and Southern Nevada, and whose Mil·
waukee office covers Wisconsin and North-
ern Michigan. "It has the strongest player
appeal of any game invented. Moreover, it's
b!;ling built by Allite Mfg Co., one of the
best manufacturing plants in the country.
The game is rugged and soundly built.
In every respect it's a perfect engineering
job."
Among the many operators who have
stopped in at Badger Sales and seen the
bowling game are: A. E. Brooks, Los
Angeles; E. A. Goldenfeld, Los Angeles;
R. F. Gallagher, Santa Ana; J. H. Sheeter,
South Pasadena; Ray Reynolds, Big Bear
Lake; R. F. Elliott, Fontana; G. F. Cooper,
Riverside; E. E. Simmons, Paso Robles;
Lee Wirt, Montebello; and D. D. Brymer,
A completely automatic pin-setting and scoring bowling alley---'-an
Palos Verdes.
exact replica of a regulation bowling alley. Colorful electrical score-
C. A. Robinson has re turned from a
board shows frames being played and total score, in addition to
trip to Reno, where he says he wrote
strikes and spares. Test-proved on location for one year, this fasci-
some nice orders for the Jennings Chal-
lenger and Jennings Chiefs. Says there
nating game set new high grosses in the amusement industry.
has been a terrific demand for Jennings
bell machines in Reno. Business also has
fOR
been very good with the Vendit candy
vendor and Daval Skill Thrill, says Charley.
Dolores Minthorne is back at work after
a long and hard 5-week seige with im-
ORDER fROM
pacted wisdom teeth. Offices at Minthorne
Music have been changed about, with
Jean occupying a suite on the mezzanine
and Mike Holbert holding forth in Jean's
old office.
1350 Howard Street
San Francisco 3, Calif.
American Beverage Vendors are produc-
ing a dispenser for bottlers only, accord-
ing to Gene Brown, but hope late in the
WESTERN DISTRIBUTORS. 1226 S.W. 16th AVENUE
fall to get into production w.ith their cup
PORTLAND. OREGON
vendor, for which there is said to be a
great demand.
Dapper Bill Siros, top- man at Siros
WESTERN DISTRIBUTORS. 3126 ELLIOTT AVENUE
Mfg. Co., Houston, breezed into town ac-
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON
companied by C. R. Honeyman, who heads
Honeyman Distriblolting Co. in San Fran-
cisco. Bill predicts big things from his
new Brush Up shoe shine machine. which
Claremont; Jack Spencer, Big Bear and
'N' Sp.ares, the new bowling game, has
Honeyman distributes in Oregon, Washing-
some positive proof of t?e player .appeal Nate Smith, Barstow . . Charles Daniels, ton, and California. Siros left for Texas
formerly
of
Indianapolls
and
a
brotIrer-in-
of this game. School chIldren passmg by
on June7 and Honeyman departed for
his showroom have been pestering the life law of Paul Laymon, has been added to
San Francisco to set up the new office.
the sales force.
out of him to let them play the game. "It's
Thorna Mathews (secretary at the
E. T. Mape Distributing Co. has intro-
just like a magnet," says Nels. ('No won-
SCAMOA office) has added a San Fran-
der the game is ringing up almost unbe- duced a new service to operators which
cisco week·end to her California log. Thorna
is causing a great deal of favorable com-
lievable profits wherever it's located."
arrived in Southern California last Febru-
The Hollywood factory of Pantages ment in the Southland. A mobile unit has ary but didn't get around to sight-seeing
been designed by Ray Powers and is being
Maestro Co. is humming with activity.
the area until May. Once started, she has
Handsome mirrored p,honograph cabinets sent out to provide service and parts to
no desire to stop.
operators in outlying districts. Sales and
are speeding out to operators all over the
E. Jay Bullock, managing director of
country-and abroad. Production of the . service representative is Vance 'Popelka
SCAMOA, hit the trail to Grand Canyon
Pantages Wired Music Cabinet is steadily who recently returned from a two-week and Boulder Dam during a recent week-
trip up through Bakersfield, Fresno, and end. On ther return jaunt, he stopped
increasing and substantial shipments al-
back down the coast. Vance has taken off at Las Vegas and won $18.
ready have been made to Hawaii. Hum
the truck on another trip to San Diego,
Brockamp states that the Maestrf! Wired
Earl Everett, whose Shine Distributing
Music System, now being· built for the first Yuma and other points. The .truck carries Co . . recently moved to 2307 W. Pico Blvd.,
a complete line of parts, several phono- is busy getting his organization into click
time since 1941, is years ahead in design
graphs and games.
and engineering.
sha pe before returning to Seattle. Shine
Eventually, it is expected that more units
House parties have occupied the. ·atten-
Distributing handle the new Douglass Auto-
will be added by the company so that
tion of the Laymons in recent week-ends.
matic Shoe Shiner in Southern California,
the service will be available to operators Arizona, and Southern Nevada. Bill Fyfe
Paul and Lucille attended one at Manhat-
tan Beach one week-end and followed it in California, Arizona and Nevada. "The will be in charge when Everett leaves.
up the next week-end with one at Lan- idea has been a great success," says Ray
Back into acting and toeing a strict
Powers. "I know from experience tIrat diet line, after dueling with doctors and
caster.
.
Spending a brief period in Los .Angeles many isolated operators do not always hospitals. is Hal Sherry, financial and busi-
in mid-June were Pat Buckley, Hank Maser have parts on hand and in some instances ness secretary Local 1052. Gall bladder
and Bill Corcoran. Pat, of course, hails cannot properly service tIreir machines.
trouble was tIre trouble, the medicos diag-
from Chicago, and the latter gentlemen Our units will call on these people every : nosed.
and
keep
their
machines
in
other
week
from San Francisco and all are promi-
Peanut King Dies
top working condition."
nently identified with Buckley. G,:ner~l
Everyone along Coin Row concJ;!des that
Music proved to be headquarters whIle m
WILKES-BARRE, PA.-An immigrant
the idea is one of the best originated in .' Italian boy who came to America at the
L. A.
Mollie Simon has gone back into public these parts for many a montIr.
age of 12, started tIre Planter Nut and
stenography and is located at 3007 West
Badger Sales is showing the new bowl-
Chocolate Co. with $65, and built up a
Eighth Street.
'.
ing games, Strikes 'N' Spares, and a large. $60,000,000 annual volume, died recently,
Recent out-of·towners in at Paul Laymon, number of coin men from near and Jar ' writing finis to an amazing "rags to riches"
have placed their orders. ''This is one of
story.
"Inc., included William Shprey, S .. W.
the most sensational money-makers we
Ketch ersid and Jack Hull, San Bernardmo;
The immigrant boy was Amedeo Obici,
have ever been privileged to offer," says
Ken Ferrier and Perry Irwin, Ventura;
who with his brother-in-law Mario Peruzzi,
Bill
Happel,
whose
distributorship
for
the
Lloyd Barrett, Pomona; Art Weiss, Arca-
founded the Planter Company in 1906.
Obici was 70 years old.
dia; Fred Allen, Bakersfield ; John Mallett, game covers Southern California, Arizona,
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JUL.Y
1947