Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1934 June - Page 11
June, 1934
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Producers of 14 Consecutive Coin Machine Hits! '
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'flper.'C'
A'ake
Valley where we were located and
COIN-ographies
came to Los Angeles.
In looldng for opportunities a
slicker sold me thirty penny gum
machines for $60() cash and a
$600 car. When my wife learned
I had gone into the penny gum
vending business she sent for tfie
padded cell.
However, I soon
brought home some dollars worth
of pennies so again she permitted
me to sleep in the house.
Shortly thereafter I sold the
thirty gum machines on location
at a profit, and twenty more with
them on which the manufacturer
paid me a commission. That com-
mission gave me ideas so I work-
ed for about nine months selli~g
gum vending machines on com-
--of-
Outstanding Men bi
Western Coin Machine Circles
•
Seattle R I N . . ,
M erry
Jl
lY.l.l
m· tt h
Sl ot S tor,·es
SEATTLE-Every once in a while the Seattle papers get funny
a bo ut slot machines and give column after column to a hilarious treat-
ment of their being on location within the city limits.
However, none has been so well written and quite as humorous as
the following illustrated article that appeared in a Seattle paper
recently:
Our scene is laid in Slot Ma-
chine Land. It is a forest of
beautiful trees, each tree bear-
Cig. Group
1 Y ear Old
ing fruit- lemons, plums, or-
anges. A few trees bear golden
bells, while one rare tree, in the
middle of the wood, is covered
with nickels and is called the
LOS ANGELES- The California
tt
gare e Vending Machine Opera-
tors' Association has just recently
attained its second birthday, and jack-pot tree.
missio~
like all youngsters, its first year's
Enter six little slot machines.
While in San Jose, I received a strides were rather slow and un- The eldest is a quarter machine.
b u t now m
" 1 t s secon·.
->
Others are dime and nickel ma-
·
marble game called "W i g g 1 e ce r t am;
Game" from my factory and I year, through the untiring efforts chines, while one wee little fel-
set it up in the hotel where I of our legal committee, headed by low is a penny gum machine.
the chairman, Mr. H. W . Skelton
The little slot machines start
s ta ye d and was it popular! It
more than paid our hotel bill. So of the Rowe Service Co., Inc., we I playing ring - around - the - jack-
immediately I quit my job, came are beginning to do things, namely I pot, when suddenly the sky is
back to Los Angeles and corralled the recent passage of an ordi- I ~:::elled and they cower in
my liquid resources a n d purc h as- nance making it legal to own and
Quarter Machine: " The election
ed fifteen ma r ble g a meso I se t operate a cigarette vending ma- is coming. Hide! Hide!"
MR. NEWELL H. STEARNS
President. California Amusement these fl'fteen games on I oca t· IOn chine in the city of Los Angeles.
The little slot machines hide
the day before Chn'stma s, 1930 .
This is really a big step forward behind trees until the Ogre Elec-
l\'Jachlne Operators Association
•
th e -affqrding us police protection tion marches across the stage
Herewith we present the first By New Yea rs Da y f 0 11 owmg,
recel'pts had amoun t e d t 0 su ff' IC- and doing away with the old "bo- (left to right) and then they re-
of a series of personally written
biographies of prominent men ient that I knew I h a d f oun d my gey" man of uncertainty as to appear and begin playing again,
ill the coin machine business in place l'n the s u n at 1 as t . S 0 h ere whether we could stay in business their nickels rattling, their bells
the west. Each article will be I am four years later operating or I~o~~ our desire and aim to ringing.
written by the indhidual him- marble games and nor;) enthused
Suddenly a great voice roars
than ever.
make this organization a state- out:
self.
It now being 1:00 a. m., (the wide institution, as we all know
"No more slot machines after
in the year of the big wind, the
fall of '29, when business went usual time an operator finishes that "in unity there is strength" June! Death to the slot ma-
to hell, my Buick automobile bus- his day after answering all serv- and no chance of one member chines !"
Dime Slot Machine (in a whis-
iness went the same way. About ice calls), I shall close, having 'chiseling" in on another member's
location. This means better busi- per): "It's Charlie Smith! He
New Years Day, 1930, my wife fully written my biographJ.
ness for . all concerned. So come means business. Oh, woe to us!"
and. I took · stoCk of our finances
The little slot machines trem-
and found we had enough left to
Suitor: "Sir, may I have your on "feller," get going and send in
your application to the secretary. ble in fear, dropping nickels and
keep the joint open three more daughter for my wife?"
days, so we closed it that night
Her Father: "Bring your w~e Mr. A. B. Macdonell, at 1340 Sou~ dimes all over the greensward.
Flower street, Los Angeles. ~ You
Enter Grandma Lottery, an
and kept the three days pay to around and I'll see." -
'....
can't lose!
elderly Chinese lady.
• • • • • , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .• • • t· ,
..... ,E. STEUR, President ·
Grandma Lottery: "Why, my
California Cigarette Vending Ma- little pets! You're crymg. Hush,
• SALES AND SERVICE
NEW AND USE-o MACHINES.
chine- Operators' Assocation.
little slot machines, don't you cry,
~ •
Our Motto: We AitntG Please-- .. '.-, .
. .
. . . " "
. '
.
" you'll be lotteries· by. and by. ' But
" • 422 Ea~_t _ I:o·u. rth S~r~~t . ' .. , .. ~ "' ... ' p.{tone' 633-574. '" I It helps. You, tlle . p~per ancJ, ~ell me, what is wrong.?"
, ,. ..
LON~ B.EACH. <;A~IFORNIA - '
~ the AdvertIsers to mention TH~
Dime Slot Machine: "o~, gra~d-
II • • • • •. ~ • • . _. • • • • C !REVIEW.
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~at we're , scared., CharbeSmlth
Ci
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"
.
says we are to be destroyed in
June."
Grandma
Lottery:
"Shucks,
youngsters, don't let that worry
you. Why, I've been here in Seat-
tle ever since the Great Fire, and
long before. I'm battered and
scarred, but there's life in the old
girl yet. Mayors may come 3n·l
mayors may go--and sheriffs, teo
- but lotterie3 and slot machindl
go on forever. I can rememucr
once when I had to hide for t wo
full weeks when a lady mayor 1..00: (
over- but then I popped out again.
You will be here with me just 8!
long as this is a city. Believe
Grandma Lottery, my lambs."
I Sio t Machines (in chorus):
. "Thank you, grandma!"
Grandma Lottery strolls out
and the little slot machines
dance around the jack-pot tree,
"
"Wh 0 ' s afraid
. of the
smgmg,
Big Bad Mayor?" as the curtain
slowly falls.
Tanguay Visits
Hospital Again
LOS ANGELES- Mr. Art Tan-
guay, partner in the Western
Vending Machine Company, has
just returned from the hospit'3.1
follOwing his second operation in
three months.
Tanguay was operated on some-
time ago for appendicitis and
when he failed to recover as rap-
idly as expected another operation
was deemed necessary.
Let's hope you're through for
keeps this time, Art.
WARNING!
Operators in the west are
cautioned not to send inoney
. orders, checks or , cash to the
King Products Company; 1125
Venice }I)vd. in Los Angeles in
payment for a machine adver-
tised as THE KING or,· THE
_ SKIP.PER. or for unbre~l~able
marbles advertised by th'em in
our f'ebn1ary . issue. , ,'l'his lirm
is 'n o longer in busin'ess'. . . . ;
' ..
:-
.
~
.
~
,, ~
:,
•
> :
Producers of 14 Consecutive Coin Machine Hits! '
~~~~~~!!~~~~!!!!!!~~~e~a~t~o~~~~Th~~en~~w~e~l~ef~t~I~m~p~e~n~'al~!!!!~~~~!!~!!~~~~;;!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
~ ~-:~
'flper.'C'
A'ake
Valley where we were located and
COIN-ographies
came to Los Angeles.
In looldng for opportunities a
slicker sold me thirty penny gum
machines for $60() cash and a
$600 car. When my wife learned
I had gone into the penny gum
vending business she sent for tfie
padded cell.
However, I soon
brought home some dollars worth
of pennies so again she permitted
me to sleep in the house.
Shortly thereafter I sold the
thirty gum machines on location
at a profit, and twenty more with
them on which the manufacturer
paid me a commission. That com-
mission gave me ideas so I work-
ed for about nine months selli~g
gum vending machines on com-
--of-
Outstanding Men bi
Western Coin Machine Circles
•
Seattle R I N . . ,
M erry
Jl
lY.l.l
m· tt h
Sl ot S tor,·es
SEATTLE-Every once in a while the Seattle papers get funny
a bo ut slot machines and give column after column to a hilarious treat-
ment of their being on location within the city limits.
However, none has been so well written and quite as humorous as
the following illustrated article that appeared in a Seattle paper
recently:
Our scene is laid in Slot Ma-
chine Land. It is a forest of
beautiful trees, each tree bear-
Cig. Group
1 Y ear Old
ing fruit- lemons, plums, or-
anges. A few trees bear golden
bells, while one rare tree, in the
middle of the wood, is covered
with nickels and is called the
LOS ANGELES- The California
tt
gare e Vending Machine Opera-
tors' Association has just recently
attained its second birthday, and jack-pot tree.
missio~
like all youngsters, its first year's
Enter six little slot machines.
While in San Jose, I received a strides were rather slow and un- The eldest is a quarter machine.
b u t now m
" 1 t s secon·.
->
Others are dime and nickel ma-
·
marble game called "W i g g 1 e ce r t am;
Game" from my factory and I year, through the untiring efforts chines, while one wee little fel-
set it up in the hotel where I of our legal committee, headed by low is a penny gum machine.
the chairman, Mr. H. W . Skelton
The little slot machines start
s ta ye d and was it popular! It
more than paid our hotel bill. So of the Rowe Service Co., Inc., we I playing ring - around - the - jack-
immediately I quit my job, came are beginning to do things, namely I pot, when suddenly the sky is
back to Los Angeles and corralled the recent passage of an ordi- I ~:::elled and they cower in
my liquid resources a n d purc h as- nance making it legal to own and
Quarter Machine: " The election
ed fifteen ma r ble g a meso I se t operate a cigarette vending ma- is coming. Hide! Hide!"
MR. NEWELL H. STEARNS
President. California Amusement these fl'fteen games on I oca t· IOn chine in the city of Los Angeles.
The little slot machines hide
the day before Chn'stma s, 1930 .
This is really a big step forward behind trees until the Ogre Elec-
l\'Jachlne Operators Association
•
th e -affqrding us police protection tion marches across the stage
Herewith we present the first By New Yea rs Da y f 0 11 owmg,
recel'pts had amoun t e d t 0 su ff' IC- and doing away with the old "bo- (left to right) and then they re-
of a series of personally written
biographies of prominent men ient that I knew I h a d f oun d my gey" man of uncertainty as to appear and begin playing again,
ill the coin machine business in place l'n the s u n at 1 as t . S 0 h ere whether we could stay in business their nickels rattling, their bells
the west. Each article will be I am four years later operating or I~o~~ our desire and aim to ringing.
written by the indhidual him- marble games and nor;) enthused
Suddenly a great voice roars
than ever.
make this organization a state- out:
self.
It now being 1:00 a. m., (the wide institution, as we all know
"No more slot machines after
in the year of the big wind, the
fall of '29, when business went usual time an operator finishes that "in unity there is strength" June! Death to the slot ma-
to hell, my Buick automobile bus- his day after answering all serv- and no chance of one member chines !"
Dime Slot Machine (in a whis-
iness went the same way. About ice calls), I shall close, having 'chiseling" in on another member's
location. This means better busi- per): "It's Charlie Smith! He
New Years Day, 1930, my wife fully written my biographJ.
ness for . all concerned. So come means business. Oh, woe to us!"
and. I took · stoCk of our finances
The little slot machines trem-
and found we had enough left to
Suitor: "Sir, may I have your on "feller," get going and send in
your application to the secretary. ble in fear, dropping nickels and
keep the joint open three more daughter for my wife?"
days, so we closed it that night
Her Father: "Bring your w~e Mr. A. B. Macdonell, at 1340 Sou~ dimes all over the greensward.
Flower street, Los Angeles. ~ You
Enter Grandma Lottery, an
and kept the three days pay to around and I'll see." -
'....
can't lose!
elderly Chinese lady.
• • • • • , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .• • • t· ,
..... ,E. STEUR, President ·
Grandma Lottery: "Why, my
California Cigarette Vending Ma- little pets! You're crymg. Hush,
• SALES AND SERVICE
NEW AND USE-o MACHINES.
chine- Operators' Assocation.
little slot machines, don't you cry,
~ •
Our Motto: We AitntG Please-- .. '.-, .
. .
. . . " "
. '
.
" you'll be lotteries· by. and by. ' But
" • 422 Ea~_t _ I:o·u. rth S~r~~t . ' .. , .. ~ "' ... ' p.{tone' 633-574. '" I It helps. You, tlle . p~per ancJ, ~ell me, what is wrong.?"
, ,. ..
LON~ B.EACH. <;A~IFORNIA - '
~ the AdvertIsers to mention TH~
Dime Slot Machine: "o~, gra~d-
II • • • • •. ~ • • . _. • • • • C !REVIEW.
,·
.
. ,. . ..
~at we're , scared., CharbeSmlth
Ci
• Long Beach Coin Machine Ex'c hange •
I
- r.. • _. '._ .• •••
..
~.... .
_ _
•• •
10
. :'
~
• _ _ . :
. '
...
~
~
,
.
"
.
says we are to be destroyed in
June."
Grandma
Lottery:
"Shucks,
youngsters, don't let that worry
you. Why, I've been here in Seat-
tle ever since the Great Fire, and
long before. I'm battered and
scarred, but there's life in the old
girl yet. Mayors may come 3n·l
mayors may go--and sheriffs, teo
- but lotterie3 and slot machindl
go on forever. I can rememucr
once when I had to hide for t wo
full weeks when a lady mayor 1..00: (
over- but then I popped out again.
You will be here with me just 8!
long as this is a city. Believe
Grandma Lottery, my lambs."
I Sio t Machines (in chorus):
. "Thank you, grandma!"
Grandma Lottery strolls out
and the little slot machines
dance around the jack-pot tree,
"
"Wh 0 ' s afraid
. of the
smgmg,
Big Bad Mayor?" as the curtain
slowly falls.
Tanguay Visits
Hospital Again
LOS ANGELES- Mr. Art Tan-
guay, partner in the Western
Vending Machine Company, has
just returned from the hospit'3.1
follOwing his second operation in
three months.
Tanguay was operated on some-
time ago for appendicitis and
when he failed to recover as rap-
idly as expected another operation
was deemed necessary.
Let's hope you're through for
keeps this time, Art.
WARNING!
Operators in the west are
cautioned not to send inoney
. orders, checks or , cash to the
King Products Company; 1125
Venice }I)vd. in Los Angeles in
payment for a machine adver-
tised as THE KING or,· THE
_ SKIP.PER. or for unbre~l~able
marbles advertised by th'em in
our f'ebn1ary . issue. , ,'l'his lirm
is 'n o longer in busin'ess'. . . . ;
' ..
:-
.
~
.
~
,, ~
:,
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