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TEXAS
A. 0. L.A. C. Holds
Special Meeting
LOS ANGELES-A special meeting of
the Associated Operators of Los Angeles
County, Inc., was held at the North Star
Auditorium at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, August
20th. "Curley" Robinson, secretary-man-
ager, presided. Meeting was opened with
a tribute to the flag led by Harry Rawlings.
Then followed a short business session dur-
ing which Robinson introduced three new
members: M. I. Mohr, Ralph Mohr and
Carl Hofmann.
It is expected to hold an evening dinner
meeting within the next few weeks.
MEMBER-MENTIONS: A. S. McGaugh
was in from Whittier to attend this meet-
ing and was very royally welcomed. . . .
Homer Gillespie is roaming the country
with his family . ... Who knows the where-
abouts of Don James of Santa Monica?
Best information obtainable is that he is
somewhere in the U. S. A .... Frank Root,
Lancaster, took his beard to Catalina
Island recently and 'tis reported the glass
bottom boats had the stiffest competition
they've run into so far this year . . . . Bill
Goodson's smiling face is always outstand-
ing at an AOLAC meeting . . . . Earl Cale
was another welcomed lad, bum arm and
all. . . . W. Ellis Johnson of Claremont,
under the able direction of the missus, is
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taking it easy for a while.
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COIN
MACHINE
11.EVIEW
"Even a policeman can't arrest the flight
of time."
"I don't know. Only this morning I saw
a policeman enter a side door and stop a
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few minutes."
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Voice on phone: "How do you feel this
morning?"
Lady: "All right."
Voice: "Then I guess I have the wrong
number."
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HAND WOVEN
CRAVATS
The Chief
A new 100% hand wov en all-wool f abric,
embodying t he g lorio us pat terns of t he
Indians of th e old West , hand t ai lored
into exq uisi te cravats especiall y for us b y
G RAYCO . . • a name f amous fo r ye ars
as the outstan d ing neckwea r styli st i n th e
W est.
Yo u cannot miss on t hese unusual cravats.
Everyone is guarant eed. Speci fy you r pre-
do mi nant color pref ere nce and we guar-
ant eee our sel ection t o please yo u. $1.00
each or six fo r
Shi pped prepaid anywhere in the United
States. If yo u d on't fi nd these cravats
eq ual l o t hose you have been payin g
$1.50 each for we will g ladly refund your
money.
THE LITTLE GIFT SHOP
1115 Venice Blvd.
LOS ANGELES , CALIF.
W. C. Atkins, one of the oldest operators
in Texas from point of service, likeable and
good natured as he is, thinks there ARE
times when a joke i's not in order. He went
deep sea fishing last month with a crowd
of operators and friends and got sea sick
in a really big way and was kept in that
condition by frequent and timely remarks
about fat pork.
"I didn't want to spoil the trip for the
others," said Atkins, "but I didn't want to
die either. So I went to the captain of the
boat and confidentially. asked him if there
wasn't something I could do to get relief.
'Yes,' he told me, also very confidentially.
'Get in a hammock swung between two
large live oak trees'. What I told that so-
and-so, sick as I was, was a plenty," con-
cluded Atkins.
The Houston and Harris County Music
Operators Association known as Associated
Phonograph Operators' of Harris County
was definitely and permanently disbanded
several months ago. Any rumors or reports
inferring that the Association, either di-
rectly or . indirectly now exists, are false
and unfounded.
Operator Jack Renfro and wife, of West
Columbia, returned from a two weeks vaca-
tion at Eagles Nest, N. M . ... Operator and
Mrs. A. F. Lemke, of Houston, spent three
weeks on their west coast vacation tour and
visited fourteen states enroute . . . A. H.
Shannon, of Coin Machine Sales Company
has a new Buick ... Southern Amusement
Company, owned and operated by the seven
Porter Brothers, moved from the 2300 to
the 3300 block on Louisiana St., Houston
. . . Many operators from every part of
Texas spent their vacations in Texas this
year. Those in the western and northern
part like Galveston, Corpus Christi, and
other coast resorts while those living in the
Gulf section often prefer to spend their
vacations in the rugged section around San
Antonio, Austin, and Kerville, or on the
Great Plains further west.
"I'll Never Smile Again" continues to
lead the record parade in Texas. Another
number getting plenty of attention is a
Bluebird released Aug. 19 entitled "Blue-
bonnet Governor" by Bar X Cowboys of
Texas. It describes the campaign and elec-
tion of W. Lee O'Dani'el and if it is any-
where near as popular as its subject, will be
a Texas hit. O'Daniel was twice elected
Governor without a run off race, an all time
record for Texas, and his majority last July
over all opponents was much larger than
two years ago.
Other numhers going good include:
"Worried Mind," "New San Antonio Rose,"
"Beneath That Lonely Mound of Clay,"
"Watcha Know Joe," "The Breeze and I,"
"Sierra Sue," "When the Swallows Come
Back to Capist rano," "Blue Steele Blues . " ♦
WIRED MUSIC DISCUSSED . . . ELEC-
TRO BALL FETES OPS ... MUSIC LADS
MEET .. . ATKINS GETS SEASICK
O'DANIEL TUNE POPULAR.
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HOUSTON. (RC)-Central Music Com-
pany, of Temple, introduced Wired Music
in that city the second week of August.
Central Music is owned by 0 . L. Vaden
with Truman Hoherd as manager and at-
tractive Miss La Verne Jackson the secre-
tary. Hoherd, commenting on business con-
ditions in his territory said the past two
months had been Lad but a better than
usual fall season appeared likely.
Electro Ball Company of Dallas, Seeburg
distributors in the Southwest, gave a p11rty
at the Ben Milam hotel in Houston on the
evening of Aug. 6th for music operators.
More than sixty operators from most of the
principal cities of South Texas attended
and enjoyed a well arranged program with
plenty of eats followed by an excellent talk
on Wired Music by E. D. Furlow.
F. S. (Doc.) Clancy, Houston operator,
was master of ceremonies. Allen McQuhae,
Houston Electro Ball
branch manager was
in charge of invita-
tions and entertain-
ment. Speaker of the
evening was E. D.
(Ed) Furlow, Vice-
President of Electro
Ball.
Furlow's topic was
Music by Telephone.
He divided the sub-
ject into two parts;
Do we want wired
music? If so, how and
at what cost?
John G. W right
Houston and Harris
County musicmen were entertained by op-
erators ]. H. Wilson, C. R. Mitchell, Joe
Piarano at the Silver Dollar Buffet on the
evening of August 15th. The occasion was
the regular social meeting for everyone in-
terested in automatic music.
A swell luncheon was followed by a spicy
floor show by performers from a well known
local night club. Silver Dollar Buffet is one
of the nite spots owned by Piarano. At-
tendance at this meeting was not as large as
had been expected due probably to the
fact that it was home night for the league
leading Houston Buff baseball team; and
prize fights and auto races are regularly
held on Thursday night. Meetings likely
will be held on Wednesday evenings here-
after.
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YESSIR . . . another 12 months have rolled
around and it's time to lock up shop, polish
up the old rod and reel and enjoy a bit of
deep sea fishing. Therefore THE COIN MA-
CHINE REVIEW offices will be closed from
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while the s taff enjoys the regular yearly vaca-
lion. We'll be back Tuesday, October 1st,
sb'?orting achindgbmuscldes, fsunbhums, mOosquito
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