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EXHIBITOR
Safe crackers got away with approxi¬ mately $1,000 in cash from the office of the Bellevue in an early morning robbery.
Mario Lanza made all the Pittsburgh papers when it was announced that the MGM star had set up a trust fund for a homeless waif at the Roselia Found¬ ling Home. Lanza sent a $500 check, and said he would visit the baby as soon as he was in this area.
Exhibitors Service Company an¬ nounced a raise in rates for hauling film to theatres, effective on Nov. 7. A new raise for the truck drivers was stated as the cause.
Front page stories and unusually gen¬ erous publicity were the results in every city where the “Movietime, U.S.A.,” stars appeared, headed by Vera-Ellen, but Altoona, Pa., outdid every other spot. Vic Notopolous and Dan Shepherd headed the committee of showmen.
The Manos Circuit booked Clarabell, TV clown, on the “Howdy Doody” show, in several towns.
Jack Jackter was named Columbia salesman for upstate Pennsylvania re¬ placing Mark Silver, resigned. Jackter
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comes from the Columbia office in Detroit, where he was a booker.
Howard Crombie, former RKO sales¬ man, who recently worked for Crown and Franklin as a salesman, resigned. . . . Merle Arnold, Louis Stuler, and Durward Coe were back from the TOA convention in New York, and over 25 showmen left for the Allied convention in New York.
Sympathy goes to Bill Garner, Mono¬ gram booker, in the loss of his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Collins. . . . The parents of Gene Kelly attended the trade show¬ ing, “An American In Paris.” . . . Now that the cool weather is here, the 20thFox cooling system, out of commission during the hot weather is being fixed. . . . Earl Gratton, Loew’s Penn second assistant, has been transferred to Loew’s Broad, Columbus, O., leaving manager Bill Elder shorthanded.
Eugene Duffield has been added to the sales staff of the National Theatre Supply office, reporting here after spend¬ ing a training period at the home office. . . . Peggy Burkhart, Warner Circuit office, and William Koloziez are engaged.
The Brushton, neighborhood, has been sold by the Gellmans for commercial purposes. A contracting firm will take over.
The Variety Club elections found the following on the board for 1952: William Finkel, A1 Weiblinger, Karl Dozer, Har¬ old Lund, Dave Silverman, Bob Kimelman, Mannie Trautenberg, Norman Mervis, Joe Hiller, I. Elmer Ecker, and Sam Spiranza. Finkel was chosen by the board to be Chief Barker; Sammy Spiranza and Norman Mervis were named delegates to the convention in Las Vegas, Nev., and I. Elmer Ecker and Wally Allen were named alternates.
Kentucky
Louisville
The recently appointed convention committee of the Kentucky Association of Theatre Owners met to outline plans for the coming KATO annual convention. The committee, composed of chairman Cliff Buechel, Mary Anderson; Katherine Overstreet, Fourth Avenue Amusement Company; Gene Lutes, Chakeres district manager, Frankfort, Ky.; E. L. Ornstein, Ornstein Theatres, Marengo, Ind.; Buddy Arnold, Arco and Melody, Bardstown, Ky., and W. E. Carrell, Falls City Thea¬ tre Equipment, selected Dec. 5 and 6, with the location the Henry Clay Hotel.
W. E. Carrell, owner, Falls City Thea¬ tre Equipment, returned from Los Angeles, where he attended the joint TESMA-TEDA convention. ... In the taking over of the operation of the Towers by Settos Theatres, Indiana¬ polis, the name of the theatre is slated to be changed to the New Knox.
J. B. Minnix, London, Ky., has under construction a 400-car drive-in, being built to replace the old Southland, an
indoor house, destroyed by fire. The new drive-in will be called the Ronnie DriveIn. The theatre will be equipped with Motiograph projection and sound equip¬ ment, supplied through Falls City Thea¬ tre Equipment.
Out-of-town exhibitors seen, included: Homer Wirth, Crane, Crane, Ind.; Jay Burton, Rex, West Liberty, Ky.; Morris Smith, Valley, Taylorville, Ky.; Tom Spear, Monroe, Monroe City, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred May, Royal, Carrollton, Ky. ; Fred Belcher, Family Drive-In, Charlestown, Ind., and E. L. Ornstein, Rialto, Marengo, Ind.
In Paducah, Ky., Lake Edwards, Starlite Drive-In, pleaded guilty to a charge of showing an obscene moving picture, and was fined $500 in McCracken Circuit Court.
The father of Tom Maxedon, resident manager, Chakeres Shelby and Burley, Shelbyville, Ky., died. . . . R. V. Dinkle, who formerly operated the Midway, Mid¬ way, Ky., is now operating the Rand, Raceland, Ky., and Russell, Russell, Ky.
Michigan
Lansing
Pearce Parkhurst, managing director, Lansing Drive-In, bet $100 against $1000 put up by his employers that the thea¬ tre’s last week of operation would beat all attendance records since last August, and announced the wager in a clever ad run in The Lansing State Journal. The ad showed pictures of the bettors, carried several paragraphs of the conversation that led to the wager, and appealed to area residents to help Parkhurst win the bet so that he could vacation in Florida with his wife. Follow-up ads reported on the day-to-day results of the bet.
Ohio
Columbus
Dr. Clyde Hissong, chief Ohio film censor, was guest speaker at a meeting of the Columbus and Franklin County Motion Picture Council at the Seneca Hotel.
Ira R. “Tommy’’ Thompson, 69 stage¬ hand, Gayety, died. . . . Mrs. Ethel Mae London, pianist and organist, old Colonial and Grand, some years ago, died.
Dayton
Variety Club International Chief Barker Marc J. Wolf on Nov. 7 and 8 will dedicate Variety Manor, a school for feebleminded children, sponsored by the Variety Club.
Wilmington
Recent appointments announced by Jack Thomas, vice-president and general manager, Hallmark Productions, Inc., are: Jack Holtman, unit manager, Tennessee-Louisiana zone, “The Prince of Peace”; Lelah Foresha, contract depart¬ ment, and Janet Ames, assistant to photo lab director Herb Beins.
October 31, 1951