Film Weekly 1963-64 year book : Canadian motion picture industry with television section (1963)

establishment of the first successful mof'on picture theatre — the Electra of John Schuberg on Cor¬ dova Street, Vancouver, which he cpened in the Fall of 1902. At the celebration barquet held in the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Sch’iS^-'i 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 p'cture 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 r^ceivnd it to date are — 1953: John J. Fitzgibbons. S’-.. CBE; 1954: Jack Arthur, MBE; 1955: LouTs Rosenfeld; 1956: O. R. Hanson; 1957: Wm. Summerville, Sr.; 1958: N. A. Taylor; 1959: Haskell M. Masters; 1960: Morris Stein; 1961: R. W. Bolstad; 1962: Wm. G. Lester. MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF CANADA Executive Secretary, 21 Dundas Sq., Toronto, Ont. (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 Vice-Chairman Wm. Summerville Secretary-Treasurer H. C. D. Main Executive Secretary Arch H. Jolley Committees INTRA-INDUSTRY H. Masters, A. Rouse, H. Hamick, H. C. D. Main, Myer Axler, Leon E. Shelly, William Sum¬ merville. RESOLUTIONS F. Gordon Spencer, chairman; Douglas Miller. LEGISLATIVE — TAXATION R. W. Bolstad, chairman; C. R. B. Salmon, vicechairman; A. W. Shackleford, A. Chetwynd, B. K. Beach, H. S. Mandell, 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; H. Howard, D. Miller, William Lester, A. J. Mason, Harry Prygrocki, Reg. Plumb. TECHNICAL ADVISORY A. Turnbull, chairman; F. Peters, J. Rice, G. Sharp, A. Besse, P. R. Hayes. INSURANCE Fred Morley, chairman; H. S. Mandell. SPECIAL COMMITTEE Paul Hanner, Lou Consky and William Summer¬ ville. 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, SJ, STD Chairman, Motion Picture Dept. Mrs. J. F. Looram, LHD VARIETY CLUBS INTERNATIONAL, TENT 28, TORONTO Frince George Hotel, Toronto, Ont. (363-3567) OFFICERS Chief Barker George Altman 1st Asst. Chief Barker Robert Hall 2nd Asst. Chief Barker Hugh Walker Property Master Andrew Rouse Dough Guy Sam Shopsowitz CANVASMAN Henry Bolton, Jack Bernstein, Wally Crouter, Bert Brown, Donald Summerville, George Heiber, those listed above and the six Immediate Past Chief Barkers. CHAPLAINS Father G. J. Cherrier, OBE; Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg, Ph.D; Rev. Hugh MacDonald. COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN (1962) Fund Raising Robt. R. Hall Liaison with Variety Village Lionel Lester Publicity . Win Barron Finance . . R. W. Bolstad Baseball Tickets Henry Bolton Sick and Welfare Ben Granatstein Press Clipping Library Charles Mason Telephone . Claude Alexander Membership Jack Bernstein Constitution and By-Laws Harry S. Mandell Program & Meetings Sam Shopsowitz Ceremonial Barker Win Barron House . Len Bishop Baseball Program Andrew Rouse Meeting Co-ordinator Bert Brown Heart Trustees David Griesdorf, N. A. Taylor, J. J. Fitzgibbons, Jr., Conn Smythe, 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; the late B. S. Okun, Dough Guy; O. R. Hanson, Property Master; and the late William P. Covert, H. L. Nathanson, the late 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; 1956: David Griesdorf; 1957, 1958: N. A. Taylor; 1959: Dan Krendel; 1960: John J. Fitzgibbons, Jr.; 1961: Phil Stone; 1962: Lionel Lester. 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 138