Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1947 January - Page 79
coin which ordinarily would be 'buried at
home, invested in a magazine and a few
bottles of the golden brew.
Local operators are happy about the
whole thing because it means that their
locations are packing them in before the
winter snows keep people home. To verify
the fact that there's plenty of. business in
Columbns, the Cleveland Reserve Bank re-
. ported that this city led all other major
cities in the Fourth Federal Reserve Dis-
trict for two consecutive weeks during the
latter part of November and the forepart
of December.
Mike Charie is tickled over the new
Packard Pla-Mor. He has a hideaway on
display in his salesroom along with one of
the 1,000 speakers suspended from the
ceiling. No doubt about it, that's a beauti-
ful combination. He showed me how the
machine operates and, ,being a little on the
mechanical side, I got a kick out of the
smoothness of the thing. I hope to see
several of the speakers around town soon
because they will provide an atmosphere
which is conducive to suds sipping as well
as making things right for romance. Mike
is looking forward to receiving some Model
7's, too.
Incidentally, Mike informed me that
three of the organization at Capital PIa·
Mor Distributing Co. are planning to
attend the coin machine show.
Speaking of Chicago, Woolf Solomon,
head of Central Ohio Coin Machine Ex·
change, trekked up to the Windy Cfty early
in December. He returned late on a week·
end and that's no time to stop by to see
him. I know ! Woolf has really been busy
and is more so at the week's close. For a
lesson in efficiency it would pay to stop by
some time and watch Woolf at work.
Price Richards bundled up the family
and went hunting recently. I haven't heard
how they made out yet, but I)magine they
brought back their share of rabbits and
pheasants. Hazel Freck, office gal at Com-
bine-Richards Vending Co., told me that
Price really loves to hunt. He had been out
a few times in November but business kept
him tied down to the job. Howard Combine
is another sports loving partner in the
organization. A graduate from Ohio State
University, Howard has a strong interest
in the football team there. He flew out to
the West Coast when OSU played Southern
California and followed· the team on other
Saturdays when they played out-of·town
games. As if the week-end didn't produce
enough football thrills, Howard would fly
up to Cleveland on Sunday to see the
Cleveland Browns' pro team in action! Re·
cently he bought his own plane and it
wouldn't surprise any of "Red" Combine's
friends if he started to cover his route in it.
Hazel Freck is a mighty interesting con·
versationalist, I might add.
Bob Cohen, brother of Mike Cohen, head
of Myco Automatic Sales Co., has been
doing a frne business at the Penny Arcade.
The arcade is located near Broad and High
-the equivalent of Broadway and Times
Square here--and attracts a continuous
CI'9W~ day and night. Father of a four·year.
old girl, Bob is proudly watching his six-
month·old boy grow up.
Lester Fleck, manager at Myco, bought
a new six-room home i.n nearby Bexley
recently. -
Meyer Marcus from Markepp Co. Cleve·
land coin machine jobbers, stopped in at
Myco Automatic Sale!> early in December
on a business trip.
Affable Harry Buck of Myco has a
daughter Betty, who is studying busineS8
administration and languages at OSU.
Edward E. Shaffer, president of the
Shaffer Music Co., said the firm's machines
will continue to operate at a nickel when
if he would raise the price on coin·
operated phonographs. His answer came
following a story in a local newspaper that
local purveyors of coin· box music would
abandon the nickel standard in favor of a
dime play. Officials of the Young Distribut·
ing Co. said the change already has been
made in some local phonographs.
In commenting on the situation, Shaffer's
announcement carried in a local daily said,
"The nic;kel.operated phonograph is a
favorite . of children of high school age.
.•• We feel that such clean fun is a good
influence and a deterrent to child delin·
quency. We are opposed to the 100 per cent
increase in the price of their pleasure."
Shaffer Music Co. operates about 300
phonographs in Greater Columbus and
about another 300 within a 25-mile radius
of the city, so a statement of that kind
carries a lot of weight here. Times Tono-
matic officials declared last month that
they were opposed to a raise here, too.
Times Tonomatic Corp. is awaiting that
golden day when materials will ·be mDre
plentiful so. the firm can build its new
Dffices Dn a lot near the west bank Df the
SciDto River.
/
Gray's Drug StDres have added a new
cDin-Dperated machine to. their list. In
additiDn to. stamp machines, peanut vendors
and Dthers, they nDW have the new pop
corn vendDrs, 'Pop' Com.
RDY KDhlhausen, Sr., and his SDn RDY,
Jr., bDth CDlumbus men, and Edwin F.
Maley, of Sandusky, have incDrporated a
launderette with the secretary of state
here. The men will prDvide 21 coin-operated
autDmatic . washers fDr rental to Sandusky
housewives.
Retention Df the five·cent price fDr phD'
nDgraphs was vDted unanimDusly by memo
bers of the DaytDn PhDnDgraph Owners
Assn., wDrd from that nearby city has it •
Operating 90 per cent of the coin-Dperated
music machines in the Miami Valley, the
members vDted to' retain the nickel figure
in a meeting held NDvember 29 at 1717
W. Third St. in DaytDn. The DaytDn organi·
zation decided it could best serve the public
at the Dld·established rate, the repDrt said.
Happy New Year!
W. C. Arthurs
--BRAND NEW GAMES
IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT !-III
a~ked
Kansas (;iiy
PhDnDgraphs are being changed frDm a
nickel to' dime size with three plays for
twenty· five cents. There seems to' be no.
alarming resistance upon the part Df the
buying public and a number Df the larger
IDcatiDn Dwners are eager for the change-
Dver. Many venders are making no. plans
at present fDr a switch to dime play units.
NatiDnal PrDducts Co., Dut on a limb for
mDnths because Df a shDrtage of parts, is
glad Df the strDng demand fDr their plastic
units.
The R. E. Gilbert Amusement CD. is in·
LEGAL EQUIPMENT
~~t:~t-u~~o~~\~)I;;V' .. · iie:.ii:.::::=::~·.::~:.:·.::$· '1o~~~
J.eknRabblt (Am ••• m.tlc) ............................ 475.00
~~~a"! 3E~.?rlcG~~~en::::::::.~::::=:=::::: ~g:~
A B T Target Standi.................................... 12.50
i~:ercJ~n~o~~~;:.~.t ... ~~~.d~r~::==:::::::::::::::::-·I'1: .. ~
Score A Barrel bown ng gam . ...................... 399.50
POP Up (Marvel) . Amazing new
A e~u';!·ch:il~:aer;:::AiwiiYS .. ii .. wi"iiiie;.::::. .. · .. 49.50
I free with .very t.n ............................... _ ... 65.00
CONSOLES
Bally
B.lly
Bally
Evanl
Evan'l
Evans
Evans
Dr.w B.II 50 Comb ........................... $477.50
Draw Bell 25c Comb ......................... 497.50
Tripi. B.II... ......................................... 895.00
B.ngtalll 5e JP CPO ........................ 671.50
Ban!l1ail. 5e Comb •....... _ ................... 824.50
Bangtalll 250 COmb .... _ .................... 980.00
Wlnterbook 5. JP CPO .................... 826.00
Evans Winterbook 250 JP CPO •...•.•......•...• 995.00
DELUXE REVOLVE' AROUND SAFE STANDS
!;~~. :~:: ~:j:~~~~:~=::i~~~~:~~~~~::;:$ ~H:ft
l-BALLS
SLOTS
Gold.n Fall.
Black Ch.rry Bell.
Ve.t Pockets
25c Q. T. Gllttergolds
169.50
145.80
89.50
145.00
129.50
109.50
69.50
109.50
WRITE
FOR
PRICES
Jennings Standard & Bronze Chiefs
Jennings Super Deluxe Lite Ups
Watling Slot •• all mod.11
Daval's "Free Play" (counter game)
Grootchen Col.mbl .. Standard" D.I.x. Model.
Bally Victory Specials
Bally Victory Derbies
Bally $urf Queens
FREE PLAY CONSOLES
Watling Big Gam.
50 .... _ ..... _ ............... $ 99.50
J.nn. SlIv.rmoon
50 ... _....................... 99.50
Jenn. SlIv.rmoon
10. . ...... _ ................. 119.50
J.nn. Slivermoon
250 .......................... 129.50
Jenn . Bobtail 50...... 99.50
J.mbo P.rd. 5e ...... 109.50
NOTICE
Send for o.r Complet. lists
of recondltion.d .q.lpm.nt
at price. that .atlsfy.
•
WRITE! WIREI
PHONE FOR
SPECIAL PRICES
CONSOLES
SPECIALS
Longacr .. ................. $275.00
Thorobred. .. ....... ~ ...... 275.00
'41 D.rbl .................... 225.00
CI.b Trophy .............. 195.00
Sportsm.n ................
Dark H .....................
Mills 1.2-3..................
BI •• Grul ..................
Record Tim . ..............
sport SpeciaL .........
Mill. Owl...................
Viet. T.rf Champ..
Mill.
Mill.
Mills
Mills
Bak.r'l Pacers D D J P .......... $250.OO
Bally CI.b B.II. 50 Comb ..... 185.00
Bally HI Hand. 50 Comb ..... 159.50
Ev. B.natall. So JP Lat . ...... 275.00
Ey. Domlnol 50 ' JP Lat . ........ 275.00
K •• ney S.P. B.II 5c Comb ... 195.00
S.p.r B.II Tw. 5 " 5 ..........
S.per B.II Tw. Comb.
5 " 25 ....................................
4· W.y S.p.r 3t'5 " 25 ..........
M 1111 4 B.IIL.. ..........................
J.mbo Parad .. 5c P.O. Lat.
Pac •• Rac •• (Brown) ..............
325.00
425.00
525.00
365.00
99.50
135.00
T.rm. : 1/ 3 Deposlt-Bilanee C.O.D .-Sight Draft
MONARCH COIN MACHINE CO.
1545 N. Fairfield Ave.
Armitage · f434
Chicago 22, IlIIa.o ll
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
81
FOR
JANUARY
1947
home, invested in a magazine and a few
bottles of the golden brew.
Local operators are happy about the
whole thing because it means that their
locations are packing them in before the
winter snows keep people home. To verify
the fact that there's plenty of. business in
Columbns, the Cleveland Reserve Bank re-
. ported that this city led all other major
cities in the Fourth Federal Reserve Dis-
trict for two consecutive weeks during the
latter part of November and the forepart
of December.
Mike Charie is tickled over the new
Packard Pla-Mor. He has a hideaway on
display in his salesroom along with one of
the 1,000 speakers suspended from the
ceiling. No doubt about it, that's a beauti-
ful combination. He showed me how the
machine operates and, ,being a little on the
mechanical side, I got a kick out of the
smoothness of the thing. I hope to see
several of the speakers around town soon
because they will provide an atmosphere
which is conducive to suds sipping as well
as making things right for romance. Mike
is looking forward to receiving some Model
7's, too.
Incidentally, Mike informed me that
three of the organization at Capital PIa·
Mor Distributing Co. are planning to
attend the coin machine show.
Speaking of Chicago, Woolf Solomon,
head of Central Ohio Coin Machine Ex·
change, trekked up to the Windy Cfty early
in December. He returned late on a week·
end and that's no time to stop by to see
him. I know ! Woolf has really been busy
and is more so at the week's close. For a
lesson in efficiency it would pay to stop by
some time and watch Woolf at work.
Price Richards bundled up the family
and went hunting recently. I haven't heard
how they made out yet, but I)magine they
brought back their share of rabbits and
pheasants. Hazel Freck, office gal at Com-
bine-Richards Vending Co., told me that
Price really loves to hunt. He had been out
a few times in November but business kept
him tied down to the job. Howard Combine
is another sports loving partner in the
organization. A graduate from Ohio State
University, Howard has a strong interest
in the football team there. He flew out to
the West Coast when OSU played Southern
California and followed· the team on other
Saturdays when they played out-of·town
games. As if the week-end didn't produce
enough football thrills, Howard would fly
up to Cleveland on Sunday to see the
Cleveland Browns' pro team in action! Re·
cently he bought his own plane and it
wouldn't surprise any of "Red" Combine's
friends if he started to cover his route in it.
Hazel Freck is a mighty interesting con·
versationalist, I might add.
Bob Cohen, brother of Mike Cohen, head
of Myco Automatic Sales Co., has been
doing a frne business at the Penny Arcade.
The arcade is located near Broad and High
-the equivalent of Broadway and Times
Square here--and attracts a continuous
CI'9W~ day and night. Father of a four·year.
old girl, Bob is proudly watching his six-
month·old boy grow up.
Lester Fleck, manager at Myco, bought
a new six-room home i.n nearby Bexley
recently. -
Meyer Marcus from Markepp Co. Cleve·
land coin machine jobbers, stopped in at
Myco Automatic Sale!> early in December
on a business trip.
Affable Harry Buck of Myco has a
daughter Betty, who is studying busineS8
administration and languages at OSU.
Edward E. Shaffer, president of the
Shaffer Music Co., said the firm's machines
will continue to operate at a nickel when
if he would raise the price on coin·
operated phonographs. His answer came
following a story in a local newspaper that
local purveyors of coin· box music would
abandon the nickel standard in favor of a
dime play. Officials of the Young Distribut·
ing Co. said the change already has been
made in some local phonographs.
In commenting on the situation, Shaffer's
announcement carried in a local daily said,
"The nic;kel.operated phonograph is a
favorite . of children of high school age.
.•• We feel that such clean fun is a good
influence and a deterrent to child delin·
quency. We are opposed to the 100 per cent
increase in the price of their pleasure."
Shaffer Music Co. operates about 300
phonographs in Greater Columbus and
about another 300 within a 25-mile radius
of the city, so a statement of that kind
carries a lot of weight here. Times Tono-
matic officials declared last month that
they were opposed to a raise here, too.
Times Tonomatic Corp. is awaiting that
golden day when materials will ·be mDre
plentiful so. the firm can build its new
Dffices Dn a lot near the west bank Df the
SciDto River.
/
Gray's Drug StDres have added a new
cDin-Dperated machine to. their list. In
additiDn to. stamp machines, peanut vendors
and Dthers, they nDW have the new pop
corn vendDrs, 'Pop' Com.
RDY KDhlhausen, Sr., and his SDn RDY,
Jr., bDth CDlumbus men, and Edwin F.
Maley, of Sandusky, have incDrporated a
launderette with the secretary of state
here. The men will prDvide 21 coin-operated
autDmatic . washers fDr rental to Sandusky
housewives.
Retention Df the five·cent price fDr phD'
nDgraphs was vDted unanimDusly by memo
bers of the DaytDn PhDnDgraph Owners
Assn., wDrd from that nearby city has it •
Operating 90 per cent of the coin-Dperated
music machines in the Miami Valley, the
members vDted to' retain the nickel figure
in a meeting held NDvember 29 at 1717
W. Third St. in DaytDn. The DaytDn organi·
zation decided it could best serve the public
at the Dld·established rate, the repDrt said.
Happy New Year!
W. C. Arthurs
--BRAND NEW GAMES
IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT !-III
a~ked
Kansas (;iiy
PhDnDgraphs are being changed frDm a
nickel to' dime size with three plays for
twenty· five cents. There seems to' be no.
alarming resistance upon the part Df the
buying public and a number Df the larger
IDcatiDn Dwners are eager for the change-
Dver. Many venders are making no. plans
at present fDr a switch to dime play units.
NatiDnal PrDducts Co., Dut on a limb for
mDnths because Df a shDrtage of parts, is
glad Df the strDng demand fDr their plastic
units.
The R. E. Gilbert Amusement CD. is in·
LEGAL EQUIPMENT
~~t:~t-u~~o~~\~)I;;V' .. · iie:.ii:.::::=::~·.::~:.:·.::$· '1o~~~
J.eknRabblt (Am ••• m.tlc) ............................ 475.00
~~~a"! 3E~.?rlcG~~~en::::::::.~::::=:=::::: ~g:~
A B T Target Standi.................................... 12.50
i~:ercJ~n~o~~~;:.~.t ... ~~~.d~r~::==:::::::::::::::::-·I'1: .. ~
Score A Barrel bown ng gam . ...................... 399.50
POP Up (Marvel) . Amazing new
A e~u';!·ch:il~:aer;:::AiwiiYS .. ii .. wi"iiiie;.::::. .. · .. 49.50
I free with .very t.n ............................... _ ... 65.00
CONSOLES
Bally
B.lly
Bally
Evanl
Evan'l
Evans
Evans
Dr.w B.II 50 Comb ........................... $477.50
Draw Bell 25c Comb ......................... 497.50
Tripi. B.II... ......................................... 895.00
B.ngtalll 5e JP CPO ........................ 671.50
Ban!l1ail. 5e Comb •....... _ ................... 824.50
Bangtalll 250 COmb .... _ .................... 980.00
Wlnterbook 5. JP CPO .................... 826.00
Evans Winterbook 250 JP CPO •...•.•......•...• 995.00
DELUXE REVOLVE' AROUND SAFE STANDS
!;~~. :~:: ~:j:~~~~:~=::i~~~~:~~~~~::;:$ ~H:ft
l-BALLS
SLOTS
Gold.n Fall.
Black Ch.rry Bell.
Ve.t Pockets
25c Q. T. Gllttergolds
169.50
145.80
89.50
145.00
129.50
109.50
69.50
109.50
WRITE
FOR
PRICES
Jennings Standard & Bronze Chiefs
Jennings Super Deluxe Lite Ups
Watling Slot •• all mod.11
Daval's "Free Play" (counter game)
Grootchen Col.mbl .. Standard" D.I.x. Model.
Bally Victory Specials
Bally Victory Derbies
Bally $urf Queens
FREE PLAY CONSOLES
Watling Big Gam.
50 .... _ ..... _ ............... $ 99.50
J.nn. SlIv.rmoon
50 ... _....................... 99.50
Jenn. SlIv.rmoon
10. . ...... _ ................. 119.50
J.nn. Slivermoon
250 .......................... 129.50
Jenn . Bobtail 50...... 99.50
J.mbo P.rd. 5e ...... 109.50
NOTICE
Send for o.r Complet. lists
of recondltion.d .q.lpm.nt
at price. that .atlsfy.
•
WRITE! WIREI
PHONE FOR
SPECIAL PRICES
CONSOLES
SPECIALS
Longacr .. ................. $275.00
Thorobred. .. ....... ~ ...... 275.00
'41 D.rbl .................... 225.00
CI.b Trophy .............. 195.00
Sportsm.n ................
Dark H .....................
Mills 1.2-3..................
BI •• Grul ..................
Record Tim . ..............
sport SpeciaL .........
Mill. Owl...................
Viet. T.rf Champ..
Mill.
Mill.
Mills
Mills
Bak.r'l Pacers D D J P .......... $250.OO
Bally CI.b B.II. 50 Comb ..... 185.00
Bally HI Hand. 50 Comb ..... 159.50
Ev. B.natall. So JP Lat . ...... 275.00
Ey. Domlnol 50 ' JP Lat . ........ 275.00
K •• ney S.P. B.II 5c Comb ... 195.00
S.p.r B.II Tw. 5 " 5 ..........
S.per B.II Tw. Comb.
5 " 25 ....................................
4· W.y S.p.r 3t'5 " 25 ..........
M 1111 4 B.IIL.. ..........................
J.mbo Parad .. 5c P.O. Lat.
Pac •• Rac •• (Brown) ..............
325.00
425.00
525.00
365.00
99.50
135.00
T.rm. : 1/ 3 Deposlt-Bilanee C.O.D .-Sight Draft
MONARCH COIN MACHINE CO.
1545 N. Fairfield Ave.
Armitage · f434
Chicago 22, IlIIa.o ll
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
81
FOR
JANUARY
1947
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