Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1935 February - Page 81
FEBRUARY,
1935
Seattle Has
Good Year
(Continued from opposite page)
was quiet, but it was rumored that slot
machines were coming back in and eastern
Washington was open. There was consid-
erable interest here in a Canadian bill to
license slot machines. Miss Ruth Cohn
reported digger machines were doing well,
Fred McKee was doing successfully in
distributing the Northwest five· foot tables,
and Charles McKee, was operating 22 Iron
Claws and several pin games.
Western Distributors started a creditable
move by donating many old games to the
Children's Orthopedic Hospital and many
operators also contributed. It served to
build up good will for the industry.
July
C. E. Badgley, the Clark Gable of the
Coin Machine Industry, was married and
forgot for a week where he had parked
his car. Ken C. Shyvers of the Shyvers
Coin Automatic Co., visiting in Los An-
geles, declared that the Western Washing-
ton Operators Association was the only
one on the West Coast with 100 per cent
membership record. Pin games were thriv-
ing with slots ruled out in Vancouver.
Jack Roberts bought a new Pontiac on his
World Series earnings. C. R. Snyder was
doing a good bu~iness for Mills. Rube
Gross- & Co. built Double and Redouble.
R. F. Schneider of the Pacific Coast Novel-
ty Co. of Vancouver reported business
brisk in British Columbia. Tom Williams
was a busy operator, while C. W. Johnson
was trying to sell his arcade in order to
return to operating.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Montgomery were
building concessions and a summer resort
at Marysville. Active in operating were
Ralph Wilcoxen of Manchester and C. H.
Adams of Aberdeen. All the operators were
talking about Al Gustafson's opening
party. Herbert Greenholm was a new man
in the coin machine field .
August
Advance Automatic Sales Co. opened a
Seattle branch at 3222 Western Avenue
with Harry Wolcher in charge. Among the
operators showing lots of life (and pros-
perity) were A. G. Cassutt, M. H. Sanders,
Jack Abslag, a newcomer; George W.
Cook, L. F. Myers and his brother-in.law,
Harold Steele of Vancouver; Ray Swing,
John Michael, A. Munson, V. A. Nelson,
who had 25 new Fleets; K. M. Rader, Ed
Braden and H. W. Heath of Mercer Island.
Seattle was waiting for Harry Williams'
new Signal and Pacific's Major League.
Jack Parker of the Canadian Automatic
Sales Co. planned to enter the jobbing
field in Vancouver. Bill Stead of San Fran-
cisco had started operating in Seattle.
Mrs. Ray Bennett of La Grande, Oregon,
was visiting her brother, Al Gustafson.
Times in Seattle were better with the ter-
mination of the strike.
September
Spokane operators were working under
good conditions and the city was satisfied
with the report of License Inspector Ralph
Harper that $3000 had been taken in as
machine fees. Ken Shyvers was showing
new games in New York. General business
was good. Biggest news of the month was
the merger of the Advance Automatic Sales
Co. of San Francisco, Oakland and Seattle
and the Western Distributors Inc. of Seat-
tle, making the combine one of the largest
distributors in the country. Al Gustafson
reported J. Frank M~yer of Exhibit was
in Europe. Jack McClelland of National
was in Seattle. Earl Heroux gave up his
printing business to resume operating. Op-
erators said there were more new games
in the past 30 days than in the previous
two years. Tacoma operators were reported
selling machines to locations. O. A. Don-
aldson of Los Angeles was in Seattle. Clif
Lewis of Los Angeles joined Al Gustaf-
son's staff here.
October
Advance and Western were appointed
coast distributors for the Stoner Mfg. Co.
Al Gustafson's show rooms were a mecca
for operators. Paul Henry, assistant to Sol
Gottlieb of Los Angeles, was here on busi·
ness by way of San Francisco, Portland,
Tacoma, Boise and Salt Lake City.
November
Ken C. Shyvers established his second
manufacturing plant, in Chicago, for his
Cannon Fire game. Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Eighty.one
THE PACIFIC COIN MACHINE REVIEW
Swing were being congratulated as the
parents of a seven·pound girl, Fred McKee
of Tacoma was doing a good business as
factory distributor. Tom Williams said the
manufacturers were too slow in devising
new games, turning out only three new
ones a week. K. M. Rader of Houston was
doing well as an operator here. Personnel
of Western Distributors in Seattle included
Al and Jack Roberts, Dick Potter, Harry
Wolcher, Holly Madsen, Ralph Arnold
and Miss Beulah Baldwin. A record single
order was placed when. 1000 Mystery 6
games were consigned by Rube Gross to
Advance Automatic Sales Co. Operators
were cheered by the city's plans for con-
sidering licensing of coin machines.
December
The City Controller's office advised THE
REVIEW that the proposed license ordi-
nance, providing for a $25 fee per machine
per year, was now before the city council
and had a good chance of passing in a
few week •. Lewiston, Idaho, also was plan-
ning an ordinance, according to City Clerk
John P. Roose Jr. Coin machine life found
new tonic in Washington Sportlands,
among them Mr. Barlow's new Playland
and the first in the city by William Hef-
ter. H. L. Stewart, secretary-treasu,r er of
National, arrived from Los Angeles to
supervise the opening of National's branch
here at 100 Elliott Avenue West. Van-
couver police ruled two machines was the
maximum per location, after discovering
6 to 10 games in some places. Homer E.
Capehart, general salesmanager and vice-
president of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg.
Co., arranged for the opening of a new
sales office in Seattle at 11233 Phinney
A venue with Fred Fields in charge for
the Washington and Oregon territory.
•
Featuring
TWO WINNERS
by ROCK-OLA
ARMY and NAVY
THE nTWO TEAM" FOOTBALL CLASSIC
In all the annals of pin game accomplishment,
there is nothing to match the superb record of
the ARMY and NAVY game. It combines
mechanical merit with player features such as
reversible skill areas, double· reward system,
twin·scoring registers and team competition
that make it truly the most sparkling of all
Rock·Ola winners-a leader in cashbox profit.
ability.
Sportland Opens
In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO-Hallihan & Getz,
who opened the first penny arcade here
in 1907 and subsequently started the first
motion picture house in this city, have
returned to their original line of endeavor
by opening a new sportland at 1071 Market
Street, in the heart of the theatre and
shopping district.
The new sportland, which was opened
January 5 after two months of remodeling,
occupies three floors and its equipment
is set off by the latest in lighting and color
effects.
The main floor, 33 feet by 160 feet, fea-
tures pin games, photo gallery, diggers and
other machines. In the basement are a long
range shooting gallery, skee-ball alleys,
baseball game and other attractions, while
the mezzanine is given over to reno games
where 80 players may be seated at one
time.
An amplifying system is hooked up for
automatic music and game announcements.
When Hallihan & Getz opened their first
penny arcade here in 1907, pennies were
not used on the coast and shipment had
to be made from the Denver mint. News-
papers recor,d ed the arrival of the pennies.
Several theatres built by Hallihan &
Getz are still in operation under different
ownership.
•
Judge: "Where is your husband?"
Defendant: "I ain't got no husband.
He been dead nigh onto ten years."
Judge: "Are those all your children?"
Defendant : "Yes, suh. Dey's mine."
Judge: "But I thought you said your
husband is dead!"
Defendant : "Yes, suh; he's dead, but I
ain't."
THE WATCH DOG
OF YOUR CASH BOX
A. B. T.'s New Visible
COIN CHUTE
No. 310
NONE BETTER
HOLD
AMERICA'S
•
and
FASTEST
DRAW
MONEY.MAKER
A little game that walks away with a bankroll
of profits every time, on any location, that's
HOLD and DRAW. Its exclusive feature is
giving the player two spins for one coin. It
is really five games in one. It takes in $1, $5,
$10 and $25 an hour, depending on the coin
played, and its Ball Gum ven·
der makes it suitable for 10·
cations everywhere. HOLD
and DRAW is the biggest lit·
tle counter game in the field. F.O.B. Chicago
•
WRITE OR WIRE IMMEDIATELY
Advance Automatic Western Distributors
Sales Co.
Incorporated
1021·1023 Golden Gate
Avenue
3126·28 Elliott Ave.
SEATTLE, .
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
WASHINGTON
JOBBERS
MERCHANDISE
PAUL A. LAYMON, Jobber
Quality Coin·Operated Machines
1503 W. Pico St.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
OF
PROVEN
•
1935
Seattle Has
Good Year
(Continued from opposite page)
was quiet, but it was rumored that slot
machines were coming back in and eastern
Washington was open. There was consid-
erable interest here in a Canadian bill to
license slot machines. Miss Ruth Cohn
reported digger machines were doing well,
Fred McKee was doing successfully in
distributing the Northwest five· foot tables,
and Charles McKee, was operating 22 Iron
Claws and several pin games.
Western Distributors started a creditable
move by donating many old games to the
Children's Orthopedic Hospital and many
operators also contributed. It served to
build up good will for the industry.
July
C. E. Badgley, the Clark Gable of the
Coin Machine Industry, was married and
forgot for a week where he had parked
his car. Ken C. Shyvers of the Shyvers
Coin Automatic Co., visiting in Los An-
geles, declared that the Western Washing-
ton Operators Association was the only
one on the West Coast with 100 per cent
membership record. Pin games were thriv-
ing with slots ruled out in Vancouver.
Jack Roberts bought a new Pontiac on his
World Series earnings. C. R. Snyder was
doing a good bu~iness for Mills. Rube
Gross- & Co. built Double and Redouble.
R. F. Schneider of the Pacific Coast Novel-
ty Co. of Vancouver reported business
brisk in British Columbia. Tom Williams
was a busy operator, while C. W. Johnson
was trying to sell his arcade in order to
return to operating.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Montgomery were
building concessions and a summer resort
at Marysville. Active in operating were
Ralph Wilcoxen of Manchester and C. H.
Adams of Aberdeen. All the operators were
talking about Al Gustafson's opening
party. Herbert Greenholm was a new man
in the coin machine field .
August
Advance Automatic Sales Co. opened a
Seattle branch at 3222 Western Avenue
with Harry Wolcher in charge. Among the
operators showing lots of life (and pros-
perity) were A. G. Cassutt, M. H. Sanders,
Jack Abslag, a newcomer; George W.
Cook, L. F. Myers and his brother-in.law,
Harold Steele of Vancouver; Ray Swing,
John Michael, A. Munson, V. A. Nelson,
who had 25 new Fleets; K. M. Rader, Ed
Braden and H. W. Heath of Mercer Island.
Seattle was waiting for Harry Williams'
new Signal and Pacific's Major League.
Jack Parker of the Canadian Automatic
Sales Co. planned to enter the jobbing
field in Vancouver. Bill Stead of San Fran-
cisco had started operating in Seattle.
Mrs. Ray Bennett of La Grande, Oregon,
was visiting her brother, Al Gustafson.
Times in Seattle were better with the ter-
mination of the strike.
September
Spokane operators were working under
good conditions and the city was satisfied
with the report of License Inspector Ralph
Harper that $3000 had been taken in as
machine fees. Ken Shyvers was showing
new games in New York. General business
was good. Biggest news of the month was
the merger of the Advance Automatic Sales
Co. of San Francisco, Oakland and Seattle
and the Western Distributors Inc. of Seat-
tle, making the combine one of the largest
distributors in the country. Al Gustafson
reported J. Frank M~yer of Exhibit was
in Europe. Jack McClelland of National
was in Seattle. Earl Heroux gave up his
printing business to resume operating. Op-
erators said there were more new games
in the past 30 days than in the previous
two years. Tacoma operators were reported
selling machines to locations. O. A. Don-
aldson of Los Angeles was in Seattle. Clif
Lewis of Los Angeles joined Al Gustaf-
son's staff here.
October
Advance and Western were appointed
coast distributors for the Stoner Mfg. Co.
Al Gustafson's show rooms were a mecca
for operators. Paul Henry, assistant to Sol
Gottlieb of Los Angeles, was here on busi·
ness by way of San Francisco, Portland,
Tacoma, Boise and Salt Lake City.
November
Ken C. Shyvers established his second
manufacturing plant, in Chicago, for his
Cannon Fire game. Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Eighty.one
THE PACIFIC COIN MACHINE REVIEW
Swing were being congratulated as the
parents of a seven·pound girl, Fred McKee
of Tacoma was doing a good business as
factory distributor. Tom Williams said the
manufacturers were too slow in devising
new games, turning out only three new
ones a week. K. M. Rader of Houston was
doing well as an operator here. Personnel
of Western Distributors in Seattle included
Al and Jack Roberts, Dick Potter, Harry
Wolcher, Holly Madsen, Ralph Arnold
and Miss Beulah Baldwin. A record single
order was placed when. 1000 Mystery 6
games were consigned by Rube Gross to
Advance Automatic Sales Co. Operators
were cheered by the city's plans for con-
sidering licensing of coin machines.
December
The City Controller's office advised THE
REVIEW that the proposed license ordi-
nance, providing for a $25 fee per machine
per year, was now before the city council
and had a good chance of passing in a
few week •. Lewiston, Idaho, also was plan-
ning an ordinance, according to City Clerk
John P. Roose Jr. Coin machine life found
new tonic in Washington Sportlands,
among them Mr. Barlow's new Playland
and the first in the city by William Hef-
ter. H. L. Stewart, secretary-treasu,r er of
National, arrived from Los Angeles to
supervise the opening of National's branch
here at 100 Elliott Avenue West. Van-
couver police ruled two machines was the
maximum per location, after discovering
6 to 10 games in some places. Homer E.
Capehart, general salesmanager and vice-
president of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg.
Co., arranged for the opening of a new
sales office in Seattle at 11233 Phinney
A venue with Fred Fields in charge for
the Washington and Oregon territory.
•
Featuring
TWO WINNERS
by ROCK-OLA
ARMY and NAVY
THE nTWO TEAM" FOOTBALL CLASSIC
In all the annals of pin game accomplishment,
there is nothing to match the superb record of
the ARMY and NAVY game. It combines
mechanical merit with player features such as
reversible skill areas, double· reward system,
twin·scoring registers and team competition
that make it truly the most sparkling of all
Rock·Ola winners-a leader in cashbox profit.
ability.
Sportland Opens
In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO-Hallihan & Getz,
who opened the first penny arcade here
in 1907 and subsequently started the first
motion picture house in this city, have
returned to their original line of endeavor
by opening a new sportland at 1071 Market
Street, in the heart of the theatre and
shopping district.
The new sportland, which was opened
January 5 after two months of remodeling,
occupies three floors and its equipment
is set off by the latest in lighting and color
effects.
The main floor, 33 feet by 160 feet, fea-
tures pin games, photo gallery, diggers and
other machines. In the basement are a long
range shooting gallery, skee-ball alleys,
baseball game and other attractions, while
the mezzanine is given over to reno games
where 80 players may be seated at one
time.
An amplifying system is hooked up for
automatic music and game announcements.
When Hallihan & Getz opened their first
penny arcade here in 1907, pennies were
not used on the coast and shipment had
to be made from the Denver mint. News-
papers recor,d ed the arrival of the pennies.
Several theatres built by Hallihan &
Getz are still in operation under different
ownership.
•
Judge: "Where is your husband?"
Defendant: "I ain't got no husband.
He been dead nigh onto ten years."
Judge: "Are those all your children?"
Defendant : "Yes, suh. Dey's mine."
Judge: "But I thought you said your
husband is dead!"
Defendant : "Yes, suh; he's dead, but I
ain't."
THE WATCH DOG
OF YOUR CASH BOX
A. B. T.'s New Visible
COIN CHUTE
No. 310
NONE BETTER
HOLD
AMERICA'S
•
and
FASTEST
DRAW
MONEY.MAKER
A little game that walks away with a bankroll
of profits every time, on any location, that's
HOLD and DRAW. Its exclusive feature is
giving the player two spins for one coin. It
is really five games in one. It takes in $1, $5,
$10 and $25 an hour, depending on the coin
played, and its Ball Gum ven·
der makes it suitable for 10·
cations everywhere. HOLD
and DRAW is the biggest lit·
tle counter game in the field. F.O.B. Chicago
•
WRITE OR WIRE IMMEDIATELY
Advance Automatic Western Distributors
Sales Co.
Incorporated
1021·1023 Golden Gate
Avenue
3126·28 Elliott Ave.
SEATTLE, .
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
WASHINGTON
JOBBERS
MERCHANDISE
PAUL A. LAYMON, Jobber
Quality Coin·Operated Machines
1503 W. Pico St.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
OF
PROVEN
•
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