The Exhibitor (1953)

EXHIBITOR NT-3 C. S. Manley, Manley Popcorn, re¬ turned from a trip to Seattle. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Carl Taggard, Rick, Southwest City, Mo., are now booking out of the Oklahoma City exchanges instead of Kansas City. . . . Lynn Pitts, former city salesman for Paramount here, and now with Paramount in Omaha, is re¬ covering from a leg injury. . . . Dorothy Seager, former Paramount biller, is now in the accounting department at MGM. . . . Louise Cooper is Rube Melcher’s, Popper’s Supply, new book¬ keeper, replacing Pat Summers, resigned. . . . Lucille Phillips, former secretary to Eddie Golden, Golden Booking Com¬ bine, is now with 20th-Fox. Golden was a patient at Mehorah Hospital. Louise Hansen, head inspectress, Columbia, and her husband were vaca¬ tioning in Texas. . . . Bill Gaddoni, MGM branch manager, returned from Russell, Kans., where he met with Dale Danielson. . . . Clarence Schultz is, back at his post as president, Consolidated Agencies, Inc., after a throat operation at St. Luke’s Hospital. Norene Carr is the new stenographer at Columbia. . . . Chet Borg, Mo-Kan Drive-In, Fort Scott, Kans., expects his new drive-in at Butler, Mo., to be ready for an early spring opening. He is going to have a new type screen, a shingled effect that will not require paint. . . . Bill Brooker, publicity man, Columbia, was in Oklahoma City for two weeks. . . . Max Hollingsworth, RCA sound engineer and former operator, Civic, Webb City, Mo., was injured in an auto¬ mobile accident between Appleton City, Mo., and Osceola, Mo. He is a patient at St. John’s Hospital, Joplin, Mo. Frank Hill, Hutchinson, Kans., is the new manager, Commonwealth’s Yank¬ ton, Yankton, S. D. . . . William Sonneman, Springdale, Ark., was in. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Bills were in en route to Anadarka, Okla. . . . Mr. and Mi’s. Ernie Black, Civic, Sabetha, Kans., were visitors, as were Ed Harris, Orpheum, Neosho, Mo., and Miss Lily Welty, Midway, Hill City, Kans. George Hunter, manager, Fox, Springfield, Mo., theatres, announced a motion picture clinic. Elmer C. Rhoden, Sr., is expected to make a speech, screenings will be held, and press and radio men will be present. Norma Murray spent the weekend in Marshall, Mo. She is assistant cashier at Columbia. . . . John Clayton, manager, Pic, St. John, Kans., was elected presi¬ dent, Chamber of Commerce. While A1 Kane, southwest division manager, Paramount, was here, he and branch manager Harry Hamburg visited in St. Joseph, Mo., and Leavenworth, Kans. “Pony Express” is expected to have its world premiere in St. Joseph. Walter E. Branson, Harry Gittleson, Stanley Kramer, A. L. Kalitz, M. M. Rosenblat, Marvin Goldfarb, and Giff Davison, were here to attend the RKO regional sales meeting at the Hotel Muehlebach. Tommy Taylor, U-I salesman, expects to sail soon for England. He will attend the coronation. Moe Levy and Verne Storey were here to attend the 20th-Fox sales meeting. . . . Dick Whitley, booker, Mid Central Circuit, was a visitor. . . . Fred Harri¬ son, Plains, Kans., purchased the Strand, Ransom, Kans. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hastings, re¬ opened their Hilcrest Drive-In, Osage City, Kans. . . . Nona Atkeissen, office clerk, and Isabel Cohen, assistant cashier, MGM, resigned. . . . Virgil Anderson, C-B, Bucklin, Mo., returned from a trip to Chicago. . . . Common¬ wealth’s Riverside Drive-In, Parkville, Mo., reopened. Jack Braunagel, Commonwealth drive-in general manager, returned from Springfield, Mo. . . . Earl L. Smith opened his 220-car Movie Park Drive-In, Siloam Springs, Ark. . . . Paul Neal reopened the Starlight Drive-In, Higginsville, Mo. A young Methodist minister, Mary¬ ville, Mo., is planning holding early Sunday morning services in “Doc” Cook’s Drive-In. He hopes to catch the Sunday golfers. . . . Hank Wigman, recently from the Netherlands, will operate the new Heart Drive-In, Jackson County, Mo. He was the former manager, Boulevard Drive-In, Rosedale, Kans. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Bills, Lyric, Salisbury, Mo., returned from Oklahoma. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Willliam Flynn re¬ opened their drive-in in Emporia, Kans. Their drive-in at Great Bend, Kans., is in the process of being remodeled, and they expect to have it ready for a May opening. Hal Walsh, prairie district manager, Warners, was a visitor. . . . Bernie Evans, exploiteer for MGM, returned from Wichita, Kans. . . . Bill Brooker, exploiteer, Cloumbia, was here from Oklahoma City to do publicity on “Salome.” Joe Manfre, city salesman, Warners, is back after an operation. . . . Louise Reed is Elmer Rhoden’s new secretary at Commonwealth. Elaine Fulton re¬ signed. . . . Howard Strumm, sales¬ man, Popper’s Supply, returned from Oklahoma City. On Film Row were: Harley Fryer, Barco Drive-In, Lamor, Mo.; Bill Bradfield, Roxy, Carthage, Mo.; Bob Egener, Waverly, Waverly, Mo.; Charles Thomas, Sweet Springs, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Ken Winkelmeyer, booking for their Casino, Boomville, Mo.; M. S. Heath, Plaza, Liberty, Mo.; Mrs. Roy Handley, Royal, Tonganoxie, Kans.; J. T. Ghosen, Up¬ town, Sedalia, Mo.; James Velde, United Artists; Ralph Kettering, United Artists; Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Block, Civic, Sabetha, Kans.; Frank Weary, III, 13 Drive-In, Henrietta, Mo.; Frank Weary, II, Farris, Richmond, Mo.; Marcus Landau, Liberty, Horton, Kans.; Herman Illmer, Tivoli; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lux, Boulevard Drive-In; Mrs. Agnes Silver, Silver, Cameron, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jarboe, Ritz, Cameron; Frank Plumbee, Farmington, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cooper, drivein, Dodge City, Kans., and Mr. and Mrs. Bristol, Starlight Drive-In, Meade, Kans. Gladys Melson, Ed Hartman Booking Combine, spent a weekend in Coinsville, Mo. . . . Stanley Durwood, Durwood Theatres, Inc., returned from Wichita, Kans. Los Angeles A baby daughter was born on March 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Barre Shales, Spreckles, Broadway, and Tower, San Diego, Cal. Mrs. Shales is the daughter of Lou B. Metzger, deceased, well-known motion picture executive and exhibitor, and former general sales manager, Columbia and U-I. Mrs. Florence Irene Havens, 54, wife of Gage Havens, Oceanside Drive-In operator, Carlsbad, Cal., died. When “Lili” opened at the Vogue, Hollywood, Leslie Caron appeared in person. Civic, state, and local authorities, as well as a host of film and music celebrities, were on hand for the festivities. Simon Lazarus turned over the buying and booking chores of his Lyric, Mon¬ rovia, Cal., to Ben Mohi, Hunley. . . . After the run of “I Confess” at the Warner Hollywood, the theatre closes so that the Cinerama Corporation, which leased the house for a five-year period, can make the alterations necessary for Cinerama. . . . Dale Clark, salesman, Manley Popcorn, became the parent of a baby boy. . . . Back from the east was Henry Herbel, Warners. . . . Edna Fishback, RKO bidding department, planed out to Lexington, Ky., to attend the funeral of her mother. ... At a meeting of the officers and executive board of the Film Row Club, plans were formulated for a big June club dance at the Holly¬ wood Palladium. . . . Lou Astor, Colum¬ bia sales representative, was in. . . . The sister of Harry Lloyd, Warners’ head shipper, passed away. . . . The Finkler office assumed the buying and booking for the Bace, Taft, Cal., formerly handled by Exhibitor’s Service. . . . Jessie Pierce, a booker with Warners for over 17 years, and who had retired in 1951 due to ill health, passed away. . . . After having operated for many years with an art policy, the Laurel closed. It will be converted into a syna¬ gogue. ... In town were Roy Lemmucchi, Bakersfield, Cal.; Milt Smith, Santa Paul, Cal.; Dan Pavich and George Mastrich, Lippert Theatres; Bill Sorenson, Wilmington, Cal., and Rebecca Carillo, Moor Park, Cal. Milwaukee Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Vogel returned from a Florida vacation. He is with Theatre Equipment and Supply Com¬ pany and the Plaza. . . . The Variety Club held a luncheon at Empire Room of the Schroeder Hotel. . . . “A Day In The Country,” 3-D featurette, is being released through Lippert, and William Benjamin advises that this is the only 3-D featurette released that does not need any special equipment or change of screen. March 25, 1953 MIDWEST-WEST.