International projectionist (Jan 1959-Dec 1960)

studio-craft agreement to the traditional two-year pact agreement, the sole exception having been the now expired pact which ran for three years as a condition 01 studio workers going on a five-day week work agreement. • Officers of the 25-30 Club of New York as installed at the gala party held in the ballroom of the Empire Hotel, that city, on January 8 last: president, Morris J. Wolheim; vice-president, Ben Norton; recording-secretary, Morris Kalpholz; financial secretary, Ben Stern; sgt.-atarms, Nat Staruss; trustees: Julie Wetzler, Charley Schneider, and Louis Locker. Among those present were Allen Smith, National Theatre Supply; Paul Reis, National Carbon; from Altec: the Georges Evans and Brown; Walter Knopf, Secretary, Local 253, Rochester, N.Y.; M. D. ("Obie") O'Brien, former projection chief of Loew's Theatres, and his successor, Johnny Kohler; Ben Olevsky, chief of Radio City Music Hall; Marty Bahn, Camera Equipment Co.; Eddie Lachman, boss of Lorraine Carbons; Al DeTitta, Local 384, New Jersey; johnny Rollman, chief of Todd-AO at the Rivoli Theatre, N. Y. City, and Jim Finn, of IP. I A ELECTIONS LOCAL 105, LONDON, ONT., CANADA H. J. Allaster, pres.; M. Rehder, vicepres.; C. W. Mills, sec.-treas.; Wm. Shaw, rec. sec; J. McCully, bus. rep.; J. McLeish, sgt.-at-arms ; J. McLeish, H. McLean, executive board; W. Hewitt, McLeish, W. Drennan, trustees; C. Mills, H. Allaster, W. Shaw, examining board; McLeish, Shaw, auditors. LOCAL 253, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Fred Boukhout, pres.; Burt Blackford, vice-pres.; Frank Placerean, fin. sec. and treas.; Walter Knopf, rec. sec; Frank Coniglio, bus. rep.; Alfred Hill, sgt.-at-arms; Louis Levin, Louis Goler, Joseph Pandina, Charles Tibbetts, executive board; Harry Levy, L. Goler, Abe Orden, trustees regular funds; Fred Hart, F. Placerean, Ernest Henley, trustees welfare funds; Mark Harloff, treas. welfare funds; Joseph Vecchio. Sr., A. Orden, F. Coniglio, Central Trades delegates; J. Vecchio, Sr., Union Label Trades delegate. LOCAL 273, NEW HAVEN, CONN. Anthony Basillicato, pres.; Benjamin Estra, vice-pres.; John Mongillo, sec; Ernest DeBross, bus. rep.; James T. Melilo, executive board. LOCAL 465, JOPLIN, MO. W. E. Morgan, pres.; W. R. Houser, vice-pres.; R. L. Long, sec.-treas.; G. W. Wilson, bus. rep.; L. W. Kilgore, sgt.at-arms. P. A. McGUIRE 1875-1959 P. A. McGuire, for 30 years advertising manager and public relations counsel for, first, Nicholas Power Company and subsequently for the firm which absorbed this enterprise, International Projector Corporation, died on January 20 at Amityville, Long Island, N. Y. His age was 84. "Mac," as he was affectionately addressed by thousands in the projection field with which he was intimately identified, was a member of the famous Seventh Regiment of New York City, a member of the Masonic order, an overseas worker for the YMCA in World War I, and active in many civic and fraternal organizations. He leaves his wife, Flora; two daughters, Kathryn and Mrs. Leland Grey; a son John, and two brothers. VERY much the poorer today is the projection craft through the passing of P. A. McGuire. His unswerving devotion to and active efforts in behalf of the craft and its profession has not had an equivalent. Nothing set down here could contribute by so much as a milimeter to his stature as an earnest, courageous and at all times a sympathetic striver for the other fellow's welfare — whether at work, at home, or in times of stress. "P. A." was "Mac," and this equation is a never-changing constant. Coiner of the slogan "Better Projection Pays," P. A. fought the good war in the interest of the craft world-wide. Mute testimony to the accuracy of this statement is the fact that within ten days he received honorary gold life-membership cards in JA units ranging from Toronto, Canada to Texas. "Mac" always had a "project" in hand for the benefit of projection generally and the craft in particular. It was as nothing for him to organize and work hard at the business of the Projection Advisory Council, which the Academy recognized as the representative projectionist body, and then turn about and stage a "Motion Picture Projection Day" at the World's Fair in New York in 1939. His multiple other efforts in behalf of the craft were mere extensions of these major undertakings. But it is as a man, an individual, a warm human being that he should be remembered here. Not endowed with large-scale physical proportions, "Mac" gave ground to nobody in the physical sense, and he dwarfed most of us in the mental area. It was this latter quality that endeared "Mac" to his thousands of craft friends. He was warm-hearted in the extreme — this statement includes all the humanities — and he was a true friend, a solace to and an uplifter of the spirit for all with whom he came in contact. "Mac" won't be with us physically in the future; but it will require a truly cataclysmic event to erase from our minds the memory of the man and his many good deeds. — J. J. F. • Still another honor has accrued to Morris J. Rotker, past-president of the 25-30 club of New York, and tireless worker in the projectionist vineyard. Already a member of the School Board in Bronx County, N. Y., he has just been appointed a member of the Mayor's Committee on Scholastic Achievement for the City of New York. This group considers and votes upon scholarships in the area of higher learning. Morris' efforts in behalf of those who ask for and show due diligence for advanced educational training in N. Y. City have won him many honors in this field. OBITUARIES Local 162, San Francisco, Calif., reports the loss of two members — Orville G. Roush and Justin Paul Williamson — who died last month within 24 hours of each other. Orville Roush, 79 on his last birthday, worked at the New Mission Theatre in San Francisco for the past 30 years. Justin Williamson, 64, was apparently recovering from a heart attack when he was stricken with a fatal siege of pneumonia. He worked as projectionist and newsreel editor at the Telenews Theatre in S. F. since the theatre opened some twenty-odd years ago. • • • Bowyer, Sr., Henry, 83, member of Toronto Local 173, died December 7. A member of the Local for 41 years, he recently retired from his work as projectionist and was on a $75 per month pension from his employer. • • • Carter, Ross P., 63, member of Local 378, Wichita Falls, Texas, and projectionist at the Trans-Texas Strand Theatre there, died suddenly last month. • « • Hedges, Charles I., 68, member of Local 414, Wichita, Kansas, died suddenly on January 15. He recently retired as projectionist at the Fox Uptown Theatre in Wichita, where he had been employed for 20 years. He made his home since his retirement in Denison, Texas. INTERNATIONAL PROJECTIONIST FEBRUARY 1959 15