MARKETPLACE
Time for all engaged in this industry to turn their faces up to the warming sun. To
forget the trauma of this past cold, bleak winter. To get back to work. Work harder than
hard. Work so hard to develop, to build, to better, all false fears will disappear. This
is a new kind of ball game. A game of many changes. Yet, based on the most solid, most
rock-hard foundation in all the history of this industry. For example, there are, today,
more machines of more kinds on more locations bringing in more income than has ever been
known in the memory of any engaged in this most rewarding field of economical entertain-
ment, merchandising, service. This isn't the time to quake, shake, fear fear. This is the
time to go ahead. To get ahead. To build a better, more solid, stronger business. To re-
vitalize. To change with the necessary changes. To be intelligently venturesome. To look
to the future with optimism. To have faith, belief, fortitude, endurance, strength. To
be wiser, stronger, greater. Because this can be your very greatest year for tomorrow.
Sing out "Happy Birthday" to: R.L.McCormick, Indiana.polis,Ind . ; E.H.Griggs, Columbia,
Tenn.; E.H.Stockham, Bloomingdale,Mich.; June Sapp, Rockford,Ill.; Don Parsley, Colo.
Sprgs.,Colo.; Frank Negri, Denver,Colo.; Joe Tehan, Natick,Mass.; Don Miller, Grand Rpds,
Mich.; Ed Elum, Massillon,O.; Clarence Court, Galion,O.; Cecil Bottger, Keokuk, Ia.;
Frank Cash, Pueblo,Colo.; Al Phinney, Salina,Kans.; Paul O'Brien, Red Creek, N.Y.; Don
Kiser, Durango,Colo.; Gus Pantelopoulos, Boulder,Colo.; Ben Chicofsky, Forest Hills,N.Y. ;
Wesley Pearce, Rubidoux,Cal.; Harry Weko, Huntingdon,Pa.; Lloyd Cruze, Evansville,Ind.;
Peter Tabb, Miami,Pla.; Charley Cox, Hapeville,Ga.; Pete Culotta, Balto,Md.; Bob Kerley,
Carson City,Nev.; Phil Weinberg, Dallas,Tex.; Arnie Taksen, Harrisburg,Pa.
Would you like to have both conventions run same days in same city? NAMA convention
at McCormick Place in Chicago Oct. 17 thru 20. Ten days later, MOA convention at Hilton
Hotel in Chicago, same city, Nov. 1 thru 3. Why not MOA convention in Chicago to open on
Pri.,Oct. 18 thru Sun.,Oct. 20? What do you think? (Write today.)
Ross B. Scheer, Marketing Director of Bally Mfg.Corp., announced that Bally games, as
well as Midway games, are now on permanent display in the Nationa.l Air & Space Museum of
the Smithsonian Institution, Washington,D.C., probably the world's most prestigious en-
terprise for the preservation of scientific, social and historic artifacts. Among the
games displayed as representative of the "play" aspect of aviation and space exploration
are Bally "Space Flight", "Target Zero", "Stunt Flyer" and Midway's "Flying Saucers" ••••
Charles McEwa.n, President, Ramtek Corp., Sunnyva.le,Ca.L, named Bob Jonesi, Product Mgr .
Bob was formerly with Willia.ms in Chicago. He is well known to many thruout the industry.
McEwa.n also reported that Ramtek has sold over 10,000 video games these pa.st 2 years. His
goal is to "significantly expand sales by using our computer technology to develop coin
machines tha.t will compete on an equal basis with traditional coingames". Jonesi will be
working on the firm's video game technology to more conventiona.l coin machine amusements.
Attention, Mrs. Coin Machine America.. Here are 6 questions we've been asking the wives
of coinmen you, too, may want to answer. We plan to publish the answers in a forthcoming
issue of "Marketplace". 1 - Do you like the late hours your husband is, many, many times,
forced to keep? 2 - Do you fear sudden, adverse publicity about this industry affecting
your family life and reflecting on your children? 3 - Aside from comfortable income do
you believe this is a good business for your family's future? 4 - Can and do you mingle
with all levels of society in your community without hearing any whispers or snide re-
marks about your husband's business? 6 - Do you dodge, evade, rather tha.n tell those
who ask what business your husband is engaged in? (Please, Mr. Operator, if you, like
many others, feel your wife should answer these questions, just hand her this paragraph
and let her do so by herself without any suggestions from anyone including yourself. Just
be sure to give her a stamped envelope addressed to: Marketplace, 185 N. Wabash Ave.,
Chicago, Ill. 60601. Be sure she signs her name and address.)