C.O.C.A. Times
Issue: 2008-November - Vol 9 Num 3 - Page 3
3712 W. SCENIC AVE., MEQUON, WISCONSIN 53092
Phone: (262) 242-3131 OR E-mail: Bedvibr8or@aol.com
Hello fellow coin-op collectors. This has been a great year for finding ma-
chines. There were plenty of auctions with an extraordinary amount of the
goodies we like. Despite the bad economic conditions most of the good items
seemed to command high prices and find new homes. Common machine prices
remained stable or were down slightly. I've had a lucky year as several new
toys have found me and decided to stay.
Hopefully the member information update that we conducted in September
was a success. Thanks to all of you that took the time to update your info and
pay your dues in a timely manner. Our membership is approaching 650 and still
growing. If you did not yet renew, contact Treas. Doug Cain at LDougCain@aol.
com .
Successful local gatherings were held in California, Ohio, North Carolina,
Wisconsin, and Arizona. Thanks to all of the hosts for doing their part for
COCA. We hope to continue meeting locally and need your help. If you would
like to host a local gathering in 2009, please call me at 919-304-4455 for de-
tails.
Our next meeting will be on Friday, November 14, at the Hilton Garden
Inn, St. Charles IL. The cash bar and check in will begin at 5 :30. An optional
lasagna dinner buffet will follow at 6:00 and will include lasagna, fresh rolls,
salad and dessert. The meeting will begin at 6:30. Our featured speaker will
be Walter Reed. He was PR Director for 31 years for the National Automatic
Merchandising Association and an international consultant to companies in the
vending business worldwide. He was the chief spokesman for the vending in-
dustry of the USA and one of its few international historians. All of our mem-
bers are sure to enjoy his dynamic and lively stories about the glory years of
coin-op and vending. We will also be discussing a possible future trip to Jaspers
at the meeting.
The price for the dinner buffet will be $10 per person. Please call VP Mar-
sha Blau at 414-352-7623 to make dinner reservations or if you have any dona-
tions for door prizes or auction items. Early dinner payment and check-in may
be done at the COCA booth in the Megacenter on Friday.
If you have any questions or comments please see me at the COCA booth in
Chicago, contact me via the "email COCA's President" section in the discussion
forum at coinopclub.org or call me at 919-304-4455 from 8 to 8 Eastern.
In this Issue:
• Blackjack Counter Games
by Bill Petrochuk
( cover story) ............................ 4
• Auction Finds
by John Carini ........................ 8
• Scholck and Awwwww
by John Peterson .................. 10
• The Dynamic Duo
from Exhibit Supply
by Bill Howard ..................... 14
• French Music Machine
by Sam Mazzeo ..................... 16
• A Waterproof Candy &
Peanut Salesman
by Roger Smith ..................... 20
• National Weighter Scale
by Jim & Merlyn Collings .... 28
• Tales of the Hunt, Jack Freund:
1932 Stevo-Ball 600
(Jackpot) Pinball
by Jimmy Rosen .................... 32
Bill Petrochuk
COCA President
EADLINE FOR
NexT Issue: JANUARY 9
3
Phone: (262) 242-3131 OR E-mail: Bedvibr8or@aol.com
Hello fellow coin-op collectors. This has been a great year for finding ma-
chines. There were plenty of auctions with an extraordinary amount of the
goodies we like. Despite the bad economic conditions most of the good items
seemed to command high prices and find new homes. Common machine prices
remained stable or were down slightly. I've had a lucky year as several new
toys have found me and decided to stay.
Hopefully the member information update that we conducted in September
was a success. Thanks to all of you that took the time to update your info and
pay your dues in a timely manner. Our membership is approaching 650 and still
growing. If you did not yet renew, contact Treas. Doug Cain at LDougCain@aol.
com .
Successful local gatherings were held in California, Ohio, North Carolina,
Wisconsin, and Arizona. Thanks to all of the hosts for doing their part for
COCA. We hope to continue meeting locally and need your help. If you would
like to host a local gathering in 2009, please call me at 919-304-4455 for de-
tails.
Our next meeting will be on Friday, November 14, at the Hilton Garden
Inn, St. Charles IL. The cash bar and check in will begin at 5 :30. An optional
lasagna dinner buffet will follow at 6:00 and will include lasagna, fresh rolls,
salad and dessert. The meeting will begin at 6:30. Our featured speaker will
be Walter Reed. He was PR Director for 31 years for the National Automatic
Merchandising Association and an international consultant to companies in the
vending business worldwide. He was the chief spokesman for the vending in-
dustry of the USA and one of its few international historians. All of our mem-
bers are sure to enjoy his dynamic and lively stories about the glory years of
coin-op and vending. We will also be discussing a possible future trip to Jaspers
at the meeting.
The price for the dinner buffet will be $10 per person. Please call VP Mar-
sha Blau at 414-352-7623 to make dinner reservations or if you have any dona-
tions for door prizes or auction items. Early dinner payment and check-in may
be done at the COCA booth in the Megacenter on Friday.
If you have any questions or comments please see me at the COCA booth in
Chicago, contact me via the "email COCA's President" section in the discussion
forum at coinopclub.org or call me at 919-304-4455 from 8 to 8 Eastern.
In this Issue:
• Blackjack Counter Games
by Bill Petrochuk
( cover story) ............................ 4
• Auction Finds
by John Carini ........................ 8
• Scholck and Awwwww
by John Peterson .................. 10
• The Dynamic Duo
from Exhibit Supply
by Bill Howard ..................... 14
• French Music Machine
by Sam Mazzeo ..................... 16
• A Waterproof Candy &
Peanut Salesman
by Roger Smith ..................... 20
• National Weighter Scale
by Jim & Merlyn Collings .... 28
• Tales of the Hunt, Jack Freund:
1932 Stevo-Ball 600
(Jackpot) Pinball
by Jimmy Rosen .................... 32
Bill Petrochuk
COCA President
EADLINE FOR
NexT Issue: JANUARY 9
3
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).