The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

26 NEWS OF THE TERRITORY MRS. JUDITH K. ROBERTS, member, censor board, has been confined to home with broken toe. KEITH CAUDLE, doorman, Wilmcr and Vincent’s Colonial, has announced his engagement to DOROTHY GIBSON. Schoolfield LEONARD LEE is planning a new theatre in this community it is said. Tazewell Clinch is now installing air conditioning equipment, purchased from the U. S. Air Conditioning Corporation through H. J. GILBERT. Winchester MISS EDNA COURTNEY recently won the title "Miss Winchester" at a beauty pageant staged at Hable’s Palace. Miss Courtney will represent the Winchester V. F. W. at the state convention in Arlington in June. Woodstock BOB BAKER, Universal, made a personal appearance at the Community. W ytheville H. M. MOODY, manager, Millwald, has just returned to his duties after having been confined to his home with mumps. WEST VIRGINIA Cabin Creek Owner BROWN, Brown's, has just completed his remodeling throughout. He has installed the new Bodiform American seats, new projection, new RCA sound, and has completely air conditioned, using U. S. Air Conditioning equipment. Job was sold and installation supervised by H. (. GILBERT, Bluefield. St. Albans Alban, St. Albans, has just closed a contract with U. S. Air Conditioning Corporation for equipment to air condition their building whch was completed a year ago. VARIETY CLUB Tent No. 11, Washington Variety Club softballers, composed of employees of Washington film exchanges, last week announced the season’s schedule. May 5, Washington Club; May 8, New Deal; May 12, Kavakos Grill; May 16, Reliance Insurance; May 19, Washington Club; May 22, Norman Paint; May 26, New Deal; June 1, Reliance Insurance and June S, Kavakos Grill. All games begin at 5:30 P.M. at Sherwood Playground, 10th and G Streets, Northeast. The lads are raring to go and are in hopes of winning the league championship and then off to Chicago for the national finals. Tent No. 19, Baltimore The second annual golf tournament of Variety’s Tent No. 19 will be held June 16 at Baltimore’s sporty Rolling Road Country Club. For the affair, as announced by Chief Barker J. LOUIS ROME, the chairman in RODNEY H. COLLIER, with SAMUEL DIAMOND the treasurer, JOSEPH L. YOUNG the secretary. The committees are: Prizes — EDWARD JACOBS, J. LOUIS ROME, FRANK H. DURKEE, CARL SCHMIDT, JOHN HILL, EDWARD F. PEROTKA, LEON BACK, GORDON CONTEE, CLAUDE HELLMAN; Program-and-Raffle— C. W. HICKS, LEONARD B. McLAUGHLIN, EDWARD KEMPLE, JR., JOSEPH L. YOUNG; Music— EDWARD SHERWOOD; Entertainment— ISADOR M. RAPPAPORT; Reception — SPAULDING ALBERT, ELMER NOLTE; Tickets-and-Reservations — OWEN D. WEEMS; Dinner— JOSEPH P. GRANT; OSCAR COBLENTZ; Publicity— HOWARD A. BURMAN, MAXWELL WEINBERG, DAN FEDDER, SAMUEL DIAMOND; Handicaps— ALEC TAYLOR. The Rolling Road Country Club was obtained for the second meet through the courtesy of HENRY MORTON. BOWLING Richmond Richmond Bowling League Final Averages Games Pinfall Average 78 7926 101.61 57 5432 95.3 80 8021 100.26 BYRD Coulter Reid G. Sitizcr ONL Y ANGELS HAVE WINGS. Cary Grant, ) can Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Sig Kumann , Richard Barthclmess, Noah Beery, Ji.} are seen in the Howard Hawks production for Columbia release. F. Wood . . 72 7060 98.05 Ford 81 7880 97.28 Wilson 48 4470 93.12 PROOK-VUE Atkins . 24 2144 89.33 A. Brown . 75 7254 96.72 Boyd 84 8213 97.77 Southward 81 8546 105.5 Archer 42 3701 88.1 Pearsall 18 1596 83.1 Martin . . 15 1258 83.86 CAPITOL Pollard . 24 2195 91.4 Ravdin 38 3 882 102.15 White 18 1712 05.1 Mrs. Mann 40 3513 87.82 Carner 35 3188 91.1 Mrs. Williams 48 393 1 81.93 Straus . 42 3 899 92.82 Overcash 81 8823 108.9 Ewell 12 1060 88.33 GRAND Kelley 82 7947 96.91 Harlow 71 7155 100.77 Jones . 77 7319 95.05 Pollard 3 1 2 88 8 93.16 Williams 81 8134 100.42 Rector 76 765 1 100.67 OFFICE Snead . . 24 2 3 42 97.58 Farthing 10 779 77.9 Shewbridgc 65 5512 84.8 H. Wood 68 5878 86.44 Bendheim 43 3 813 88.67 Rosenbaum 53 505 8 95.43 Nordin 52 4939 94.98 VEN-TON Riggin 31 28 5 5 92.09 Newcomb 12 1067 88.91 Short . 71 63 85 89.93 Goodliffe 79 7174 90.81 Dunnavant 82 7930 96.70 Bass 57 5422 95.12 Schmidt 64 63 57 99.33 STATE Whitaker 84 862 5 102.79 McRee 83 8414 101.5 Anderson . 37 3 744 101.18 Wright . 83 8158 98.22 Cummings 23 2061 89.6 Garber . . 21 1777 84.61 Mrs. Taylor . . 14 1261 90.07 Chambliss . . 63 6634 105.3 WESTHAMPTON Baird . 54 4897 90.78 Williamson 81 1901 97.54 Pulliam . 45 4064 90.3 1 Tucker 84 8927 106.27 E. Stitzcr 74 7534 101.81 Simmons . . . 25 2292 91.68 Whitmore . 36 3158 87.72 Washington Circle and Capitol teams cut down the twogame lead by the Leader five to a mere onegame suprcmccy. Both the Circle and Cap tol teams were tied for second place but the Circle boys were given the edge because of the higher total pins. Won Lost Percentage Leader 22 14 .611 Circle 21 1 5 .583 Capitol 21 15 .583 Congress 17 19 .472 Empress 14 22 .389 Ambassador 12 23 .361 League records as of April 2 5 follow Set: Circle, 1,605. Game; Leader, 5 5 7. Set: Leader’s Mould, 3 79. Game: Leader’s Ross, 146. Average: Circle’s Anderson, 113-5. Strikes: Circle’s Anderson, 20. Spares: Circlcs’s Anderson, 88. May 10, 19)9