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Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1945 February - Page 46

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ley. He expressed a desire to get back
in th e game business.
Bill Wolf is off on a busin ess trip to
Chicago, and Chester Garton, recently ap·
pointed San Francisco manager of Cali·
fornia Amu ement, and Al Gri ebah n, new
a lesmanager for the local office, are takin g
care of customers in his absence. Bill ha s
promised to get some " Red Cherry Bkt es"
recordings in th e windy city for Billy
Mason, who is lam entin g hi s inability to
get the Coo ti e Williams d iscs for his Cen·
tral Avenu e spots. Wolf is planning a
F ebrua ry 22nd opening for his San Fran·
c isco office.
Len Mi con , of Pac ific Coast Distributors,
has purchased a hom e on Cornin g Street
and moved from th e Silve r Lak e di stri ct.
At present he is spendin g his spa re time
entertaining Mr. and Mr . Roy Bazelon,
Chi cago, and showin g th em th e hi gh s po ts.
Roy heads Monarch Coin in Chi cago.
Da n Donohu e, Seeburg factory re pre·
sentative, underwent a major operation at
the Sa nta Moni ca Hos pital. He is recuper·
atin g ra pidly and will soon be released.
Recent Badger Sales vi sitors included
Roy Bazelon , I. Bern ste in and Al Armos
of Golden Gate ovelty in San Franci co.
For Christm as Bill Happel remembered hi s
employees with a 50 bond and a turkey.
Betty Bell, Laymon secretary, a nd
Chester Mayn e, shi pp ing clerk , spent
Christma in Tucson.
More tun es like th e A ndrews Sisters'
" Rum and Coca-Cola" a nd Mercer's "Ac-
ce nt-chu·ate thc Positive" would mightily
please music operators.
Paul and Lu cille Laymon greeted a ban-
ner list of operators durin g th e past 30
days. Included on the list were : Joe
Guion , Avalon; Fred All en, Ted Brown ,
Baker fi eld ; MI'. and Mrs. Leo Vau ghn ,
El Centro ; Paul Hirschl er, South Pasa·
dena; Henry Van Stelton, Whitti er ; Allan
Anderson, Shafter ; Art Stern all, San
Ysidro ; Ivan Wilcox, Visalia ; Harold Mur·
phy, P alm Springs; J . W. Olson , San
Pedro ; Homer Gillespi e, Johnny Ketcher·
sid, Dan Rad enbau gh and Tod Falconer,
Long Beach ; William Shorey, San Bern a l"
dino ; Bob Cardiff, San Miguel ; Ed Lee, San
NOW IN STOCK
at our NEW CALIFORNIA WAREHOUSE
on CONTINENTAL RECORDS
................ C-1120
................ C-1155
Beer Barrel Polka
Sula's Musette Orchestra
Helena-Clarinet-Emilia Polka
"ALWAYS" vocal:
Don Baker
"You Are To Me"
with Sula's Musette Orchestra
on CORDION RECORDS
made by Eddie Jarl's Famous E. Olzen ACCORDION Quartet
............. .4001 Silver Lake Waltz
.............. 4002 Freshman Schottische
Minneapolis Polka
Homecoming Waltz
.............. 4003 Ten Acres Polka
Annemarie Waltz
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Saves Service Calls
TIPTONE, the Prewar Quality Permanent OPERATOR'S NEEDLE
2500 to 3000 plays •.. $6.00 per Dozen
WE STILL BUY USED RECORDS AND PAY THE FREIGHT
Advise us of what you have on hand.
r.
J.
BARD
619 Antonia Ave., Los Angeles 31, Cal. Tel. CApitol 1-7793, CRestview 6-9957
414 So. Franklin St .. Chicago 7, III.
Luis Obispo ; Roy Smith, Lan ca tel'; Ken·
neth Ho ar, South Pasadena ; Stanley Tracy,
Beaman, Suo
Kingman, Ariz., a nd 1.
perior, Ariz.
Ni ck Carter, of Ni ckabob Sales, spent
th e 11th and 12th in San Diego on busi·
ness.
Dolores and J ean Minthorn e held an
open house prior to Christmas and enter·
tained H. D. McClure, R ay Garcia, Samm1
Ricklin , Jimm y Marshall , W. 1. Andary,
Stanl ey Tracy, 1. B. Gayer, Lucill e and
Paul Laymon, Gladys and Charli e Wash·
burn a nd George Lamoreaux. Th e group
enjoyed the new ba r and social rooms reo
ce ntly outfitted on the balcony in the Min·
thorn e Building. Jean's new pool table, a
Christmas gift from Dolores, wa s also the
e.
We're Moving on Febmory lSi
to 2307 West Pico Boulevard. Los Angeles 6. where we will
occupy quarters in the new Coin Machine Industry Building
at the corner of Pico and Magnolia right in the heart of Coin
Row. Our phone number - PRospect 8400 - will remain the
same.
....--------5 P E C I A L-------.,
Let us fix your 2-Way SlJPER BELLS so you can see whether both the
nickel and quarter have been played or not. We do the complete job for
ce nter of interest.
Wh a t well-known Scotch broker made
the rounds with Christmas gifts the day
before Christmas, prese nted the g ift, and
th en walked off with it? He walked in
on Bud Parr with hi s arms loaded with
gifts, pi cked off one and presented it to
Bud, had n drink, pi cked up his packages
and th e gift he had presented Bud, and
made for the door and his next call. Such
a procedure will make a few gifts go a
lon g, lon g way.
A. Robin son has sold his bea utiful
home in Sherman Oaks for $17,500 and is
seekin g a duplex unit in town. " Thirty·
fiv e mil e a day driving to work soon be·
comes irksome," said Charlie.
Mid-J anua ry saw a bustle of extra activo
ity in all of the jobbing establi shments
gettin g s hipments ready for the Hawaiian
Islands. The e mbargo on shipping was
lifted from Janu a ry 18 to th e 26th and a
terrific quantity of equipment moved out
of th e Golden Gate.
Nels elson played host to Mape Music
ove r th e holidays a nd had 1. B. Gayer of
Sa n Bernardino; A. L. Mill e r, Blythe; M.
L. Chri sty, EI Monte ; F . E. Kingsbury,
Santa Ana; Milton oreiga, Colton; Bert
Hammond, Sa nta An a, and W. D. Ta nn er,
Fresno , in for parts and suppli es.
M. F . Tillitson , Lon g Beach, was in at
Ca lifornia Amu sement tellin g of th e merits
of needl e re-sharpenin g. Tillitson has been
having h is needl es I"e·sharpened for years
and find th e procedure not only practical
e.
ONLY $25.00
or parts and complete instructions will be sent upon receipt of your
remittance of $15.00
We specialize in remofe confrol music installations, repairing amplifiers, check-
ing and lining wireless boxes on locafion, repairing Super-Bells. One Balls
and Five Balls. Let us help you keep your equipment operafing for the duration.
Expert immediafe service at reasonable rates.
OPERATORS SERVICE
(Jimmie Rutted
1423 West Pico Blvd.
PRospect 8400
Now Available
One Bulls, FP &. Cosh
LONG ACRES
THOROBRED
DARK HORSE
CONTEST
FORTUNE
BLUE GRASS
CLUB TROPHY
ROCKINGHAM
SEE
PAUL A. LAYMON
Los Angeles 15. Calif.
THE BLUE BLOODS OF THE INDUSTRY READ THE REVIEW EXCLUSIVELYl
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
4S
FOR
FEBRUARY
1945

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