Canadian Film Digest Year Book (1971)

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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 ee 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