before that
he hailed from Seattle. Solly Solomon,
whom he replaces, has gone to California
for a bit of fun a'nd frolic under sunny
skies_
Helen Reed of Acme Amusement is back
at work after a short illness. She was re-
placed for two weeks by Pearl Wik. Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Harthorn are expecting any
time now.
Earl Everett will release his new click-
eroo bell escalator some time late this
month. We got a preview peek of the
mechanism in action down at Seattle Coin
Machine the other day, and it looks like
the McCoy. It is simple, foolproof, and
sturdy. Coinmen will like it-it is inter-
changel\.ble on 5, 10 and 25 cent slots. Sam
Grossman was putting it through the paces
with some machine-gun lever pulling_ The
counter registered 72,006, and the mechan-
ism was-performing as smooth as silk. Look
for more on this next month.
Ah, comes now the baby news of the
month. Vic Green of Pep Sales has a brand
new, sweet little g~l at his house. The
Greens were happy to greet the new lassie,
as they already have two fine boys, and Vic
figures there is no point in trying to raise
a baseball team!
MieluJd Ct.r,
Toke 'pm Awoy-At Borgoin Prices
A:LL REBUILT A'ND RECONDITIO'NED LIKE NEW
Bally Used VICTORY
SPECIALS ....... __ ............... $295.00
Bally Used DRAW BELlS - Write
for low pric:es.
Keeney Used BONUS BELLS, Sin-
gle and Double-Write for low
pric:es.
Thorobred ........................... $139.50
Longac:res .......................... 139.50
'41 Derby ...... : ........ ~ ........ :.... 75.00
Club Trophy ........ _ ............. $ 75.00
Dark Horse ........................ 75.00
Blue Grass .......................... 75.00
Bally Surf 9ueens,
5-ball novelty ................ 149.50
Hi Hands, CP, FP ... _............ 89.50
Keeney Super Belli, CP, FP 99.50
Bally Club Belli, CP, FP.... 89.50
Mills Jumbo, FP.................. 49.50
Mills Comb. Jumbo, FP, PO 89.50
Write for c:omplete list of games available at new low pr/c:es.