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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONCESSIONAIRES 201 North Wells St., Chicago, III. 60606 (312-CEntral 6-3858)
OFFICERS
Chairman of the Board . .Julian Lefkowitz
Council of Past Presidents ...... J. J. Fitzgibbons, Jr.
President ....... Andrew S. Berwick, Jr. Vice-President ........ S.C. Bennett, Jr. Vice-President ............ B. Helfand Vice-President .......... C. D. Lorbeck Vice-President ............ Van Myers STI ASULEN sis visa sie niarere.ns's o'sse W. Weaver
Executive Director ..LouisL. Abramson
CANADIAN REGION 21 Dundas Square, Toronto, Ont.
OFFICERS Regional Vice-President .... Curly Posen Director-at-Large ......... G. R. Dillon
NATIONAL CATHOLIC OFFICE FOR MOTION PICTURES 405 Lexington Ave., Room 4200, New York, N.Y. 10017 (TN 7-8460)
Director ....... Rev. Patrick J. Sullivan, SJ, STD
Assistant Director ........ Mr. Richard Hirsch
Exec. Sec., Educational Services ...... Mr. Henry Herx, MA
SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION ENGINEERS 9 East 41st Street, New York, N.Y. 10017 (212-TN7-5410)
OFFICERS President 5 -9.< ig oie pte Wilton R. Holm Executive Vice
President ..... Byron S. Roudabush Past President ........ Deane R. White Engineering Vice
President ....... W. T. Wintringham Editorial Vice
President ....... Richard E. Putman Financial Vice
President ....... Kenneth M. Mason Conference Vice
President .......Harry Teitelbaum Sections Vice
President ....... William D. Hedden 116
Vice-Pres. for Educational
Affairs Herbert E. Farmer Vice-Pres. for Photo-Instrumentation
Affairs Carlos H. Elmer Vice-Pres. for Motion Picture
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ANtfaltS eiccl3s Edward H. Reichard Vice-Pres. for Photo-Science
INICIO eodupcuD me Roderick T. Ryan Vice-Pres. for Television
INTCUS ondo Oo menoe E. Blair Benson Sechetanyeceewicis so. + E. B. McGreal Treasurer .......-Joseph T. Dougherty
CANADIAN SECTIONS
MONTREAL
Chairman: Raymond W. Payne, National Film Board of Canada, Box 6100, Montreal 3, Quebec.
Secretary-Treasurer: A. Dunstan Russell, Alex L. Clark Co. Ltd., 1070 Bleury St., Suite 805, Montreal, Quebec.
Past Chairman: Kenneth P. Davies, 78 St. John’s Road, Pointe Claire 720, Quebec.
TORONTO Chairman: Findlay J. Quinn, Quinn Laboratories, 380 Adelaide St. West,
Toronto, Ontario
Secretary-Treasurer: Alexander R. MacGregor, 1670 Bayview Ave., Toronto 17, Ontario
Past Chairman: Geoffrey R. Oliver, 18 Torrington Drive, Etobicoke, Ontario
VARIETY CLUBS INTERNATIONAL,
TENT 28, ONTARIO Colonnade, 131 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ont.
OFFICERS
Sam Shopsoswitz Jerry H. Solway
Chief Barker ............. 1st Asst. Chief Barker
2nd Asst. Chief Barker .......... Stan Sobol Property Master .............. Doug. Wells Dough Guy eee eres Robert Lawrence
CANVASMEN
Len Bishop, Wm. Crampton, Harvey Dobbs, —
Al Dubin, Alex Stewart, Leon E. Weinstein.
CHAPLAINS
Rev. P. J. Giroux, Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg, Ph.D.; Rev. Hugh MacDonald.
TENT 28 CHARTER MEMBERS
The Variety Club of Toronto, later changed to the Variety Club of Ontario, 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 the late John J. Fitzgibbons, 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, the late Gordon Lightstone, Ernest Rawley and N. A. Taylor, canvasmen.
PAST CHIEF BARKERS 1946, 1947-1948: John L. Fitzgibbons, CBE; 1949-1950: Morris Stein; 1951: J. J. Chisholm; 1952, 1953: R. W. Bolstad; 1954: Wm. Summerville, 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; 1963: George Altman; 1964-65: Robert R. Hall; 1966-1967: Jack Bernstein; 1968-69: Frank H. Strean. y
TENT 28 HEART AWARD WINNERS
In 1947 the late Peter Campbell, then president 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 cause and that this was to be known as a ‘‘Heart Award.” The winners since its inception are—1948: John J. Fitzgibbons, Sr.; 1949: James Cameron; 1950: Wm. Summerville, Jr.; 1951: Ernest M. Rawley; 1952: George Altman; 1953: Monty Hall; 1954: Dan Krendel; 1955: Jim Nairn; 1956: R. W. Bolstad; 1957: J. A. Troyer; 1958: Herb Allen; 1959: Bert Brown; 1960: J. J. Fitzgibbons, Jr.; 1961: Ed DeRocher; 1962: Hye Bossin; 1963: Frank Strean; 1964: Andrew Rouse; 1965: Sam Shopsoswitz; 1966: Morris Stein; 1967: Robert Hall; 1968: N. A. Taylor; 1969: Alex E. Stewar
CHARITY CITATION AWARD
In 1950, Tent 28, Toronto, was given the Charity Citation Award of Variety Clubs, International. The winner is selected annually by a special jury. It won a second award in 1971 for its Electronic Limb Centre.
VARIETY CLUBS—WILL ROGERS HOSPITAL
Lionel Lester is the representative of the Variety Club of Ontario 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 Station B, Scarboro, Ont. (699-7 167) Principal and Headmaster ......... J. Arthur Robertson