The Exhibitor (1950)

NT-2 EXHIBITOR tres, Hawkinsville, Ga., went back home after visiting the booking office. Ralph McCoy, former branch manager, Film Classics, was visiting. . . . Cliff L. King, manager, Capital, Plant City, Fla., is better after a serious illness in the hospital in Tampa, Fla. A stubborn growth in his throat refused to yield to treatment, and finally had to be re¬ moved. With it went the larynx, leaving him unable to speak. The following changes in theatres in North Carolina took place: Henry W. Brown is the new owner, Embassy, Hickory, from Wilby-Kincey. ... In Hallboro, new owners of the Hallboro are W. P. Council and W. A. and J. C. Gooch. . . . New owner of the Pastime and Drive-In, Jackson, is A. P. Lassiter, from R. C. Whitehurst. . . . Wilby-Kin¬ cey sold the Carolina, Rocky Mount, to Roy Champion and W. G. Lamm, Jr., Wilson. Martin and Thompson Theatres an¬ nounced the following changes: Eddie Bonnes is manager, Gem, Cuthbert, Ga. . . G. L. Barker, new manager, Wellston, Warner Robbins, Ga., replaces Fred Goodwin, who resigned to enter business for himself. The old love bug went down to Royston Ga., where Patricia Ann James, daughter of operator at the Royce, Royston Ga., was married to Lieutenant Ed¬ mund Kerkerian. L. J. Duncan, president, Al-Dun Amusement Company, West Point, Ga., announced that the Hi-Way Drive-In near Lanett, Ala., will be ready for opening soon. . . . Jimmy Wilson, pres¬ ident, Wilson Enterprises, checked in af¬ ter a tour of the theatres, and said that business is off but looks like it will get better. Joe Stuches, formerly of the Trion Drive-In, Trion, Ga., hopes to have his new drive-in near Cedertown, Ga., ready for opening shortly. Abe Brown, owner, K and B Soda Company, where the film folks meet, is a grandfather. Bill Green’s Glen is well under way. This theatre will be equipped with all the latest equipment. There will be park¬ ing space for 500 oars. Opening date is set for Aug. 15. Thomas E. Delbridge, manager Loew’s, Nashville Tenn., is a candidate for mem¬ bership in the Davidson County Court. . . . Jerry Hudson, manager, Martin, Etowah, Tenn., was elected president, Lions Club. . . . R. D. Word, circuit theatre owner in Alabama, announced that opening date for his new drive-in in Scottsboro, Ala., is set for August. . . . J. D. Woodall, Guntersville, Ala., enter¬ tained his employes at a boat party. . . . John Jarvis, former sales representative for Kay, resigned. . . . Mrs. John Jarvis, Kay, returned after a visit to the hospi¬ tal. . . .Jim Wilson moved into his new office at 163 Walton Street. President Ed Stevens, Stevens, checked in after a visit to Florida. . . . John W. Managham, president, Realart and Screen Guild, was back after a trip to Tennessee. . . . Charlie Durmeyer, South¬ ern Automatic Candy Company, was in Florida. ... On the Row for a visit was Ralph McCoy, former branch manager, Film Classics. . . . Roy Mitchell, Stone, Stone Mountain, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. John Carter, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Ga.; A. L. Bishop, Bishop’s Theatres, Col¬ umbus, Ga.; J. H. Thompson, Martin and Thompson Theatres, Hawkinsville, Ga. ; W. Welch, Strand, Dallas, Ga.; Howard Schussler and 0. C. Lam, Lam Amuse¬ ment Company, Rome, Ga., L. J. Duncan and Sidney Laird, West Point, Ga., and Ebb Duncan and Clyde Sampler, Duncan Theatres, Carrollton, Ga., were in. The Georgia Theatres’ new drive-in on Peachtree Road will be ready for opening in a month. Talgar Theatres, Jacksonville, Fla., announced that plans for a new 300-car drive-in near Gallie, Fla., is under way with opening date set for early fall. . . . Another new drive-in will be built by James Tringas in Shalimar, Fla. . . . In Kernersville, N. C., James A. Adams, Jr., has started a 150-car drive-in. . . . Frank K. Phillips, Purvis, Miss., will soon start work on his 250-car drive-in near Hattiesburg, Miss., under the man¬ agership of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Mil¬ ler. ... At Quitman, Ga., H. P. Juhan, Jr., Berlin, Ga., and G. R. Gardner, Quitman, opened their 150-car drive-in. The best of luck goes to Carl Floyd, owner, Floyd Theatres, Florida, on his 10th anniversary. . . . Bob Boardman, owner, Ninth Street, announced that he closed his theatre temporarily. Frank N. Jones, head, accounting de¬ partment, Monogram Southern Ex¬ changes, returned after visiting with his family in Florida. . . . Grace Ham¬ mond is now with Monogram. . . . Mrs. Leola Delong, Monogram, returned home after a spell at the hospital. . . . Jackie Staples, Monogram, was enjoy¬ ing the Florida sunshine at Daytona Beach. . . . The Row was sorry to hear of the death of Hal Macon’s father. Macon owns theatres in Stateboro, Ga. ... It was happy birthday for Mrs. Bernice Wadworth, Monogram. The Algiers Drive-In, Algiers, La., will open in July. . . . Miss Betty Moore, telephone operator, 20th-Century Fox, reports that she now knows the power of the press. She is the pretty girl who coos that “Movies Are Better Than Ever’’ into the telephone when anyone calls 20th-Century Fox. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hopkins, he is manager, 16mm. department, Republic, are the proud parents of a new baby boy. . . . Herman Silverman, Wometco, is re¬ covering after and operation. . . . Astor, Dallas, announced that it will open a branch in Memphis in the home office of Film Classics on South Second Street with Eugene Boggs as manager. Wilby-Kincey announced the closing of the Park, Hickory, N. C. . . . The Georgia Theatres announced that Julian Maryland, who has been with the com¬ pany theatre in Athens, Ga., as porter and shipper, died at the age 70. . . . The Ferriday, La. Gay, remodeled, reopened. Owner E. O. Hicks was formerly with the Joy Theatres, with W. G. Pullan as manager. Charles Elton, booker, with Charles Lockett, Warners, Memphis, was enjoy¬ ing his vacation in Florida. ... In for a visit was Mrs. Mamie Newman, former booker, Florida State Theatres, Jackson¬ ville, Fla. . . . Max-vis W. Doris, sales manager, 20th-Fox, checked in after a vacation spent in Florida. . . . From the Republic office on vacation were Loraine Wimberly and Mamie White. . . . Back after a Florida trip was BeiT Shreve, manager, Manley Popcorn. In booking were: R. T. Moody, Moo¬ dy’s, South Georgia; J. B. Hardy, Thomaston, Ga., J. C. Farrow, Eclectic, Eclec¬ tic, Ala.; J. E. Martin, Grand, Montezuna, Ga.; W. E. Griffin, Cullman, Ala.; Harry Hardeman, Community, Trion, Ga., and Colonel T. E. Orr and H. Green, Amusement Company, Albertsville, Ala. Charlotte Grover Livingston, former Warner branch manager in Oklahoma City, has assumed duties as branch manager, Charlotte Office, replacing Frank Neal, who resigned recently to enter business for himself in Florida. . . . The Nichols Drive-In, Nichols, S. C., reopened after being closed for three months. New owner is John Holt. Queen City Booking agency will handle booking’ and buying chores. Max Reinhardt, head, Exhibitors’ Service, R and B Agency, announced that his outfit will handle the South 15 Drive-In, Hartsville, S. C., and the Yadkinville Drive-In, Yadkinville, N. C. P. J. Henn, owner of theatres in Mur¬ phy, Andrews, and Robbinsville, N. C., has taken over his own booking and buy¬ ing from Exhibitors’ Service. Henn recently purchased the Dickey, Murphy, N. C., his former opposition, from H. E. Dickey. . . . Charlotte’s seventh drive-in bowed in a fortnight ago. Named the Thrift Drive-In, the ozoner is owned by G. H. Faw, who operates drive-ins at Albemarle, Monroe, Robbins, and Troy, N. C. A. C. Brown, Paramount travelling auditor, checked in for the annual audit. ... A motor in the Variety Club’s airconditioning system caught fire recently, damage to the cooling plant totaled $200. Donald O’Conner, U-I star, and troupe made personal appearances at the Im¬ perial during the run of “Curtain Call at Cactus Creek.” Emery Wister, the News critic, re¬ turned from his annual visit to Holly¬ wood. While on the coast, Wister was hosted by all the studios, and appeared briefly in a Western Adventure Picture, starring Lash LaRue. July 5, 1950