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AMOV convention held Oct. 4-6
The twenty-first annual conven -
tion of Amusement and Music
Operators of Virginia was held at
Howard Johnson's Midtown Lodge
in Richmond, Virginia , on October 4 ,
5 , and 6 .
Kick-off began Thursday evening
with a hospitality session for directors
.and distributors held in the AMOV
President's Suite .
Exhibitors at this year's show
included Banner Specialty Com-
pany , Brady Distributing Company,
General Vending , Peach State Dis-
tributing Company , Sefco Distri-
butin~. State Sales . Tara Records ,
Greater Southern officials called the two day service seminar "most
successful. "
Approximately 75 participants came from Georgia , Tennessee , Florida,
and South Carolina to attend the Bally-Midway service seminar in Atlanta .
Greater Southern Hosts Seminar
Greater Southern Distributing
Company in Atlanta , Georgia , in
conjunction with Bally and Midway ,
recently held a two day service
seminar in Atlanta .
Gene Williams of Bally and Andy
Ducay of Midway conducted the
school , which drew approximately
75 participants from Georgia , Ten-
nessee , Florida , South Carolina , and
Mississippi .
"The instructors gave us an
overview of the games," Rubin Piha ,
office manager for Greater Southern ,
reported . "The Midway representa-
tive went through the games, such as
Space Invaders , Phantom and their
bowling alley games , teaching tech-
nicians proper maintenance and
troubleshooting of the boards .
" Bally covered operation of the
microprocessor and the prefabricated
integrated circuits, as well as the
proper maintenance and care of the
boards ," he said . "Gene Williams
also had a problem solving session ,
where he'd create a problem , then
call on people in the audience to
solve it."
and Amusement Emporium .
During the two day session of
business meetings , new officers were
elected for 1980 . They are as
follows : C. H. Hudson , president; C.
E. Morse, first vice president; John
P . Newberry , Jr. , second vice
president ; and Lou Corso , secretary-
treasurer.
New directors for 1980 include
Arthur Bazaco , Bob Burner, John
Cameron , Carl Coleman, Doug
Colbert, R. W . Claud , Jim Donnel-
ly, Harry Fake , Lewis Jones , Robert
Minor, Ken O 'Connor , Arnoff Pante-
lides , Mary Peery , Richard Peery,
Jesse Richardson , Ed Shell, Tom
Stanley , Claude Smith, and Rex
Whitley.
The association was very honored
to have as guest speakers for the
general sessions Wayne Hesch ,
president of AMOA , who discussed
the AMOA Legal Action Fund ; Nick
Allen , counsel for AMOA , who
discussed the fight against the
Copyright Royalty Tribunal (he also
urged the support of Virginia opera -
tors in opposing bills now being
introduced to raise the royalty per
jukebox per year) ; and J . Edgar
Pointer , counsel for AMOV , who
brought operators up to date on
Virginia House Bill 1718, which
involves the gross receipts tax and a
clarification of the State Attorney
General's opinion on the bill .
An added attraction to this year's
exhibition was a snooker pool
tournament sponsored by Sefco
Distributing Company and Dynamo
Corporation . Trophies and cue sticks
were awarded to the winner and
runners-up. The snooker table was
presented to the AMOV member
operating company that had spon -
sored the tournament winner .
AMOV was , also , very fortunate
in being able to coincide an Atari
Mechanics School and a Stern's
Electronics Seminar with their con -
vention. This provided an additional
highlight for their operator members .
On Saturday evening a banquet
and dance concluded one of the
largest conventions in AMOV his-
tory . Certificates of appreciation
were presented to all officers and
directors for their service during the
past year , and Mrs. John " Dot"
Cameron , who served as convention
chairperson .
A twenty year continuous mem -
bership plaque was presented to
State Sales in appreciation for their
support of the association throughout
past conventions .