Film Weekly 1956-57 year book : Canadian motion picture industry (1956)
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NATIONAL LEGION OF DECENCY
453 Madison Ave., NY 22, NY.
(PLaza 9-1400)
Executive Secretory . Rev. Thomas F. Little
TORONTO COUNCIL 67 Bond St.
(EMpire 6-7680)
Secretary . Rev. John J. Moyer
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL FILM SOCIETY
Room 1085 "B" Bldg., National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Ont.
OFFICERS
Chairman . Cdr. J. H. G. Bovey
(Room 4002, Phone 9-6325)
Manager . Cdr. R. J. J. Bridge
(Room 1083, Phone 9-7488)
Secretary-Treasurer Miss C. H. Mason
(Room 1085, Phone 9-7419)
The Royal Canadian Navol Film Society is a non-profit organization, originally set up in 1942 by Order-in-Council to supply 16 mm. entertain¬ ment films to RCN personnel. Since 1945 its scope has been widened to include the other two services and the Society is now the largest user of such films in Canada. It is run by a commit¬ tee whose members include civil and service staff members of National Defence.
RCN TRAINING FILMS Room 1087, "B" Bldg., National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Ont.
Officer-in-Charge Lt.-Cdr. P. Bance
(Phone 9-8554)
This section procures, distributes and cata¬ logues all instructional films in the RCN.
VARIETY CLUBS INTERNATIONAL, TENT 28. TORONTO
Prince George Hotel, Toronto, Ont. (EMpire 3-3567)
OFFICERS (1955)
Chief Barker . David Griesdorf
1st Assistant Chief Barker N. A. Taylor
2nd Assistant Chief Barker Dan Krendel
Property Master Louis Davidson
Dough Guy J. A. Troyer
CANVASMEN
Herb Allen, George Altman, Clare Appei, joe Bermack, Jack Fitzgibbons, Ernest Rawley, and those listed above.
CHAPLAINS
Father G. J. Cherrier, OBE; Rabbi Reuben
Slonim; Rev. Ray McCleary.
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN (1954)
House . Dan Krendel
Heart Trustees R. W. Bolstad, Harry S. Mandell, Wm. A. Summerville, Jr., M. Stein, Conn
Smythe, J. J. Fitzgibbons, J. K. Cooke.
Fund Raising Harvey Harnick
Finance . R. W. Bolstad
Production & Entertainment Gerald Saunderson Publicity Chet Friedman
Public Relations . Jim Nairn
Constitution & By-Laws Gurston Allan
Membership . Lou Davidson
Archives & Records Ben Granatstein
Movies for Shut-ins J. A. Troyer
Sick & Welfare Ben Granatstein
Program Chet Friedman
Ceremonial Barkers . ... W. Barron, Richard Scott
Out-of-Town Fund Raising John Kurk
Liaison Women's Committee . Loui Davidson
Telephone Committee . Joe Bermack
TENT 28 CHARTER MEMBERS
The Variety Club of Toronto received its charter from the Variety Clubs of America (which became Variety Clubs International) in Sept., 1945, and its Interim Crew, made up of charter members, was confirmed in February, 1946.
The first Crew was comprised of John J. Fitz¬ gibbons, Chief Barker; Paul L. Nathanson, First Assistant Chief Barker; the late L. M. Devaney, Second Assistant Chief Barker; B. S. Okun, Dough Guy; O. R. Hanson, Property Master; and the late William P. Covert, H. L. Nathanson, Ben Freedman, Gordon Lightstone, Ernest Rawley and N. A. Taylor, canvasmen.
PAST CHIEF BARKERS
1946, 1947, 1948: John J. Fitzgibbons, CBE; 1949, 1950: Morris Stein; 1951: J. J. Chisholm; 1952, 1953: R. W. Bolstad; 1954: Wm. Summer¬ ville, Jr.; 1955: Harry S. Mandell.
TENT 28 HEART AWARD WINNERS
In 1947 the late Peter Campbell, then presi¬ dent of the Maple Leaf Baseball Club, was singled out by the Variety Club for his great work and presented with a gift to symbolize it. The following year Conn Smythe, president of the Maple Leaf Hockey Club, was similarly honored. By vote of the tent it was decided to undertake an annual award for the member who had done the most to serve its couse and that this was to be known as a "Heart Award." The winners since its inception ore — 1948: John J. Fitzgibbons; 1949: James Cameron; 1950: Wm. Summerville, Jr.; 1951: Ernest M. Rawley; 1952: Georae Altman; 1953: Monty Hall; 1954: Dan Krendel; 1955: Jim Nairn.
VARIETY CLUBS — WILL ROGERS HOSPITAL
Gordon Lightstone is the representative of the Variety Club of Toronto on the board of the hospital and Dr. Samuel J. Forest, 262 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, is Tent 28's examining physician.
VARIETY VILLAGE 3701 Danforth Ave.
Address Mail to
Box 67, Station H, Toronto, Ont.
(Oxford 7167)
Principal and Headmaster J. Arthur Robertson Motron Mrs. Evelyn Tyrell
Situated at Scarboro, Ontario, beside the eastern entrance to Toronto, Variety Village, a training school and residence for crippled chil¬ dren from any part of the province, is the major project of the Voriety Club of Toronto. It is operated for the Club by the Ontario Society for Crippled Children.
Overlooking Lake Ontario, it was built on land donated by the Provincial Government and the cornerstone was laid on December 21, 1948, by Col. George A. Drew, QC, LLD, leader of Her Majesty's Opposition in the House of Commons and former Prime Minister of Ontario. It was officially opened on November 16, 1949, by the Hon. Dana Porter, QC, Minister of Education and Attorney-General for the Province, who reoresented the Hon. Leslie Frost, QC, Prime Minister of Ontario.
VARIETY VILLAGE COUNCIL
Secretary Reg Hopper
c/o Ontario Society for Crippled Children 92 College St., Toronto
Representing the Variety Club of Toronto:
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