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commercial television, we will also continue
in the new and used phonograph business."
A veteran of the radio and electronics field
since 1924, Clark is enthusiastic about the
Trans·Vue television system. He feels that
operators who refuse to face the facts of
television will find that commercial sets in
bars and taverns are here to stay and that
the visual impact of the medium makes it
a "must" for this type of location.
"We are encouraging the operator to
lease the unit to bars on a flat rental basis
under a one or two year contract. The op·
erator will th'en be able to realize a hand·
some profit without having to depend on
coin box grosses."
Leon "Hi·Ho" Silver, who in less than
three short years has built a thriving dis·
tributing business, outgrew his old head·
quarters and has moved to a more spacious
establishment at 540·542 Hayes St., where
he now has a nice display room, complete
facilities for servicing all types of vending
machines, large stock room space for bulk
merchandise, coin·counting room, and
plenty of space for those fast.selling Acorn
vendors. "We really do~'~, n~ed ~uch. shelf
space for those Acorns,
Hl·Ho qUipped,
"because they move out almost as fast as
they arrive."
The newly organized Emarcy Distribut·
ing Co., exclusive Wurlitzer distributors
for this area, boasts of two of the oldest
music men in the business in point of
ervice. M. H. "Rosey" Ro enberg has
been with Wurlitzer for 24 years, while
T. C. "Tim" Crummett has been a Wur-
litzer distributor for the past 15 years.
Both men hail from the Midwest.
The an wer to reduced per-machine bulk
sales is still more machines to increase
over-all volume, according to Ralph Ellis,
local operator. Ellis says that Boston Baked
Beans are No. 1 sellers in his vendors with
Spanish and Virginia peanuts runners-up.
Bill Schetter has resigned from the presi-
dency of Jack R. Moore Co. After a
month's vacation in Palm Springs, he will
return to Northern California and once
again enter the coin game. New officers at
the Moore Co. are: Mrs. Dorothy Moore,
president; Ralph Perin, vice-president; and
John Lauterrett, secretary-treasurer.
Bayings From the Bay Area - Ernie
Brennan, formerly with General Music, is
now specializing in sales and service of
Buckley Track Odds at his new location:
445 Turk Street . _ . Alco Deree's 30-wire
5-10-25c music box, being handled in this
territory by E. T. Mape Distributing Co.,
is now on test location, with deliveries
scheduled by April 1 .. _ Exhibit's Dale
gun is enjoying good sales at Golden Gate
Novelty ... Bob Meyer of San Jose Novelty
visiting local distributors on a shopping
trip.
R. F. Jone Co. has distribution of a new
remote control truck called Drive-It, op-
erated by transformer and electric current.
... Cher-chez la femme is the French way
of saying "look for the woman." In the
case of Standard Specialty it's Mrs. Bert
Fraga who is performing key duties to help
the firm ri e to new pinnacles . . . Roy
Sargis, formerly with Jack R. Moore Co.,
is now one of the Jones boys. He's in the
service department . . . Bally's sensational
Citation, set at 5-ball free play, is keeping
cash boxes red hot in San Jose . . . Wil-
liam Corcoran and wife are enjoying a
90-day pleasure trip in Sou th America ...
Don McClinton is being pleasantly swamped
with orders for Northwestern's Model 49
_ .. R. F. Jones, back from a trip to Salt
Lake and Denver, reports that the Moun-
tain Area is recovering from some bad
problems caused by snow.
APRIL, 1949
Announce Dual Vendor For
Hot Coffee And Chocolate
LOS ANGELES - A dual hot drink
vendor wiII provide a real money-maker for
operators, according to L. H. Kahn, of
Interstate Associates here. The firm is offer-
ing a new dispenser for hot coffee and hot
chocolate, the two drinks served by the
same machine. Trade name for the vendor
is Hot-a-Mat.
Newspapers in the area have given liberal
space to describing the vendor, because of
its unique features. The makers say it
will be in full production in four to six
weeks and that it has the full approval of
the city boards here on health and safety
regulations, known everywhere as the strict-
est regulations in the country.
Vendors may be had for nickel or dime
operation, or a combination of both at no
additional charge, and changers are op-
tional. The machine keeps all syrup con-
centrates under 40 degrees or less refrigera-
tion until the drink is served. Syrup and
hot water compartments are of stainless
steel. When coin is deposited the drink is
served in about five seconds. The firm
furnishes a standard guarantee on its new
vendors. Serving both hot coffee and hot
chocolate in the same device greatly in-
creases its earning capacity, officials state.
I.os Jlngeles
One of the sweetest deals for operators
is being offered by Ace Vending & Dis-
tributing, who are handling the new Victor
Hot-Pop. Non-coin operated, the beautiful
hot popcorn dispenser is placed on location
by the operator, who sells the popcorn to
the location. The operator collects his profit
in advance, thus eliminating all collection
problems_
The ever-popular Jack Dolan is sparking
J. Peskin Distributing Co. as sales manager,
and invites all his friends to drop in and
ay "hello."
Hanson-Loran Chemical Co., manufac-
turers of shuffleboard products in Long
Beach, wiII soon hit the market with two
or three different types of fini h for both
maple and black lop boards. Company
executives report that the new finishes wiII
be harder, faster and more durable than
lacquer and wiII prolong the playing surface
of af\)' shuffleboard.
Bill Happel of Badger Sales recently re-
turned from a Palm Springs week-end,
during which time he sold equipment to
Murphy & Hume Enterprises and Keeney
cigarette vendors to Palm Springs Tobacco
Co.
The fast-growing R. B. Clapp Co., spe-
cialists in electrical, timing, will soon have
complete stocks of A.B.T. Mfg. Corp. and
Automatic Electric Mfg. Co. products in
their Los Angeles office for immediate de-
livery_ "This is another forward step in our
program to give distributors and manufac-
turers in this area the finest service ob-
tainable," says Ralph Clapp, head of the
firm.
1949 is still comparatively young, but
vivacious Mary Sims, manager of Western
Shuffleboard's local office has already ex-
perienced a full year of woe. The Sims
Ailment Chart reads like this: two colds,
two burned fingers, one sprained ankle, and
one strep throat.
A group of San Diego operators have
formed the Coinmen's Club. Now comprised
of 17 members and growing rapidly, the
club was formed around a mutual aid idea.
A specialist in phonograph installations, for
example, lends a hand to a fellow member,
who in turn, reciprocates with one of his
special services.
Lon Garrett, sales manager for C. T.
Girdner Co., worldwide distributor for
Royal Shuffleboard, is now in the East
setting up distributorships_ Until now,
production has only been adequate to take
care of the We t, but with increased output,
the firm is ready to expand its territory.
"With the many exclusive features and with
provisions made for adjustments at 20
different points on the table - assuring
accuracy of the play field from two to five-
thousand ths of an inch-the Royal is defi-
nitely the shuffleboard preferred by opera-
tors who put quality first," Garrett said.
As near a Utopian set-up as any business
can become is being enjoyed by cigarette
operator George Watkins. Watkins sold his
Pasadena route to Harmony Cigarette Serv-
ice and bought a ranch outside Phoenix,
where he continues his cigarette operations.
Recent visitors to Badger Sales show-
rooms include N. Tarpenning, Venice; M.
E. Maltby, Santa Monica; Ivan Wilcox,
Visalia; Harry Perrine, Oceanside; Lela
Smith, Barstow; and Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Hendricks, Hanford_
A new panned confection-the sweetest
little girl you ever saw-is the latest addi-
tion to the home of Jack Heffner, a sistant
superintendent of Operators Vending Ma-
chine Supply Co.'s pan room. The vital
statistics: date of birth, March 16; weight,
6 pounds, 7 ounces; name, Judith Ann.
Operators from Paso Robles to Mexico
City visited Paul A. Laymon, Inc. the past
month to pick up deliveries on Citation and
Spot Bell. Among them were F_ L. Griffin
and Lloyd Barrett, Pomona; George Licoli,
Ontario; Alex Koleopolus and 1. A. Ewing,
Bakersfield; Al Cicero, Santa Maria; L. E.
Skinner, R. F. Fraizer, W. F. Arbuckle and
E. E. Peterson, San Diego; W. O. Adkins
and Clyde Tru ,Oceanside; Jack Mallett,
Claremont; Frank Walnum, Moro Bay;
C. C. Ellison, Lancaster; Pop Burris,
Montebello; Charles Peddicord, Anaheim;
Pete Shupp, Lynwood; Clyde Denlinger,
Balboa; Roy Jones, Jr., Inyo Kern; Jack
Arnold and Nat Smith, Barstow; E. L.
Willard, Paso Robles; I. V. Gayer, San
Bernardino; William Sparrow, Santa Bar-
bara; William Brad ley, Covina; Floyd
Stover, Fontana; Lawrence Raya, Colton;
and Gilbert Licia, Mexico City.
A. M. Mendez of the Southland Di-
tributing Co. has purchased a horne in Bel
Air and is moving his family here from the
South.
Floyd Knud on, veteran San Joaquin val-
ley operator, passed away suddenly at his
home in Fresno on Feb~uary 20th.
April 4th will be moving day for the
new Southland Distributing Co. when the
new Wurlitzer distributors for Southern
California move to new and larger quarters
at 1128 South Crenshaw Boulevard. At
present the organization is holding forth at
1503 West Pico but is sadly in need of
larger space to properly care for all their
customers' needs_
Co in- Opera ted S c o re board
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$139.50
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Paul A. Laymon, Inc.
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