The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 1948)

NT2 THE EXHI Bl TOR AE ^ lEW HERB’S SCIUPBOOE Had a little chat with Abe Solomon, head, Independent Theatres, Chattanooga, Tenn. In North Florence, Ala., we stopped around to see H. L. Bobo, manager of the Norwood. Managed to be on hand for an important meeting of Local 269, lATSE and MPMO, in Chattanooga, and the members were good enough to pose for this shot. The local was organized almost 40 years ago. Another pleasant stop in Chattanooga was the Park, where we snapped Jay Sadow, house operator, surrounded by prizes in his "Talking-Man" contest which he was running with great success. . L»a I I I on Aug. 8 of a heart attack. Setzer produced the first “Jaycee Jollies” in 1946. He had worked in theatrical productions all his life. Tom Bailey, U-I salesman, resigned to accept a job with Metro as salesman ... Theatres in Asheville, N.C. , closed completely due to the polio epidemic. Business in Charlotte and other cities in the Tar Heel State dropped off as much as 50 per cent due to the polio. Charlotte theatres have a sign in the lobby, “Children under 16 not admitted because of orders of the Health De¬ partment”. Memphis J.D. Jernigan, branch manager. Screen Guild, will be host to a regional sales meeting on Aug. 20-22 at the Peabody Hotel. Reservations received by Mrs. Jernigan, office manager, in¬ cluded John Mangham, J. S. Carscallen, Kenneth Smith and O.B. Corley, Atlan¬ ta: Scott Lett, John F. White, Jr., and W. G. Drive, Charlotte; John F. Franconi, W. J. Cammer, Conrad Dreher, R.E. Helm, Dan Cole, and Bob Matley, Dallas; E.V. Landaiche and Harold Cohen, New Orleans, and Carr Scott, P.W. Myers, and George Byrd, Oklahoma City. Arthur Greenblat, eastern sales manager, will address the meeting, and there will be a screening of five pic¬ tures “Return of Wildfire”, “Jungle Goddess”, “Harpoon”, “SOS Submarine”, and the first of the new “Lash” Larue series. Ground has been broken for building beside the highway at Tunica, Miss. , which will include a house for Negroes. At West Memphis, Ark. , ground work is underway on a new showhouse con¬ structed by Zell Jaynes, who owns a house at Truman, Ark. Exhibitors visiting were; L.J. Den¬ ning, Bemis, Tenn. ; Ned Green, Mayfield, Ky.; Miss Louise Mask, Boliver, Tenn.; John Staple, Piggott, Ark.; Wake Newsum, Marmuduke, Ark.; H.W. Pickens, Carlisle and DeValls Bluff, Ark.; E.A. Patton, Hartford. Huntington and Mansfield, Ark. ; Leon Roundtree, Holly Springs and Water Valley, Miss. , and Miss Ann G. Noble, Leland and Hollandale, Miss. Norman Ayers, WB representative, and Doak Roberts, district manager, visi¬ ted. James Pope, office manager, Columbia, was taking a fishing vacation at Pick¬ wick Dam, Tenn. P. H. Holmes, office manager, MGM, was vacationing in New Orleans with Mrs. Holmes, and Miss Rebecca Scott, contract clerk, was visitine in Nash¬ ville, Tenn. , on her vacation. Gus Haase, head, Gus Haase Realty Company, announced that he will confine his attention to theatre brokerage in the mid-south territory. The company, primarily interested in property mana¬ gement, has been in charge of the M. A. Lightman interests for some time. Haase stated that his plan is to list and sell theatres. Vacationing from his post as head booker at 20th Century-Fox was Leo Wintkler, and the office staff was planning a weekend outing at Nashville Bridge, Tenn. Booking on the Row were: Walter Lee, Little Rock, Ark. , Pinkey Tipton, Manilla, Ark., W.B. Hanunond, Bradford, Ark., C.E. Rice, Brownsville, Tenn., W. R. Tutt, Tunica, Miss.; White Bed¬ ford, Hamilton, Ala. , and Fritz Par¬ ris, Ciarksdale, Miss. Theatre building around Memphis continues to boom. The latest announce¬ ment is that a 750-seat house will be included in a block of buildings underway at Lucy, Tenn. , a village on the outskirts of Memphis. The new house will service the new International Harvester settlement. Al Rothchild, branch manager. Na¬ tional Screen Service, scheduled his and Mrs. Rothchild' s vacation to visit Atlantic City during the “Miss America” contest, and then go on to New York City. The M. A. Lightman family, with M. A. Jr. , and family, vacations in Wiscon¬ sin after a visit to Chicago. . .Bailey Prichard, branch manager. Monogram, attended a branch managers’ convention in Chicago, and Ed Sneed, booker, was visiting in Illinois. Staff members at U-I were coming and going. Richard C. Settoon, sales¬ man, returned to his post, while branch manager R.P, Dawson took off for El Dorado, Ark., and Margaret Irby, clerk and Jean Rimer were on vacation. Changes in the staff left a booking August 18, 1948