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WESTERN
PORTABLE
I'LAME·ARC WE·L DER
World·s Lowest Priced
Professional Welding Outfit
COMPLETE
AS PICTURED
S2745
WITH WELDERS
HOOD
ALUMINUM DISCS for METAL TYPERS. per M. $16.50
NEIW GENCO 'RECT·IFIERS
HARD-TO-GET PARTS
BUSS FUSETRONS
4 BE'lL PART'S
Complefe Line of films for Panorams,
Radio Rifles and Silenf Movies
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SICKING DISTRIBUTING CO.
62
2831·33·35 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles 6, Calif.
ROchester 0104
( SUCCESSORS TO SOUTHWESTERN VENDING MACHINE CO. )
. FOR
AUGUST
1945
Corp., through their cable distributor, Al-
pha Distributing. W. E. Simmons, owner
of Alpha, states that they are booking
orders for 3D·wire cable for delivery in
October and November without priority.
Cable priorities were lifted July 1st.
Continuing its good-will policy of com-
munity aid in all worthwhile activities,
Associated Operators of Los Angeles
County have received the usual barrage
of thank you letters from various organiza-
tions aided in recent weeks. Included in the
latest group are: Huntington Park Lodge of
B'nai B'rith, B'nai B'rith Westwood Lodge,
Beverly Hills Lodge of B'nai B'rith, The
Troupers, Naval Air Base-San Francisco,
Universi"ty Flower Guild, and Wise Men's
Civic League.
Rudy Greenbaum, former salesmanager
for Packard, has made a connection with a
large, middle west corporation as Sales
Manager. Come on, Rudy. Who is this
new outfit and what do they manufacture?
Hermie Cohen has a yarn-a-minute con:
cerning the activities of one J erry Coh~n
who is none other than the heir to the
Cohen millions. Exchangi"ng experiences
with Len Micon who has a 2If2 year old
shaver, Hermie is always one ahead with
a new yarn.
Dee's Service Shop, a couple of doors
from THE REVIEW, accounts for the blocked
traffic in the blocJs every day of the week.
It seems every operator makes the spot
a "must". Stickin~ our nose in the door
one afternoon we learned that Al Anderson,
Shafter; Charles Peddicord and Everett
Kingsbury, Santa Ana; and Merle . Park,
San Diego; had already preceded us that
particular day.
Paul A. Laymon's still reigns as a
"must" for most of the out-of-towners and
those recently in to pick up equipment,
parts and supplies included: Joe Guion,
Avalon; William Shorey, San Bernardino;
Walter Murra, Downey; W. Ellis Johnson,
Claremont; J. R. Donaldson, Salinas; Ray
Tisdale, Glendale; William Wulf, Downey;
Ed Lee, San Luis Obispo; L. G. Leonard,
Santa Monica; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Vaughn,
EI Centro; Ray Smith, Barstow; Joe Gra-
ter, Oxnard; Jack Beavers, Oxnard; Alex
Koleopolus, Bakersfield; Stanley Tracy,
Kingman, Ariz.; Jack Mehegan, Modesto;
Ray Ressel, Riverside; Tod Faulconer,
and Homer Gillespie, Long Beach; Dick
Sharp, Santa Ana; John Rogers, Ingle-
wood; H. A. Presher and Art Dawes,
San Diego; Art Stern all, San Ysidro; and
Paul Sullivan, Oceanside, to mention a
few.
Bill Simmons loves dogs but cats don't
rate. Leaving the parking lot at Holly-
wood's Gotham Cafe recently a cat let
out a big yowl in the back seat of his
car as he opened the door. As Bill des-
cribes it, it was as big as a Hollywood
wolf. He drove to Universal Studios,
opened the door, and the cat walked out.
Another cat gone Hollywood!
New marble table operlltors in this
area include Hines and Clark who are
establishing a string; and Ham Dreyer
who is also starting a route.
J. L. Hays, local operator, passed away
the last of June. Hays had a . marble
table operation.
Louis Dunn, Montebello, is dividing his
time between his operations and his
mountain cabin in the high Sierras.
Howard Hong, former operator in these
parts and now in the ·army, was in at
Laymon's on his furlough. Hong is now
an orderly for a major at a camp in Ari-
zona.
Clem Korte, La Canada, is on a 6
weeks fishing trip in the High Sierras.
Familiar faces on the Row in the last
two weeks included Harry Williams, Santa
Monica; R. P. Burke, Fawnskin; George
Koch, Lake Arrowhead; Ivan Wilcox,
Visalia; and G. F. Cooper, Riverside.
Jimmy Marshall has opened
a new
deluxe record store in Glendale and has
tagged the spot United Vendors Music
Salon. Spot is on Brand Blvd., and is
something beautiful to look upon.
Lucille Laymon has asked us to make
a pitch for more l)lood donors at the Red
Cross Blood Bank. Knowing the boys
in our business are quick to respond in any
emergency we'd like to say "Here is an
emergency that is really great!" Seems too
many think the war is about over. That
isn't true, so make a date now, and help
those boys who are not only giving their
blood, but their lives-for you!
Al Cicero, formerly of Santa Maria
and now a cook in the Merchant Marines,
visited old haunts on the Rowand promised
to bake a cake for the Laymons to show
his ability.
Says Simmons: "I'll bet the first pic-
ture you see on television will be a phono.
graph record playing the top tunes of
the day."
Ken Brown had a never·to·be·forgotten
trip when he flew to New York last month
to tie up a few exclusives for Coinmatic
Distributors. On the return trip his plane
had magneto trouble and, with plane
reservations unavailable, he had to buy
a plane to continue the trip home. Ken
has his order in for a new and larger
plane, as well as a new Cadillac when
they are agai"n available. And so has Bill
Wolf of California Amusement and sev·
eral others.
Tom Taylor has been added to the
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