Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1939 February - Page 28
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We will give you the best merchandise in the coin equipment business
for the least money! Our prices are right- our service is good! Why
not trade at the SOUTHWESTERN VENDING MACHINE COMPANY?
We carry a complete line of everything you need for good earnings
- and we will meet anyone's price on new and used marble games,
counter games, phonographs, bowling games and supplies.
Fol/ow the crowd-
Trade with us!
WRITE-WIRE-PHONE
SOUTHWESTERN
Vending Machine Co.
ROchester 1421
2833 W. Pico, Los Angeles
" Never too busy fo fake care of your
problems ' '
Pacific Northwest Potter
By LOUIS KARNOFSKY
28
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
SEATTLE. - From coin machines to
radio in three easy months. That sounds
like an ambitious advertisement from
one of those Be-A-Success-In-A-Hurry
correspondence schools, but in this in-
stance it's an actual experience that
happened to Sammy (Dead End Kid)
Michael. A few months ago Sammy was
filling in at Western Distributors after
school hours. Today he owns and op-
erates the Michael Radio C o.
New Year's Day saw one more coin-
man desert his state of single blessed-
ness when Earl J. Heroux ankled to the
altar. His marriage adds another link to
a chain of events in his colorful career
that reads like fiction. Heroux has been
a salesman, advertising man, printer,
radio announcer and radio station owner
among other things. Then he turned to
coin machines, and from a humble be-
ginninq as an operator, rose to a posi-
tion where he is now the leading arcade
man in the Northwest. Asked to name
the incident which left the deepest im-
pression, Earl relates the story of how
he and radio technician Walter Mott
found themselves locked in the radio
station of KXA November 17, 1931 , at the
conclusion of the midnight broadcast. A
police prowler car was s ummoned and
the two radio men were escorted down
the fire escape at 3 a .m. "We had the
police escort us," Earl recalls , "because
we were afraid some of the people in
the crowd below might think we were
making a get-away from a safe crack-
ing job or something and take a pot shot
at us."
Fifty Northwest phonograph operators
were guests of Jack R. Moore at a dinner
in the New Washington Hotel, January
10, at which the new Seeburg Mayfair
phonograph with mother-of-pearl finish
was "guest of honor" in its initial show-
ing. While Moore and Seeburg's Henry
Anchester were pointing out the high-
lights of the new phono, Thelma Oliver
and her personality smile were putting
the guests at ease and helping to make
their evening an enjoyable one.
If there are any coinmen who like to
play checkers, we suggest that they
hang on to their shirts when they go
near Superior Distributors, because
they're a lmost certain to lose this neces-
sary piece of wea ring apparel if they
run into Stewart Findley, formerly of
Portland, who recently joined the Su-
perior staff. Findley w on the state
checker honors so frequently at the Rose
City that they were seriously thinking of
discontinuing the yearly tournament be-
cause Findley's winning was becoming
such a monotonous habit. Now that he's
taken up a Seattle residence , checker
competition in Portland is booming to a
new high.
Found: a fish story to end all fish
stories. And the peculiar thing about this
one is that it's authentic in every detail.
John Legaz, who was a leading Seattle
operator before he joined his father on
herring fishing expeditions in Alaska, re-
lates that on the last trip near Cordova,
he and his dad hauled in their nets and
landed 3,000 barrels at one crack! The
boat was only able to hold 750 barrels,
so the remainder had to be tossed over-
board. When this part of the story was
told, a sad and wistful look came into
the eyes of Operator Porky Jacobs. "Just
think," Porky moaned, "2,250 barrels of
herring gone to waste. Boy, I wish I
was there. A couple of loaves of rye
bread and a fistful of onions would have
made those 2,250 barrels disappear like
magic."
Ed Perry of the Interstate Novelty Co.
of Spokane has bought out the Thomas
Gum Co. interests in Seattle and Spo-
kane. The Seattle branch, for 26 years
one of the leading merchandise operat-
ing firms of the Northwest, has moved
into newer and larger quarters in the
heart of Coin Row . The firm will continue
to operate gum and candy machines,
and will also job and distribute standard
lines of games and Wurlitzer phono-
graphs. Harry Herbert, for the past eight
years manager of the local office, will
remain in that capacity under the Inter-
state banner.
C oin Row's smoothest mechanical
team in seven years was broken up last
m onth when Jerry Steffan left his work-
mate and playmate, "Ducky" McFar-
land, at Jack Moore's to join the staff of
Western Distributors. Steffan is now first
lieutenant to "Tiger" Leamer in West-
em's workshop, while Jerry 's spot at
Moore's is being filled by Willie (Bossy)
Boswell, Steffan's nephew.
A much wiser and healthier man is
Howard Gray, the digger operator, after
a recent _eight-day business-pleasure
jaunt lo San Francisco. Last year How-
ard, who is in charge of Lewis & Co.
digger operations, worked day and
night for a week to get things lined up
so that he could take a vacation. But
that vacation turned into a nightmare
when Gray suffered a breakdown upon
reaching California. He was confined
to a hospital for a couple of weeks, then
shipped home. This time Gray, with his
wife and Alex Lewis, chucked business
worries lo the four winds , and had an
enjoyable time. Gray is now a con-
firiped believer in the slogan: "It pays
to play."
Last month Coin Row welcomed back
with open arms Genevieve DeLong, ca-
pable Decca office manager, who re-
turned to active duty after a recent ill-
ness. Genevieve's return marked the
CRISS-CROSS and BINCO
are Going to Town!!
These two fasc inating penny gum
vendor skil l games are bringing
back "The Good Old Days" when
a small investment in count er
games provided a steady , com-
fortable incom e !
•
Criss-C ross and Bingo are netting
ope rators $3.00 to $5.00 weekly
profit! You 'll ag ree t hat it is an
excellent return for only . . .
Write For Quantity Prices Today!!
D. ROBBINS i COMPANY -
1141 -~ro~=y~~~~ /ve.,
https://elibrary.arcade-museum.com
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■
ID
1939
We will give you the best merchandise in the coin equipment business
for the least money! Our prices are right- our service is good! Why
not trade at the SOUTHWESTERN VENDING MACHINE COMPANY?
We carry a complete line of everything you need for good earnings
- and we will meet anyone's price on new and used marble games,
counter games, phonographs, bowling games and supplies.
Fol/ow the crowd-
Trade with us!
WRITE-WIRE-PHONE
SOUTHWESTERN
Vending Machine Co.
ROchester 1421
2833 W. Pico, Los Angeles
" Never too busy fo fake care of your
problems ' '
Pacific Northwest Potter
By LOUIS KARNOFSKY
28
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
SEATTLE. - From coin machines to
radio in three easy months. That sounds
like an ambitious advertisement from
one of those Be-A-Success-In-A-Hurry
correspondence schools, but in this in-
stance it's an actual experience that
happened to Sammy (Dead End Kid)
Michael. A few months ago Sammy was
filling in at Western Distributors after
school hours. Today he owns and op-
erates the Michael Radio C o.
New Year's Day saw one more coin-
man desert his state of single blessed-
ness when Earl J. Heroux ankled to the
altar. His marriage adds another link to
a chain of events in his colorful career
that reads like fiction. Heroux has been
a salesman, advertising man, printer,
radio announcer and radio station owner
among other things. Then he turned to
coin machines, and from a humble be-
ginninq as an operator, rose to a posi-
tion where he is now the leading arcade
man in the Northwest. Asked to name
the incident which left the deepest im-
pression, Earl relates the story of how
he and radio technician Walter Mott
found themselves locked in the radio
station of KXA November 17, 1931 , at the
conclusion of the midnight broadcast. A
police prowler car was s ummoned and
the two radio men were escorted down
the fire escape at 3 a .m. "We had the
police escort us," Earl recalls , "because
we were afraid some of the people in
the crowd below might think we were
making a get-away from a safe crack-
ing job or something and take a pot shot
at us."
Fifty Northwest phonograph operators
were guests of Jack R. Moore at a dinner
in the New Washington Hotel, January
10, at which the new Seeburg Mayfair
phonograph with mother-of-pearl finish
was "guest of honor" in its initial show-
ing. While Moore and Seeburg's Henry
Anchester were pointing out the high-
lights of the new phono, Thelma Oliver
and her personality smile were putting
the guests at ease and helping to make
their evening an enjoyable one.
If there are any coinmen who like to
play checkers, we suggest that they
hang on to their shirts when they go
near Superior Distributors, because
they're a lmost certain to lose this neces-
sary piece of wea ring apparel if they
run into Stewart Findley, formerly of
Portland, who recently joined the Su-
perior staff. Findley w on the state
checker honors so frequently at the Rose
City that they were seriously thinking of
discontinuing the yearly tournament be-
cause Findley's winning was becoming
such a monotonous habit. Now that he's
taken up a Seattle residence , checker
competition in Portland is booming to a
new high.
Found: a fish story to end all fish
stories. And the peculiar thing about this
one is that it's authentic in every detail.
John Legaz, who was a leading Seattle
operator before he joined his father on
herring fishing expeditions in Alaska, re-
lates that on the last trip near Cordova,
he and his dad hauled in their nets and
landed 3,000 barrels at one crack! The
boat was only able to hold 750 barrels,
so the remainder had to be tossed over-
board. When this part of the story was
told, a sad and wistful look came into
the eyes of Operator Porky Jacobs. "Just
think," Porky moaned, "2,250 barrels of
herring gone to waste. Boy, I wish I
was there. A couple of loaves of rye
bread and a fistful of onions would have
made those 2,250 barrels disappear like
magic."
Ed Perry of the Interstate Novelty Co.
of Spokane has bought out the Thomas
Gum Co. interests in Seattle and Spo-
kane. The Seattle branch, for 26 years
one of the leading merchandise operat-
ing firms of the Northwest, has moved
into newer and larger quarters in the
heart of Coin Row . The firm will continue
to operate gum and candy machines,
and will also job and distribute standard
lines of games and Wurlitzer phono-
graphs. Harry Herbert, for the past eight
years manager of the local office, will
remain in that capacity under the Inter-
state banner.
C oin Row's smoothest mechanical
team in seven years was broken up last
m onth when Jerry Steffan left his work-
mate and playmate, "Ducky" McFar-
land, at Jack Moore's to join the staff of
Western Distributors. Steffan is now first
lieutenant to "Tiger" Leamer in West-
em's workshop, while Jerry 's spot at
Moore's is being filled by Willie (Bossy)
Boswell, Steffan's nephew.
A much wiser and healthier man is
Howard Gray, the digger operator, after
a recent _eight-day business-pleasure
jaunt lo San Francisco. Last year How-
ard, who is in charge of Lewis & Co.
digger operations, worked day and
night for a week to get things lined up
so that he could take a vacation. But
that vacation turned into a nightmare
when Gray suffered a breakdown upon
reaching California. He was confined
to a hospital for a couple of weeks, then
shipped home. This time Gray, with his
wife and Alex Lewis, chucked business
worries lo the four winds , and had an
enjoyable time. Gray is now a con-
firiped believer in the slogan: "It pays
to play."
Last month Coin Row welcomed back
with open arms Genevieve DeLong, ca-
pable Decca office manager, who re-
turned to active duty after a recent ill-
ness. Genevieve's return marked the
CRISS-CROSS and BINCO
are Going to Town!!
These two fasc inating penny gum
vendor skil l games are bringing
back "The Good Old Days" when
a small investment in count er
games provided a steady , com-
fortable incom e !
•
Criss-C ross and Bingo are netting
ope rators $3.00 to $5.00 weekly
profit! You 'll ag ree t hat it is an
excellent return for only . . .
Write For Quantity Prices Today!!
D. ROBBINS i COMPANY -
1141 -~ro~=y~~~~ /ve.,
https://elibrary.arcade-museum.com
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