Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1949 May - Page 46
in 1948 were credi ted with slightly less than
a one per cent sales gain. The firm re-
ported that its new king-size cigarette, Cava-
lier, tested in three cities, has met with a
good response from smokers. .
Internal Revenue reports on cigarette tax
collections are available for January, to
give some light on cigarette use for the first
month of the year. The official report says
that cigarette revenue for the first month
was well ahead of the first month of'1948.
Thus, Uncle Sam confirms reports of favor-
able cigarette sales trends for the first lap
of the new year.
Operators will be interested in reports
on types of locations that may be showing
bigger cigarette sales. An association offi-
cial high in the grocery store field said such
stores are becoming an increasingly impor-
tant outlet for cigarettes, probably showing
greater gains in sales than any other type
of store. The trade leader said the surface
has only been scratched, however, and that
the major opportunities for selling cigar-
ettes in groceries lies ahead.
Some cigarette operators have already
found grocery stores, even the chains, to
be good locations. Perhaps it will be wise
to note that marketeers have their eye on
grocery stores as much bigger cigarette out-
lets.
Price wars on cigarette prices are show-
ing up in scattered cities, one of the latest
being chain store prices being cut even to
15 cen ts in Los Angeles.
Rowe Stockholders
Elect Directors
NEW YORK- At a meeting of the stock-
holders of the Rowe Corp., held here on
April 19th, the following were elected direc-
tors for the ensuing year: Samuel M.
Chapin, Christian Gabrielsen, Arthur Gluck,
Robert Z. Greene, George M. Seedman and
Wickliffe Shreve.
The following have been elected officers:
R. Z. Greene, president; Arthur Gluck, ex-
ecutive vice president and treasurer; George
M. Seedman, vice president; Herbert E.
Greenberg, vice president; Joseph Lapidus,
secretary, and Bern Bernard, assistant secre-
tary and treasurer.
Seedman was elevated from secretary to
vice president, and Greenberg from assistant
treasurer to vice president. Lapidus was
promoted from assistant secretary to secre-
tary.
*
*
Poet's Nook
There was a little girl
And she had a little curl
Plastered on her forehead,
And when she was good
She was very, very good,
But when she was bad-
She was marvelous!
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NEW MACHINES
*
Offered by Manufacturers
HAYES, J AKES & B R I T TAIN
VENDI NG CO., Old Hickory, Tenn.-A
dispehser for sun tan lotions, called Spray-
A-Tan; cabinet 4 feet high, 18 inches deep,
22 inches wide, made of aluminum alloy,
capacity about one gallon of lotion; firm
makes its own oil and supplies to opera-
tors at approx. $7 per gallon, dispensing
over 500 applications, and should gross
about $51 at dime operation.
Availability: Reported in production now.
O. D. J ENNINGS & CO., 4309 W.
Lake St., Chicago 24, Ill.-Recently intro-
duced newall-chrome front for Sun Chief
bells; Sun Chief line previously listed in
E . B . METAL PRODUCTS CO., 229 this column in February issue, page 48;
144th St., Bronx 51, N. Y.- A vendor for latest chrome model is available with auto-
pocket packs of Kleenex tissues; capacity matic or hand load jackpot; newly devel-
76 units; cabinet size 10 inches by 5 oped dual tube payout mechanism and
inches, by 35 inches high, and shipping silent pull reel stop are available on
deluxe models.
weight approx. 30 pounds; recommended
for theater, restaurant, school locations,
MERO I ND USTR IES, 1332 West 69th
etc. List price, $50.
St., Chicago 36, Ill.-New shuffleboard line
Availability: Firm reports it is delivering with steel cabinets and stainless steel play-
now.
ing field; firm claims playing field is
ELECTRIC CASHIER COR P ., Burl- faster, will not mar or warp in any way;
ington, Vt.-A coin . changer, adaptable to leg adjustments offer advantages; shipping
electric vendors selling goods at five or ten weight of steel boards same as wood boards,
cents; at 5-cent price, makes change for maker says; firm also offers coin score-
dimes and quarters, and at dime price the boards and other accessories.
Availability: Reported in production now.
changer makes change for quarters; device
S T AN D A RD SHUFF L E BO A RD
measures 14 by 3 by 5 inches; device can
be changed from nickel to dime; can be LEAGUE, Inc., 3200 W. Chicago Ave.,
made easily, maker states. List price, $55. Chicago 51, Ill.-New electric scoreboard
Availability: Reported in production now . . made by Rock-Ola; firm says point scoring
D . GOTTLIE B & CO ., 1140 N. Kost- is obsolete and new system of frame scor-
ner Ave., Chicago 51, IIl.-A new amuse- ing is new trend; frame scoring reduces
playing time and may boost games played
ment game, called Buttons-and-Bows; fea-
tures listed by the manufacturer include by 50 per cent; eight frames for 2-player
pyramid scoring by means of advance but- game, 10 frames for 4-player game.
tons and advance roll overs; automatic re-
SHUFFLEB OA RD SPECI ALIS T S,
set bumpers to build up chances for free
1114 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago 5, Ill.- A
plays; special bonus pocket ; percussion newall-steel shuffleboard, with stainless
bumpers and new type bumper contacts;
steel top; sponge rubber lining for cabinet
firm also stresses fact that bonus re-set and said to eliminate noise; special leg adjust-
bonus holdover are adjustable.
ment features; stainless steel playing field
HUPP CORP., 1250 West 76th St., said to eliminate waxing, varnishing, other
Cleveland 2, Ohio.-A cup type vendor daily care. Firm also makes wood shuffle-
offered for dispensing Pepsi-Cola; maker boards and· has announced a new electric
says it is only console style cup vendor on scoreboard, scoring points or frames.
. Availability: Reported to be in production
the market; maker stresses easy servicing,
low initial cost for a cup machine, and now.
ease of repairing; weight given as 350
TRAINING D EVI CES, Inc., 1469 Elec-
pounds. Firm offers 'finance plan for pur- tric Ave., Lincoln Park 25, Mich.-New
chase of machines, with a 15 per cent down
1949 model of the well-known Quizzer
machine, also offering new scoring sign and
payment.
film supply; new model equipped with
endless film assembly which eliminates man-
ual reversing of film mechanism; new
arrangement for play timer. List price,
$385.
Availability: Reported in full production
now.
UNITE D MANUFACT URING CO.,
3401 N. California Ave., Chicago 18, Ill.-
New amusement game, called Carolina;
company stresses eight ways to score in new
game, the new criss-cross action of balls;
game described as 5-ball novelty replay
type; ball may work back to top of field
EA. F.O. B.
after passing down scope of the board.
LOS ANGELES
CO AN MANUFACTUR ING CO., 2070
Helena St., Madison 4, Wis.- Announces
that deliveries are being made on a cigarette
vendor, details of which were revealed
some time ago; new vendor is fully selec-
tive, using endless belt delivery as the
well-known V-Select-[ t candy vendors; ca-
pacity is 74 packs; cabinet is 47 inches
high, 8 inches wide and 8 inches deep and
design is like the candy vendor; firm
stresses a removable coin chute, set to
accept a quarter, and firm plans to also
sUPJ'ly a 20-cent machine later. List is $84;
firm recommends the cigarette vendor to
operators also having candy routes.
SBU ...... EBOARD SPECIA ..
While They Last-
BLACK TOP MASONITE PLAYFIELDS
. FOR 22 FT. SHUFFLEBOARDS
BRAH.D NEW - -
5125 00
NUWIIY SBU ...... EBOARD ·CO. · ·
LOS ANGELES 33 , CALIF.
1324 E. FIRST ST.
PHONE : AN. 2-1003
48
Exp an t;I
WITH NEW MACHINES
COIN MACHINE REVIEW
a one per cent sales gain. The firm re-
ported that its new king-size cigarette, Cava-
lier, tested in three cities, has met with a
good response from smokers. .
Internal Revenue reports on cigarette tax
collections are available for January, to
give some light on cigarette use for the first
month of the year. The official report says
that cigarette revenue for the first month
was well ahead of the first month of'1948.
Thus, Uncle Sam confirms reports of favor-
able cigarette sales trends for the first lap
of the new year.
Operators will be interested in reports
on types of locations that may be showing
bigger cigarette sales. An association offi-
cial high in the grocery store field said such
stores are becoming an increasingly impor-
tant outlet for cigarettes, probably showing
greater gains in sales than any other type
of store. The trade leader said the surface
has only been scratched, however, and that
the major opportunities for selling cigar-
ettes in groceries lies ahead.
Some cigarette operators have already
found grocery stores, even the chains, to
be good locations. Perhaps it will be wise
to note that marketeers have their eye on
grocery stores as much bigger cigarette out-
lets.
Price wars on cigarette prices are show-
ing up in scattered cities, one of the latest
being chain store prices being cut even to
15 cen ts in Los Angeles.
Rowe Stockholders
Elect Directors
NEW YORK- At a meeting of the stock-
holders of the Rowe Corp., held here on
April 19th, the following were elected direc-
tors for the ensuing year: Samuel M.
Chapin, Christian Gabrielsen, Arthur Gluck,
Robert Z. Greene, George M. Seedman and
Wickliffe Shreve.
The following have been elected officers:
R. Z. Greene, president; Arthur Gluck, ex-
ecutive vice president and treasurer; George
M. Seedman, vice president; Herbert E.
Greenberg, vice president; Joseph Lapidus,
secretary, and Bern Bernard, assistant secre-
tary and treasurer.
Seedman was elevated from secretary to
vice president, and Greenberg from assistant
treasurer to vice president. Lapidus was
promoted from assistant secretary to secre-
tary.
*
*
Poet's Nook
There was a little girl
And she had a little curl
Plastered on her forehead,
And when she was good
She was very, very good,
But when she was bad-
She was marvelous!
*
NEW MACHINES
*
Offered by Manufacturers
HAYES, J AKES & B R I T TAIN
VENDI NG CO., Old Hickory, Tenn.-A
dispehser for sun tan lotions, called Spray-
A-Tan; cabinet 4 feet high, 18 inches deep,
22 inches wide, made of aluminum alloy,
capacity about one gallon of lotion; firm
makes its own oil and supplies to opera-
tors at approx. $7 per gallon, dispensing
over 500 applications, and should gross
about $51 at dime operation.
Availability: Reported in production now.
O. D. J ENNINGS & CO., 4309 W.
Lake St., Chicago 24, Ill.-Recently intro-
duced newall-chrome front for Sun Chief
bells; Sun Chief line previously listed in
E . B . METAL PRODUCTS CO., 229 this column in February issue, page 48;
144th St., Bronx 51, N. Y.- A vendor for latest chrome model is available with auto-
pocket packs of Kleenex tissues; capacity matic or hand load jackpot; newly devel-
76 units; cabinet size 10 inches by 5 oped dual tube payout mechanism and
inches, by 35 inches high, and shipping silent pull reel stop are available on
deluxe models.
weight approx. 30 pounds; recommended
for theater, restaurant, school locations,
MERO I ND USTR IES, 1332 West 69th
etc. List price, $50.
St., Chicago 36, Ill.-New shuffleboard line
Availability: Firm reports it is delivering with steel cabinets and stainless steel play-
now.
ing field; firm claims playing field is
ELECTRIC CASHIER COR P ., Burl- faster, will not mar or warp in any way;
ington, Vt.-A coin . changer, adaptable to leg adjustments offer advantages; shipping
electric vendors selling goods at five or ten weight of steel boards same as wood boards,
cents; at 5-cent price, makes change for maker says; firm also offers coin score-
dimes and quarters, and at dime price the boards and other accessories.
Availability: Reported in production now.
changer makes change for quarters; device
S T AN D A RD SHUFF L E BO A RD
measures 14 by 3 by 5 inches; device can
be changed from nickel to dime; can be LEAGUE, Inc., 3200 W. Chicago Ave.,
made easily, maker states. List price, $55. Chicago 51, Ill.-New electric scoreboard
Availability: Reported in production now . . made by Rock-Ola; firm says point scoring
D . GOTTLIE B & CO ., 1140 N. Kost- is obsolete and new system of frame scor-
ner Ave., Chicago 51, IIl.-A new amuse- ing is new trend; frame scoring reduces
playing time and may boost games played
ment game, called Buttons-and-Bows; fea-
tures listed by the manufacturer include by 50 per cent; eight frames for 2-player
pyramid scoring by means of advance but- game, 10 frames for 4-player game.
tons and advance roll overs; automatic re-
SHUFFLEB OA RD SPECI ALIS T S,
set bumpers to build up chances for free
1114 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago 5, Ill.- A
plays; special bonus pocket ; percussion newall-steel shuffleboard, with stainless
bumpers and new type bumper contacts;
steel top; sponge rubber lining for cabinet
firm also stresses fact that bonus re-set and said to eliminate noise; special leg adjust-
bonus holdover are adjustable.
ment features; stainless steel playing field
HUPP CORP., 1250 West 76th St., said to eliminate waxing, varnishing, other
Cleveland 2, Ohio.-A cup type vendor daily care. Firm also makes wood shuffle-
offered for dispensing Pepsi-Cola; maker boards and· has announced a new electric
says it is only console style cup vendor on scoreboard, scoring points or frames.
. Availability: Reported to be in production
the market; maker stresses easy servicing,
low initial cost for a cup machine, and now.
ease of repairing; weight given as 350
TRAINING D EVI CES, Inc., 1469 Elec-
pounds. Firm offers 'finance plan for pur- tric Ave., Lincoln Park 25, Mich.-New
chase of machines, with a 15 per cent down
1949 model of the well-known Quizzer
machine, also offering new scoring sign and
payment.
film supply; new model equipped with
endless film assembly which eliminates man-
ual reversing of film mechanism; new
arrangement for play timer. List price,
$385.
Availability: Reported in full production
now.
UNITE D MANUFACT URING CO.,
3401 N. California Ave., Chicago 18, Ill.-
New amusement game, called Carolina;
company stresses eight ways to score in new
game, the new criss-cross action of balls;
game described as 5-ball novelty replay
type; ball may work back to top of field
EA. F.O. B.
after passing down scope of the board.
LOS ANGELES
CO AN MANUFACTUR ING CO., 2070
Helena St., Madison 4, Wis.- Announces
that deliveries are being made on a cigarette
vendor, details of which were revealed
some time ago; new vendor is fully selec-
tive, using endless belt delivery as the
well-known V-Select-[ t candy vendors; ca-
pacity is 74 packs; cabinet is 47 inches
high, 8 inches wide and 8 inches deep and
design is like the candy vendor; firm
stresses a removable coin chute, set to
accept a quarter, and firm plans to also
sUPJ'ly a 20-cent machine later. List is $84;
firm recommends the cigarette vendor to
operators also having candy routes.
SBU ...... EBOARD SPECIA ..
While They Last-
BLACK TOP MASONITE PLAYFIELDS
. FOR 22 FT. SHUFFLEBOARDS
BRAH.D NEW - -
5125 00
NUWIIY SBU ...... EBOARD ·CO. · ·
LOS ANGELES 33 , CALIF.
1324 E. FIRST ST.
PHONE : AN. 2-1003
48
Exp an t;I
WITH NEW MACHINES
COIN MACHINE REVIEW
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