Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1947 July - Page 107
panding their music business. Welcome to
Dallas, Gary.
Harry and Roy Urban have just returned
from an extended business trip to South
Textls. The Urban brothers report coin
machine business good in San Antonio and
other south Texas cities they visited.
Commercial Music announce the appoint-
ment of J. C. Old as advertising manager for
the Dallas branch. Daniel Garnand is
Commercial's advertising manager for San
Antonio and Houston. L. T. Newman is
now the firm's branch manager at Houston
and Orval Whitridge is manager for the
San Antonio branch. Rex Bush is in charge
of the service department for Commercial
at Dallas.
C. Polsonnell, formerly with the Coin
Machine Acceptance Corp., Chicago, is now
located in Dallas and has moved his family
here. Dave Miller is the resident manager
in charge of CMAC Dallas office.
Al Mendez, district manager for Wur·
litzer, is away on a business trip to several
south Texas cities.
Frank w. Wood
ColulDhus
Most everyone around Columbus and
throughout central Ohio has been ready to
drown his sorrows during recent weeks
because of the steady downpour of rain
that has kept the grass long and tempers
short. The early days of June slackened
the downpour a little-enough to allow
the office denizens a chance to explore a
few of the resorts close by on weekends.
Of course such wet weather, mixed with
the warmer days of summer, serve to bring
those humid hours when the local beer
spots are swamped with seekers ' of the
golden brew. Comes the multitude in search
of refreshment and entertainment naturally
follows. Enter the coin machine in #all its
attendant glory and exit the shekel into
waiting operators' hands.
While visiting Combine-Richards Vend-
ing Co. offices I met Bernard Spira, distri-
butor for PX cigarette vending machines,
who calls Cleveland "home." Spira covers
Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Kentucky
and part of New York, and I might add, is
a very personable chap who is building up
a lot of good will for the Industry. Spira's ·
Cleveland headquarters is Standard Vend-
ing Machine Sales, with offices out Euclid
Avenue way.
On the. 25th of June the big noise around
Combine· Richards signified the fact that
Hazel Freck and hubbie were celebrat-
ing their 24th wedding anniversary. Con-
grats to you both and we'll be looking for-
ward to a piece of that double 25 anni-
versary cake next year. Elza Nye, of the
same office, .and the Missus will be double-
celebrating with the Frecks on the 25th,
too, as they drink a ' toast to their seven
years of married life. It's a pleasure to
report that Hazel's daughter, Virginia, is
back at work again after two recent trips
to the hosoital.
Certainly got the surprise of my young
life when I visited Mike Charie at Capital
Pla-Mor Distributing Co. The chatter ran
from this to that and finally brought out
the fact that Mike's brother, Frank, had
wedding bells planned for June 16. Frank,
by the way, is the route general manager
at Capital Pla-Mor. When asked for other
vital statistics on the wedding, Mike said
the "better half" was a gal named Garnet
Rowe. Upon further questioning I find
that Garnet is the same girl I went to
school with several years ago-but not too
many-down on the Ohio at Portsmouth
town. Small world! THE REVIEW sends its
best wishes to you both. Last month Mike
Packard Appoints Wedewen
INDIANAPOLIS-Herbert E. Wedewen
(above) has been appointed regional mana-
ger of Packard Pla-Mor for the states of
New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Dela-
ware, Maryland, Washington, D. C., eastern
West Virginia and northern Virginia, ac-
cording to Packard's president and general
counsel, William H. Krieg.
"Herb's enthusiasm and geniality com-
bined with his aggressiveness as a busi-
ness leader will win him many new
friends," said Krieg.
reported a shortage of pin games, but the
situation has bettered itself and he has
been busy keeping the floor cleared of
incoming merchandise.
Val Spohn, of Homann Music Co. is
recuperating fast from his trip to the
hospital several weeks ago. He told me
that his weight had gone up some 25
pounds since he started on the upgrade
once again.
Lester Fleck, office manager at Myco
Automatic Sales, informed me that Henry
Kapson, formerly associated with the
firm's companion office at Cincinnati, is
no longer affiliated with Ohio Specialty
there, but has gone into business for him-
self. Milton Cole of the sa,me office is
happy over the recent birth of an addition
to the Cole household.
A visit to Central Ohio Coin Machine
Exchange offices proved quite profitable.
Sam Solomon had a box of cigars which
he had recently purchased for distribution
among well-wishers at the festivities fol-
lowing the birth of his son (he hopes!),
which is an event of the near future. Some
wag had already helped himself to Sam's
cigars, so Sam decided there was no point
in saving that box and was offering pre·
natal stogies to office visitors, including
your reporte.t:. Congrats to Sani and his
wife .who celebrated their ninth wedding
anniversary , in June.
Maxine Weisenstein was disappointed
with weather conditions, too, because the
rain ruined her chances to participate in
the recent horse show. She said the wet
ground made it too dangerous to chance
taking the high jumps.
Getting heavy play among the high
school set at Olentangy Village Recreation
Center is Chicago Coin's Basketball Champ.
Anthony Brothers Coin' Machine Co. has
several live wire machines at that busy
recreation outlet.
The House Committee on Organization
of State Government of the Ohio Legisla-
ture recently killed the Barnes Bill which
would have provided for a license fee
from $2 to $25 on coin·operated vending
machines, whether they vend merchandise
or service. The identical measure was
presented to the House in the 90th Gen-
eral Assembly in 1933. Considered a dan-
gerous measure, many groups opposed the
measure, including the Ohio Dairy Prod-
ucts Assn.
The Ohio Automatic Pictu;e Machine
Co., Columbus, recently registered a stock
program with the Ohio Division of Secu-
rities, James F. Merkel, chief of 'the divi-
sion reported. The firm registered 250
shares of no par value common stock; at
$20 per share.
Visitors 'to the annual convention in
Chicago of the National Association of
Tobacco Distributors included W. K. White,
Walter Puetz and Arthur Puetz of the Gar-
field Novelty Co.
Wedding bells were an event of June 15
for Shannon Snyder of Tri-State Music
Co., Portsmouth, and Fred MiIlhuff of
the same city. Knowing · them both per-
sonally, I send them personal and Industry
congratulations and best wishes.
Patrons of Columbus restaurants and
bars having wired music machines reo
cently heard recordings of the Columbus
Boy Choir. A special recording..9f Shadrack
was played 16 times a day to call attention
, to the Junior Chamber of .commerce cam-
paign for $40,000 for maintenance of the
nationally-known choir. Maxine Wei sen-
stein, of Central Ohio Coin, was pictured
in a local newspaper placing a record on
the turntable of the centra-] record player
at Metropolitan Wired Music Service Co.,
in line with the campaign.
Shortages of candy bars were apparent
in local theatre vending machines early in
June. One theater your reporter attended
had but two varieties displayed in one of
the two machines on location there . .
W. D. Bailey, chief of the division of
cigarette tax stamp sales for Ohio, re-
cently stated that sales of the division for
May were more than $25,000 higher than
during the same month last year. Tptal
net sales for the first five months of 1947
reached $6,158,805, as compared with
$6,035,350 for the same period in 1946, an
increase of more than $123,000, or 2.05
per cent.
Local cigarette venders were relieved to
hear that a conference committee of the
Ohio Senate and House of Representatives
agreed recently to recommend to their
respective houses that the proposal to levy
an additional cent-per-pack cigarette tax
to help pay a $300,000,000 World War II
veterans' bonus be abandoned. The present
tax is two-cents-per-pack.
Two nearby towns have written legis-
lation covering coin-operated devices. A
measure to legalize pin ball and other
mechanical devices at $100 a year was
sent to a second reading at a meeting of
city council at Campbell recently. William
Glass, city auditor, claimed the city needs
more revenue. Meanwhile, at the regular
meeting, Georgetown council adopted an
ordinance providing for the licensing of all
coin-operated devices, including phono-
graphs and pin ball machines.
Shaffer Music Co. is pushing home sales
of reconditioned phonographs via local
neighborhood newspapers. The firm sug-
gests the use of the machines for recreation
rooms. A choice .of models to play 16 or
20 records automatically is offered. Among
recent visitors to the Shaffer office were:
Irv McClelland, Seeburg district manager,
sporting his usual assortment of gay neck-
ties; Dave Caplan, of Morgantown, W. Va.,
who called Shaffer from Columbus Airport
where he was changing planes; Max Cap-
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
107
FOR
JULY
1947
Dallas, Gary.
Harry and Roy Urban have just returned
from an extended business trip to South
Textls. The Urban brothers report coin
machine business good in San Antonio and
other south Texas cities they visited.
Commercial Music announce the appoint-
ment of J. C. Old as advertising manager for
the Dallas branch. Daniel Garnand is
Commercial's advertising manager for San
Antonio and Houston. L. T. Newman is
now the firm's branch manager at Houston
and Orval Whitridge is manager for the
San Antonio branch. Rex Bush is in charge
of the service department for Commercial
at Dallas.
C. Polsonnell, formerly with the Coin
Machine Acceptance Corp., Chicago, is now
located in Dallas and has moved his family
here. Dave Miller is the resident manager
in charge of CMAC Dallas office.
Al Mendez, district manager for Wur·
litzer, is away on a business trip to several
south Texas cities.
Frank w. Wood
ColulDhus
Most everyone around Columbus and
throughout central Ohio has been ready to
drown his sorrows during recent weeks
because of the steady downpour of rain
that has kept the grass long and tempers
short. The early days of June slackened
the downpour a little-enough to allow
the office denizens a chance to explore a
few of the resorts close by on weekends.
Of course such wet weather, mixed with
the warmer days of summer, serve to bring
those humid hours when the local beer
spots are swamped with seekers ' of the
golden brew. Comes the multitude in search
of refreshment and entertainment naturally
follows. Enter the coin machine in #all its
attendant glory and exit the shekel into
waiting operators' hands.
While visiting Combine-Richards Vend-
ing Co. offices I met Bernard Spira, distri-
butor for PX cigarette vending machines,
who calls Cleveland "home." Spira covers
Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Kentucky
and part of New York, and I might add, is
a very personable chap who is building up
a lot of good will for the Industry. Spira's ·
Cleveland headquarters is Standard Vend-
ing Machine Sales, with offices out Euclid
Avenue way.
On the. 25th of June the big noise around
Combine· Richards signified the fact that
Hazel Freck and hubbie were celebrat-
ing their 24th wedding anniversary. Con-
grats to you both and we'll be looking for-
ward to a piece of that double 25 anni-
versary cake next year. Elza Nye, of the
same office, .and the Missus will be double-
celebrating with the Frecks on the 25th,
too, as they drink a ' toast to their seven
years of married life. It's a pleasure to
report that Hazel's daughter, Virginia, is
back at work again after two recent trips
to the hosoital.
Certainly got the surprise of my young
life when I visited Mike Charie at Capital
Pla-Mor Distributing Co. The chatter ran
from this to that and finally brought out
the fact that Mike's brother, Frank, had
wedding bells planned for June 16. Frank,
by the way, is the route general manager
at Capital Pla-Mor. When asked for other
vital statistics on the wedding, Mike said
the "better half" was a gal named Garnet
Rowe. Upon further questioning I find
that Garnet is the same girl I went to
school with several years ago-but not too
many-down on the Ohio at Portsmouth
town. Small world! THE REVIEW sends its
best wishes to you both. Last month Mike
Packard Appoints Wedewen
INDIANAPOLIS-Herbert E. Wedewen
(above) has been appointed regional mana-
ger of Packard Pla-Mor for the states of
New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Dela-
ware, Maryland, Washington, D. C., eastern
West Virginia and northern Virginia, ac-
cording to Packard's president and general
counsel, William H. Krieg.
"Herb's enthusiasm and geniality com-
bined with his aggressiveness as a busi-
ness leader will win him many new
friends," said Krieg.
reported a shortage of pin games, but the
situation has bettered itself and he has
been busy keeping the floor cleared of
incoming merchandise.
Val Spohn, of Homann Music Co. is
recuperating fast from his trip to the
hospital several weeks ago. He told me
that his weight had gone up some 25
pounds since he started on the upgrade
once again.
Lester Fleck, office manager at Myco
Automatic Sales, informed me that Henry
Kapson, formerly associated with the
firm's companion office at Cincinnati, is
no longer affiliated with Ohio Specialty
there, but has gone into business for him-
self. Milton Cole of the sa,me office is
happy over the recent birth of an addition
to the Cole household.
A visit to Central Ohio Coin Machine
Exchange offices proved quite profitable.
Sam Solomon had a box of cigars which
he had recently purchased for distribution
among well-wishers at the festivities fol-
lowing the birth of his son (he hopes!),
which is an event of the near future. Some
wag had already helped himself to Sam's
cigars, so Sam decided there was no point
in saving that box and was offering pre·
natal stogies to office visitors, including
your reporte.t:. Congrats to Sani and his
wife .who celebrated their ninth wedding
anniversary , in June.
Maxine Weisenstein was disappointed
with weather conditions, too, because the
rain ruined her chances to participate in
the recent horse show. She said the wet
ground made it too dangerous to chance
taking the high jumps.
Getting heavy play among the high
school set at Olentangy Village Recreation
Center is Chicago Coin's Basketball Champ.
Anthony Brothers Coin' Machine Co. has
several live wire machines at that busy
recreation outlet.
The House Committee on Organization
of State Government of the Ohio Legisla-
ture recently killed the Barnes Bill which
would have provided for a license fee
from $2 to $25 on coin·operated vending
machines, whether they vend merchandise
or service. The identical measure was
presented to the House in the 90th Gen-
eral Assembly in 1933. Considered a dan-
gerous measure, many groups opposed the
measure, including the Ohio Dairy Prod-
ucts Assn.
The Ohio Automatic Pictu;e Machine
Co., Columbus, recently registered a stock
program with the Ohio Division of Secu-
rities, James F. Merkel, chief of 'the divi-
sion reported. The firm registered 250
shares of no par value common stock; at
$20 per share.
Visitors 'to the annual convention in
Chicago of the National Association of
Tobacco Distributors included W. K. White,
Walter Puetz and Arthur Puetz of the Gar-
field Novelty Co.
Wedding bells were an event of June 15
for Shannon Snyder of Tri-State Music
Co., Portsmouth, and Fred MiIlhuff of
the same city. Knowing · them both per-
sonally, I send them personal and Industry
congratulations and best wishes.
Patrons of Columbus restaurants and
bars having wired music machines reo
cently heard recordings of the Columbus
Boy Choir. A special recording..9f Shadrack
was played 16 times a day to call attention
, to the Junior Chamber of .commerce cam-
paign for $40,000 for maintenance of the
nationally-known choir. Maxine Wei sen-
stein, of Central Ohio Coin, was pictured
in a local newspaper placing a record on
the turntable of the centra-] record player
at Metropolitan Wired Music Service Co.,
in line with the campaign.
Shortages of candy bars were apparent
in local theatre vending machines early in
June. One theater your reporter attended
had but two varieties displayed in one of
the two machines on location there . .
W. D. Bailey, chief of the division of
cigarette tax stamp sales for Ohio, re-
cently stated that sales of the division for
May were more than $25,000 higher than
during the same month last year. Tptal
net sales for the first five months of 1947
reached $6,158,805, as compared with
$6,035,350 for the same period in 1946, an
increase of more than $123,000, or 2.05
per cent.
Local cigarette venders were relieved to
hear that a conference committee of the
Ohio Senate and House of Representatives
agreed recently to recommend to their
respective houses that the proposal to levy
an additional cent-per-pack cigarette tax
to help pay a $300,000,000 World War II
veterans' bonus be abandoned. The present
tax is two-cents-per-pack.
Two nearby towns have written legis-
lation covering coin-operated devices. A
measure to legalize pin ball and other
mechanical devices at $100 a year was
sent to a second reading at a meeting of
city council at Campbell recently. William
Glass, city auditor, claimed the city needs
more revenue. Meanwhile, at the regular
meeting, Georgetown council adopted an
ordinance providing for the licensing of all
coin-operated devices, including phono-
graphs and pin ball machines.
Shaffer Music Co. is pushing home sales
of reconditioned phonographs via local
neighborhood newspapers. The firm sug-
gests the use of the machines for recreation
rooms. A choice .of models to play 16 or
20 records automatically is offered. Among
recent visitors to the Shaffer office were:
Irv McClelland, Seeburg district manager,
sporting his usual assortment of gay neck-
ties; Dave Caplan, of Morgantown, W. Va.,
who called Shaffer from Columbus Airport
where he was changing planes; Max Cap-
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
107
FOR
JULY
1947
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