Film Weekly 1961-62 year book : Canadian motion picture industry with television section (1961)
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the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Schuberg, Jule Allen of Toronto, George Ganetakos of Montreal, A. J. Mason of Springhill, NS, L. Ernest Ouimet of Montreal and Fred G. Spencer of Saint John, NB were honored as pre-1910 pioneers who had done the most to advance the motion picture as a popular form of entertainment in its early days. Spencer passed on shortly before the banquet and Schuberg and Ganetakos have died since.
The next year The Pioneer of the Year Award was inaugurated. Those who have received it to date are — 1953: John J. Fitzgibbons, Sr., CBE; 1954: Jack Arthur, MBE; 1955: Louis Rosenfeld; 1956: O. R. Hanson; 1957: Wm. Summerville, Sr.; 1958: N. A. Taylor; 1959: Haskell M. Masters; 1960: Morris Stein.
MOTION PICTURE BRANCH
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BOARD OF TRADE
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METROPOLITAN TORONTO
Board of Trade Bldg., 11 Adelaide St. W. (366-6811)
OFFICERS
Chairman Harvey Harnick
Affiliated Pictures Corporation
Secretary . Daniel C. Kay, Jr.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Gurston Allen, Premier Operating Corp. Ltd.; C. S. Chaplin, United Artists Corp. Ltd.; W. Redpath, General Films Ltd.
MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF CANADA
Executive Secretary, 21 Dundas Sq., Toronto, Onf. (364-9630)
AFFILIATES
British Columbia Exhibitors Association; Alberta Theatres Association; Saskatchewan Motion Pic¬ ture Exhibitors Association; Manitoba Motion Pic¬ ture Exhibitors Association; Motion Picture Theatres Association of Ontario; Quebec Allied Theatrical Industries; Maritime Motion Picture Exhibitors As¬ sociation; Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association; Association of Motion Picture Pro¬ ducers and Laboratories of Canada; Newfoundland Theatres; Equipment Dealers Association; Trade Press.
OFFICERS
Honorary Chairman J. J. Fitzgibbons, CBE
Chairman . Frank H. Fisher
Vice-Chairman . Peter S. Myers
Vice-Chairman . . . Harry Prygrocki
Secretary-Treasurer . H. C. D. Main
Executive Secretary . ... Arch H. Jolley
Committees
INTRA-INDUSTRY
E. G. Forsyth, Vice-Chairman; F. Vaughan, H. Masters, A. Rouse, H. Harnick, H. C. D. Main, Myer Axler, Leon E. Shelly, William Summerville.
RESOLUTIONS
F. Gordon Spencer, chairman; Clare Appel, Douglas Miller.
LEGISLATIVE— TAXATION R. W. Bolstad, chairman; C. R. B. Salmon, vicechairman; A. W. Shackleford, C. J. Appel, A. Chetwynd, B. K. Beach, H. S. Mandell, Doris Robert, G. B. Markell, Myron McLeod, William Johnston, F. Gordon Spencer, Lloyd Pearson. PUBLIC RELATIONS & BOXOFFICE PROMOTION C. S. Chaplin, chairman.
FINANCE & ORGANIZATION H. C. D. Main, chairman; Peter S. Myers, vice-chairman; G. Lightstone, H. Howard, D.
Phil Stone Frank Strean Lionel Lester Chet Friedman Dr. Jack Egan
Miller, William Lester, A. J. Mason, Harry Pry¬ grocki, Reg. Plumb.
TECHNICAL ADVISORY
A. Turnbull, chairman; F. Peters. J. Rice, G. Sharp, A. Besse, P. R. Hayes.
INSURANCE
Craig Hughes, chairman; H. S. Mandell, C. Appel, F. Morley.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
G. Lightstone, chairman; Paul Hanner, Lou Consky, William Summerville.
NATIONAL LEGION OF DECENCY
453 Madison Ave., NY 22. NY.
(PLaza 9-1400)
Executive Secretary . .
Right Rev. Monsignor Thomas F. Little, STL, LHD Assistant Executive Secretary
Rev. Patrick J. Sullivan, S J , STD
Chairman, Motion Picture Dept. . .
Mrs. J. F. Looram, LHD
VARIETY CLUBS INTERNATIONAL, TENT 28, TORONTO
Prince George Hotel, Toronto, Ont. (363-3567)
OFFICERS
Chief Barker 1st Asst. Chief Barker 2nd Asst. Chief Barker Property Master Dough Guy
CANVASMAN
Ernest Rawley, Controller Don Summerville, Hye Bossin, Frank Fisher, Sam Shopsowitz, George Heiber, those listed above and the immediate past six Chief Barkers.
CHAPLAINS
Father G. J. Cherrier, OBE; Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg, PhD; Rev. Ray McCleary, MBE. COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN (1961)
Fund Raising . Frank Strean
Liaison with Variety Village George Altman
Publicity . Chet Friedman
Finance . R. W. Bolstad
Baseball Tickets Ed DeRocher, Harold Meyers
Sick and Welfare Ben Granatstein
Press Clipping Library Charles Mason
Telephone . Claude Alexander
Membership George Heiber
Constitution and By-Laws . Harry S. Mandell
Meetings . Lionel Lester
Programs . Hye Bossin
Ceremonial Barker . Win Barron
House . Len Bishop
Heart Trustees David Griesdorf,
N. A. Taylor, J. J. Fitzgibbons, Sr., Conn. Smythe, Jack Kent Cooke, Dan Krendel
TENT 28 CHARTER MEMBERS
The Variety Club of Toronto received its char¬ ter 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;