OPERATING
Virginia operators hold
20th annual convention
The Amusement and Music
Operators of Virginia (AMOV) held
its 20th annual convention at the
John Marshall Hotel in Richmond ,
Virginia September 21 through 23 ,
1978.
This, one of its most successful
conventions, enjoyed a very large
equipment display . Exhibiting dis-
tributors included Banner Specialty
Company , Brady Distributing Com-
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pany, General Vending Sales
Corporation , Sefco Distributors,
Single Sales , State Sales Corpora-
tion , and Tara Records .
The association hosted a buffet
dinner for the membership , guests,
exhibitors, followed by a general
membership meeting , at which,
AMOA President, Don Van Brackel,
gave a slide presentation designed
primarily to be shown to civic or
other organizations in conjunction
with public relations programs .
After the showing , the AMOV
unanimously voted to purchase the
necessary equipment and slides
required for this presentation and to
make them available to its members
to be used in public relation programs
throughout Virginia .
At the general membership
meeting , AMOA Executive Vice
PreSident, Fred Granger , gave a very
comprehensive report on revisions of
the copyright law ; followed by
AMOV Counsel, J . Edgar Pointer,
who updated the members on the
important changes made in the
Virginia laws pertaining to coin-
operated machines over the past
year. The election of the association 's
officers and directors for 1979 was
also held at this meeting .
The officers elected were Presi-
dent , C.H . Hudson , Bristol ; First
Vice President , C .E. Morse , Rich-
mond ; Second Vice PreSident , M.L.
Holland , Roanoke ; and Secretary-
Treasurer, Lou Corso, Richmond .
Directors elected were Arthur
Bazaco , Richmond ; John Cameron ,
Newport News; Carl Coleman ,
Roanoke ; Doug Colbert , Danville ;
R.W. Claud , Capron ; Jim Donnelly ,
Norfolk; Harry Fake , Strasburg;
Lewis Jones , Richmond ; Robert
Minor, Richmond ; John Newberry ,
Bland ; Ken O'Connor, Richmond ;
Arnoff
Pantelides ,
Portsmouth ;
Richard Peery , Roanoke ; William
Sams, Norfolk ; Claude Smith ,
Roanoke ; and Rex Whitley , Roa-
noke .
At the annual dinner dance
inscribed plaques were awarded to
the ten remaining original members
who organized the AMOV twenty
years ago . The presentation was
made by Fred Granger.
General Vending Sales Corpora-
tion of Baltimore , Maryland was also
awarded a plaque for having
exhibited equipment at every con -
vention since 1958 .
PLAY METER, November, 1978