Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

these days. Trojan specializes in used equip·
men t and almos t anythi ng an opera tor could
ask for can generall y be found on their
floor.
C. A. Bla k e, U·Need-A-Pak representa-
tive, left on July 16 for a four-week tri p
through Californ ia, Oregon, Nevada, New
Mex ico, and Texas. Cli ff drove the tri p in
his new Buick.
The four-and-a-half-year-old son of P a ul
Simone, serviceman for Esquire Music,
was operated on for appendicitis July 20.
Doing okeh now.
When Victor McLaglen's "Light Horse
Cavalry and Motorcycle Riders visited San
Diego on July 26 the best promotion of the
event was through the RCA Sound Sy tern
supplied by Geor ge Buc kn a m of the
Bucknam Distributing Co., whose trucks
patrolled the main streets.
Les Lo rde n has added the fi lm business
to hi many other activi ties. Les stocks all
the new stuff and can whip up any kind of
a movie program a movie operator might
like. Rents are mighty reasonable too.
Ar ch C. Riddell, the Harmony Hostess
prexy, and Don Gr aves, serviceman, fig.
ured in a car spill in 1. A. on July 22. An-
other car hit them midship, throwing their
car onto the lawn and against a palm tree.
Neither was injured.
Mrs. C. A. Bla ke, her sister-in-law, and
C. A., Jr., left July 7 for the East in Mrs.
Blake's new maroon-colored Buick and
landed in Winstom-Salem, N. c., July 12.
They expect to visit for a month.
J o hnn y Ruggie ro, of Jack R. Moore's
San Francisco office, arrived here July 18
for a few days.
R ay Jon es, music opera tor, will leave
shortly for the East to pick up two new cars
in Detroit. That's the way western opera tors
are doing it nowadays. It used to be one
car; now it's two.
R ay E b erts, music merchant, has just
returned from a two-week jaunt through
British Columbia and Western Canada.
From all appearances Ray had a swell time.
How'd the Canadia ns like the new ties,
Ray?
Mac Mohr returned from an Eastern trip
J ul y 16. While East, Mac visited Daval,
Baker and Evans in Chicago and conferred
wi th Holl y in De troit. Evans appointed him
Western Factory Representative.
Walte r Gaunt is summering at Big Bear,
resting up and getting ready for another
busy season along about October 15 at
Twenty- ine Palms. Walter owns a beauti-
ful home down there and it is not uncom-
mon for half a dozen coinfolks to drop in
on him any week·end during the winter
months and partake of the famous Gaunt
hospitality. Herb McClellan, Joe Richarme
and Jack Gut hall are three of Gaunt's best
local hospitality salesmen.
Mr. and Mrs. Gen e C rowley spent their
vacation in San Francisco in mid-July. Gene
is head serv iceman for Esquire Music.
"Curl ey" R obinson , the head man at
AOLAC, streamlined to Chicago J uly 18 to
address the Chicago Manufacturers and to
point out the California operators' position
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in currently pending tax matters.
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Business Excellent
Says Graham
GLE DALE-"Business is rolling along
at a top peak with us with enough repair
work comi ng in daily to work us into the
late hours of th e night," declares Glendale
Graham, vending mach ine repair and re-
finis hing specialist.
Graham has specialized in the repair
and refinish ing of co in-operated machines
of all type for a great number of years
and has b uilt u p an opera tor foll owing th at
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" Californ ia, here I come," says Hank Maser, Jennings' special factory representative , as he
prepares to travel the W est Coast for Jennings. He is explaining Californ ia climate and scenic
beauty to Leo J. Ke lly , Jennings ' vice-president. (California Chamber of Commerce please note)
reads like the blue book of coin machine
operating in the West. It is not u ncommon
for operators to ship machines several hun-
dred mi les for a Graham refinish ing job.
An ardent believer in advertising, Gra·
ham has not missed an issue of THE RE·
VIEW for more than five years and attributes
a fair portion of his rapid ly increasing
business to the effectiveness of hi adver-
tising appearing in this pub li cation.
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Parinas Adopt
Baby Daughter
SAN FRANCISCO-They went East as
two and returned Wes t as three. That's the
story in brief of the recent east rn trip of
Mr. and Mrs. R ichard A. Parina.
Parina, who is Western Dis tributor for
Arthur H . DuGrenier, I nc., went east to
confer with factory olF.cials in New York
and Haverh ill , Mass., to arrange carload
shipments of DuGrenier products for th e
Parina western offices. Returning home via
Evanston, Ill inois, Mr. and Mrs. Parina
stopped at the world-famous Cradle and
brough t home their adop ted two and a half
year old daughter.
The chi ld has been named Nancy-a
very appropr ia te name for a darling blue
eyed blonde.
The Parinas are mighty happy and proud
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parents these days.
I am happy to announce that I have acquired the jobbing business of
Heberling Brothers and will continue to conduct it at the same address
featuring a complete line of coin-operated equipment of all types
as well as a
Complete Line of Solesboords
In addition I will represent the Buckley Music Systems and the Mills
Novelty Company in this territory and act as
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Seattle. A warm welcome awaits you always.
Sibyl Stark
106 Elliott. West
Seattle. Washington
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