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oin Machine
Machine Distributors
Distributors South
South held
held
oin
an
open
house
in
its
Baton
Rouge
an open house in its Baton Rouge
facility on
on December
December 10,
10, hosting
hosting a a
crowd of
of over
over 100
guests.
crowd
100 guests.
Suppliers attending
attending included
included Alice
Alice
Suppliers
Morgan
from
AT&T
Payphones,
Morgan from AT&T Payphones, Ted
Ted
Lloyd from
from Rowe
Rowe and
and John
john Hill
Hill from
from
Lloyd
Sega.
Sega
Company owner
Al Kress,
Kress, branch
branch
Company
owner Al
manager
Jim
Bloomer,
and
Jim's
manager Jim Bloomer, and Jim's
assistant Linda
greeted
assistant
Linda McDaniels
McDaniels greeted
guests.
The
parts
department
was
guests. The parts department was
reportedly
extra
busy
as
operators
reportedly extra busy as operators
took the
the opportunity
to pick
pick up
up parts.
parts.
took
opportunity to
Bloomer noted
noted the
the popularity
popularity of
of the
the
Bloomer
Rowe
CD/
45
phonograph
evidenced
by
Rowe CD/45 phonograph evidenced by
Dynasty Amusements
Amusements sending
sending its
its top
top
Dynasty
executives for
for a a private
private talk
talk with
with
executives
Rowe's Lloyd.
Rowe's
Lloyd. Hill
Hill was
was kept
kept busy
busy
showing off
mega-hit, Out
Out Run;
Run;
showing
off Sega's
Sega's mega-hit,
and
Bally's
Strange
Science
got
rave
and Bally's Strange Science got rave
reviews from
from customers.
reviews
customers.
Prize winners
winners included
included Andy
Andy Giaconi
Giaconi
Prize
of Dreamland
Dreamland Amusement,
Amusement, Fred
Fred Boyd
Boyd
of
of Amite
Amite River
River Amusement,
Amusement, Mike
Mike
of
Smith, Wayne
Wayne Cubbage
Cubbage of
Smith,
of Gonzales
Gonzales
Amusement,
and
Nolan
Estopinal
Amusement, and Nolan Estopinal of
of
Chalmette Amusement.
Amusement.
Chalmette
Coin Machine
Machine Distributors
Distributors represents
Coin
represents
Rowe music
music and
and vending,
Rowe
vending, Sega,
Sega, Bally
Bally
Midway, Bally
Bally Sente,
Merit, Valley,
Valley,
Midway,
Sente, Merit,
Vendo, Cinematronics,
Cinematronics, Exidy,
Exidy, Litton
Litton
Vendo,
Ovens, National
Locks.
Ovens,
National Locks.
(From left)
left) Sega'sjohn
HiU , Al
Kress, and
manager Jim
Bloomer.
(From
Sega's John Hill,
Al Kress,
and branch
branch manager
Jim Bloomer.
Sega'sjohn
HiU shows
shows an
an
Sega's
John Hill
operator the
the finer
finer points
points of
of
operator
playing Out
011/ Run.
R1111.
playing
Operator Vincent
Vincent Marcello
Marcello examines
examines
Operator
the insides
insides of
of a a Rowe
Rowe phonograph
phonograph
the
stands by
by to
to
while Ted
while
Ted Lloyd
Lloyd stands
answer questions.
questions.
answer
January 1987/PLAY
1987 / PLAY METER
METER 101
ICH
January