COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
26
FOR
SEPTEMBER.
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was a military affair attended by friends
of both parties. Martha was a tormer stand-
in for Claudette Colbert and Bud was for-
merly connected with our industry in
various capacities.
Lou Haskins, games operator of Haw-
thorne, paid the Southern California Coin
Machine Capitol a visit in early September
and selected needed pieces.
W. J. Farwell, one of the old time op-
erators of cigarette machines in this area,
crossed the threshold at General Music the
other day and came out with two more
cigarette vendors.
Art Dawes, vending, amusement, restau-
rant and cocktail lounge impresario of San
Diego, visited with the local lads on the
lath and pronounced business "tops" down
in the southwest corner of the nation.
The first week of September found the
Gutshalls at Lake Arrowhead for a last
Ring at fishing. During their week's stay
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith, Barstow op-
erators, spent a few days with them. Smith
is no longer with the Army and has re-
ceived his discharge.
Funny thing happened last week. Bill
Wolf brought hIS own painters up from
San Diego to paint his new building on
Venice Boulevard. The boys finished their
job in record short time and gathered on
the curb for a good rest until Wolf re-
turned them to San Diego. L. B. McCreary
of Mape Music Co. heard of the situation.
Now Mr. Mac has been looking for painters
and paint for many weeks to re-do the
Mape Music offices. A few 'phone calls re-
sulted in a deal and the Wolf painters
were at work within the hour, painting the
Mape establishment-and the job was well
done, too.
D. D. Patton, Turlock, saved his gas
coupons and visited local jobbers in early
September picking up equipment.
O. H. Presher, San Diego, is another en-
terprising individual who makes it fairly
regular iltto town to pick up his needs.
Max Thiede is happy over his new con-
nection with Bill Wolfs California Amuse-
ment Co. Max is a good man and will have
charge of sales for the organization.
Lee Webb, local music operator, took the
trip deluxe for his vacation and on a
private yacht sailed 900 miles down the '
coast of Mexico. Next month more infor-
mation on who owned the yacht.
Jack Arnold, Barstow, paid Clark Dis-
tributing Co. a visit when the August leaf
was removed in favor of September. Jack
went home with some new equipment.
Clark Shaw, Long Beach, called at Gen-
eral Music for the same purpose.
Percy Shields owns a neat little ranch
out El Monte way. A house in the front,
a house in the back and a lot of nice grassy
earth in front, between and in back provide
Percy with a grass cutting problem. The
waist line went down for a few weeks and
Percy staggered to the scale and registered
an 18 pound loss. As fate would have it
Ed Mape and Jack Mehegan visited the
local offices of the Mape Music Co. Jack
was praising the gasoline driven mower he
had and Percy fairly drooled. Jack noticed
Percy's condition and said: "When I bought
mine, Ed bought his and he's never un-
packed it." Too much for Percy! Percy
approached Ed and offered to buy it but
Ed said he had been approached TOO
many times concerning it and he didn't
want to hear any more about it. Time
moved on and a recent express delivery
brought the Mape gasoline powered mower
to the Shields Rancho and now Percy
gaily pilots this silent servant over the
acreage-on Lend-Lease from E. T. Mape.
L. F. Saylor, Oildale, was a welcomed
visitor on the Row in September.
GeorlYe Wheelock, San Diego operator,
has sold all of his Los Angeles spots, in-
cluding the famous Bradley Five and Ten
spots, to Bob Bard.
Some day we hope we'll have the pleas-
ure of publishing a book written by Fred
Trevillian and dealing with his return to
the Islands. The title could easily be
"Shoveling My Way to the South Pacific'"
and it should be fasci'nat ing reading. For
details see another news story in this issue.
Fred Gaunt of General Music, utilized
the Labor Day holidays to visit operators
in Banning, Claremont and San Bernar-
dino. Accompanied by Mrs. Gaunt the two
stole off to Twenty Nine Palms to visit
the Walter Gaunts before returning to L. A.
with a briefcase filled with orders.
Mrs. Ray Suh r underwent a major op-
eration at St. Vincent's hospital September
2nd and is doin!!; as well as can be expected
as this column goes to press. Ray is con-
nected with th e Gutshall Distributing Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laymon celebrated
their 26th wedding anniversary August 25th.
In company with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Beutler
they made the rounds of the night spots.
Roy Smith, Barstow, has received an hon-
orable discharge from the Army and is
back operating his equipment.
Mrs. Burt Polin, operator of San Luis
Obispo, was a recent visitor on the Row
picking up equipment.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilkes were dinner
guests of Lucille and Paul Laymon on
September 12th. Ed formerly operated in
Long Beach but is now with Douglas for
the duration. He is connected with the de-
partment rehabilitating planes returning
from the various theaters of war.
Paul Hirschler of Rainbow Amusement
Games, South Pasadena, is back from a
Mexican fishing trip vacation.
Homer Gillespie of Gillespie Game;;,
Long Beach, is taking his vacation in Ore-
gon and doing a little salmon fishing.
Arleen Early, secretary to Paul Laymon,
was thrilled recently to receive a card from
her brother who was captured by the Japs
on Bataan. The card was a standard form
and he indicated with checkmarks the con-
dition of hi's health, surroundings, etc. His
signature and a question written across the
top authenticated it. Arleen has been noti-
fied that the family can send a Christmas
gift if it is sent in time to make the
Grisholm which leaves shortly for an ex-
change of nationals with Japan.
Walter P. Korbus, formerly employed by
Jean J. Minthorne, has joined the service.
Recent visitors at Laymon's in search of
equipment included Jake Everett, La Ha-
bra; Ted Bloomer, Mojave and Glen Lu-
core, San Diego.
Eddie Beck, partner in the Mitchell Nov-
elty Co. of Milwaukee and now with the
Air Corps at Mojave, visited Badger Sales
on September 13th, had lunch with Bill
Happel and talked over old times back in
Wisconsin.
Incidentall y Badger is doing an excellent
business at the present time and especially
on Panorams. T he firm is reconditioning
the units and supplying them in large num-
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