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MACHINE
REVIEW
92
FOR
SEPTEMBER
"47
called on these operators on the way back
from San Francisco: Don Sears and Dick
Arndt, of Medford; Bud Hill, of Grants
Pass; Cliff Breniman, of Coos Bay; Ra-y
Richards, of Reedsport; and Ernie McGee,
of Newport.
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Frank Sandberg reports he is now making
delivery on the new phonographs and he
adds th e hit tune selector is meeting with
popular acclaim. Frank's secretary, Betty
Ellers, is on her vacation.
Ted Miller, of Coast Amusement Co.,
says he has no complaints to make about
business. This company recently purchased
four new phonographs.
Jim Harris, of J. H. Harris Inc., Van-
couver, spends most of his time at his
ranch up in the John Day country nowadays.
Arnold Caplan, of the A and B Candy
Co., said they are doing a big job on ball
bubble gum. Incidentally, Arnold says he
has a barrel full of pennies that operators
have turn ed in on the purchase of supplies.
Arnold says penny vending machine oper·
ators are working on a larger margin of
profit now. The A and B Candy Co. are
distributors for the Victor Vending Ma·
chine Co. and the Adams·Fairfax five·cent
Cash Tra y.
Gilbert
J. Ackels
San· Fran~is~o
Jack R. Moore Co., Seeburg distributor,
kept open house recently, celebrating the
complete remodeling of its three· story build-
ing. Moore came down from the Northwest
for the occasion. He and Manager Johnny
Ruggiero, as well as the entire staff, greeted
th e guests and looked after th eir comfort.
Hundreds of operators from all over North-
ern California, accompanied by their wives,
and members of their organizations, attend·
ed the festivities.
Viking Specialty Co. is extending its cov-
erage for Nat ional postage stamp machines
and the entire vending machine lin e of Cali-
fornia P eanut Co.- known as the "Dux"
brand-over the t). western states. Bill Col-
lier, Viking partrier, reports that two addi-
tional offices had been opened by Bert Farm·
er, one in Spokane with Harold F armer in
charge, while the Portland office is headed
by Vestus Farmer.
It was mentioned last month that Bert
Farmer is making his headquarters in Seat-
tle. Bill Collier stated that the three Farm-
er brothers are all old- timers in the coin
machine field, and are well known th rough·
out the Northwest. They recently visjted San
Francisco to hold a two-day sales conference
with Bill Collier and his partner, Don Mc-
Clinton. Viking is now in th e process of ap-
pointing capable men in the key ci ties of
the other western states.
George Bennett of George R. Murdo ck &
Associates stated that acceptance of th e new
1947 Rock·OI a is surpassing th eir most opti-
mistic expectation s. "This past month," said
Bennett, "we have been booking carload
orders in many instances." The George Mur·
docks are staying at their beautiful home in
Catalina Island where Mrs. Murdo ck is con-
valesci ng from a serious illness. George is
doin g a swell job nursing hi s wife back to
health.
George Bennett is an ardent fisherman
and plans to take a short vacation at Cata·
lin a, havin g heard th at th e marlins are put-
tin g in a n appearance. Willard Wayne is on
th e nimrod side and will go deer huntin g in
the near future.
Out-of· town operators recently callin g at
Associates were: Bob Durham, Chi co, who
is back on the jop after recovering from a
serious ear operation; Charles Sponagle,
Bill Morgan, Gus Kuhns, Frank Marty and
Burlie J ames, San Jose; Joe William son,
An thon y Nieto, Bob Abramson, Dick Lea· '
veil, a nd Pat Toronto, Sacramento; H. Ro·
ters, Roy Lambert and 1. Hickman, Stock-
ton ; Pete Lauristen, Salinas; Al Crawford,
Los .Banos; Wayne Gettis, Santa Cruz; Tom
Sawyer, Monterey; W. D. Tanner and T ex
Mitchell, Fresno; J ack Cerutti, Livermore;
J . T. Goulart, Brentwood; J ack Girdner,
Watsonville; and Ted Towers, Marysville.
Currently displayed in the showroom of
M. A. Pollard Co. are Evans' Races, which
are ready for delivery, and Evans'. Bangtails,
cash and free-play convertible . .
Nobro Novelty Co. i s distributor for Gen·
co's new five· ball, free-play pin ball game,
Honey, and also Williams' Tor.c,hy, another
pin ball game. Joe Noto stated that they
have a goo d selection of hard·to·get records,
also a -large quantity of used arcade equip.
ment, and other coin·operated devices.
D. H. Osborn, owner of Osborn Distribut-
ing Co., stated that he is receIvmg ship·
ments of th e new Packard Manhattan pho-
nographs, and they are going out as fa st as
th ey are received. Almost a- whol e carload
of P. X. cigarette vendors is en route. Both
D. H. O sborn and his general sales man-
ager, Myrl Park, expressed the opinion th at
operators' business is not as lush as it was
during the war, but it is considerably better
than it was during the pre-war years.
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Gisela Ner
Los Angeles
At practically every distributor's show-
room along Coin Row the delivery situa-
tion is showin g great improvement. Not
for years have operators been able to ac-
quire so much new equipment. And it's
about time ! Many an operator has lost
valuabl e locations because he 'could not
obtain a new phonograph or cigarette rna·
chine and has watched a luckier operator
walk in and take over. In new phonographs,
you can take your pick, from Aireons to
Wurlitzers. For new cigarette vendors, you
can see Nickabob for Px's E. C. McNe il
for Nationals (electric and manually oper-
ated), Blake Sales for Eastern Electros,
Coin rna tic for U-Need-A's.
Same is true of practically every type
of game and vending machine. There's
no longer any excuse for an operator to
lose business because of outmoded equip-
ment. The man who thinks he can keep
on fooling his location owners with tales
of shortages just hasn't go t all his marbles!
Hum Brockamp, of the Pantages Maestro
Co., is now devoting h is entire time to
sales an d intends to do considerable travel-
in g on behalf of the wired music and mir-
rored cabinet lines. Harry Snodgrass has
been named general manag~r of the
comp any.
Slini Rickert, electrical engineer for N a-
t:onal Vendors, Inc., was in town recently
for a few days. He and E. C. McNeil,
National Vendors factory representative in
th e 11 Western States, spent consi derable
time checkin g over electric cigarette vend-
in g machine equipm en t with operators.
Another visitor to these parts was Jack
Mathis formerly a well-known music oper-
ator, ~ow engaged in private flyin g in
Las Vegas and Reno.
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Dannie Jackson and Sam Domn, of
Automatic Games, recently set up the
Club Bingo, Las Vegas, which has probably
th e largest bingo layout in th e entire
country. Jackson and Donin have found
business so good in Nevada that they are
planning to open an office in Las Vegas.
Jack Olsen, of Shipman Manufacturing
Co., is off for a vacation at Reno and
Lake Tahoe.
Robert Stark, of Ideal Weighing Ma-
chine Co., has been keeping up production
of the Aristocrat scales and reports a
steady volum e of sales for this popular
m ~h~~
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Operators Vending Machine Sup~ly Co.
is getting back in to th e productIOn of
French Pep Pellets, which were big sellers
before th e war. Candy vending machine
operators will find this new line well worth
th eir a ttention, says Sid Bloom. Bloom,
in cidentally, with his partner, Sam We~tz­
man, is planning a three-week huntIT~ g
and fi shin g trip in Colorado, early m
October.
Bill Simmons, W estern regional manager
for Packard Pla-Mor, attended the show-
in g of The Manhattan held recently by the
J ack Gutshall Distributing Co. at EI Cortez
Hotel in San Diego, and states that he
saw more operators than ever before at
the showing of a new phonograph. "The
Packard people really got t he good word
around," says Bill.