Automatic Age

358
January, 1937
AUTOMATIC AGE
fT'H E Rudolph Wurlitzer Company
held its second annual Pig Roast
and Shindig for more than one hun­
dred and fifty factory and office ex­
ecutives, foremen and department
heads at Rescue Hose House, Martins­
ville, New York, December 19 last.
The affair was characterized as being
“for Wurlitzer’s Great Gang of Good
Gastric Juice Exercisers.” Homer E.
Capehart presided and carried things
on in characteristic Capehart fashion.
The pigs for the occasion were
furnished by G. W. Ristau, Wurlitzer
operator from Kaukaukana, Wis.
Music was furnished by a Wurlitzer-
Simplex. The singing of Christmas
Carols lent seasonal atmosphere and
spirit to the occasion. Several W ur­
litzer Skee Balls provided additional
entertainment.
One of the high spots of the eve­
ning was the autographing of a menu
especially for Homer E. Capehart and
signed by all those present. The cover
of this menu showed Mr. Capehart
dressed as a chef, with his now fa­
mous cigar gripped firmly between his
teeth, sharpening a knife, ready to
carve the pig.
After dinner someone conceived the
idea of slapping firemen’s helmets on
Mr. Capehart and several of his co­
horts—had them photographed on the
fire truck amid loud applause.
. According to Mr. Capehart this
Christmas party will be continued as
an annual affair because it does so
much to help cement friendly rela­
tions between the management and
those responsible for carrying on the
work in the different departments.
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Free Streamers Offered Drake Named Markepp
Window streamers featuring photo­
Ad Manager
graphs of famous football and movie
stars playing pin games, which were
recently issued by the Markepp Com­
pany of Clevland, are reported to be
doing a good job, according to oper­
ators who have placed the streamers
in location windows. It is said that
play is increased wherever the stream­
ers are displayed. Meyer Marcus of
the Markepp Company advises that
some of these streamers are still
available and will be gladly sent to
operators without charge.
In connection with his campaign
to increase public interest in amuse­
ment games, Meyer Marcus of the
Markepp Company, Cleveland, recent­
ly announced the appointment of
James A. Drake as advertising mana­
ger. Drake has been connected with
a prominent Cleveland advertising
agency and in the past has assisted
the Markepp Company in similar pro­
motional campaigns.
At Annual Wurlitzer Pig Roast
O v e r 150 W u r lit z e r e x e c u tiv e s , fo r e m e n a n d d e p a r tm e n t h e a d s pose f o r ^ p ic tu r e a t
S h in d ig t o c e le b ra te t h * H o lid a y S e a s o n .
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