Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1947 July - Page 110
110
FOR
JqLY
1947
Bubble Gum "Testers"
Kwik-Cafe Coffee Vendor
Debuts in Philly
Doctor Seeks Nuisance
Abatement on Phono
PHILADELPHIA - Two former GI's
here have developed a coin coffee machine
which they claim is the only automatic
dispenser on th e market at present.
In proquction only a few months, the
machines already are going over big on
locations in this area and the two part-
ners, Lloyd Rudd and K. Cyrus Melikian,
are about ready to move into a new and
larger plant.
Operating as Rudd-Melikian, Inc., the
two partners got the idea for a coffee ma-
chine while they were stationed at Wright
Field, Dayton, Ohio. They saw soldiers
going in and out of PX's there and gulp-
ing coffee like mad. They concluded coffee
was a big business.
Both are graduate engineers, and they
put their professional heads together to
attempt an - engineering solution of the
coffee problem.
Called Kwik-Kafe (with an accent on
the final "e") , th e machin e delivers coffee
piping hot in a Dixie cup five seconds after
inserting a nickel in the slot. After the
coin is inserted, a cup is released and hot
water and liquid coffee ar e poured into
it. At the same time, a wooden spoon is
part way ejected from a slot. The buyer
then can press control buttons to inject
liquid cream or sugar, or both, into the
concoction. An added feature is that the
entire dispensing area is constantly bathed
in sanitary, ultra-violet light.
Aiming at the coffee-consuming market
in industrial plants, the two partners are
stressing in their advertising that " coffee
service boosts production." At their first
public showing, they gave away a research
study by Pan-American Coffee Bureau on
the value of coffee as an aid to factory
production. Engineers at the showing were
impressed.
On hand to demonstrate the machine
were two men who left big jobs to throw
in their lot with Kwik-Kafe. They are
Arthur (Mike) Silverman, for years with
Spacarb Philadelphia Co., who is selling
for Kwik-Kafe, and John A. Jackson, who
gave up a job selling railroad cars for
Budd Co_ to become Kwik-Kafe sales
manager and distributor in North Jersey.
Both Silverman and Jackson, enthusiastic
about the present machine, revealed that
future models are to be given greater
refinements. New machines are soon to
have coin changers and adjustable con-
trols so that the consumer can regulate
how much sugar or cream he wants.
Statistics on the machine are: operates
on AC current . . but can be converted to
DC; measures 18 inches deep, 35 inches
wide and 71 inches high; dispenses 425
cups without refilling and every cup is
165 degrees at serving. The cabinet is
finished in cream and brown. The com-
pany sells the liquid coffee and sugar to
go with the machine but an operator can
supply his own. ' Profits are said to be better
than 50 per cent.
PHILADELPHIA-Music machine oper-
ators here are watching with interest a suit
started recently by a physician to have
music boxes in a store next to his office de-
clared a nuisance and the nuisance abated.
Dr. Philip Getson brought his action in
Common Pleas Court No.4 against Nathan
and Irving Brown, who operate a candy and
cigar store at 2601 N. 29th St. The doctor
alleged that noise from the machines and
from loudspeakers used with them caused
him pain and annoyance, loss of sleep for
himself and members of his family and in-
terfered with his practice.
He asked the court to "prohibit operation
of the boxes in an objectionable manner"
and to prohibit their operation from 10 p.m.
to 7 a.m. weekdays and all day Sunday and
to forbid the defendants to cause crowds to
gathel' in front of th eir store.
Fruit and lee Cream
NEW YORK-Ice cream provides the
fruit farmers with an annual market of 50
million pounds of their product, and as
ice cream vendors continue to grow in
popularity and thus open new outlets, many
more pounds will be utilized.
Fruits used include strawberries, peaches,
raspberries, cherries, pineapples, limes,
cantaloupes, oranges, bananas, apricots,
blackberries, blueberries, Boysenberries,
raisins, dates, figs, pears, grapes, lemons,
Loganberries, nectarines, currants, apples,
plums, and avocados.
SAN GABRIEL, Calif. - The air has
been filled with the sound of popping bub·
ble gum here recently-and it's al1 be-
cause H. A. Marshall, owner of California
Fruit Chimes Co. has called upon local
school children to conduct daily free
"tests" of his gum.
Word of free bubble gum traveled like
lightning, and now every afternoon after
school a block-long line of youngsters are
queuing up for a sample chewing of the
day's batch. At first, Marshall tried to ac-
commodate everyone, but now he's set a
quota and it's first come first served.
Recently, the testers included Bob
Hope's radio show, with Frank Sinatra
and the rest of the cast. Occasion was the
benefit show for the Alhambra YMCA.
Marshall, who started out three years ago
making lollipops, enjoyed the show, th e
bubble gum gags-and the publicity- as
much as the kids.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
JULY 1947
This Index is an editorial feature and is not part of the Advertiser's Contract
THE REVIEW assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.
AMCO ___________________________________ , ____________________ 26
Adams-Fairfax Corp. ______ 72. 79. 85, 88. 91
Advance Automatic Sales Co. ____________ .100
Allite Mfg. Co .. Inc. _______ __________ ____________ 5
Alpha Distributing Co. ____________________________ 44
Automatic Coin Inserter Co. _______________ 95
Automatic Enterprises __________________________ 66
Badger Novelty Co. _______________________________ 105
Badger Sales Co. ______________________________________ 105
Barkhuff. DeI-. Co.________________________ _ _________ 18
Bledsoe. N. 0. _________________ __________________________ 19
Buckley Mfq. Co. __________________________________ 35. 43
Burcham, Don H .. Co. __________ ____________________ 88
CMI. Inc. ___________________________________________________ 23
Calif. Music Operator's Assn. ______________ 37
Candy Service Co .. Inc. ___ ____________________ 92
Capitol Records. Inc. ______ ________________________ 57
Chase Candy Co. ____________________________________ 94
Chelin Music Distributing Co. ______________ 38
Chicago Lock Co. ____________________________________ 22
Clark Distributing Co. __________________ Cover III
Coast Enterprises ________________________________ ____ 85
Coin Machine Acceptance Corp.________ 42
Coinmatic Distributors __________________________ 57
Coradio. Inc. ____ ________________________________________ 9
Crystalette Music Co .. Inc. ____________________ 30
Devices Novelty Sales Co. ___________________ 80
Eagle 'C oin Machine Co. _______________________ _ 46
Empire Coin Machine Exchange ________ 61
Exhibit Supply Co. __________________________________ 14
Faeder, Jack _________________________ : ____________________ 78
Ferrara Candy Co. ____________________________ ______ 91
Flexible Mirror Co. _____________________________ .44. 60
Garrison Sales Co. __________________________________ 49
Genco. Inc. ________________ _________________________ :_,____ 6
General Music Co. ________________________ Cover IV
Gold Coast Coin Machine Exchange 27
Golden Gate Novelty Co. ______________________ 99
Gottlieb. D.. and Co. ______________________________ 27
Gray-Mills Co. ______________ ____________________________ 25
Gutshall. Jack, Distributing Co. ____ __ ____ 50
Honeyman Distributing Co. _____________ : ____ 68
Ideal Weighing Machine Co. ______________ 94
Illinois Lock Co. _______________________________ _________ 102
International Mutoscope C-orp.____________ 3
Jennings. O. D .. and Co.___ ______________ ______ 7
Jensen Industries. Inc:: _________________ ,: _________ 54
Jones Distributing Co. ________________ 17, 39. 103
Kander Art Studio ____________________ : _______ ______ :_ 58'
Kayem Products Co. ________________________________ 77
Krispy Kernels Co. __________________ , ___ ::, ___________ 74
LaYJl1on~ PauL __ ___________ 8. 11. 23. 28. 29. 34.
,
58.59
Lazar. B. D .. Co. __________ ______________________________ 18
Leuenhagen. W. H .. and Co. ________________ 54
Lion Mfg. Corp. _________________________ _ : _____________ 71
Local Vending Machine Co. __________________ 40
Magna Electronics Co. ____________________________ 12
Mape, E. T., Distributing Co. ________________ 36
Marlin Amusement Corp. ______________________ 16
Maser. H. R .. Music Co. __________________________ 31
McPherson Mfg. Co. ______________________________ __ 34
Merge Studios _________________________________________ 38
Mills Sales Co .. Ltd. __ ____________________________ 33
Minthorne Music Co. ______________ Front Cover
Modern Sanitary Sales __________________________ 74
Moore. Jack R .. Co. ____ ______________________________ 47
Nationdl Slug Rejector Service
Co. of California ________________________________ 29
Nelson. Nels ______________________________________________ 101
Nickabob Co. _______________________________________ ____ 73
Nickabob Sales Co. ___________________ ______________ 73
Northwest Sales Co. ____________________________ ____ 49
Northwestern ,C orp. _________ : ______________________ 80
One Use Toothbrush _________________ _________ 75, 76
Operators Vending Mach.
Supply Co. ____________________________ ________________ 92
Osborn Distributing Co. ________________________ 96
Parent Distributing Co. __________________________ 81
Permo, Inc. ___________________________________________ 52. 53
Pollard, M. A .. Co. ____________________________________ 10
RCA Victor ________________________________________________ 55
Re-Sharp Needle Service ____________ 56. 58. 60
Revco. Inc. ____________________________ _____________ __ ____ 86
Ritchie. Harry P .. Co. ______________________________ 84
Robinson. C. A.. andCo. ____ 24. 62. 64. 90
Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp.______________________ _ __ 41
Rowe Mfg. Co .. Inc. ____________________ ____________ 97
Sam, G. B._______________________________ ___________________ 11
Schott. Walter L .. Co. ______________________________ 24
Schutter Candy Co. ________________________ __ ______ 91
Scotto Music Co. ______________________________________ 45
Seattle Coin Machine Co. _________________ 98
Seeburg. J. P .. Corp. ______________________ Cover II
Silver., Leon. "Hi-Ho" ______________________________ 87
Silver King Corp. ______________________________________ 82
Southern California Music
Operator's Assn. _______________ __ __ ________ ____ 59
Specialty Record Sales Co. __________________ 56
Standard Specialty Co. ______________ 65. 70. 78
Stephens & Hodgson ___________ ___________________ 99
Stoner Corp. ___________________________________________ ___ 89
Sully's Enterprises __________________________________ 33
T. & C. Co. __________________________________________________ 84
Tradio, Inc. ________ ________________________________________ 4
United Mfg. Co. _______________________________________ , 21
Viking Specialty Co .. Inc. ______________________ 93
Viking Tool Co. __________________ ______________________ 83
Williams Mfg. Co. ____________ _ ____________________ 28
Williamson Distributing Co. ____ _____ ~ _____ 20
Wolf Sales Co .. Ine. ________________________________ 49
Zeigler Insurance Agency ____________________ 30
FOR
JqLY
1947
Bubble Gum "Testers"
Kwik-Cafe Coffee Vendor
Debuts in Philly
Doctor Seeks Nuisance
Abatement on Phono
PHILADELPHIA - Two former GI's
here have developed a coin coffee machine
which they claim is the only automatic
dispenser on th e market at present.
In proquction only a few months, the
machines already are going over big on
locations in this area and the two part-
ners, Lloyd Rudd and K. Cyrus Melikian,
are about ready to move into a new and
larger plant.
Operating as Rudd-Melikian, Inc., the
two partners got the idea for a coffee ma-
chine while they were stationed at Wright
Field, Dayton, Ohio. They saw soldiers
going in and out of PX's there and gulp-
ing coffee like mad. They concluded coffee
was a big business.
Both are graduate engineers, and they
put their professional heads together to
attempt an - engineering solution of the
coffee problem.
Called Kwik-Kafe (with an accent on
the final "e") , th e machin e delivers coffee
piping hot in a Dixie cup five seconds after
inserting a nickel in the slot. After the
coin is inserted, a cup is released and hot
water and liquid coffee ar e poured into
it. At the same time, a wooden spoon is
part way ejected from a slot. The buyer
then can press control buttons to inject
liquid cream or sugar, or both, into the
concoction. An added feature is that the
entire dispensing area is constantly bathed
in sanitary, ultra-violet light.
Aiming at the coffee-consuming market
in industrial plants, the two partners are
stressing in their advertising that " coffee
service boosts production." At their first
public showing, they gave away a research
study by Pan-American Coffee Bureau on
the value of coffee as an aid to factory
production. Engineers at the showing were
impressed.
On hand to demonstrate the machine
were two men who left big jobs to throw
in their lot with Kwik-Kafe. They are
Arthur (Mike) Silverman, for years with
Spacarb Philadelphia Co., who is selling
for Kwik-Kafe, and John A. Jackson, who
gave up a job selling railroad cars for
Budd Co_ to become Kwik-Kafe sales
manager and distributor in North Jersey.
Both Silverman and Jackson, enthusiastic
about the present machine, revealed that
future models are to be given greater
refinements. New machines are soon to
have coin changers and adjustable con-
trols so that the consumer can regulate
how much sugar or cream he wants.
Statistics on the machine are: operates
on AC current . . but can be converted to
DC; measures 18 inches deep, 35 inches
wide and 71 inches high; dispenses 425
cups without refilling and every cup is
165 degrees at serving. The cabinet is
finished in cream and brown. The com-
pany sells the liquid coffee and sugar to
go with the machine but an operator can
supply his own. ' Profits are said to be better
than 50 per cent.
PHILADELPHIA-Music machine oper-
ators here are watching with interest a suit
started recently by a physician to have
music boxes in a store next to his office de-
clared a nuisance and the nuisance abated.
Dr. Philip Getson brought his action in
Common Pleas Court No.4 against Nathan
and Irving Brown, who operate a candy and
cigar store at 2601 N. 29th St. The doctor
alleged that noise from the machines and
from loudspeakers used with them caused
him pain and annoyance, loss of sleep for
himself and members of his family and in-
terfered with his practice.
He asked the court to "prohibit operation
of the boxes in an objectionable manner"
and to prohibit their operation from 10 p.m.
to 7 a.m. weekdays and all day Sunday and
to forbid the defendants to cause crowds to
gathel' in front of th eir store.
Fruit and lee Cream
NEW YORK-Ice cream provides the
fruit farmers with an annual market of 50
million pounds of their product, and as
ice cream vendors continue to grow in
popularity and thus open new outlets, many
more pounds will be utilized.
Fruits used include strawberries, peaches,
raspberries, cherries, pineapples, limes,
cantaloupes, oranges, bananas, apricots,
blackberries, blueberries, Boysenberries,
raisins, dates, figs, pears, grapes, lemons,
Loganberries, nectarines, currants, apples,
plums, and avocados.
SAN GABRIEL, Calif. - The air has
been filled with the sound of popping bub·
ble gum here recently-and it's al1 be-
cause H. A. Marshall, owner of California
Fruit Chimes Co. has called upon local
school children to conduct daily free
"tests" of his gum.
Word of free bubble gum traveled like
lightning, and now every afternoon after
school a block-long line of youngsters are
queuing up for a sample chewing of the
day's batch. At first, Marshall tried to ac-
commodate everyone, but now he's set a
quota and it's first come first served.
Recently, the testers included Bob
Hope's radio show, with Frank Sinatra
and the rest of the cast. Occasion was the
benefit show for the Alhambra YMCA.
Marshall, who started out three years ago
making lollipops, enjoyed the show, th e
bubble gum gags-and the publicity- as
much as the kids.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
JULY 1947
This Index is an editorial feature and is not part of the Advertiser's Contract
THE REVIEW assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.
AMCO ___________________________________ , ____________________ 26
Adams-Fairfax Corp. ______ 72. 79. 85, 88. 91
Advance Automatic Sales Co. ____________ .100
Allite Mfg. Co .. Inc. _______ __________ ____________ 5
Alpha Distributing Co. ____________________________ 44
Automatic Coin Inserter Co. _______________ 95
Automatic Enterprises __________________________ 66
Badger Novelty Co. _______________________________ 105
Badger Sales Co. ______________________________________ 105
Barkhuff. DeI-. Co.________________________ _ _________ 18
Bledsoe. N. 0. _________________ __________________________ 19
Buckley Mfq. Co. __________________________________ 35. 43
Burcham, Don H .. Co. __________ ____________________ 88
CMI. Inc. ___________________________________________________ 23
Calif. Music Operator's Assn. ______________ 37
Candy Service Co .. Inc. ___ ____________________ 92
Capitol Records. Inc. ______ ________________________ 57
Chase Candy Co. ____________________________________ 94
Chelin Music Distributing Co. ______________ 38
Chicago Lock Co. ____________________________________ 22
Clark Distributing Co. __________________ Cover III
Coast Enterprises ________________________________ ____ 85
Coin Machine Acceptance Corp.________ 42
Coinmatic Distributors __________________________ 57
Coradio. Inc. ____ ________________________________________ 9
Crystalette Music Co .. Inc. ____________________ 30
Devices Novelty Sales Co. ___________________ 80
Eagle 'C oin Machine Co. _______________________ _ 46
Empire Coin Machine Exchange ________ 61
Exhibit Supply Co. __________________________________ 14
Faeder, Jack _________________________ : ____________________ 78
Ferrara Candy Co. ____________________________ ______ 91
Flexible Mirror Co. _____________________________ .44. 60
Garrison Sales Co. __________________________________ 49
Genco. Inc. ________________ _________________________ :_,____ 6
General Music Co. ________________________ Cover IV
Gold Coast Coin Machine Exchange 27
Golden Gate Novelty Co. ______________________ 99
Gottlieb. D.. and Co. ______________________________ 27
Gray-Mills Co. ______________ ____________________________ 25
Gutshall. Jack, Distributing Co. ____ __ ____ 50
Honeyman Distributing Co. _____________ : ____ 68
Ideal Weighing Machine Co. ______________ 94
Illinois Lock Co. _______________________________ _________ 102
International Mutoscope C-orp.____________ 3
Jennings. O. D .. and Co.___ ______________ ______ 7
Jensen Industries. Inc:: _________________ ,: _________ 54
Jones Distributing Co. ________________ 17, 39. 103
Kander Art Studio ____________________ : _______ ______ :_ 58'
Kayem Products Co. ________________________________ 77
Krispy Kernels Co. __________________ , ___ ::, ___________ 74
LaYJl1on~ PauL __ ___________ 8. 11. 23. 28. 29. 34.
,
58.59
Lazar. B. D .. Co. __________ ______________________________ 18
Leuenhagen. W. H .. and Co. ________________ 54
Lion Mfg. Corp. _________________________ _ : _____________ 71
Local Vending Machine Co. __________________ 40
Magna Electronics Co. ____________________________ 12
Mape, E. T., Distributing Co. ________________ 36
Marlin Amusement Corp. ______________________ 16
Maser. H. R .. Music Co. __________________________ 31
McPherson Mfg. Co. ______________________________ __ 34
Merge Studios _________________________________________ 38
Mills Sales Co .. Ltd. __ ____________________________ 33
Minthorne Music Co. ______________ Front Cover
Modern Sanitary Sales __________________________ 74
Moore. Jack R .. Co. ____ ______________________________ 47
Nationdl Slug Rejector Service
Co. of California ________________________________ 29
Nelson. Nels ______________________________________________ 101
Nickabob Co. _______________________________________ ____ 73
Nickabob Sales Co. ___________________ ______________ 73
Northwest Sales Co. ____________________________ ____ 49
Northwestern ,C orp. _________ : ______________________ 80
One Use Toothbrush _________________ _________ 75, 76
Operators Vending Mach.
Supply Co. ____________________________ ________________ 92
Osborn Distributing Co. ________________________ 96
Parent Distributing Co. __________________________ 81
Permo, Inc. ___________________________________________ 52. 53
Pollard, M. A .. Co. ____________________________________ 10
RCA Victor ________________________________________________ 55
Re-Sharp Needle Service ____________ 56. 58. 60
Revco. Inc. ____________________________ _____________ __ ____ 86
Ritchie. Harry P .. Co. ______________________________ 84
Robinson. C. A.. andCo. ____ 24. 62. 64. 90
Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp.______________________ _ __ 41
Rowe Mfg. Co .. Inc. ____________________ ____________ 97
Sam, G. B._______________________________ ___________________ 11
Schott. Walter L .. Co. ______________________________ 24
Schutter Candy Co. ________________________ __ ______ 91
Scotto Music Co. ______________________________________ 45
Seattle Coin Machine Co. _________________ 98
Seeburg. J. P .. Corp. ______________________ Cover II
Silver., Leon. "Hi-Ho" ______________________________ 87
Silver King Corp. ______________________________________ 82
Southern California Music
Operator's Assn. _______________ __ __ ________ ____ 59
Specialty Record Sales Co. __________________ 56
Standard Specialty Co. ______________ 65. 70. 78
Stephens & Hodgson ___________ ___________________ 99
Stoner Corp. ___________________________________________ ___ 89
Sully's Enterprises __________________________________ 33
T. & C. Co. __________________________________________________ 84
Tradio, Inc. ________ ________________________________________ 4
United Mfg. Co. _______________________________________ , 21
Viking Specialty Co .. Inc. ______________________ 93
Viking Tool Co. __________________ ______________________ 83
Williams Mfg. Co. ____________ _ ____________________ 28
Williamson Distributing Co. ____ _____ ~ _____ 20
Wolf Sales Co .. Ine. ________________________________ 49
Zeigler Insurance Agency ____________________ 30
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