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lan, who phoned the same day, from Mor-
gantown; George Alexander, of Buckeye
Music Coo, Cambridge, who also came to
Columbus to fly in the Reserve Officers'
program, but was grounded by bad
weather; and Bob Taylor, of K T_ Enter-
prises, Portsmouth, who was in the office
to pick up a new Kilroy.
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
108
FOR
JULY
1947
Recently added to our list of benedicts
who share congratulations with Joe Flynn,
. at Shaffer's, are Tommy Moriarity of the
service department and Harry Hetterscheidt
of the parts department. Alma Kaiser be-
came Mrs. Moriarity and Evelyn Zinn
became Mrs. Hetterscheidt. Both girls are
Columbusites.
-Chatter From Coin Row: Ira Carpenter,
of New River Music Co., Oak Hill, travels
to Columbus often to see his wife who has
been ill. Best wishes for a speedy recovery
· .. A three-month vacation trip through
the West in a super-deluxe trailer is in
the offing for Henry Orum, of Ace Coin
Machine Co., Wheeling . . . G. E. (Tot)
Clay has leased' a new lot for a bus
station at Coeburn . . . Keiser of K & K
Music Co. is opening a new' office in Sofia.
He wi!! handle records and appliances
· .. Sporting a new Studebaker around the
Moundsville area is Jim Bodley, of City
Coin Machirie Service. His dad, Homer
Bodley, has a new Studebaker truck . . .
Another new car buyer is Charlie Hoof-
stetter, who finally managed to wangle
a new four-door Plymouth ... The daugh-
ter of P. G. Kesner, of Circle Music Co.,
Wytheville, suffered a broken leg recently
· ~ . One of the first to sport· a new
Tucker· automobile will be Lee Glessner
of Wheeling Coin Machine Exchange . . .
Emmett Yeary of Coeburn reports that
he will have a new route soon, with
all new equipment, records and a truck
· .. C. J. Starbuck of Colerain is driving
a new Ford these days . . . A new car
and a new truck which haven't arrived
yet, are holding up Roy Clemens, of Roy's
Music Service, Beckley, from taking his
vacation . . . Walter Sauvageot is moving
out .to his farm to "get away from it all."
He offered to let Charlie Hoofstetter,
Shaffer's Wheeling manager, rent his town
house, but Charlie and his wife feared
they'd be lost in it. The house has ten
rooms . . . Basil Palmer of the Music
Box at Kingsport keeps the salesmen in
"hot water" over new pin games . . .
Proud of their new Seeburg remote equip-
ment .are Hobart Lawson and his associa te,
Sturzllle. Lawson recently purchased a new
Chevrolet . . . Buck Edwards and Bob
Bender of Coin Machine · Service, Char-
leston, are now operating the route at
St. Albans formerly handled by Bert Ed-
wards . . . Turney Renick, of C & R
Music, Beckley, recently spent a few days
vacationing in Florida . . . Hall, of Hall
Amusement Co., Beckley, had the mis-
fortune of damaging one of the rear fen-
ders on his new Chrysler ... Frank King,
of. Newark, and Frank Hoop, of Modern
Music Co., same city, are both operating
arcades at nearby Buckeye Lake amuse-
ment park this summer . . . J. E. Ray, of
Hillsville, has been kept l?retty busy with
his new garage and agency for Plymouth
al}d Chrysler . . . M. E. White, of White
Amusement Co., Logan, has sold his entire
operation to the Caladros Brothers of that
city . .. A hard man to find is Elliot, of
Elliot , Sales, GaIe City. His new garage,
plus his coin machines -and real estate,
really keep him going ... Charles Bartlett,
of Christian burg, has just purchased an-
other coin machine route . . . Stephens,
of Wise Music Co., Wise, recently reported
that his partner, C. M. Dale, was enjoying
a swell vacation in Florida . . . Al Gallo-
way, of Whitesville, is building an addi-
tion to his home . . . Bill McCormack,
of Pratt, spent a week luring the wily
trout .. . G. C. Fauber, of Belle Amuse-
ment Co., Bell, is the purchaser of a new
truck . . . Ray Waybright, of Rex Spec-
ialty, Charleston, enjoyed the Daredevil
show recently, along with his little daugh-
ter . . . Nick Nebel has converted his
pick-up truck into a sound truck to ad-
vertise Zane Caverns which he purchased.
It's reported Nick can really be heard now,
when he turns up the volume . . . Lora
Mariotti, of Mariotti Music Co., Freeman,
is the proud papa of a new baby . . .
One of the speedier local operators is
Kenny Kelsey, of Central Music Co., Co-
lumbus. The boys say Kenny's always in
a hurry . . . Stanley Spenski, of Eagle
Automatic Music, Steubenville, is sporting
a new Chrysler sedan with all the trim-
mings.
. w. C. Arth.urs
Denver
Jack Arnold, of the Ajax Music Co.,
recently returned from Wyoming and re-
ports that he had a very successful trip,
with encouraging prospects for continued
growth of Packard popularity. In some
sections of the territory collections have
been a little slow due to bad weather
conditions, but, with the coming of spring
and with the tourists beginning to roll in,
conditions have improved and collections
in most· of the Ajax territories are now
beginning to zoom.
Eddie Zobec, who ha,s had many years'
experience in the business, has been added
to the Ajax service department.
Burnham & Son Music Co., Lovell,
operated by George Burnham, Jr., is se-
curing new locations every day in the
Big Basin Country. Jack Arnold reports
that while George has only been in the
business approximately two months, he is
already talking and acting like a veteran'
music operator. Jim Aimonetti, Newcastle,
reports very great success with his Packard
installations, both in Edgemont, and in his
home town of Newcastle. Forest Asa,
another newcomer in the Torrington field,
is operating phonos with great success.
According to Arnold, many operators
are looking for a 24-month payment plan.
With the cost of equipment today, many
operators believe it is 'a dvisable to have
their equipment financed on a 24-month
basis even though they realize their in-
terest rate will be somewhat higher.
A recent telephone communication to
Arnold from Mrs. Pat Stevens, of Great
Falls, Mont., advised that her husband
passed away May 28. Stevens was a punch
board operator, considered one of the best
in Montana, and was well liked by every-
body.
The Gaddis Distributing Co. is doing
some ' additional remodeling of its store,
installing new racks and enlarging the
display room to provide for more efficiency
in handling orders. Gaddis reports that
business is good in all lines and especially
in music boxes and pin balls.
The Gaddis family will celebrate the
third birthday of son, J ames P~ter Gaddis,
this month by a neighborhOOd gathering.
Young master Gaddis is named for his
two grandfathers. James after his father's
father and Peter after his mother's father.
W. E. Bosche, of Raton, N. M., is ex-
pecting ' a ,good tourist business. Opening
of the legalized horse racing season in
New Mexico, he said, would bring much
additional business.
Operator Paul Bosche of Alamosa, re-
ports that pin table business is excel-
lent and that the fishing 'is better. He is
contemplatin g the best tourist business
ever in southern Colorado. Gus Carter,
of Ft. Collins, is very happy as the proud
owner of a new Buick. He is opera to, of
punch boards, etc., and reports big business
in the mountain resorts. Ed Sully, of the
Sully Specialty Co., is on a trip to western
Nebraska and Kansas, then back by way
of Springfield, Colo., to Denver. Lou Bel-
otti of Walsenberg is reported very happy
with his new machines.
.
Recent visitors in Denver and reported
by Gaddis Distributing Co. are: Don
Tharpe, Automatic Music Co., Grand Junc-
tion; Don Chipp, Chipp Music Co., Rock
Springs; Dick Reeves, Rocky Mountain
Coin Machine Co., Pueblo; Frank Merin-
dino, Sportsman's Novelty Co., Cheyenne;
O. G. Gibbs, Laramie; Ralph Fuller, Mile
High Music Co., Greeley; Ned Manning,
Manning Sales Co., Colorado Springs;
Charles Whale, Western Novelty Sales Co.,
Colorado Springs; Vincent Pina, New
Mexico Novelty Co., Las Vegas; Walter
Paulk, Sportsman's Novelty Co., Sidney.
When I visited the Wolf Sales Co.
it seemed a very busy place. Wolf Rei-
witz said that in the past two weeks
the company has added four new employ-
ees, viz: Ronald M. Williams, porter;
Charles E. Sears and Flor J. Kloverstrom,
service department, and Derwood D. Chris-
tie, bookkeeping department. Reiwitz had
just returned from a trip to one of his
other offic_es, stop ping in San Francisco
for a short visit with his daughter. He
reports that in addition to recent remodel-
ing, which included finishing two large
executive offices, the company is now start-
ing to remodel its showroom, which oc-
cupies the entire front of the building.
The ~ew addition to the Al A. Roberts
family, a baby daughter named Kathy,
makes Reiwitz several times a grandfather.
A. C. and Al A. Roberts, who are presently
in the East on business, plan to meet
Reiwitz in the near future at Hammer-
gren's Lodge, Fishermen's Point, Cross
Lake, Minn., for a Wurlitzer distributors
meeting.
Customers who recently visited the Wolf
Sales Co. office were: Joe Warrington,
R. F. Fuller, Harold Rounds, · Tommy
Shockley, Lou Nuttall, Albert Richardson,
Charles Hetts, B. J. Drasky, Joe Magnone,
and Leo Benedetti.
Gibson Bra'dshaw, of the Denver Dis-
tributing Co., reports a booming business
at Denver parks and arcades. Lots of new
machines and equipment coming in all the
time. Out-of"town callers on business
were: C. W. Schlicht, manager music di-
vision of Mills Industries in Chicago, who
remained for several days following Me-
morial Day; Corley Phelps, representative
from the Coin-O-Matic Cashier, Chicago,
and Perry Kinzie from the sales depart-
ment of Mills Industries. Kinzie is a golf
enthusiast, residing in Tulsa, Okla., and
expects upon his return to that city to
compete in a golf Umrnament.
Jay Perkins, who recently returned to
the Denver Distributing Co. as mechanic
and service man, announces that he is the
proud father of a new son named Ronnie
Jay. During last month's late cold snap,
with rain and snow, Gibson Bradshaw and
his son spent half of one night building
smudges ih an effort to save the cherries
on his prize cherry tree-and believes he
was successful.
Modern Distributing Co. reports a war
romance in the marriage of Don· Whitney,
of the service department, to a French war
bride in Algiers, Africa, while he was
stationed there. Since their return Mrs.