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T XAS
And the 'Great'
SOUTHWEST
Edited by TOM MURRAY
:Texas Operators Unit To Form
Stat~-wide Association
,C OIN
,MACHINE
REVIEW
12
,FOR.
NOVEMBER.
DALLAS-Monday, October 25th, was a
big day in these parts for on that date a
representative collection of coin machine
operators from all parts of the great state
of Texas met in the Hotel Jefferson, listened
to a report on the Washington hearing in
behalf of the tax reducing program by Earl
E, Reynolds, and formed the Texas Coin
Machine Operators' Association.
Reynolds was instrumental in calling the
meeting upon his return from Washington
and to the group assembled he presented
his repor-t on the Washington appearance
before the House Ways and Means Com·
mittee. Earl reported that the Committee
gave the men representing this Industry a
very patient and attentive hearing. It was
perfectly obvious throughout the entire pro-
ceedings that the members of the Commit-
tee were in a fog concerning the various
types of equipment and the vario us opera-
,
ting categories.
Reynolds' talk impressed local coi nmen
and as a result the Texas Coin Machine
Operators' Association had its birth. Earl
Reynolds was elected president by accla-
mation and a committee consisting, of Ar-
thur Hughes, George Prock, Collis Irby,
Morrie Gottlieb and A. R. Williams were
given the assignment of suggesting other
officers for election at the next meeting.
THE REVIEW pledges its help in promo-
ting the best interests of the Texas Coin
Mhchine Operators' Association.
' '
Mays ,Back From Chi~ ","'"
SAN ANTONIO - Mr. and Mrs. Sam
May attended the celebration awarding the
Army.Navy "E" to the Lion Manufacturing
Corp. and its subsidiary, the Bally Manu-
facturing Co., and returned hurriedly to
San Antonio on the 3rd.
The Mays cut short' their trip to get back
to their pride and joy, Dolly, Jr., a four
year old bundle of lovelin ess now attending
Childhood School here.
* * *
Porter-"May I brush you off, sir?"
Passenger-"No, I'll leave the usual way."
1943
We have converted Mills
~ll:Mechanism into our
Four Unit Automatic Cash
Payout, each machine is
equipped with New
Pre-war Cabinet and
slug ejector with our
new simple Unit makes
SUPER 4
fool
pr09f.
4
SUPER 4
can be
had in
4nickel
or 3 nickel
and I quarter
play ...... ~
/-,
SAM MAY COMPANY
851'853 NORTH FLORES STREET.
TEL 1=·0022' SAN ANTON 10, TEXAS.
can play
at one
time.
W
el~olDe
TOlD!
THE REVIEW " is happy to welcome
Tom Murray to ' our Editorial Family with
this issue. Tom needs 'n'o introduction.
He founded the second oldest paper in
this Industry and until recently served
as its editor excepffo'r a brief stint as
Coin Machine Editor on Billboard. ,
We are happy to have Tom edit this
new department for no other individual
in the Great Southwest is as capable of
reporting the Coin Machine Picture in
that area as Tom.
If you have ., news' matter, subscrip-
tions, or advertising copy, Tom will be
happy to serve ,YO\l; His address is: Tom
JYlurray, Ledger Building, Fort Worth,
Texas.
FORT WORTH
FORT WORTH-A numbh of Ft. Worth
operators have been call~d up for their
physical and it looks . like a number of
them will soon be working forUilcle'"Sam's
army. Among those who will . ~60n be tak-
ing their physical are Le6' Moore, Bob
Cowan; Bob Martin , Harry tI6d~re alid Mr.
. Sinter:
.
Ft. , Worth now has two. ~ide-awake
Penny . Arcades and both are doing a nice
busines.~ with most of the equipment on
pennies. Some machines have double penny
slots but very few pieces are on nickels.
Mrs. Leslie Frankrich, assistant manager
of the Arcade located on Houston street,
reports that their business is fine and that
their main problem is getting able me·
chanics to keep equipment going. The place
remains open until 11 p. m.each evening.
Ernest Walker now "has his Arcade going
in a big way on Main street and says that
business is swell. Walker is one of the
pioneer coinmen of th is area and has
created a very attractive coin operated
amusement center in his Arcade.
Last month operator Lee Moore moved
into his attractive new home in the Oak-
hurst section. Lee's place is one of the finest
in the section with large swimming pool,
game rooms and playgrounds.
Ft. Worth operators are , being greeted,
upon their visi ts to the offices of the Walbox
Sales Company, Dallas, by two outstanding
friends of the coin machine world, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Reynolds, who are now managing
the offices of the Walbox Sales Company.
The well known and genial Collis Irby, is
owner of the Dallas firm who are distrib-
utors of wall box music installation and
coin, operated devices.
Jack Maloney, head of the Panther Nov-
elty Co., has turned to a Gentleman Farmer.
Jack has purchased a 165 acre farm and is
stocking it with fine hogs, ca ttle and poul-
try and planting a large orchard and
settin g out several hundred pecan trees.
The operating business of the Panther Nov-
elty Co. continues successfully under able
managers of each division. Jack keeps his
Sunday radio record broadcast going with
Jack Gordon, noted local newspaper col-
umnist, doing the broadcast. Latest platter
hits are offered on the program with plugs
for all coin operated phonographs. The
public is urged to hear the late numbers on
their favorite automatic phonograph. Malo-
ney is a strong believer in advertisil},g and
never passes up a good advertising bet.
Leslie Frankrich, states that he has sold
an interest in his operating business and
is now looking forward to establishing an
extensive distributing business as soon as
the war ends. Leslie predicts that the dis-
tributing business will be a good bet as
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