The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

36 NEWS OF THE TERRITORY A Patron SERVICE that makes $ $ $ BERLO Candy Vending Machines • VENDING NATIONALLY KNOWN PRODUCTS • SILENT IN OPERATION • A MODERN SHOW PIECE FOR ANY THEATRE • RECOGNIZED ASSET BY MAJOR CIRCUITS AND INDEPENDENTS • 15 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS. SATISFACTORY SERVICE TO EXHIBITORS ■ ELECTRIC AND MEOPI S ICMSB ■ 8.MARQUEES or QUALITY! Cumberland Local talent gets encouragement at the Liberty, TOM BURKE, manager, who joins a local store in sponsoring a weekly Saturday morning event known as “Uncle John’s Broadcast.” NICK LUCAS spent May 1 and 2 at the Strand, CARL B. SHERRED, manager. Tattler is a newsy folder to be found weekly in the Maryland lobby, GRACE M. FISHER, manager. Sheet contains ads of local firms, news items and the week’s screen offering. WILLIAM HARVEY is editor and HARRY TRITT assistant manager. — S. R. G. Hagerstotvn Managers of Maryland district from Frederick, Waynesboro, Martinsburg, Hagerstown gathered here to go over details of campaigns for "Dark Victory.” GUY WONDERS, district manager, explained campaigns. R. B. GREEN, Warner sound engineer, Maryland district, has just completed installation of new sound in Strand, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, HENRY CLARK, manager. Green will soon install new sound at Frederick, Frederick, JACK FORNEY, manager. VIRGINIA Alta Vista Lions Club had benefit show at JAMES CRAIG’S Vista, to buy spectacles for underprivileged children. Buena Vista Rockbridge was closed one Sunday afternoon by order of mayor A. H. GRIFFITH, when an attempt was made to show a picture which had been advertised. A hearing was to be held before the mayor later. Luray DENVER F. ALESHIRE, manager, Page, has been elected president of the local Chamber of Commerce. Lynchburg FRANK FALLS gave over stage of Academy for Saturday morning children’s matinee of a Monroe school’s amateur play. WILLIS GRIST, JR., filled papers with teaser ads for a week ahead announcing "Stagecoach Sold out!” Richmond Through SAM BENDHEIM, general manager, Neighborhood Theatres, Inc., has signed for Altec service for all its 21 theatres. HOWARD SOMMA, son of CHARLES A. SCMMA, joined the Navy. AL NOWITSKY, manager, National, flew down to Norfolk. MARY GODDE is the new relief cashier for all Wilmer and Vincent theatres. BOB SMELTZER, FRED BEIERSDORF, Warners, were in. FRANK STRAUS, Neighborhood theatres advertising department, spent the week-end in Baltimore. MERVIN ULLMAN, Altec engineer, took his family up on Skyline Drive, being relieved by DAVE PETERSON from Washington. WALTER VINCENT and JOE EGAN were in town from New York. FRANK WOLF, Jr., district manager, Alexander Film Company, announced that Alexander Yacht would be anchored in the James River a week starting May 2. ELMER HEINS, Roanoke exhibitor, and chairman, convention committee, is in Hot Springs, Arkansas. CHARLIE YERB, assistant manager, Loew’s, and his wife visited Norfolk. E. D. WILSCHKE played a round of golf with SAM BENDHEIM, Jr. Incidentally, Elmer reversed the proceedings last week while in Norfolk, by missing a pickup from DAVE PETERSON and having to catch a train for Richmond. STEWART TUCKER and two of the Arcaro boys went up to Washington to see the ball game. ALLEN BROWN, manager, Brookland, took his family, including the new addition, down to Yorktown. CHARLIE HULBERT reports that the Park bowling team took three games from his Lee boys, with WALTER THOMPSON rolling a set of 3 31. PETE STAINBACK, chief of service, Loew’s, with his wife, drove down to Bowler’s Wharf for some fishing. HENRY SHORT, service staff, Ponton, with his family visited Washington. THOMAS PITTS came back from Fredericksburg, announced that his uncle, BEN PITTS, had assisted in the laying of the cornersto"e of the new administration building of the Mary Washington College. CHARLIE YERBY’S ducks got so large that he had to send them down on the farm. JOHN CURTIS Caldwell, owner, Lee, Appomattex, was in town the other day with his wife and son. John has ordered uniforms for his Lee baseball team, and is also going to the World’s Fair. Congratulations are in order for FRANCES TYLER, cashier, Century, and Rex, Petersburg, who was married to ELLIS KING April 22. BEN CAPLON, Columbia salesman, and HARRY COHEN, Metro salesman, visited town. ELBERT GROVER, RKO salesman, was interested spectator at the final bowling matches. Due to the Pacific Fleet being unexpectedly ordered back to the West Coast, the marriage of MISS VIRGINIA SNEAD and JULIAN H. CHOCKI.EY has been indefinitely postponed. BILLY PATTERSON, assistant to A. O. BUDINA, wended his way to Danville. ANN DONATI has gone in for bicycle riding. DAVID KAMSKY, EDITH LINDEMAN, ALEX RAVDIN were in the party that took Richmond entry in the "Gateway to Hollywood” contest, KATHLEEN FAGAN, up to Washington for the finals. Robbers broke into the Bellevue by breaking the front door, but they failed to open the safe. JAMES FITZPATRICK, Traveltalk man, arrived in town. JIM OWENS, salesman, RCA, reports that he has just signed a contract with WILLIAM F. CROCKETT for the installation of RCA High Fidelity in his Bayne, Virginia Beach. A. FRANK O’BRIEN had the southern premiere of "Man of Conquest” at the Colonial. Here are the highlights: Ten thousand folders in laundry packages; five thousand circus herads distributed at factories, etc., three thousand books marks in libraries; study guides in high schools; miniature telegrams signed by Walter Vincent, arranged by Ban Eddington, distributed by Postal; special lobby and front displays, utilizing stills and with the Lone Star flag for back EXPERTS . . . in every field of theatre design and maintenance will be found listed on THE EXHIBITOR'S PAGES May }, 1939