I.os Jlngeles
Fred Gaunt r e po rts th e usual brisk now
of bus iness at General Music with head
man Bud Parr constantly on the go. Hit-
ting th e spot during th e month were Tab
Simonson and Bob Jenkins, Bakersfield;
Johnny Glover, Orange county; Howard
team, Marysville ; Roy Smith, Lanca ter ;
A. J. Fox, San Diego ; Irving Cayer, San
Bernardino.
Robert Bradbury's wife, Barbara, pre-
sented him with a six pound Thanksg iving
present on Novembe r 21st which was
promptly chris tened Robert Charles.
Loui e Drury, operating in Alhambra, ha s
announced he r engagement to Lee Lyons,
retired businessman. Louise's so n, Don,
has likewise announced hi s engagement to
Joy Bazant and wedding bell s are schedul ed
to ring in April with a trip to th e Hawa iian
Isl ands in the planning.
Th e King Bros. Produ ctions, In c. (fonner
operators under th e nam e of Koz insky ) has
been authorized by the State Corpora tion
Commi ioner to sell 300,000 shares of com-
mon stock with a par valu e of $1 a share
in their ind ependent motion picture ac-
tivity. This is re ported to be th e first tim e
that an independent picture producer has
been permitted to distribute new stock in
this sta te. King brother have produced 14
pictures in the past nin e years.
FAVORITE
or Opel·utors
"u.d MUllllructllrers
DUO LOCKS
Th" o u gho u t th e in d u s try D uo
mea n s be tter q u a lity a nd per -
fo rm a n ce. 3 se ts of tu mblers
( to ta l of 14) make it p r actica lly
p ick- proof. Man y key ch a n ges-
exclu sive, pro tec ted codes fo .·
lna nufac tu,·er s.
Operators-Write for details of
the Duo Registered Key Plan !
THE ILLINOIS LOCK CO.
808 S. Ada Stree t. Chicago 7. III .
Operator Paul Spears 01 Santa Rosa.
Calif.. shown w ith a 184-pound s ailfi sh
caught on Bud Parr's ranch in Mexico.
Spears claims this is one 01 the largest
sail/ish e v e r snagged.
S. Weitzman , partner of Sid Bl oo m, is
back from th e AMA Convention at At-
la ntic City which he participated in along
with Harold Probasco of th e Oak Manu-
fac turing Co., Culver City. Weitzman was
pleased with th e quality and quantity of
exhibits but added "Atlanti c City is no
place for other than a regional co nvention
in the winte r time. Next year th e affair
will be held at th e Palmer House in Chi-
cago."
Phil and Freda reden ce lebrated th eir
20th wedding anniversary on November
25th. Phil operate locally and wa th e
form er secretary of WVMOA.
Aubrey Stemler has clo ed hi s place of
bu in ess at 2323 W. Pico a nd is out of th e
di tributin g business. Aubrey says he is
currently co ns ider in g everal offers for th e
future.
Bill Sparrow, Santa Ba rbara, was in for
his "every 60-days" visit to Opera tors Vend-
in g and mad e th e spot hi s hea dquarters
whil e he picked up needed suppli es around
th e city. Bill operates a string of Acorns
as well a mu sic and oth er types of equ ip-
me nt.
L. B. McC rea ry of Solotone made it to
Chi cago on November 25th for a two week
busin ess trip.
Bill Happel of Badger Sales, spent th e
Dece mber 5th weekend at Palm Springs
and Ban nin g ca llin g on operators. Opera-
tors visiting Badger Sales recently in clud ed
Fra nk Rolando,
orth Hollywood; B.
Rosenfeld , West Los Angeles; J. Mall ett,
Claremont ; E. C. Everson, Barstow; I. B.
Gayer, San Bernardino; and Lee Wirt,
Montebello.
King Reco rds, Tn c., sta ged a celeb ration
. at the Rive rsid e Ra ncho on Decembe r 15th
and played host to th e music operators of
th e area. A buffet supper, re freshm ents of
your choi ce, and dancing to th e mu sic of
Ha nk P enny a nd hi s band const ituted th e
even,in g.
Lou Kahn of lnterstate Associates, so-
jOllJ'ned in the East following th e NAMA
Show in Atlantic City.
F. P. Carter of Ni ckabob ale made a
hurried trip to San Francisco on the 11th
for a few days. Returning mid-week Ni ck
was on hand to help daughter ancy show
off her horse at a San Fernando Valley
horse show.
The Laymon have been bu ier than
usual th e past month with more operators
in than for a long, long tim e. We spotted
Erne t Bryant, Glendale; William Black
and Alex Koleopolus, Bakersfield ; AI An-
derso n, Shafter; Pete P ell egrino and Pete
Schupp, South Gate; G. F. Cooper, River-
side; Earl Stephens, Verdugo City; F. L.
Griffin, Pomona; Harold Sharkey, Huntin g-
ton Park ; Clyde Truss, Oceansi de; Clyde
Denlinger, Balboa; W. H. Shorey, C. C.
Collard and I. V. Gayer, San Bernardino ;
Lawre nce Raya , Colton ; Bob Chacon, La-
guna Beac h ; Charl es Cahoone, Gary Thomp-
son, Ed Lyons and Jack John on, Long
Beach ; Paul Conners and C. C. Ellison,
Lancaster; Jim Ca rter and Di k Cortiz,
San Diego; Norman Christ, Lompoc: M.
H. Stea rn s, Marysvill e; Ray Chiarella, Ma-
dera; Al Cicero , Santa Maria; Anton Jep-
pesen, Rivi era; and J ack Spencer, Big
Bear.
Laymons Greet '50
With House of Hits
LOS A GELES--"We're ready for 1950
with as nice an array of first-class money-
makers as it has been our privilege to
offer for some little time," declared Paul
A. Laymon , Bally distributor, on th e e,·e
of another new year.
" We' re fea turing, of co urse, th e new
Bally S huffle-Bowler a nd Bally Hot-R ods.
The first is really proving itself to have all
the thrill s of actual bowling, plus real
shuffl e cience and those putting out th e
first games report so me excell ent return s.
Hot-Rods is proving equ ally as goo d and
we're mighty pleased at th e initi al response
and the r epo rt reachin g us."
In addition , th e Laymons are fea turin g
the Hollycrane minia ture industrial crane.
Device is an amazing game of skill, packed
with new features, and des ign ed for long-
life on loca tion.
BE:£:£ BUYS!
Twin Super Bon u s Bell
$269.50
Bally Triple BelL... .. ..... .. 350.00
Bally Res e rv e BelL ..
199.50
Je nnings Challeng er. late
m odel. 5-25c .. _ ... _.. .. .. _ ..... .. 239.50
Jennings Challenger. e a rly 174.50
WESTERN DISTRIBUTORS
1226 S.W. 16th Av e.
Portland 5. Ore .
SLOT MACHINES
" They all get out of whack
with usage."
YOU RS MAY NEED A NEW PA RT
O R JUST A SIN G LE ADJUSTM ENT
S top That Loss-Malee Mon e y !
Let G RAH AM do the job!
H. R. GRAHAM
203 Ea s. Los Feliz Blvd .
Citrus 1-1 093
Glenda le 5. Ca lif.
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