Stern appoints
distributor
Banner Specialty held a Bally service school in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Octobe r 1 7. The school was attended by 59 operators with Bernie Powers .
Bally's fi eld se rvice re prese ntative. conducting the day -long session .
C.A. Robinson holds
west coast exhibit
The fifth annual Western Amuse -
ment Game Exhibit December 1
drew more than 600 operators and
service technicians who came to view
the newest cOin -operated amuse-
ment equipment.
The exhibit , which is sponsored
annually by the C .A. Robinson
distributorship of Los Angeles , Cali-
fornia , was held this year for the first
time in C.A . Robinson 's 50 ,000
square foot annex . Previously , the
exhibits had been set up in c.A.
Robinson 's main showroom .
Over fifty factor y e xecutives and
e nginee rs re presenting 21 manu-
facturers of amusem ent equipment
which C. A . Robinson represents
were th ere .
The show began four years ago
and was timed to follow the
A.M.O .A . and Parks Shows so that
operators on the west coast would
have a firsthand look at the new
equipment introduced at those ex -
hibits .
According to Ira Bettelman of
C.A . Robinson , 'The purpose of the
affair was to present to the local
chapter those machines soon to be in
production by the factories we
represent. The goal of such an
undertaking was vested in the belief
that any opportunity that could
provide a look into the future, a
glimpse into the crystal ball , would
make our operators better business-
men. "
Kadagian jOins international
marketing and management team
Richard T . Kadagian has joined
International Sales Marketing and
Management Consultants as execu-
tive vice president and manager of
the firm 's new European branch
which will have branch offices in
Korea and Germany .
Kadagian is also president of
Marked Communications Inc . spe -
cializing in advertising , marketing ,
sales and promotions . Kadagian also
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specializes in military sales and at one
time was a buyer for the U.S . Army
and Air Force Exchange Head-
quarters worldwide .
Peter J . Petropoulos , president of
International Sales Marketing &
Management Consultants, said that
Kadagian had just returned from a
sales trip to Japan and Ko rea for
sales pertaining to pinball and other
automatic vending equipment.
Godwin Distributing Company of
North Little Rock , Arkansas has been
appointed the representative for
Stern products in Arkansas.
Stern is presently in full production
with its new four -player solid state
Nugent pinball game, and is present-
ly sampling both foreign and domes-
tic distributors for its new prototype ,
Dracula .
Stern is also releasing prototypes
of its new shuffle alley , Genesis , this
month .
The diversity of Stern equipment
should be a real asset to the
operators of Arkansas , and a local
service center with the capabilities of
Godwin will facilitate service require-
ments on Stern equipment in the
area . Among the other product lines
represented by Godwin 's are Rock-
ala, Bally , Exidy , Meadows , and
Gremlin .
Lester E. Godwin is the president
of the distributing firm . Godwin
Distributing is located at 2024 W .
38th Street , North Little Rock ,
Arkansas 72118.
Rock-Ola
makes changes
Rock-ala Manufacturing Corpora-
tion , Chicago, recently announced
two distributor changes for its
phonograph line .
The distributorship of Betson
Enterprises , North Bergen, New
Jersey , has been extended to include
the states of Maine, Vermont , New
Hampshire , Rhode Island , and Mass-
achusetts .
In Canada, Hudson's Bay Vend -
ing, Winnipeg , Manitoba , has been
appOinted phonograph distributor in
the provinces of British Columbia,
Alberta , Saskatchewan , and Manito-
ba . The new Canadian distributor will
maintain a comprehensive line of
parts and accessories.
Rock-ala distributors throughout
the world are presently introducing
the new Model 478 Mystic phono-
graph . Operator reception to the new
features of Mystic has been excep-
tionally high , Rock-ala executive
vice president , Edward G . Doris
commented .
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