Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1963)

about PEOPLE / and PRODUCT Roy Haas, former president of Superior Refrigerator Manufacturing Co., makers of the Sodamaker beverage dispenser, died in St. Louis early in March. He was retired, but had been associated with the theatre industry for many years. Alan C. Macauley and Jan T. Macauley have acquired approximately 53 per cent of the outstanding common stock of SOS Photo-Cine-Optics, Inc., and Alan Macauley has become a director and president of the company. Joseph A. Tanney, president of SOS since its founding 37 years ago, is now chairman of the board. In 1955 the Macauleys opened a Hollywood office and became the first representatives for SOS in 13 western states. Prior to that they were engaged in motion picture production. Other new officers of SOS are Dominick J. Capano, vice-president and general manager; William H. Allen, engineering vicepresident and secretary; and Jan T. Macauley, treasurer. Both Capano and Allen have been with the company over 25 years. SOS has also announced the appointment of Claude C. Pitts as sales engineer with headquarters in Hollywood. His experience includes 20 years with the photographic branch of the U. S. Navy, and associations with the motion picture groups of Boeing and General Dynamics-Convair. R L Johnson, a 30-year veteran of the theatre equipment business, has been named director of theatre operations for Ballantyne Instruments and Electronics, Inc., a division of ABC Vending Corp. Johnson will move his family from New Orleans to Omaha at the close of the present school term. Johnson will be in charge of sales and supervise installation of theatre equipment for Ballantyne, particularly in the company’s recently established BIE Theatre Equipment Leasing Division. Johnson was a Ballantyne dealer in the New Orleans film exchange area for twelve years, and for the past five years he has successfully owned and operated a 600-car drive-in theatre. BOXOFFICE-MODERN THEATRE: Send me more information about the products and articles checked on the reverse side of this coupon. Nome Position R L Johnson Theotre or Circuit. Seating or Cor Capacity Street Number City Zone State. ^ Fold along this line with BOXOFFICE address out. Staple or tape closed. HAVE YOU MADE ANY IMPROVEMENTS LATELY ? We’d like to know about them and so would your fellow exhibitors. If you’ve installed new equipment or made other improvements in your theatre, send us the details — with photos, if possible. Or if you have any tips on how to handle some phase of theatre operations, concessions sales, etc. — faster, easier or better— let other showmen in on them. Send this material to: The Editor MODERN THEATRE ^ Fold olong this line with BOXOFFICE address out. Staple or tape closed. BUSINESS REPLY ENVELOPE First Closs Permit No. 874 Section 34.9 PL&R Kansas City, Mo. BOXOFFICE-MODERN THEATRE 825 Van Brunt Blvd. KANSAS CITY 24, MO Clifford D. Lorbeck, president of Server Sales, Inc., has announced that his company has purchased all of the outstanding stock of Supurdisplay, Inc., of Milwaukee. The purchase, Lorbeck said, ends Supurdisplay’s affiliation with any vending company, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of Server Sales, which also has no vending or concessions affiliation. Offices and headquarters of Supurdisplay have been moved from Wisconsin avenue in Milwaukee to 1109 North 108th St., Milwaukee. For the immediate future, Lorbeck said, both Server Sales and Supurdisplay will be operated as individual, independent companies. Clifford Lorbeck B. J. “Bob” Montgomery has been promoted to vice-president institutional sales of M&B Foods, Inc., Dallas, Tex., it was announced by Robert F. Amundsen, M&B president. Montgomery is a pioneer in the merchandising of foods to the institutional field and has been a leader in working with concessionaires and theatre managers for profitable operations. M&B Foods nanufactures barbecued beef and other canned meat products under the brand lames of Jimbo’s and M&B. Bob Montgomery The MODERN THEATRE SECTION • THIS SIDE OUT