Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1941 August - Page 49
Corcoran Adds
Paradise On Buckley
For seekers of good t im es there is only on e an swer in Torranc e. Calif .• and that is Vurpillaf's
Cafe. Re cent installation of a Wu rlitzer 850 has proved a smart mo ve according t o the
management.
At Tracy's Red Meadow in Helena. Montana. the Wurlitz er 750 is just a s popular as in every
other part of t he country. Ely and Murry . live wire operators. made the installation and
according to t hem th is has been a tre 'TI endous Wurlitz er year in Montana with Victory models
going in ever ywhere.
of co-o perati on a nd Erni e intends to pay
them back a milli on fo ld.
Outs ide of handlin g Buckley Mu sic Sys·
tern sa les, Brenn a n is doin g a good job
with reconditioned phonographs.
•
Simmons Bock From
Eostern Trip
HOLL YWOOD- W. E. Simmons, Pack·
a rd Reg ion al Manager in th e West, reo
turn ed to his Hollywoo d offi ce th e firs t of
August after a three wee k visit in the mid·
dI e Wes t du rin g whi ch tim e he visited th e
P ac ka rd pl ant in Indi a napolis, In d iana.
" Thin gs a re hummin g at th e pla nt,"
stated Simmons, "a nd ord ers are be in g
fill ed as ra pi dly as materials become ava il -
able."
Ernie Brennan. popular manager of th e San
Francisco office of the G eneral Music Co.
~
Ernie Takes S. F.
and Vice-Versa
SAN FRAN CISCO- Like a duck ta kes
to water, like a Hebrew takes to ge fulte
fi sh, l ike an I rishman takes to Irish stew,
Erni e Brenn 'l n has take n to San Fra ncisco .
Ernie, if you didn' t k now, is Sa n Fra n·
cisco man ager for Bud Parr's Gene ral Mu·
sic Co., and a perso na b Ie lad he is, too.
Ye should co me hither and meet him if
yt 'ave missed that opportunity.
.
All joking aside, though, Ern:e is so ld
on San Franc isco a nd th e ope ra tors in th e
Bay district. They've given him a maximum
A cor ne r of th e
beautiful showrooms
of Fred S. N euman 's
Rex Vending Co. in
San Francisco. show-
ing the display of
Rock-Ola Ton e Col-
umns which Rex d is-
tributes in North ern
California.
SA FRANCISCO- Announcement was
made by Willi am Corcoran, Pacific Coast
Sales Distri c t Mana ger for Buckley Music
System, In c., that W. "Bill" Paradise, of
th e Crest Novelty Co., 43-45 W. Trent Ave_,
Spo ka ne, W ash., has been appointed di s-
t ributor fo r Eastern Washington.
Bill P ara di se, well known among oper-
a tors throughout th e Spokane area, has
se rved as a distributor for other products
durin g th e past five years in that r egion.
Accor ding to Corcoran, Paradise first be·
ca me fa miliar with the merit of the Buck-
ley Music Systems after installing the sys-
tem in two locations through the Portland
d istributor, Aubrey V. Stemler. Collections
showed an immediate upturn and Paradise
th en applied to Corco ran for the distribu-
tors hi p franchise in Eastern Washington .
An ellicient and well- equipped servi ce de-
pattment is maintained a t hi s hea dquarters
in Spo kane, and becau e of this fact, to-
geth er with his wid e acquaintance with
opera tors throughout the Spokane area, it
is p red icted th a t P aradise will do a bang-
u p job in kee pin g operators Buckley con·
sc ious.
Co mmentin g on general Buckl ey b usi-
ness, Corco ran stated: " Every mon th
shows a substanti al increase in the busi-
ness of our di stributors in the five W estern
Sta tes, Californi a, Washin gton, Oregon,
Nevada a nd Arizona. W e a re particularly
proud of th e fact th a t wh enever we make
a tes t installation for an operator, it in-
variabl y res ults in a numb er of additional
ins tall a ti ons in his other locations_ It is
appa rent after talkin g with cores of oper-
ators throughout the West and those con-
tacted by me during my recent trip East,
that th e stron gest group of Buckley boost-
ers is co mposed of those who have had
exper ience with other counter and wall box
install a ti ons. This is a high tribute to the
engin eerin g staff of P a t Buckley, whi ch
has been successful in designin g a wall
box th at is virtuall y trouble-free."
Co rcora n stated th at all distributors now
have a mple stocks of the 1941 wall boxes
a nd th e line of Buckley accessories.
•
Annuol Bolly
Picnic Plonned
CHICAGO- Against a patnollc decora-
t ive background , Bally M anufac turin g Co.
employees will meet a t Harms P a rk Satur-
day, August 23, for th eir annual pi cni c.
J ohn Sim onsis, c h a ~r ma n of th e pi cnic
com mittee, a nn ounces " Games and con-
tes ts, with valuable prizes bein g awarded,
wi ll fea ture th e progra m."
AI Marn ey's WG Mu sic M asters will
play for dancin g.
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
ss
fOR
AUGUST
1941
Paradise On Buckley
For seekers of good t im es there is only on e an swer in Torranc e. Calif .• and that is Vurpillaf's
Cafe. Re cent installation of a Wu rlitzer 850 has proved a smart mo ve according t o the
management.
At Tracy's Red Meadow in Helena. Montana. the Wurlitz er 750 is just a s popular as in every
other part of t he country. Ely and Murry . live wire operators. made the installation and
according to t hem th is has been a tre 'TI endous Wurlitz er year in Montana with Victory models
going in ever ywhere.
of co-o perati on a nd Erni e intends to pay
them back a milli on fo ld.
Outs ide of handlin g Buckley Mu sic Sys·
tern sa les, Brenn a n is doin g a good job
with reconditioned phonographs.
•
Simmons Bock From
Eostern Trip
HOLL YWOOD- W. E. Simmons, Pack·
a rd Reg ion al Manager in th e West, reo
turn ed to his Hollywoo d offi ce th e firs t of
August after a three wee k visit in the mid·
dI e Wes t du rin g whi ch tim e he visited th e
P ac ka rd pl ant in Indi a napolis, In d iana.
" Thin gs a re hummin g at th e pla nt,"
stated Simmons, "a nd ord ers are be in g
fill ed as ra pi dly as materials become ava il -
able."
Ernie Brennan. popular manager of th e San
Francisco office of the G eneral Music Co.
~
Ernie Takes S. F.
and Vice-Versa
SAN FRAN CISCO- Like a duck ta kes
to water, like a Hebrew takes to ge fulte
fi sh, l ike an I rishman takes to Irish stew,
Erni e Brenn 'l n has take n to San Fra ncisco .
Ernie, if you didn' t k now, is Sa n Fra n·
cisco man ager for Bud Parr's Gene ral Mu·
sic Co., and a perso na b Ie lad he is, too.
Ye should co me hither and meet him if
yt 'ave missed that opportunity.
.
All joking aside, though, Ern:e is so ld
on San Franc isco a nd th e ope ra tors in th e
Bay district. They've given him a maximum
A cor ne r of th e
beautiful showrooms
of Fred S. N euman 's
Rex Vending Co. in
San Francisco. show-
ing the display of
Rock-Ola Ton e Col-
umns which Rex d is-
tributes in North ern
California.
SA FRANCISCO- Announcement was
made by Willi am Corcoran, Pacific Coast
Sales Distri c t Mana ger for Buckley Music
System, In c., that W. "Bill" Paradise, of
th e Crest Novelty Co., 43-45 W. Trent Ave_,
Spo ka ne, W ash., has been appointed di s-
t ributor fo r Eastern Washington.
Bill P ara di se, well known among oper-
a tors throughout th e Spokane area, has
se rved as a distributor for other products
durin g th e past five years in that r egion.
Accor ding to Corcoran, Paradise first be·
ca me fa miliar with the merit of the Buck-
ley Music Systems after installing the sys-
tem in two locations through the Portland
d istributor, Aubrey V. Stemler. Collections
showed an immediate upturn and Paradise
th en applied to Corco ran for the distribu-
tors hi p franchise in Eastern Washington .
An ellicient and well- equipped servi ce de-
pattment is maintained a t hi s hea dquarters
in Spo kane, and becau e of this fact, to-
geth er with his wid e acquaintance with
opera tors throughout the Spokane area, it
is p red icted th a t P aradise will do a bang-
u p job in kee pin g operators Buckley con·
sc ious.
Co mmentin g on general Buckl ey b usi-
ness, Corco ran stated: " Every mon th
shows a substanti al increase in the busi-
ness of our di stributors in the five W estern
Sta tes, Californi a, Washin gton, Oregon,
Nevada a nd Arizona. W e a re particularly
proud of th e fact th a t wh enever we make
a tes t installation for an operator, it in-
variabl y res ults in a numb er of additional
ins tall a ti ons in his other locations_ It is
appa rent after talkin g with cores of oper-
ators throughout the West and those con-
tacted by me during my recent trip East,
that th e stron gest group of Buckley boost-
ers is co mposed of those who have had
exper ience with other counter and wall box
install a ti ons. This is a high tribute to the
engin eerin g staff of P a t Buckley, whi ch
has been successful in designin g a wall
box th at is virtuall y trouble-free."
Co rcora n stated th at all distributors now
have a mple stocks of the 1941 wall boxes
a nd th e line of Buckley accessories.
•
Annuol Bolly
Picnic Plonned
CHICAGO- Against a patnollc decora-
t ive background , Bally M anufac turin g Co.
employees will meet a t Harms P a rk Satur-
day, August 23, for th eir annual pi cni c.
J ohn Sim onsis, c h a ~r ma n of th e pi cnic
com mittee, a nn ounces " Games and con-
tes ts, with valuable prizes bein g awarded,
wi ll fea ture th e progra m."
AI Marn ey's WG Mu sic M asters will
play for dancin g.
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
ss
fOR
AUGUST
1941
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