Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1946 December - Page 100
long ago' and one of the ducks he hit fell
on anoth er blind. When he got over to the
blind, who should he find but the owner of
one of his locations. Perrine reached for his
duck. "You're on a 50-50 per cent commis-
sion," the location owner reminded him. "It
should be 70-30," said Perrine. "Not on
your life," said the location owner. "On
this duck you get only 50 per cent." And
that's. what Perrine got for his marksman."
shi~half a duck.
E. C. McNeil has returned from a trip to
San Francisco in connection with the
National cigarette vendor.
George Ehrgott, manager of the local
Mills Sales office, is back from a sales trip
through Nevada and Arizona.
Leon Rene is planning to have an im-
pressive exhibit of Exclusive Records at
the Coin Machine Show in Chicago, next
February.
'
•
Bill Abel of Coast Records has been on
an ex'tensive trip throughout the East on
behalf of Coast Records.
Bob Stark of Ideal Weighing Machine
Co. recently received a visit from an oper·
ator .of weighing machines in Sweden who
is intere~ted . in ' acquiring two or three
hundred machines, principally for theater
locations. Apparently Swedes like to weigh
themselves pretty often. Machines in that
country operate on a coin worth from 2 to
3 cents, American money, and it is not
uncommon for a weighing machine to gross
$90 a month!
The two new employees at Paul A. Lay.
mon, Inc., are Richard H. Burk, in the
shipping department; and William PerLee,
as shop mechanic.
.
Harry Osbrink, local operator, is back
from a six'week vacation trip which took
him into 22 states and into Canada 3 times.
Also back from vacation is Walter Mura,
!?owney, who chose the Deep South for his
time off.
.
Loading up on equipment and supplies at
Laymon's the past few days were: Alex
Koleopolus, J. A. Ewing, Fred Allen and
William Black, Bakersfield; Dick Sharp,
Santa Ana; A. L Miller, Blythe; Harold
Murphy, Palm Springs; Cecil Lloyd, Irving
Marley and Ray Tisdale, Glendale; W. K.
Volner, EI Centro; G. F. Cooper and ,G.
Now De'iveri.ng
SPELLBOUND
by Chicago Coin
The 5 Ball
Novelty Game
that
Spells Bif,Jf,Jer
Play
and
Greater Returns
COME IN TODAY
Curtis, Riverside; Stuart Trimble, Hunting-
ton Park; G. L Catlin, Montrose; Ed An-
dary, Montebello; Otto Pelch and C. C.
Collard, San Bernardino; Paul Sullivan,
Carlsbad and S. L. Griffin and Lloyd Bar-
rett, Pomona.
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Brown, San Diego, were
recent visitors here. Cal managed the local
Mills office before the war and is now
associated with Harry Gordon in Auto-
matic Games.
Bert Polin, San Luis Obispo, is in the
hospital with a back injury caused by
lifting a game.
Ed Wisler, regional manager for Aireon,
entertained K. D. Halleck, Kansas City;
and Fred Mann, Chicago, the first of the
month. Pair were here on Aireon business.
Fred Gaunt, manager of General Music,
tells us he is getting very good delivery on
Buckley wall boxes and every effort is being
made tp satisfy the big demand for this
equipment. Buckley Track Odds, says Fred,
is meeting with excellent reception by
operators throughout the territory, and from
near and far he is hearing that it's living
up to its slogan: "The Greatest Cash Model
Ever Built!" Still other good news is that
the" demand for Solotone equipment con·
tinues strong and sales are mounting.
. Paule Johnson enjoys . relating about a
fellow who pointed out an operator to an·
other chap and said: "Now there's a good
business . for you to get into'. That man
operates automatic phonographs and he's
worth $150,000. For the past ten years he's
been working day and night keeping a good
string of machines in operation. Service
calls, any place on the clock, get instant
attention. Yessir, he's worked like a damned
work-horse for ten long years, and then his
uncle died and left him $150,000."
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilkes celebrated
their tenth wedding anniversary on the
14th. Ed· is the popular salesmanager at
Paul A. Laymon, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bilheimer, he of the
Bally Mfg. Co., spent a few days with the
Laymons the first week in November.
Willis Benson of the Nickabob Co., is on
a business trip to St. Louis. Nick Carter,
head of the firm, is just back. from a visit
in Indianapolis, Chicago and Kansas City.
Jennings SUPER
DE LUXE L1TE·UP
CHtEFS
5c
10c 25c
$324 $334 $344
COLUMBIA J. P. $145.00
SILVER KING
NUT VENDOR .. 13.95
RolI· Down Game
TALLY ROLL •• 469.50
CHALLENGER .
65.00
VEST POCKETS
74.50
GOTTLI EB
GRIP SCALE .
39.50
Bally
DRAWBELLS, 5c 477.50 '
Bally
DRAWBELLS,25c 497.50
Genco STEP· UP • 324.50
Chico In
~UPER SCORE :. 299.50 ' .
Robinson Reports Deliveries
Of Jenninf,Js Products
LOS ANGELES-With settlement of the
strike at. the Jennings plant, shipments of
Jennings Standarvi Chiefs and Super De.'
luxe Chiefs are beginning to arrive in good :
quantity, reports C. A. Robinson, Jennings
distributor in this territory.
"The plant is in full production," says:
Robinson, "and from , now on we think we
are going to be able to meet the tremendous
demand for these machines. Still mo,re good,
news is that we expect to receive the '
Challenger console about the middle of
December."
,
The Jennings strike was settled on the'
basis of an open shop. The union had '
demanded a closed shop, but it is under- '
stood that the company would not demand ,
that employees who had been with the
company for 15 or 20 years join a union.
Robinson is leaving Los Angeles on De-
cember 6 to attend the unveiling of the
Shine-A-Minit Sam shoe shiner in Mil·
waukee on December 12-15. Robinson will
be back in Los Angeles on the 18th and
hopes to have a sample of the shoe shiner
early the following month. Sizable de'
liveries of the new machine have been
promised in March .
During Robinson's absence, Al Bettleman
will be in charge of the ' showrooms, where ·
numerous operators are displaying a great
deal of interest in the Daval counter games
and Amusematic's lack Rabbit.
Seattle
CO"',
MACH'' '.
Optimism keynoted coin operations here
last month, as manufacturers' shipments
were on a more fluid basis; phonographs
and games prospered despite the maritime
tie-up and the beer bottleneck; and record
distributors reported' newall-time highs.
Northwest coinmen focused attention on
turbulent Tacoma early in the month, as
Safety Commissioner Temme came up with
a proposed ordinance to limit pin game
licenses to twenty-three, the number then
valid.
Happily, the proposal died on the vine
by postponement, after vigorous opposition
from a group of new GI operators, spear-
Genco's
WHIZZ
$189.50
Write fo r Prices
NEW '
Marvel FRISCO
Bally SURF QUEENS
Bally BIG LEAGUE
R"II"
VICTORY SPEC IAL
Chicoin GOALEE
Elch. BIG HIT
Exh. FAST BALL
Gottlieb SUPERLINER
Daval's
FREE PLAY
$75.00
Evans
BANGTAILS J. P.
$671.50
WINTER BOOK
$826:00
. iV'EW .
FO. ,
DECE...,.
I ,,",
Jennings BRONZE or
STANDARD
CHIEFS
5c
10c 25c
$299 $309 $3 19
Groetchen Deluxe
CLUB COLUM· .
BIA • • • • • • • $209.50
OPPORTUNITY . 249.50
SPEED IRON SOL· .
DERING GUN .
14.95
ACE COIN
COUNTER • •• 139.50
BOX STANDS .
JACK RABBIT .
United
SEA BREEZE • • ,
Bally
MIDGET RACER .
Gottlieb
BAFFLE CARD. •
27.50
475.00
325.00
299.50
322.00
PAUL A. LAYMON
. DISTRIBUTOR
2812 WEST NORTH AVENUE · PHONE : HUMBOLDT 6288 . CHICAGO 47, ILLINOIS
J
on anoth er blind. When he got over to the
blind, who should he find but the owner of
one of his locations. Perrine reached for his
duck. "You're on a 50-50 per cent commis-
sion," the location owner reminded him. "It
should be 70-30," said Perrine. "Not on
your life," said the location owner. "On
this duck you get only 50 per cent." And
that's. what Perrine got for his marksman."
shi~half a duck.
E. C. McNeil has returned from a trip to
San Francisco in connection with the
National cigarette vendor.
George Ehrgott, manager of the local
Mills Sales office, is back from a sales trip
through Nevada and Arizona.
Leon Rene is planning to have an im-
pressive exhibit of Exclusive Records at
the Coin Machine Show in Chicago, next
February.
'
•
Bill Abel of Coast Records has been on
an ex'tensive trip throughout the East on
behalf of Coast Records.
Bob Stark of Ideal Weighing Machine
Co. recently received a visit from an oper·
ator .of weighing machines in Sweden who
is intere~ted . in ' acquiring two or three
hundred machines, principally for theater
locations. Apparently Swedes like to weigh
themselves pretty often. Machines in that
country operate on a coin worth from 2 to
3 cents, American money, and it is not
uncommon for a weighing machine to gross
$90 a month!
The two new employees at Paul A. Lay.
mon, Inc., are Richard H. Burk, in the
shipping department; and William PerLee,
as shop mechanic.
.
Harry Osbrink, local operator, is back
from a six'week vacation trip which took
him into 22 states and into Canada 3 times.
Also back from vacation is Walter Mura,
!?owney, who chose the Deep South for his
time off.
.
Loading up on equipment and supplies at
Laymon's the past few days were: Alex
Koleopolus, J. A. Ewing, Fred Allen and
William Black, Bakersfield; Dick Sharp,
Santa Ana; A. L Miller, Blythe; Harold
Murphy, Palm Springs; Cecil Lloyd, Irving
Marley and Ray Tisdale, Glendale; W. K.
Volner, EI Centro; G. F. Cooper and ,G.
Now De'iveri.ng
SPELLBOUND
by Chicago Coin
The 5 Ball
Novelty Game
that
Spells Bif,Jf,Jer
Play
and
Greater Returns
COME IN TODAY
Curtis, Riverside; Stuart Trimble, Hunting-
ton Park; G. L Catlin, Montrose; Ed An-
dary, Montebello; Otto Pelch and C. C.
Collard, San Bernardino; Paul Sullivan,
Carlsbad and S. L. Griffin and Lloyd Bar-
rett, Pomona.
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Brown, San Diego, were
recent visitors here. Cal managed the local
Mills office before the war and is now
associated with Harry Gordon in Auto-
matic Games.
Bert Polin, San Luis Obispo, is in the
hospital with a back injury caused by
lifting a game.
Ed Wisler, regional manager for Aireon,
entertained K. D. Halleck, Kansas City;
and Fred Mann, Chicago, the first of the
month. Pair were here on Aireon business.
Fred Gaunt, manager of General Music,
tells us he is getting very good delivery on
Buckley wall boxes and every effort is being
made tp satisfy the big demand for this
equipment. Buckley Track Odds, says Fred,
is meeting with excellent reception by
operators throughout the territory, and from
near and far he is hearing that it's living
up to its slogan: "The Greatest Cash Model
Ever Built!" Still other good news is that
the" demand for Solotone equipment con·
tinues strong and sales are mounting.
. Paule Johnson enjoys . relating about a
fellow who pointed out an operator to an·
other chap and said: "Now there's a good
business . for you to get into'. That man
operates automatic phonographs and he's
worth $150,000. For the past ten years he's
been working day and night keeping a good
string of machines in operation. Service
calls, any place on the clock, get instant
attention. Yessir, he's worked like a damned
work-horse for ten long years, and then his
uncle died and left him $150,000."
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilkes celebrated
their tenth wedding anniversary on the
14th. Ed· is the popular salesmanager at
Paul A. Laymon, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bilheimer, he of the
Bally Mfg. Co., spent a few days with the
Laymons the first week in November.
Willis Benson of the Nickabob Co., is on
a business trip to St. Louis. Nick Carter,
head of the firm, is just back. from a visit
in Indianapolis, Chicago and Kansas City.
Jennings SUPER
DE LUXE L1TE·UP
CHtEFS
5c
10c 25c
$324 $334 $344
COLUMBIA J. P. $145.00
SILVER KING
NUT VENDOR .. 13.95
RolI· Down Game
TALLY ROLL •• 469.50
CHALLENGER .
65.00
VEST POCKETS
74.50
GOTTLI EB
GRIP SCALE .
39.50
Bally
DRAWBELLS, 5c 477.50 '
Bally
DRAWBELLS,25c 497.50
Genco STEP· UP • 324.50
Chico In
~UPER SCORE :. 299.50 ' .
Robinson Reports Deliveries
Of Jenninf,Js Products
LOS ANGELES-With settlement of the
strike at. the Jennings plant, shipments of
Jennings Standarvi Chiefs and Super De.'
luxe Chiefs are beginning to arrive in good :
quantity, reports C. A. Robinson, Jennings
distributor in this territory.
"The plant is in full production," says:
Robinson, "and from , now on we think we
are going to be able to meet the tremendous
demand for these machines. Still mo,re good,
news is that we expect to receive the '
Challenger console about the middle of
December."
,
The Jennings strike was settled on the'
basis of an open shop. The union had '
demanded a closed shop, but it is under- '
stood that the company would not demand ,
that employees who had been with the
company for 15 or 20 years join a union.
Robinson is leaving Los Angeles on De-
cember 6 to attend the unveiling of the
Shine-A-Minit Sam shoe shiner in Mil·
waukee on December 12-15. Robinson will
be back in Los Angeles on the 18th and
hopes to have a sample of the shoe shiner
early the following month. Sizable de'
liveries of the new machine have been
promised in March .
During Robinson's absence, Al Bettleman
will be in charge of the ' showrooms, where ·
numerous operators are displaying a great
deal of interest in the Daval counter games
and Amusematic's lack Rabbit.
Seattle
CO"',
MACH'' '.
Optimism keynoted coin operations here
last month, as manufacturers' shipments
were on a more fluid basis; phonographs
and games prospered despite the maritime
tie-up and the beer bottleneck; and record
distributors reported' newall-time highs.
Northwest coinmen focused attention on
turbulent Tacoma early in the month, as
Safety Commissioner Temme came up with
a proposed ordinance to limit pin game
licenses to twenty-three, the number then
valid.
Happily, the proposal died on the vine
by postponement, after vigorous opposition
from a group of new GI operators, spear-
Genco's
WHIZZ
$189.50
Write fo r Prices
NEW '
Marvel FRISCO
Bally SURF QUEENS
Bally BIG LEAGUE
R"II"
VICTORY SPEC IAL
Chicoin GOALEE
Elch. BIG HIT
Exh. FAST BALL
Gottlieb SUPERLINER
Daval's
FREE PLAY
$75.00
Evans
BANGTAILS J. P.
$671.50
WINTER BOOK
$826:00
. iV'EW .
FO. ,
DECE...,.
I ,,",
Jennings BRONZE or
STANDARD
CHIEFS
5c
10c 25c
$299 $309 $3 19
Groetchen Deluxe
CLUB COLUM· .
BIA • • • • • • • $209.50
OPPORTUNITY . 249.50
SPEED IRON SOL· .
DERING GUN .
14.95
ACE COIN
COUNTER • •• 139.50
BOX STANDS .
JACK RABBIT .
United
SEA BREEZE • • ,
Bally
MIDGET RACER .
Gottlieb
BAFFLE CARD. •
27.50
475.00
325.00
299.50
322.00
PAUL A. LAYMON
. DISTRIBUTOR
2812 WEST NORTH AVENUE · PHONE : HUMBOLDT 6288 . CHICAGO 47, ILLINOIS
J
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