Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

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H. A. Matheny of Peerless Amusement
'Service, Oakland, had an interesting story
to tell. Matheny had been in the business
for many years, but when his son Glenn L.
Matheny was drafted, and his son·in·law
George M. Livingston had to go into de-
fense work, and his own health failed, he
sold his route. But after peace was re-
stored, he bought the late Lew Menke's
route from the widow, and just recently
he acquired Peter Norman's route. One
month ago his son Glenn L. Matheny was
released from the Army Air Corps, and
now the three of them-father, son and
son-in-law have formed a partnership un-
der the name of Peerless Amusement Ser-
vice.
S_ F. Operating Co., owned by Jack
Kirby and Bill Duffin, have moved from
their previous location on Turk Street
to much more modern and spacious quar-
ters on Polk St.
Gisela Ney
Portland
Music operators throughout the country
helped to celebrate "Wurlitzer Days" Jan.
6th and 7th, when the new Model 1015
Wurlitzer phonograph and accessories were
previewed. The event was sponsored locally
by the newly organized Oregon Branch of
the Clark Distributing Co., West Coast dis-
tributors of Wurlitzer equipment.
From all sections of the state, as well as
from Idaho and Northern California, music
ops and their families trekked to the Ma-
rine Room of Portland's Multnomah Hotel
to view the first production model auto-
matic phonograph seen here in nearly four
years, to renew acquaintance with fellow
operators, and to have themselves a time,
and that they did. (Some brands of re-
freshments also not seen here in nearly
four years miraculously made their appear-
ance.)
Many new features of the phonograph
and auxiliary equipment were demonstrated
by Keith Payne, branch manager for Clark
in this area, and Johnny Kage, who came
down from Seattle to lend a hand and see
his mllny operator friends here. Chief in-
terest was centered around such improve-
ments as the new "cleared-for-action" serv-
ice feature, which permits easy accessibil-
ity to all the mechanism from the front,
new lighting arrangements and design, plus
noticeably improved tone quality. It is
claimed that some 33 major changes have
'been made in this model.
Operators were told of Wurlitzer's plan
to inaugurate an extensive national adver-
tising campaign using magazine and bill-
board advertising on a large scale to stimu-
late interest in automatic phonographs as
a source of diversion.
The Clark Company's new Portland of.
'flce is now open after many alterations at
1005 N. W. 16th Ave., and will include
complete shop facilities and parts depart-
ment for the Wurlitzer operator.
Helen Cusson of Jack R. Moore's head-
quarters announces that the initial showing
of the new Seeburg Model 146 phonograph
'will be held in Portland on Jan. 25th.
Dan J. Donohue, Regfonal District Mana-
ger for Seeburg is expected to be present
at this event as is Clyde G. Port, Sales En-
gineer in charge of Field Service, and Jos-
eph E. Kamys. George Gale, now out of the
service, is back in the Moore organization,
James Canon is the new accountant, and
Wendel Bays is the new stock clerk. Helen
and Ed Cusson~-s BOll Arthur is now at
Guinan on the Isle of Samar in tbe Philip-
pines on patrol boat duty.
Roland Allen, General Manager of Schoen
Enterprises, reports that Chuck T--"~on is
We Have Available For
I~mediale
FREE PLAYS
A.B.C ....................... $ 62.50
Air Circ:us .............. 119.50
Band Wagon ............ 45.00
Big Parade .............. 129.50
Bolaway .................. 77.50
Cadillac: .................. 30.00
.. Plastic: B........ 37.50
Defense .................... 95.00
Dixie ........................ 37.50
Double Ftr. .............. 32.50
5-10-20 .................... 109.50
Formation ................ 35.00
4 Diamonds .............. $
Glamour ..................
Gold Star ................
Gun Club ................
Jungle ......................
Limelight ..................
Masc:ot ....................
On Dec:k ..................
Paradise ..................
Playball ..................
Power House ..........
Punc:h ......................
65.00
50.00
37.50
79.50
72.50
34.50
30.00
25.00
45.00
47.50
30.00
22.50
Delivery
Sea Hawk _ .. _ .......... $
Seven Up ................
Polo ..........................
Slugger ....................
Snappy....................
Spot Pool................
Stars ........................
Super Six ................
Target Sk. ..............
Vic:tory ......................
Wildfire ....................
Zig Zag ....................
52.00
42.50
30.00
64.50
64.50
64.50
67.50
32.50
37.50
92.50
47.50
64.50
CONSOLES
Mills Jumbo Parade HH. P.0 ........... $159.50
Mills Jumbo Parade F.P ..................... 119.50
High Hand, Comb ................................ 195.00
MUSIC
ARCADE
Bally Rapid Fire .................................... $150.00
Bally Convoy ...................................... 175.00
Bally Shoot-The-Bull ............................ 50.00
Chic:ken Sam ........................................ 75.00
Wurliher 41 Counter ........................ $165.00
Wurlitzer 61 Counter .......................... 149.50
Wurliher Twin 16, Steel Cab •• Roc:k-
Ola Glamour Tone Column with 7
Buc:kley 32 Rec:ord Boxes, c:omplete 675.00
Give Second and Third Choice. 1/3 Deposit. Balance C.O.D.
NOBRO NOVELTY CO.
(FORMERLY OPERATORS EXCHANGE)
369 Ellis Street
San Francisco 2. Calif.
now out of the Navy and in charge of their
night service department in Vancouver,
Wash. Roland left on the 21st for Los An-
geles vacationing until the end of the
month.
Over at Western Distributors, Budge
Wright announces that his service depart-
ment will be leaving shortly for Kansas
City to attend Aireon's school for service
men, which leads us to believe that some-
thing will be cooking with Aireon before
long.
Lou Dunis of Portland Amusement ex-
pects to be seeing Fred Fields of Seattle
within a few days. Fred is the newly ap-
pointed representative for Oregon and
Washington for the Packard Manufacturing
Co.
There has been a heluvan epidemic of flu
in the city of Portland in the last few
months, and the guy writing this is doing
so in bed, hovering between life and death,
which somewhat accounts for the uninter-
esting character of this letter.
FritilS Hall
Seattle
The Row is perkin' like an overheated
coffee pot. While the order· takers have lit-
tle to show except display models, the
promise of solid shipments·to·come wafts
showrooms like the scent of lilac on a
spring day. Everybody knows they're com-
ing but no one's waiting until Delivery Day
to prepare. The solid beat of hammers, play.
ing sweet accompaniment to the whirring
whine of drills, shelf reinforcements and
floor-wall invasions proclaim better than
mere words the halcyon days to come.
In rapid·fire order, here's what's cookin':
Every third word spoken in Western Dis-
tributors is "Aireon" and every saw·stroke
brings inches closer the floor space required
for housing and maintenance.
Plans are blue-printed and ready; $25,000
nestles in his check book as Frank Count-
ner awaits work startage on his super new
building which will house extensive shop
rooms, phonograph records, and a modern
appliance department.
Ken Shyvers' $15,000 studio has been
completed in Bremerton. Equipment for the
phono master's eye·opening invention is
rapidly being installed. In Inid-January Ken
will have unmasked his brain buster.
Carpenters are still beating the boards at
COIN
Seattle Coin Machine Company in prepara- MACHIN.
tion for an enlarged shop.
REVIEW
Ten whirlwind days of remodeling un-
veiled a lavish display room at Clark Dis-
tributing; a lease has been clamped on the
entire building; in several months 9,000
feet of flooring will clear for action the
FOR
phono with the "cleared for action" fea- FEBRUARY
ture.
'94'
Is it possible to double warehouse and
counter space without requiring additional
footage? The sleight-oI-hand artists at Sun-
set Electric, Columbia Record distributors,
not only turned the trick but tossed in a
streamlined, production·pronto job as well.
. With the aid of wheeled carts, orders are
rolled in, billed, packed, shipped and re-
ceived by the customer soon after the ink
of his order· pen has dried.
Those who haven't begun tearing down
to build are hungrily eyeing every inch of
available area, tugging at boxes, and wish-
ing for a Mandrake.
The hot potato of last month is now cool,
comfortable, and resting nicely, thank you.
If you perused these lines in January's
REVIEW, you are aware of the city council's
proposed ordinance limiting pin game lic-
enses to 2,000 and how opposition of tavern
and restaurant owners torpedoed the pro-
posal into indefinite postponement. Presi-
dent of the Council, James Scavatto, who
fathered the bill, departed on an out·of-
town trip; when he returned, he discovered
an alternate measure had been passed into
a city ordinance. A careful reading of the
new law convinced Scavatto that it was
salutary for the operators; careful question-
ing of Scavatto by the REVIEW'S Seattle
representative confirms that opinion.
First, there is no limit to the number of
licenses that may be issued. Second, every
operator aoolying for renewal or for a new
license will appear before the city council
and list his locations. Third, the council
will either approve or disapprove; if turned
down, the operator has no further recourse
because under the municipal licensing code,
the council is vested with police powerS
which ring the bell of finality. Says Council
Prexy Scavatto: "Under the old regulation,
an operator could walk into the County.
City Building and buy 100 licenses, then
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