The Exhibitor (1950)

NT-2 EXHIBITOR New faces at National Screen Service are: Anita Langley, Sara Westmore¬ land, Catherine Meadows, Elizabeth Hicks Maisie Williams, Bobbie Tatum, and Martha Whitley. Resigned was Sue Clodfelter. . . , A. B. Padgett, branch manager, MGM, returned after spend¬ ing a few days in Florida. . . . On a visit to Atlanta was Lash LaRue. Mrs. H. H. Gee, with her son, owner, Dean, Butler, Ga.; Gualt Brown, Madisonville, Tenn.; Mrs. Wallace Smith, Gem, Barnesville, Ga.; J. S. Tankersley, Ellijay, Ellijay, Ga.; Roy Mitchell, Stone Mountain, Ga.; W. R. Boswell, Union, Union Point, Ga. ; Mrs. V. M. Edwards, Dixie, Wrens, Ga.; E. P. Clay, Woodbury, Woodbury, Ga.; Jay Soloman, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mose Lebowitz. Grand Amusement Company, Chat¬ tanooga, Tenn.; Walter Morris, Pike, Knoxville, Tenn., and Spence Pierce, Knoxville, Drive-In, Knoxville, Tenn., were booking. Mrs. Marqurite Seith, booking agent, was off for a vacation in Oklahoma City. . . . Betty Sims, former secretary at Kay, was appointed by A. C. Bromberg, president. Monogram, as his private secretary. Back after a vacation in California is Harry Ballance, southern division manager, 20th-Fox, with the family. . . . The old stork passed over the house of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Turner, he is sales representative for ELC, and left a little son. . . . Dave Williams is back after a vacation in New York with his parents. Back on the Row was Clyde Goodsom, branch manager, Paramount. His doctor said he would be able to return soon. , . . Lex Benton, coowner, Benton Brothers Film Express, was back after spending a vacation in Puerto Rico. Hap Barnes, Montgomery Drive-In, Montgomery, Ala.; Forman Rogers, Rogers, Montgomery, Ala.; Eddie Wat¬ son, Strand, Montevallo, Ala.; W. E. Griffin, President, Manchester, Ga. ; and Roy Martin, Jr., Martin Theatres, Co¬ lumbus, Ga., were in booking. It was a baby girl for Ernest Pelegin, head booker, Columbia. . . . Jimmy Wil¬ son, coowner, Dixie Booking Office, was called to New York because of the ill¬ ness of his mother. Seen in a recent photo by EXHIBITOR’S Lew Herb are Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Richardson, who operate the Jonesville and Lockhart, Jonesville, S. C. Richard¬ son was for many years a projectionist. Jack J. Parrish and J. W. Sineath opened their 350-car Monticello AutoDrive, Monticello, Fla. . . . Lake Wales, Fla., will have a new drive-in to be built by Leslie Pendleton, manager. State. . . . Back after a vacation in Florida is Lester M. Neely, Sr., owner, Neely Theatre Circuit, Alabama. . . . Lewis Garling, manager, Bama, Mobile, Ala., went over to the Clark, Natchez, Miss., and Miss W. N. Brooks, former manager, Palofax, Pensacola, Fla., took over as manager, Bama, Mobile. R. 1). Gibbons, new owner, old Valley, Falkville, Ala., changed the name to the Mars. ... It was happy birthday for Emmett Grimsley, Martin and Thompson, Hawkinsville, Ga. . . . E. W. Schroeder, office manager-head booker. Monogram Southern Exchanges, New Orleans, went back after an auto trip through Colorado. . . . Fred Young, Atlanta Popcorn Company, checked in after a business trip. . . . John Peck, Jr., Pix, Eatonton, Ga., was visiting. A. C. Saunders and son, Alabama and Florida, were in booking. . . . Ed Bled¬ soe, booker, RKO, was back at his desk after a vacation. . . . Miss Vicki Cooper returned to her desk after a trip in Jacksonville, Fla. . . . Bill Arnold, spe¬ cial representative. Hallmark, was in Atlanta. . . . Charlie Walder, owner, Tivoli, Miami, Fla., was back at his post after a vacation in New York. ... Spence Pierce, Family Drive-In, Knox¬ ville, Tenn., went back after a visit. . . . Earl Porter, manager, Tivoli, was back after his vacation. N. H. Waters, Sr., Waters Theatres, Birmingham, Ala., announced plans for two 60()-car drive-ins and the acquisi¬ tion of five neighborhood and suburban theatres from Community Theatres. On Jan. 1, 1951, Waters will lease his Lyric to the Acme Theatre Company. With the addition of the five new theatres this will give the Waters Circuit 18 neighborhood theatres. Manager George Rallin celebrated the second anniversary of the Varsity DriveIn, Tuscaloosa, Ala. . . , H. H. Everett, president, Everett Enterprises, Char¬ lotte, is a proud grandfather. It was a boy. Charlotte Walter L. Titus, Jr., Republic division manager, was in on a two-week trip to Atlanta, New Orleans, and Dallas. Four major film companies filed sep¬ arate charges of fraud against Ellis Blumenthal, Charlotte theatre executive owner serving a prison sentence for in¬ come tax evasion. Filed in federal court, the civil suits charge Blumenthal with making regular false and y inaccurate statements of gross attendance receipts at his theatres. Named as co-defendant was B and B Theatres, Inc. Among the theatres owned and operated by B and B or Blumenthal named in the charges are: the Astor, Durham, N. C.; Holly¬ wood and Lafayette, Winston-Salem, N. C.; Lincoln, State, and Carolina, Florence, S. C.; Star, Savannah, Ga., and the Peachtree Art, Atlanta. Ralph lannuzzi, branch manager, Warners, Atlanta, spent a weekend here. . . . W. E. Dyer, Screen Guild representative, was a patient at Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md. . . . Mitchell Little, office manager. Republic, spent a week in Savannah, Ga., enjoying his last week of vacation. . . . Jean Cook, inspectress. Screen Guild was mar¬ ried to Gordon Vann Brewer on Aug. 19. . . . R. L. Parrish who operates the drive-in, Benson, N. C., is opening his new drive-in, Steadman, N. C. . . . H. P. Howell remodeled the Wakelon, Zebulon, N. C. Mrs. Myrtle Hill, availability clerk. Republic, was vacationing in Annapolis, Md. . . . Charlie Burgin is now booking for Colonial Theatres, Valdese, N. C., replacing R. L. Baker, Jr., who resigned to manage the Carolina, Shelby, N. C., which he recently bought. . . . Levy Overton, Levon, Enfield, N. C., returned from a trip to Washington, D. C. . . . Powell Craig has taken over the Center, Haw River, N. C., effective on Sept. 6. . . . Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dandelake, Col¬ onial and Tar, Tarboro, N. C., returned from Maine. . . . J. 1. Sims has taken over his bookings for the Edisto, Orange¬ burg, SC.... Saxton Theatrical Ser¬ vice is now doing the booking for the While on a recent tour through the south. Lew Herb, EXHIBITOR traveling rep¬ resentative, took the above shots showing, at left, Luther Woodfield and son Buddy, Alamo, Pine Bluff, Ark., in the National Theatre Supply store, Memphis, and, right. Bill Hampton, manager. Acme’s Galax, Birmingham, Ala., pictured in his office. September 13, 1950