The Exhibitor (1953)

NT-4 EXHIBITOR Christmas decorations of the Williamstown, Pa., Ruhinsky theatre by manager Bill Pickelavage were admired. . . . Loew’s manager Bill Trambukis’ pride and joy, Jane Trambukis, was four years old on Jan. 4. Reading Dr. Harry J. Schad, president, Schad Theatre Company, provided a program of cartoons and screen comics for the 600 children and 900 adults who attended the annual children’s party of Rajah Temple, Mystic Shriners, in the Rajah. Owners of three theatre properties filed appeals against higher tax assess¬ ments ordered by the Berks County Board of Assessment in its recent 50 per cent valuation campaign. In the case of two assessments, the ratings on drive-in theatres, no changes had been made, but A. Ullman, a realtor, and his son, at¬ torney Gerald Ullman, representing the owners, made the claim at a hearing that the original valuations were too high. This was based, in part, on the fact that the properties are chiefly land, not build¬ ings, and that they are revenue produc¬ ing only in the moderate and warm weather months of the year. The Mount Penn Drive-In is assessed at $40,000, and the Reading Drive-In is assessed at $44,000. The Ullmans appealed also the assessment from $24,500 to $36,750 on the West Reading theatre, the Penn. Theatremen i-egret the sudden death of Herbert C. Kohler, managing editor, The Times, and a friend of many house managers and staff members. West Chester Iz Segall is now doing the booking, buying, and supervision of the New Harrison, formerly the Garden. The house is now being renovated and will reopen on Jan. 15. Milgram Theatres’ lease on the house expired and the Har¬ risons, owners, took it back. Segall’s activity has no connection with his post with the Eskin Circuit. ALTEC-LANSING DEALER Stereophonic and C^inemaicope ^c^uipment THE BEST won't cost you any more. QUICK DELIVERY ON 3.D FREE SURVEY MOTIOGRAPH DEALER • Write, Wire or Call VINCENT M. TATE Theatre Equipment 1618-20 Wyoming Avenue Forty-Fort, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Telephone 72096 Everything for Your Theatre! STEREOPHO]\lC SOE]\D SYSTEMS Now Handling ORIGINAL POLAROID 3-D GLASSES 3-D, 2-D OR DRIVE-IN EQUIPMENT BLUMBERG *BR0S., INC. Office Phone: Emergency NIte Phone: LOmbord Welsh Valley 3-7240 3-7241 4-4920 4-5368 1305-07 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Pa. Pubtie Auction CAREY AND LAFAYETTE THEA¬ TRES, fully equipped in operation for 35 years. To be sold on the premises in Balti¬ more, Md., Friday, January 15, 1954, at 2:30 o-clock p.m. For further details contact Sam W. Pattison & Co., 407 N. Howard Street, Baltimore 1, Md. 3-D? CINE>BASCOI*E? STEREOPIBOXIC SOUND? For expert Installation or Information contact PROGRESSIVE ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO., Inc. 240 N. 13th Street Philadelphia 7, Pa. 2 HELPS /fi i/ffys of Help Shortage I JUST 2 OUT OF MANY THEATRE OPERATING FORMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU FROM YOUR FAVORITE TRADE PAPER Ist-THE "AtA-eiance" tHlATRl BOOKKEEPING SYSTEM # This extremely simple sys • * '. , ‘ f ’’ > ' T ^ tern has been constantly re¬ vised to meet each tax or other changing requirement of the theatre man. Its 9 x 12 inch pages provide for: (1) daily ticket record, (2) tax collected daily, (3) daily gross, (4) pass and walk-in records, (5) weather and op¬ position, (6) daily show cost, (7) weekly income from vend¬ ing machines, etc., (8) weekly gross, (9) weekly fixed ex¬ penses, payroll, and annual of monthly expense amortized weekly, (10) weekly profit or loss statement, (11) profit or loss for the year to dote, etc. Price per book (Sufficient for 52 weeks): $1 .60 M-Week/y PAYROEi . . . for use whenever employees are paid in cash for Salary or Overtime # This is the system that resulted from o contrast of the Payroll Forms used by oil major theatre circuits. # Designed to be filed in the ordinary letterhead size cabinet (SVi x 1 1 inches) this form provides o permanent weekly record of the indi¬ vidual name, social security number, rote of pay, over¬ time pay, reasons for over¬ time, and deductions for oil purposes. It also provides gross weekly totals of sal¬ aries, deductions, raises, etc. One of the most important features is on individual signed receipt by each em¬ ployee, without their being able to see what any other Price: 52 sheets (1 year) for $1.25 employee has earned. ASK FOR A SAMPLE , SHEET! EXHIBITOR BOOK SHOP 246-48 N. Clarion Street, Philadelphia 7. Pa. SOLD ONLY TO SUBSCRIBING THEATRES! JantMiry 6, 1954.