Automatic Age

AUTOM ATIC CANTEEN HAS BIG
CONVENTION
Beginning Dcember 5, a two day conven­
tion o f the Automatic Canteen Company of
Chicago was held at the home office in that
city. The primary purpose of the meeting
was to display new Canteen models and
products recently developed by the Com­
pany, before putting them into mass produc­
tion, and to discuss and exchange various
methods o f operation developed in the past
few months. Due to the short notice it was
possible to give operators, only those con­
venient to Chicago were able to attend.
and at the same time so thoroughly prac­
tical.
A portion of one day o f the convention
was spent in a visit to the plant o f Mills
Novelty Company, manufacturers o f the
Canteen. It was a source of real pride to
the Canteen executives to hear the contin­
ual expressions of pleased surprise made by
the operators, as to the care and precision
with which the Canteen is manufactured,
and the high quality of materials used.
Very few o f them were previously aware
of the fact that one of the largest depart­
The greatest interest was shown in the
ments in the Mills factory is employed ex­
new models and products on display, all of
clusively
in the manufacture of Canteens.
which will be released, to the public view
On another day a visit was made to the
during the show being held at Cleveland the
factory of the Curtiss Candy Company
latter part o f February. Two new products
which was found equally interesting and
in a smaller edition o f the original Canteen
will soon be placed on the market. Some informative by the operators. Some of the
new products soon to be found in the Can­
of the new products displayed indicate the
teens were discovered on the production line
entry of the Company into new fields of
merchandising. The center of all attention for the first time, and the greatest enthusi­
at the display of new models was the De­ asm was displayed by operators over the
Luxe edition o f the Canteen. Those seeing sanitary methods and extreme care used by
it could not believe it possible to make an the Curtis Candy Company in the manufac­
automatic merchandising unit so attractive, ture of its products.
Cl/RTISS
[WRY AND GUM
A t S p e a k e r s ’ T a b l e (Reading left to right— seated): Walter G. McLaury, Henry Erics­
son, Frank H. Anderson, Mrs. Ora Snyder, Otto Y. Schnering, J. B. Tanner, Guy Guern­
sey, B. A. Mattingley.
S t a n d i n g : Walter Swanson, Nathaniel Leverone, Louis E.
Leverone, Fred Mills.
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