Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1941 January - Page 84
V
Record Eastern Crowd
Heads For Convention
By BILL GERSH
84
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
NEW YORK~The biggest crowd in all
eastern coin machine history is heading for
the 1941 convention at Chicago's Sherman
Hotel. A tour through Pennsylvania, Con-
necticut, New York and other eastern
states reveals that all leading operators,
jobbers and distributors, a great many of
whom have never attended a coin machine
show, were on their way to the annual
gathering to provide the biggest eastern
delegation ever to attend any exhibition in
this industry.
•
For months it has been known that all
those in the trade in New York City, New-
ark and the surrounding territory were
tremendously enthused over the 1941 show
and were going to be present in one huge
body, but never before have so many men
made definite reservations for attendance
and discussed plans so far in advance.
The past year was considered one of the
eastern coin machine industry's best, with
operators, jobbers and distributors enjoying
profits from the work of many months.
They are now an enthusiastic and optimis-
tic group of businessmen -looking forward
eagerly to the exhibit for their 1941 needs.
Many a jobber has aspirations of becom-
ing a distributor, and believes the 1941
show will point the way for him. Many a
distributor. who enjoyed a good year is
looking for that additional line to insure
him an as good-if not a better-1941.
Some of the new jobbers and distributors
who rose to high places in the industry this
past year are ready to wave the banner of
their success at the 1941 show and tell the
trade how good a job they· can do.
Even the smallest of the coin machine
operators is tremendously eager to be
present this year. Somehow it isn't like
the shows of former years when everyone
came in with just the thought in mind of
seeing things that would make money. This
year there is an air of good fellowship not
present at any previous gathering. Many
are coming as much for the sake of meet-
ing old friends, talking over the good year
just ended, and learning whether these
friends agree that the next year will be
just as great.
From every division of the industry-
amusement table operator to music oper-
ator to wired music and merchandise ma•
chine men-there is an indication of confi-
dence that the convention of '41 will be
an answer to most problems, and in all
the years I've been in this business I've
never seen such gay spontaneity as is
gathering for this convention.
Formerly the members of the industry
had to sell the men on the idea that it
was worth the fare and room. This year,
these men are keeping quiet-they're that
surprised. Operators come into their offices
to ask THEM whether THEY will be pres-
ent at the show, and they just nod their
heads in assent.
I've seen many of the industry's leaders
discussing the new suits of clothes they've
been buying and will wear for the first
time at the show. I've heard the boys get
together in distributors' headquarters and
plan trips and card games and general
amusement at the coming affair. And, it's
all more or less due to the fact that
almost everyone has enjoyed a fine year
and they all want to see the new equip-
ment and talk and laugh and joke and
really be a great big friendly industry.
And we do hope that the members of the
CMI realize the fact and so carry out
their plans to make friendship the real
backbone of this year of 1941.
♦
Coin Quintet in
Small-Margin Loss
EVERETT, Wash.-Fighting gamely but
finally losing by a narrow margin in a
high-scoring game, the Hart Novelty quintet
bowed to the Pacific Lutheran College, un-
defeated this . season, 66-to-55. The game
was one of the few exhibitions of college-
grade basketball ever seen in this city.
Joe Hart, sponsor of the losing team, is one
of the largest coin machine opera tors in
the Pacific Northwest.
♦
Calif. Fertile for
Gum Vendors
NEW YORK-Walter H. Mann, of the
G. V. Corporation, national distributors of
vending gum and le vending machines with
offices at 33 West 46th Street, recently
stated that California is the land of oppor-
tunity for operators of le gum vending
machines.
Mann said, "California has a mild cli-
mate, the people are modern minded and
are accustomed to patronizing places of
business which are excellent locations for
le gum vending machines. Because of this,
the le gum business should be exception-
ally good in California. The territory is yet
uncrowded with competition and operators
who get their routes established now will
be able to secure the cream of locations."
He went on to say, "Some of our operators
in California have had sufficient gross pro-
fits in as little as six months to pay the
entire cost of the machines. In fact, any
operator who applies good judgment and
the necessary effort should be able to pay
for his machines from gross profits within
a year or less. Such gross profits are excep-
tional in most vending lines today because
of the strong competition for locations.
It has been authoritatively estimated by
experienced machine people that $50,000.00
to $100,000.00 of le vending gum sales
could be made each year in the Los An-
geles area alone. California operators who
do not now have le gum vendors are over-
looking a good bet for increased profits at
very small additional expense since our
machines are sold on such low terms that
after the cash payment is made, gross
profits should more than meet monthly pay-
ments. That this is so is evidenced by the
increasing number of inquiries we have
every week from all parts of the State."
Mann stated that he had recently been
in Los Angeles and that opportunities for
le gum vendors in that city seemed over-
whelming as compared to other cities of
like size.
The G. V. Corporation are the exclusive
distributors of the dependable Adams gum
vendors and nationally famous Adams vend-
ing gum which, it was recently reported,
was the first merchandise of any kind to
be sold through automatic vending ma-
chines. It is believed that the original sale
of Adams gum through vending machines
took place more than 50 years ago and
these brands have been sold through vend-
ing machines continuously since that time. ♦
l
Two Shows
For DuGrenier
G rowing appreciation of the value of automatic music in drug stores is evidenced in this
picture of a Wurlitzer installation by Harry Kaplan in Store 3 of the Town e-Allison chain at
San Bernardino, Calif. Un it is a Model 71 mounted on a 710 stand.
HA VERRILL, Mass. - As in the past,
Arthur H. DuGrenier, pioneer manufac-
turer of automatic merchandisers will again
displiay products at both the Coin Machine
Show at the Sherman Hotel and the Na-
tional Tobacco Show at the Palmer House,
with larger exhibit spaces taken in each
case and DuGrenier executives concentrat-
ing on outstanding display settings.
Frank .C. DuGrenier, president of the
firm, Miss Blanche E. Bouchard, treasurer,
and Burnhart "Bip" Glassgold, vice-presi-
dent, will be present at both affairs to greet
old acquaintances and meet new entrants
into the fields since the 1940 shows. Sales
representatives due to be present include
C. A. Blake, D. W. Hartzell, Wally Sipple,
Joseph Snow, Ralph Littlefield, 0 . H. Fein-
berg, James H. Martin and Robert Kline.
The displayed line will include the
Champion cigarette merchandiser, the Du-
Grenier five-cent candy bar machine and
other products.
https://elibrary.arcade-museum.com
Record Eastern Crowd
Heads For Convention
By BILL GERSH
84
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
NEW YORK~The biggest crowd in all
eastern coin machine history is heading for
the 1941 convention at Chicago's Sherman
Hotel. A tour through Pennsylvania, Con-
necticut, New York and other eastern
states reveals that all leading operators,
jobbers and distributors, a great many of
whom have never attended a coin machine
show, were on their way to the annual
gathering to provide the biggest eastern
delegation ever to attend any exhibition in
this industry.
•
For months it has been known that all
those in the trade in New York City, New-
ark and the surrounding territory were
tremendously enthused over the 1941 show
and were going to be present in one huge
body, but never before have so many men
made definite reservations for attendance
and discussed plans so far in advance.
The past year was considered one of the
eastern coin machine industry's best, with
operators, jobbers and distributors enjoying
profits from the work of many months.
They are now an enthusiastic and optimis-
tic group of businessmen -looking forward
eagerly to the exhibit for their 1941 needs.
Many a jobber has aspirations of becom-
ing a distributor, and believes the 1941
show will point the way for him. Many a
distributor. who enjoyed a good year is
looking for that additional line to insure
him an as good-if not a better-1941.
Some of the new jobbers and distributors
who rose to high places in the industry this
past year are ready to wave the banner of
their success at the 1941 show and tell the
trade how good a job they· can do.
Even the smallest of the coin machine
operators is tremendously eager to be
present this year. Somehow it isn't like
the shows of former years when everyone
came in with just the thought in mind of
seeing things that would make money. This
year there is an air of good fellowship not
present at any previous gathering. Many
are coming as much for the sake of meet-
ing old friends, talking over the good year
just ended, and learning whether these
friends agree that the next year will be
just as great.
From every division of the industry-
amusement table operator to music oper-
ator to wired music and merchandise ma•
chine men-there is an indication of confi-
dence that the convention of '41 will be
an answer to most problems, and in all
the years I've been in this business I've
never seen such gay spontaneity as is
gathering for this convention.
Formerly the members of the industry
had to sell the men on the idea that it
was worth the fare and room. This year,
these men are keeping quiet-they're that
surprised. Operators come into their offices
to ask THEM whether THEY will be pres-
ent at the show, and they just nod their
heads in assent.
I've seen many of the industry's leaders
discussing the new suits of clothes they've
been buying and will wear for the first
time at the show. I've heard the boys get
together in distributors' headquarters and
plan trips and card games and general
amusement at the coming affair. And, it's
all more or less due to the fact that
almost everyone has enjoyed a fine year
and they all want to see the new equip-
ment and talk and laugh and joke and
really be a great big friendly industry.
And we do hope that the members of the
CMI realize the fact and so carry out
their plans to make friendship the real
backbone of this year of 1941.
♦
Coin Quintet in
Small-Margin Loss
EVERETT, Wash.-Fighting gamely but
finally losing by a narrow margin in a
high-scoring game, the Hart Novelty quintet
bowed to the Pacific Lutheran College, un-
defeated this . season, 66-to-55. The game
was one of the few exhibitions of college-
grade basketball ever seen in this city.
Joe Hart, sponsor of the losing team, is one
of the largest coin machine opera tors in
the Pacific Northwest.
♦
Calif. Fertile for
Gum Vendors
NEW YORK-Walter H. Mann, of the
G. V. Corporation, national distributors of
vending gum and le vending machines with
offices at 33 West 46th Street, recently
stated that California is the land of oppor-
tunity for operators of le gum vending
machines.
Mann said, "California has a mild cli-
mate, the people are modern minded and
are accustomed to patronizing places of
business which are excellent locations for
le gum vending machines. Because of this,
the le gum business should be exception-
ally good in California. The territory is yet
uncrowded with competition and operators
who get their routes established now will
be able to secure the cream of locations."
He went on to say, "Some of our operators
in California have had sufficient gross pro-
fits in as little as six months to pay the
entire cost of the machines. In fact, any
operator who applies good judgment and
the necessary effort should be able to pay
for his machines from gross profits within
a year or less. Such gross profits are excep-
tional in most vending lines today because
of the strong competition for locations.
It has been authoritatively estimated by
experienced machine people that $50,000.00
to $100,000.00 of le vending gum sales
could be made each year in the Los An-
geles area alone. California operators who
do not now have le gum vendors are over-
looking a good bet for increased profits at
very small additional expense since our
machines are sold on such low terms that
after the cash payment is made, gross
profits should more than meet monthly pay-
ments. That this is so is evidenced by the
increasing number of inquiries we have
every week from all parts of the State."
Mann stated that he had recently been
in Los Angeles and that opportunities for
le gum vendors in that city seemed over-
whelming as compared to other cities of
like size.
The G. V. Corporation are the exclusive
distributors of the dependable Adams gum
vendors and nationally famous Adams vend-
ing gum which, it was recently reported,
was the first merchandise of any kind to
be sold through automatic vending ma-
chines. It is believed that the original sale
of Adams gum through vending machines
took place more than 50 years ago and
these brands have been sold through vend-
ing machines continuously since that time. ♦
l
Two Shows
For DuGrenier
G rowing appreciation of the value of automatic music in drug stores is evidenced in this
picture of a Wurlitzer installation by Harry Kaplan in Store 3 of the Town e-Allison chain at
San Bernardino, Calif. Un it is a Model 71 mounted on a 710 stand.
HA VERRILL, Mass. - As in the past,
Arthur H. DuGrenier, pioneer manufac-
turer of automatic merchandisers will again
displiay products at both the Coin Machine
Show at the Sherman Hotel and the Na-
tional Tobacco Show at the Palmer House,
with larger exhibit spaces taken in each
case and DuGrenier executives concentrat-
ing on outstanding display settings.
Frank .C. DuGrenier, president of the
firm, Miss Blanche E. Bouchard, treasurer,
and Burnhart "Bip" Glassgold, vice-presi-
dent, will be present at both affairs to greet
old acquaintances and meet new entrants
into the fields since the 1940 shows. Sales
representatives due to be present include
C. A. Blake, D. W. Hartzell, Wally Sipple,
Joseph Snow, Ralph Littlefield, 0 . H. Fein-
berg, James H. Martin and Robert Kline.
The displayed line will include the
Champion cigarette merchandiser, the Du-
Grenier five-cent candy bar machine and
other products.
https://elibrary.arcade-museum.com
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).