Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1941 November - Page 11
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
12
FOR
NOVEMBER
HOUSTON - H ouston operators had
their first social meetin g of th e season
October 15, at th e recreation hall in South-
ern Select beer warehouse. Operators F. S.
Clancy, Al l anke, L. R . Gard ener were
hos ts and treated the fellows to a swell
party.
Des pite the fact th at it was an unusually
stormy night ; and several did not get invi-
tati ons because of changed add resses and
phone numb ers, over thirty were present.
Barb ecued chi cken with all th e side dishes
and plenty of South ern Select beer was th e
main event.
Mr. Nelson, So uth ern Select offi cial, in-
.vited th e opera tors to hold all the ir meet-
in gs in hi s pl ant. H e also expl ained th at
the h all was absolutely free, all fo od and
refreshm ents were sold at ac tual cost a nd
prepared and served at his co mpany's ex-
pense. He got a big hand , for the fo or!
and refreshm ents are always plentiful, of
the highes t quality, a nd 'excell ently pre-
pa red and served. Southern Selec t beer is
a product of Galves ton-Houston Brew-
eries, In c. Operator William 'P eacock an-
nounced th at a social meetin a would be
held at least every th ree we~ks th rough
th e fall and winter months.
. - ..
Ed Lear, Seeburg sales representative,
has completed hi s Aying course and now
covers much of th e South Texas Territory
by. pl ane. Referrin g to time saved, Lea r
sald h e call ed On Opera tor Melvin Blum at
Bay City, had a nice visit, lun ch, and was
gone from Houston offi ce only two and
a half hou rs. Bay City is a two hours' auto-
mobil e drive from Houston .
Op erator Ern est Gates was hard hit by
th e hurricane late in September. The roof
was blown completely off his bayshore
home at San Leon ; his fishing boat, Sea
Tag, was wreck ed ; his fifty foot pier was
demolished; and the sea took over a 25
ft . stri p of his property wh en that much
of hi s several hundred foot water frontage
caved in. Gates has another boat, Sea Tag
No. 2, and hop es to have a bulkhead built
before th e next blow comes alon g.
A. H. Shannon , own er of Coin Machin e
Sales Co., one of th e pioneer coin oper-
ated device firm s in Houston , reported
good business, especially in cigarette ma-
chi ne operatin g.
M. R. lames, of Coin Machin e Sales
Co., and Bally sales repr esentati ve, r e-
cently returned from a trip to St. Louis,
Chi cago, and points east.
Raymond Williams, of Commercial Music
Co., and A. M. Mendez, Wurlitzer di strict
manager, left October 24th for a busin ess
trip to th e Wurlitzer fa ctory. Purpose of
th e tri p was to get larger shipm ents of
phonogra phs and Wurlitzer equ ipment for
the Texas territory.
Ervin H erzik, H & D Novelty Co., Schu -
lenburg, always manages for enough tim e
from operatin g to do his share of bird and
wild duck hunting. This season he has
fin e duck blinds. Anderson Sage, Seeb urg
salesman, is on e of H erzik's steadiest hunt-
ing partn ers.
A. C. Hughes, of th e phonogra ph depart-
ment at Electro Ball Co., Dallas, won a
vacation trip to Canada in a recent sales
contest. Hugh es_ made the Canada quota
with 100 Seeburg phono graphs to s~a re.
Accordin g to State Comptroller's Depart-
ment at Austin, revenue from coin operated
cigarette machines in Texas fo r the year
endin g August 31st was $293,255.00. Rev-
enues for previou s years from all Texas
cigarette machin es was $121,363.00. Cigar-
ette tax stamps and permit revenu e totaled
$8,178,696.00 for th e year aga inst $7,205,-
523.00 for last year. Total sales fig ured 43
packs each for every man, wo ma n, and
child in th e State.
A distributor, referrin g to difficulty of
fillin g ord ers, said : " th e operato r is reall y
havin g hi s day now. His older model ma-
chin es are on good locations, and he doesn' t
worry as much about getting b umped by a
newer model as he has in th e past. Natur-
ally, I'd like to be abl e to get more eq uip-
ment to deliver ; still I'm t ruly pleased to
see operators making mon ey on stuff they
alrea dy own" .
Th e trend in Texas is now defi nitely to-
ward strictly legal equi pment. Many oper-
ators are turnin g fro m amusement games
to phonographs, vendors, and counter
gam es. Cigarette machines and mercha n-
dise vendors sales for this seaso n have
topped all previous records by a wide
margm.
f ohn C. Wright •
PRospect 5983
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2702 So . Hill St reet
Los Angeles, Calif.
"
·1941
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"WiD Ie .. Uade .. wea ..
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Some in rich patriotic colors and all tied with the duck~est little
baby ribbon bows you've ever seen. Every man will get a big
bang out of this unusual novelty - some will even blush 'way
down to their heels. Each set in beautiful gift box, properly
labeled. We sold hundreds and hundreds of these last year a t
$1.00 each. To close out less than 200 on hand we are offering
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Streamlined. modern. 1941 fea-
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Own With Pride
The BAKER NOVELTY
CO., INC.
1700 Washin9ton Blvd .• Chica90
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We'st Coast Factory Representative
. 2916 W . Pica St .. Los Angeles. Calif.
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MACHINE
REVIEW
12
FOR
NOVEMBER
HOUSTON - H ouston operators had
their first social meetin g of th e season
October 15, at th e recreation hall in South-
ern Select beer warehouse. Operators F. S.
Clancy, Al l anke, L. R . Gard ener were
hos ts and treated the fellows to a swell
party.
Des pite the fact th at it was an unusually
stormy night ; and several did not get invi-
tati ons because of changed add resses and
phone numb ers, over thirty were present.
Barb ecued chi cken with all th e side dishes
and plenty of South ern Select beer was th e
main event.
Mr. Nelson, So uth ern Select offi cial, in-
.vited th e opera tors to hold all the ir meet-
in gs in hi s pl ant. H e also expl ained th at
the h all was absolutely free, all fo od and
refreshm ents were sold at ac tual cost a nd
prepared and served at his co mpany's ex-
pense. He got a big hand , for the fo or!
and refreshm ents are always plentiful, of
the highes t quality, a nd 'excell ently pre-
pa red and served. Southern Selec t beer is
a product of Galves ton-Houston Brew-
eries, In c. Operator William 'P eacock an-
nounced th at a social meetin a would be
held at least every th ree we~ks th rough
th e fall and winter months.
. - ..
Ed Lear, Seeburg sales representative,
has completed hi s Aying course and now
covers much of th e South Texas Territory
by. pl ane. Referrin g to time saved, Lea r
sald h e call ed On Opera tor Melvin Blum at
Bay City, had a nice visit, lun ch, and was
gone from Houston offi ce only two and
a half hou rs. Bay City is a two hours' auto-
mobil e drive from Houston .
Op erator Ern est Gates was hard hit by
th e hurricane late in September. The roof
was blown completely off his bayshore
home at San Leon ; his fishing boat, Sea
Tag, was wreck ed ; his fifty foot pier was
demolished; and the sea took over a 25
ft . stri p of his property wh en that much
of hi s several hundred foot water frontage
caved in. Gates has another boat, Sea Tag
No. 2, and hop es to have a bulkhead built
before th e next blow comes alon g.
A. H. Shannon , own er of Coin Machin e
Sales Co., one of th e pioneer coin oper-
ated device firm s in Houston , reported
good business, especially in cigarette ma-
chi ne operatin g.
M. R. lames, of Coin Machin e Sales
Co., and Bally sales repr esentati ve, r e-
cently returned from a trip to St. Louis,
Chi cago, and points east.
Raymond Williams, of Commercial Music
Co., and A. M. Mendez, Wurlitzer di strict
manager, left October 24th for a busin ess
trip to th e Wurlitzer fa ctory. Purpose of
th e tri p was to get larger shipm ents of
phonogra phs and Wurlitzer equ ipment for
the Texas territory.
Ervin H erzik, H & D Novelty Co., Schu -
lenburg, always manages for enough tim e
from operatin g to do his share of bird and
wild duck hunting. This season he has
fin e duck blinds. Anderson Sage, Seeb urg
salesman, is on e of H erzik's steadiest hunt-
ing partn ers.
A. C. Hughes, of th e phonogra ph depart-
ment at Electro Ball Co., Dallas, won a
vacation trip to Canada in a recent sales
contest. Hugh es_ made the Canada quota
with 100 Seeburg phono graphs to s~a re.
Accordin g to State Comptroller's Depart-
ment at Austin, revenue from coin operated
cigarette machines in Texas fo r the year
endin g August 31st was $293,255.00. Rev-
enues for previou s years from all Texas
cigarette machin es was $121,363.00. Cigar-
ette tax stamps and permit revenu e totaled
$8,178,696.00 for th e year aga inst $7,205,-
523.00 for last year. Total sales fig ured 43
packs each for every man, wo ma n, and
child in th e State.
A distributor, referrin g to difficulty of
fillin g ord ers, said : " th e operato r is reall y
havin g hi s day now. His older model ma-
chin es are on good locations, and he doesn' t
worry as much about getting b umped by a
newer model as he has in th e past. Natur-
ally, I'd like to be abl e to get more eq uip-
ment to deliver ; still I'm t ruly pleased to
see operators making mon ey on stuff they
alrea dy own" .
Th e trend in Texas is now defi nitely to-
ward strictly legal equi pment. Many oper-
ators are turnin g fro m amusement games
to phonographs, vendors, and counter
gam es. Cigarette machines and mercha n-
dise vendors sales for this seaso n have
topped all previous records by a wide
margm.
f ohn C. Wright •
PRospect 5983
Western Vend in9 Machine Service
A LL
SERV ICE •
SALES •
DIS PLAY
MAKES O F US ED C IG ARETTE AND
CA NDY VEN DIN G M A C H I NES
J. C . CANTOR
2702 So . Hill St reet
Los Angeles, Calif.
"
·1941
1941's BEST XMAS GAG!
"WiD Ie .. Uade .. wea ..
10 .. MeD"
KNITTED IN HOLLYWOOD BY
MRS. P. T. WARMER
A positive scream. Loose stitch knitted using finest wool yarns.
Some in rich patriotic colors and all tied with the duck~est little
baby ribbon bows you've ever seen. Every man will get a big
bang out of this unusual novelty - some will even blush 'way
down to their heels. Each set in beautiful gift box, properly
labeled. We sold hundreds and hundreds of these last year a t
$1.00 each. To close out less than 200 on hand we are offering
them at SOc each postpaid anywhere · in the United States, or
2
10 ..
SI.OO
--------- ----------- ---------- ---- ----- ---- - CLI P AN 0 MA l L TODAY .----- -------------------------------------
Coin Machine Review,
lliS Venice Boulevard.
Los Angeles. California.
Count me in. I've a ' friend or two I'd like to bowl over with yo_ur nifty-
gadget for he-men. I'm enclosing $ ____________________________ • Please rush _________ = ______ < ___ sets_"
pronto to
.
Baker's Pacers
Aristocrat of Consoles
A proven money-maker for ope-
rators who demand high-class
games for consistent profits!
Streamlined. modern. 1941 fea-
tures. absolutely unequalled!
7-Coin Play! Equipped with
Flashing Odds.
Buy With Confidence
Own With Pride
The BAKER NOVELTY
CO., INC.
1700 Washin9ton Blvd .• Chica90
MAC MOHR
In California add 3'}'o State Sales . Tax
We'st Coast Factory Representative
. 2916 W . Pica St .. Los Angeles. Calif.
Mention of THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW is your best introduction to our advertisers.
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