Jennings & Company
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By the early 1960s, the business had been acquired by American Machine and Science Company (AMSC) owned by Wallace Carroll. AMSC also acquired [[Mills Novelty Company|Bell-O-Matic Corporation]], and the two companies were merged to form TJM Corporation. TJM Corporation was run by two brothers, Tony Mills and John Mills. The merged company failed to compete successfully with the electro/mechanical models produced by [[Bally Manufacturing|Bally]] and also suffered because Bell-O-Matic had not protected its intellectual property rights in [[Japan]]. The company ceased trading in the 1980s. |
By the early 1960s, the business had been acquired by American Machine and Science Company (AMSC) owned by Wallace Carroll. AMSC also acquired [[Mills Novelty Company|Bell-O-Matic Corporation]], and the two companies were merged to form TJM Corporation. TJM Corporation was run by two brothers, Tony Mills and John Mills. The merged company failed to compete successfully with the electro/mechanical models produced by [[Bally Manufacturing|Bally]] and also suffered because Bell-O-Matic had not protected its intellectual property rights in [[Japan]]. The company ceased trading in the 1980s.{{cn|date=April 2026}} |
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In 1963, after the death of Jeannette Isle Jennings, the Jennings family house and surrounding lands were donated to the village of [[Schaumburg, Illinois]] and were used as the village hall until 1971. A gift of US$500,000 was denoted to the [[Northwestern Memorial Hospital]] of [[Chicago]] in November 1963 (then called the Passavant Memorial Hospital) and used to fund part of the construction of the Ode D. Jennings Pavilion, which opened in May 1966. |
In 1963, after the death of Jeannette Isle Jennings, the Jennings family house and surrounding lands were donated to the village of [[Schaumburg, Illinois]] and were used as the village hall until 1971. A gift of US$500,000 was denoted to the [[Northwestern Memorial Hospital]] of [[Chicago]] in November 1963 (then called the Passavant Memorial Hospital) and used to fund part of the construction of the Ode D. Jennings Pavilion, which opened in May 1966. |
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