The Exhibitor (1951)

NT-4 EXHIBITOR Russ Ordway, Lockwood and Gordon Circuit, got word that Sergeant Bill Moore, former manager, Danbury DriveIn, is now with the occupation forces in Germany. . . . Sam Harris, State executive, was resting at home after a hospital stay. Meriden More than $200 was taken from a safe in the Meriden by thieves. Niantic Aspasea Deligeorges was promoted at the Niantic. Virginia Adams, Teresa Briggs, and Frances Adamo are new. Torrington In Litchfield Common Pleas Court, it was announced that an out-of-court settlement has been reached in the case of Raymond Decker and Nicholas Florio, Torrington, against Vincent Youmatz, Winsted, Sky-Vue Drive-In. Trial of the action, which involved a contracting job by the plaintiffs at the theatre, took place before Judge Philip Pasture in Litchfield. Broderick Crawford presented a football to be used in a high school game in Fall River, Mass., to Durfee High School coach Luke LTrban, right, while recently appearing in Fall River in conjunction with Columbia’s “The Mob.” Principal Charles V. Carroll looks on with interest. Massachuseffs Fall River David Creamer is new at the Empire. Also new on the staff are Mrs. Sadie Wiley and Shirley Smith. A procession over the main thorough¬ fare, a visit to the B. C. Durfee High tiourold 14 This particular Santa — the one you see on the Christmas Seals — is a very healthy forty-five! Yes, this is the 45th annual Christmas Seal Sale — a holiday custom that has made possible one of the great social, economic, and medical achievements of the present century. Your purchase of Christmas Seals has helped save 5,000,000 lives. Yet, tuberculosis kills more people than all other infectious diseases combined. So, please answer once again the call that comes but once a year — and help make possible the campaign against tuberculosis every day of the year. (^xuthtaASeaA! Because of the impor¬ tance of the above message, this space has been contributed by EXHIBITOR School, and the making of acquaintances with prominent residents preceded Broderick Crawford’s personal appear¬ ance at the Empire in conjuction with “The Mob.” The Capitol, managed by James Knight, changed its program policy from two to three new offerings weekly. . . . Norman Zalkind, Strand director, was elected to the Boys Club board of direc¬ tors. Reelected to the same board were Nathan Yamins, William S. Caning, and John McAvoy, Empire. Nathan Yamins’ two outdoor movies, in Westport, Mass., and Dartmouth, Mass., have closed for the season. George Dabb, who operated in Westport, is vacationing. Lynn Manager James Davis, Paramount, was elected vice-president, Lynn Kiwanis' Club. . . . With the closing of Loew’s open air theatre for the season, Manager Ed Myerson, who is also manager of the Capitol, started on a hunting trip in Aroostock County, Me. . . . James Cecil and Tom Keaveney are new on the Capitol staff. New Hampshire Lebanon A special show highlighted the reopen¬ ing of the Opera House. A souvenir program containing pictures was distributed. Vermont Burlington The Strong building was sold to Richard M. Cody, of Montpelier, and his three sons, by the Whalen Estate for an estimated $220,000. A theatre on the property dates back to the pre-motion picture area, and housed legitimate shows traveling to Montreal from New York. The theatre will be operated by the new partnership. In Montpelier, Vt., the Codys own the Strand, Queen City Drive-In on the Barre, Vt. -Montpelier Road, and the OPS quarters, formerly a bowling alley. Nat Holt, left, producer, Paramount’s “The Denver and Rio Grande,” recently showed a reel of the film to Judge Wilson McCarthy, president, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, at a screen¬ ing for railroad officials in Hollywood. November 28, 1951