Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1947 March - Page 14
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JACK FITZGIBBONS
Tafco, Inc.
Mea~derings
COIN
MACH INE
REV/~
14
FOR '
MARCH
1947
JACK PERO
National Sen'ice Sales Corp.
allhe "Mogniliganza"
CHICAGO-One ~ore reason why the
date of the show should be changed: O. A.
(Putt) Kincaid, Northwest Sales' traveling
ambassador, ice-slipped while stepping into
a cab just before opening day and chipped
a shoulder bone. The only exhibits he saw
were those hauled out by nurses and medi-
cos at the hospital. ... One of the cleverest
gadgets sported by coinmen was the button
worn in the lapel of Ray Buechner of Cen-
tral Ohio Coin Machine Exchange. Through
a small battery in his pocket, Ray was able
to flash a red light marked "Tilt" whenever
he desired.
Jim Mangan almost scored the coup d'etat
of the show whenl;.\le carne within a gnat's
eyebrow of arrangmg for Henry Ford II to
address the public relations gathering. Ford,
unfortunately, had already committed him-
self to appear at anotber meeting .. . " Lots
of new faces," was the succinct observation
of Babe Levy. veteran LOWEST PRICES
IN THE COUNTRY! !
5 Wurliher 24, Adapters
included ...... ea. $159.50
3 Wurliher 600K .. ea. 225.00
2 W urliher 500K . . ea. 230.00
Seeburg Colonel
E. S . . .
275.00
1 Rockola Monarch .
165.00
5 Wurliher 61 6 '" ea. 125.00
Rockola 16
95.00
10 Mills Thrones . ea. 150.00
Bowling Leag ue 9 f~
skee ball, crated .... 65.00
• W urlitier Nationa l 14
ft. skee ball, crated . 85.00
75.00
Chico Hockey
... . .. . . . 65.00
Skyfighter
Chico Goalee , like new 225.00
Mutoscope Punching
Bag ... ... .. . . . . " 40.00
Mills Three Bells
5-10-25c .. . . . .... . 335.00
All Equipment in Exc:ellent Order.
Terms: '12 Deposit with Order.
/
Olshein Distributing Co.
1100 Broadway
Albany 4, N. Y.
J. W. COAN
Coan Mfg. Co.
JAKE BREIDT
U·N eeda Vendors, Inc.
gaming in Birmingham, Ala. Formerly han-
dling all types of equipment, Babe now goes
in exclusively for scales.
Our vote for the most welcome sign dis-
played anywhere : the "NoTipping, Please,"
placard at luncheon and banquet tables ...
A state motif was predominant at the Aireon
banquet at the Congress Hotel. Some 300
folks were seated at tables marked accord-
ing to states. A three-piece band theme-
songed for "Dear old" IlJjnois, Washington,
Pennsylvania, etc . . . _ The most Algerish
comman present was George Sax. In 1935
he borrowed $15,000 to launch into the sales-
board business. Today he own s six punch-
board companies, 20 hotel s, three banks,
and is worth about five million dollars.
Dick Fields, son of Packard's Northwest
representative, Fred Fields, looked well fed
and contented. Dick, an expert phonoman
in his own right, is managing A_ F. McFee's
route in Idaho_ "Idaho has stayed with
nickel music," Dick said. "Personally, I feel
it's too late to go to a dime_ Prices on all
other commodities are going down_ This is
no time for music to go up_"
More corroborating evidence that the coin
business has a positive allure which is diffi-
cult to by-pass. was fou nd in a chit-chat with
C. W. Musser of. Kansas City, who retired
from Coinland in 1937. At that time he
operated 540 bell machines and 100 Paces
Races, and h ad sold several race-horse ma-
chine patents to H. C. ,E vans & Co. Musser
was seen wandering among the exhibits with
a nostalgic look on his face_ Asked how
1947 shaped up in the eyes of a vet coins tel',
he said: "I think it will be a good year for
the operator, but not so good for the manu-
facturer. Scarcity of vital materials, plus
their high cost, is making it rough for the
game makers."
Two more ex-coinmen itching to get back
into th e chute were Wayne Odom, Cle Elum,
Wash., and M. L. Polevoi of Akron. Odom
recently sold his pin game and phono route,
but no sooner had the papers been signed
than he mused: '~l may buy a route in Pierce
County and get back in the business." Pole-
voi paid particular heed to pin tables, candy
and nut vendors. "rve been out of the busi- '
ness a year 'llnd it seems like a lifetime," he
commented _
A heart attack on the opening day of the
show hospitalized Art Cooley, vice-presi dent
and treasurer of Mills Industries . . . She
was one of those cute cuties several exhib-
itors employed to draw attention to their
prod uct (in an indirect way, of course).
Strolling along the upper lobby draped in
silks, satins, ribbons and flesh, she was ac-
costed by an operator_ "Who do you repre-
sent?" he asked. "Daval," the damsel re-
plied. "Something new in coin devi ces has
been added," chortled the opel:ator.
Bill WoH (M. S. Wolf Distributing Co.)
buying d rinks for his friends at the Celtic
. _ . lack Gutshall had a booth but spent
very li ttle time there, high-spottilig the
sights of Chicago wi th Homer Capehart . ..
Capehart, by the way, missed the grand ban-
quet. Time and Congress, it seems, wait for
11 0 man .. . One half of Northwest Amuse-
ment Co.'s Arnsberg team (Harry) attend-
ed the show while the other half (Ace) was
in Palm Springs soaking up sunshine_ "We're
starting to expand operations," Harry told
THE REVIEW.
There is no ten-cen t phonoing in Indian-
apolis, according to Clarence Hohman of
.l anes Music. T his firm, incidentally, in-
stalled the city's first individual type music
system . .. 'That smile of deli~ht on the face
of Ed Leese whenever compliments on the
Master Changer and Junior Changer were
passe d around is easily explained. You see,
Ed is the inventor of both items. Asked to
make a prediction on !he future of auto-
matic changers, he said: "From past expe-
ri~nce, I think those which are inside a
location and where the proprietor can keep
an eye on them will do all right. Rut I'm
NICKELS
• • •
Quick as a FI,ash!
With
JUNIOB CHIINGEBS
Highly polished chrome finish - precision mao
chined-weighted non.slip base-capacity thi.r·
teen dollars in nickels-ciispenses five coins from
. -eac:h tube.
$17.50
(Distributor Discounts)
norlhwe:ji
Sa4dif' ~tJ.
3144 Elliott Ave;, Seattle l :I .l as":i"gton
JACK FITZGIBBONS
Tafco, Inc.
Mea~derings
COIN
MACH INE
REV/~
14
FOR '
MARCH
1947
JACK PERO
National Sen'ice Sales Corp.
allhe "Mogniliganza"
CHICAGO-One ~ore reason why the
date of the show should be changed: O. A.
(Putt) Kincaid, Northwest Sales' traveling
ambassador, ice-slipped while stepping into
a cab just before opening day and chipped
a shoulder bone. The only exhibits he saw
were those hauled out by nurses and medi-
cos at the hospital. ... One of the cleverest
gadgets sported by coinmen was the button
worn in the lapel of Ray Buechner of Cen-
tral Ohio Coin Machine Exchange. Through
a small battery in his pocket, Ray was able
to flash a red light marked "Tilt" whenever
he desired.
Jim Mangan almost scored the coup d'etat
of the show whenl;.\le carne within a gnat's
eyebrow of arrangmg for Henry Ford II to
address the public relations gathering. Ford,
unfortunately, had already committed him-
self to appear at anotber meeting .. . " Lots
of new faces," was the succinct observation
of Babe Levy. veteran LOWEST PRICES
IN THE COUNTRY! !
5 Wurliher 24, Adapters
included ...... ea. $159.50
3 Wurliher 600K .. ea. 225.00
2 W urliher 500K . . ea. 230.00
Seeburg Colonel
E. S . . .
275.00
1 Rockola Monarch .
165.00
5 Wurliher 61 6 '" ea. 125.00
Rockola 16
95.00
10 Mills Thrones . ea. 150.00
Bowling Leag ue 9 f~
skee ball, crated .... 65.00
• W urlitier Nationa l 14
ft. skee ball, crated . 85.00
75.00
Chico Hockey
... . .. . . . 65.00
Skyfighter
Chico Goalee , like new 225.00
Mutoscope Punching
Bag ... ... .. . . . . " 40.00
Mills Three Bells
5-10-25c .. . . . .... . 335.00
All Equipment in Exc:ellent Order.
Terms: '12 Deposit with Order.
/
Olshein Distributing Co.
1100 Broadway
Albany 4, N. Y.
J. W. COAN
Coan Mfg. Co.
JAKE BREIDT
U·N eeda Vendors, Inc.
gaming in Birmingham, Ala. Formerly han-
dling all types of equipment, Babe now goes
in exclusively for scales.
Our vote for the most welcome sign dis-
played anywhere : the "NoTipping, Please,"
placard at luncheon and banquet tables ...
A state motif was predominant at the Aireon
banquet at the Congress Hotel. Some 300
folks were seated at tables marked accord-
ing to states. A three-piece band theme-
songed for "Dear old" IlJjnois, Washington,
Pennsylvania, etc . . . _ The most Algerish
comman present was George Sax. In 1935
he borrowed $15,000 to launch into the sales-
board business. Today he own s six punch-
board companies, 20 hotel s, three banks,
and is worth about five million dollars.
Dick Fields, son of Packard's Northwest
representative, Fred Fields, looked well fed
and contented. Dick, an expert phonoman
in his own right, is managing A_ F. McFee's
route in Idaho_ "Idaho has stayed with
nickel music," Dick said. "Personally, I feel
it's too late to go to a dime_ Prices on all
other commodities are going down_ This is
no time for music to go up_"
More corroborating evidence that the coin
business has a positive allure which is diffi-
cult to by-pass. was fou nd in a chit-chat with
C. W. Musser of. Kansas City, who retired
from Coinland in 1937. At that time he
operated 540 bell machines and 100 Paces
Races, and h ad sold several race-horse ma-
chine patents to H. C. ,E vans & Co. Musser
was seen wandering among the exhibits with
a nostalgic look on his face_ Asked how
1947 shaped up in the eyes of a vet coins tel',
he said: "I think it will be a good year for
the operator, but not so good for the manu-
facturer. Scarcity of vital materials, plus
their high cost, is making it rough for the
game makers."
Two more ex-coinmen itching to get back
into th e chute were Wayne Odom, Cle Elum,
Wash., and M. L. Polevoi of Akron. Odom
recently sold his pin game and phono route,
but no sooner had the papers been signed
than he mused: '~l may buy a route in Pierce
County and get back in the business." Pole-
voi paid particular heed to pin tables, candy
and nut vendors. "rve been out of the busi- '
ness a year 'llnd it seems like a lifetime," he
commented _
A heart attack on the opening day of the
show hospitalized Art Cooley, vice-presi dent
and treasurer of Mills Industries . . . She
was one of those cute cuties several exhib-
itors employed to draw attention to their
prod uct (in an indirect way, of course).
Strolling along the upper lobby draped in
silks, satins, ribbons and flesh, she was ac-
costed by an operator_ "Who do you repre-
sent?" he asked. "Daval," the damsel re-
plied. "Something new in coin devi ces has
been added," chortled the opel:ator.
Bill WoH (M. S. Wolf Distributing Co.)
buying d rinks for his friends at the Celtic
. _ . lack Gutshall had a booth but spent
very li ttle time there, high-spottilig the
sights of Chicago wi th Homer Capehart . ..
Capehart, by the way, missed the grand ban-
quet. Time and Congress, it seems, wait for
11 0 man .. . One half of Northwest Amuse-
ment Co.'s Arnsberg team (Harry) attend-
ed the show while the other half (Ace) was
in Palm Springs soaking up sunshine_ "We're
starting to expand operations," Harry told
THE REVIEW.
There is no ten-cen t phonoing in Indian-
apolis, according to Clarence Hohman of
.l anes Music. T his firm, incidentally, in-
stalled the city's first individual type music
system . .. 'That smile of deli~ht on the face
of Ed Leese whenever compliments on the
Master Changer and Junior Changer were
passe d around is easily explained. You see,
Ed is the inventor of both items. Asked to
make a prediction on !he future of auto-
matic changers, he said: "From past expe-
ri~nce, I think those which are inside a
location and where the proprietor can keep
an eye on them will do all right. Rut I'm
NICKELS
• • •
Quick as a FI,ash!
With
JUNIOB CHIINGEBS
Highly polished chrome finish - precision mao
chined-weighted non.slip base-capacity thi.r·
teen dollars in nickels-ciispenses five coins from
. -eac:h tube.
$17.50
(Distributor Discounts)
norlhwe:ji
Sa4dif' ~tJ.
3144 Elliott Ave;, Seattle l :I .l as":i"gton
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