The Exhibitor (1951)

EXHIBITOR NT-1 miWS OF THE BRANCHES Cincinnati Doris Day was honored with a special day when “Lullaby of Broadway” bowed at the RKO Palace. The entire city paid tribute to the blonde star, with events officially started by the proclamation of Mayor Albert D. Cash designating “Doris Day’s Day.” After a lot of painting and spring housecleaning, practically all of the drive-ins in this area opened. . . . Ben Cohen, formerly manager, Twin DriveIn, and Mark Cummins, a long-time ex¬ hibitor, are interested in several driveins in Kentucky. William A. Meier, Paramount branch manager, is the proud father of a girl, Mary Jo, born on March 16. . . . Florence Schumaker, U-I cashier, recently became a great aunt. . . . Katherine Meyers, boxoffice department, Columbia, gave a shower for Sue Lovell, contract clerk, who is to be married to William Wessel on April 7. The RKO drive meeting was headed by Nat Levy, eastern division sales man¬ ager; Frank Drumm, assistant general sales manager, and Maury Lefko, dis¬ trict manager. . . . Sergeant James Ken¬ nedy, stationed with an air force hospital unit at Greenville, N. C., spent a fur¬ lough with his aunt, Margaret Woodruff, Lippei’t office manager-booker. Selig Seligman, Noi’thio vice-president and general manager, moved his family here from New York City. . . . The hus¬ band of Alice Lawry, Realart inspectress, died of a heart ailment. . . . Betty Schwamecke is a new switchboard opera¬ tor at UA. Visitors included: Collins Harvey, Grayson, Ky. ; William Cain, Paintsville, Ky. ; J. N. Brandenberg, South Shore, Ky. ; J. Woodrow Thomas, Oak Hill, W. Va.; Harry McHaffie, Marmet, W. Va.; Ross Filson, Point Pleasant, W. Va.; Ray Friz and Mike Chakeres, Springfield, 0.; E. C. Harvey and Fred Donahue, New Boston, 0.; D. D. Breakefield, Sabina, O.; Dorman Law, Rose¬ ville, O.; Paul Herdman, Morrow, O.; Jack Needham, Columbus, 0.; Mrs. Fred Sexton, Ironton, 0.; and John Gregory, Dayton, 0. Cleveland The $1000 News movie contest is listed as one of the most successful promotions launched in Cleveland. Some 2300 con¬ testants participated. Miss Marjorie Ball, 23, Parma, 0., won the first prize, $300. “Bingo” gasped its last gasp, and bowed to the Ohio Supreme Court ruling to uphold two lower courts that estab¬ lished licensing of the game in Cuyahoga Pittsburgh VC To Fete Pete Dana PITTSBURGH — Tent 1, Variety Club, will sponsor a testimonial din¬ ner for Pete Dana, U-I eastern sales manager, on April 9 in the Urban Room, Hotel William Penn. Dana formerly was U-I branch man¬ ager, was promoted to district man¬ ager several years ago, and not long ago was again promoted to his pres¬ ent position. Dana was named Chief Barker, Variety Club, this year, but resigned when he found he could not have the time to give the office necessary to do it justice. Maurice Bergman, U-I executive, in charge of personal relations, will be toastmaster. Mayor David Law¬ rence is honorary chairman, with Walsh and Abe Weiner as co-chair¬ men. Wally Allen is chairman in charge of publicity and arrange¬ ments. County as illegal. “Bingo” operators dropped a proposed plan to test the ruling. Ernest Sands, who recently came here from Pittsburgh to succeed the late Dave Kaufman as Warner salesman in the river territory, has been appointed city sales manager. He succeeds Bill Twigg, who resigned recently to head the Buffalo office, Co-operative Theatres, a branch of Milton A. Mooney’s Co-operative The¬ atres of Ohio. Mrs. Sigmund Vermes, wife of a pio¬ neer Cleveland exhibitor and mother of two sons now prominent in the operation of theati’es, died in St. Petersburg, Fla., where she and her husband were spend¬ ing the winter. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are two sons, Ted and Albert, who operate the theatres. Harry Weiss is the new president, Salesmen’s Club. Also elected to serve are Sol Gordon, vice-president; Bill Gross, secretary, and Irwin Pollard, treasurer. First act under the new roster was to donate $200 to the Variety Club Boys Camp in memory of Dave Kauf¬ man, Warner salesman, killed in an auto¬ mobile accident. Bernard Wander resigned as man¬ ager, Shore. . . . The League of Show¬ men’s Wives, headed for the second year by Mrs. Nat Barach, announced a rummage sale to be held in the Variety Club. Easter Sunday saw a new admission price schedule posted in some of the city’s deluxe first-run neighborhoods. The Colony, Vogue, Fairmount, Mayland, Shaker, and Richmond upped their prices from 50 cents to 55 cents. When the Belmont, Youngstown, O., recently celebrated its first anniversary as a unit of the Associated Theatres Cir¬ cuit, managers Harry Henderson was host to the community for an entire week, during which he served coffee and cake in the theatre lobby. Jim Ochs, son of drive-in circuit owner Herbert Ochs, enjoyed an extended and unexpected vacation from colloge at Bowling Green, O., where all schools were closed on account of the flu. Olen Martin, Grove, Lorain, O., is doing the buying and booking for the Tri City Drive-In, Bucyrus, O., for the owner, D. P. Jacobs. . . . Pete Wood, secretary, Independent Theatre Owners of Ohio, announced that the statewide exhibitor protest meeting, scheduled to be held in Columbus, O., on March 29, has been indefinitely postponed. 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