Where Are They Now?
feature F Where Are They Now? Checking In With Jerry Monday, A Coinbiz Veteran With a Heart & Story as Big as Texas here’s a Dallas-bred, in 1960) and an arcade USS Ganard). Texas native named owner (he once had a game After discharge, T Jerry Monday who’s room at the famous Knott’s he joined the well known to many indus - Berry Farm amusement park Associated try long timers…and for lots in California). He’s either Booking Corp. Our man Jerry Monday today (right) with of different reasons. Retired owned or worked for dis - specializing in his closest friend Johnny Gatens (Amusement now, let’s just say that dur - tributorships (like Southgate booking rock ’n’ Distributors, San Antonio). They originally met in ing his 40-odd years in coin- and SunBelt in Texas, Bet - roll and country 1974 when John worked as a bookkeeper for the old Sutherland Distributing Co. in Oklahoma op he’d been around the son West, Circle Interna - music bands City. He served as best man at Jerry’s wedding amusement industry’s horn tion al and his own Century into colleges. to Sue. “I cannot think of a finer gentleman in this and back…and left a ton of Vending dealership in Cali - “We repre - industry,” said Jerry of his friend. memories in his wake. fornia) and a selection of sented a lot of Jerry’s worked on all manufacturers (like Nin ten - acts back then,” Jerry “Conway’s real name three levels of the trade in do, Leisure Sports and his recalled in a recent inter - was Harold Jenkins,” Jerry the Southwest, been all over very own Century game view, “like Sam Cooke, the continued.
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