The Exhibitor (1952)

EXHIBITOR NT-3 Cumberland Work started on converting a large section of Crystal Park into a 400-car drive-in that is expected to be ready for opening on or about May 30. Crystal Theatre Corporation will operate the open-airer. Edgar D. Growden resigned as pro¬ jectionist at this area’s first drive-in theatre to become part owner-manager, newly formed Crystal Theatre Corpora¬ tion. Growden is also vice-president of the organization. . . . Another drive-in is in the first stages of construction in the .outskirts of South Cumberland. Leonardtown St. Mary’s is now on a Friday through Monday schedule. . . . The Park, Lexing¬ ton Park, Md., held a benefit perform¬ ance for the U. S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River carnival fund with “Belles On Their Toes’’ as the attraction. . . . The Town Drive-In, California, Md., is being operated by Mrs. Raymond Trumble in the absence of Nat W. Hodgdon, who is helping to operate the Glymont, Indian Head, Md. She is the wife of Ray Trumble, promotion man¬ ager, Jack Fruchtman Theatres. T. L. Harrison, Jr., is now managing the Park and Plaza, with former man¬ ager Tom Bradburn now a projectionist at the Plaza, in addition to his other position at the Patuxent River U. S. Naval Air Sation. . . . Ray Trumbule is now assistant to Jack Fruchtman. . . . The Parent-Teachers Association pre¬ sented a benefit play at the D. and D., Solomon’s Island, Md. . . . Manager J. E. Williams reports that patronage is gaining . at the Tuesday night “Family Nights” at the Charles, LaPlata, Md. Pennsylvania Berwick The Temple, recently taken over by Engel Theatres, has installed Motiograph projectors, Ashcraft lamps, and “Voice of the Theatre” system through Vincent M. Tate Theatre Equipment, Forty-Fort, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Halifax The Halifax Drive-In will open in several weeks. Complete Motiograph equipment including 350 Motiograph incar speakers is now being installed by Vincent M. Tate Theatre Equipment, Forty-Fort, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The new spot is owned by Floyd Schieb and Leon Leitzel. Harrisburg Manager B. J. Bispeck brought seven Apache Indians in for the showing of “The Battle of Apache Pass,” Senate. He arranged with Cornplanter Lodge No, 61, Improved Order of the Red Men, to welcome the descendants of Cochise and Geronimo, and a parade was staged over downtown streets led by the West Shore Post 1462, Veterans of Foreign Wars Drum and Bugle Corps. Miss Ann Phillips resigned at the Hill, Camp Hill, Pa., replaced by Miss Naida Murray. . . . Dr. Samuel Goldstein has had the Paxtang, Paxtang, Pa., exten¬ sively renovated. Mrs. Mark Rubinsky, wife of the Rubinsky Theatres owner, passed another milestone sans any celebration. . . . Ken Steckline, assistant manager, Loew’s, became a papa for the third time when a baby boy was born. The new arrival has been named Samuel Lawrence, in honor of Sam Gilman, for¬ mer Loew’s manager, now at Syracuse, N. Y., and Lawrence Levy, Loew’s man¬ ager, Reading, Pa. Steckline gave out cute little cards announcing the birth. Bill Trambukis, manager, Loew’s, ran a jingle contest in connection with “Quo Vadis” that attracted much attention and received a good press. Miss Doris Rubinsky, Uptown aide, was a recent visitor in New York. . . . An all-cartoon show sponsored by Heisey Motors attracted an overflow crowd to the Senate. . . . Mrs. Dora Benson is new at the Rialto. Lewisfown The operation of the Temple came to a sudden end when the sheriff closed the theatre because of alleged non-pay¬ ment of an $11,000 note held by the H. C. Hower Lumber Company. The thea¬ tre, which had finally opened after a long time in construction, has been operated for more than four months, with the town of Lewistown a biddingarea for most exchanges. At the time the theatre closed, it was playing a 20th-Fox picture, which, at last reports, was still tied up in the house. The Temple was supposed to represent an investment of well over $200,000, according to report. The house, which had played stage attractions on occa¬ sion, was reported to have bid success¬ fully for a lot of major product. What the status of a bid picture is when the house winning the bid closes was to be clarified. Tim Holt, star of RKO westerns; Richard Martin, and Ray Whitley, on a personal appearance tour, are set to appear at the Midway Drive-In on May 18. Minersville The Center, operated by Anthony P. and Stella Krankowski, Shenandoah, Pa., registered its name in the Schuyl¬ kill Court House with Prothonotary Herbert C. Noakes. Reading Paul E. Glase, manager, Embassy, really went to town on “The Greatest Show On Earth.” In the foyer, a portion of a miniature circus laid out by H. Russell Wagner, Harrisburg, Pa., was displayed. The layout is so large that only one-third of it was shown in the Embassy. 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