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machines from the roof. The thieves
abandoned a box of parts.
Jones Vending Macbine Co., recently
moved to new quarters on East 2nd South
Street. They have purchased their own
building which has been completely reo
modeled and has new testing equipment
installed, a modern new display room and
parts department as well as service depart-
ment. R. F _ Jones is the manager here.
Sgt. Wm. Erstine who was with J ones
Vending Co., left to enter the United
States Armed Forces and is home on a
30 day furlough.
The general trend throughout the State
of Utah currently has been toward Free
P lays_
Due to trends R. F. Vogt, Distributor
iII this city is badly in need of Good One
Ball Free Plays and Five Ball Free P lays
to take care of demand. Vogt states that
John Shore, the main operator in Carbon
County, was in to see him and bought
a good many Five Ball Free Plays for that
territory and it looks like, he says, Car-
bon County will be on Free Plays for at
least the next two years.
The Ogden territory, where Five Ball
Free Plays . are now being used, seems
headed into a lot of trouble due to the
operators indifference in securing the neces-
sary licenses, it is reported locally. This be-
ing a bad example for the operators to
set in any part of the state because with-
out a license setup there certainly would
be no games operated, we are reminded
here.
Tom Douglas, manager of the Yellow-
stone Specialty Co., Salt Lake City, located
in the Dooley Bldg. here, has been on a
trip into Wyoming and I daho for the past
two weeks combining business and pleasure.
Sid Stewart of the Stewart Novelty
Co., is off to Seattle, Washington, on a
business trip according · to John Weller,
shop foreman.
Since writing recently that the Rowe
Cigarette Service was looking for -Ii visit
from W. H. Rowe, president who was
in the east enroute back, he, W. H. Rowe,
passed away from a heart attack from
which he had been suffering intermit-
tantly for the past 7 or 8 years. Rowe
was at the Del Mar Hotel in Del Mar,
California, having just arrived there from
New York without stopping off here.
B. E. Moran, office manager for the
Rowe Cigarette Service Co .. here, went to
California for the services and states that
H. W. Skelton formerly of the California
offices, has been made new President.
Skelton was formerly Vice President of
the organization. A new Vice President
will be announced shortly.
Johnny Moran, son of Office Manager
"B. E.", flew ' back from a vacation trip
spent with Skelton in Los Angeles which
he called "a p;rand trip."
John R. Moser. of the Hemenway and
Moser Co., in Salt Lake City, returned
from a brief soj ourn into the northern part
of the territory and has returned there
with his . wife and daughter Joan, for a
longer stay and will this time make it a
real vacation for them all. They are at
the Flat Rock Club for about three weeks.
Milo Nechanicky, manager of the Can-
teen Service reports that Merrill McPhie,
distributor in Ogden, just returned from a
vacation as did Jene Jensen, Canteen Ser-
vice man at the meal Naval Depot. Gerbert
Thomas in the Ogden Canteen, is expected
back from a short vacation right away. Milo
will make the rounds of the nearby terri-
tory this week.
J. H. Rutter of the Rock-Ola Distributing
Co., expects to make a trip to Chicago
soon.
.
Manager Coombes of the Victor Ball
Co., reports that most of his personnel have
spent their vacations in short fishing trips
due to traveling handicaps, amongst whom
are his servicemen Dick Wilkes, Vay Co-
vert, Ray Samuelson and Jay Edmonds.
Business is good, Coombes states though
they are short of music boxes.
Viola B. Hutw n
Seattle
(Writing a column of coin machine news
in a world crackling with stupendous
events is a difficult chore, so if you find
this column interspersed with comments
on current happenings, pay no heed; it
only reflects the breathless era in which
we live.)
Jack R. Moore Co. scored the coup
.d'etat of the month when they annexed
Vern Preston. Placed in charge of. the
shop and parts department he adds a ·
stream-lined touch to the Seattle office and
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