What's New? (Sep 1968)

28 NEW MEMBERS TO BE The list keeps growing, and this year we will induct fourteen new members into our twenty five year club, and an equal number into the forty year club. Those in the Eastern division will be inducted during the Industry meetings in Toronto in late October, and the Westerners on their home grounds before the end of the year. 25 YEAR CLUB Robert Lyle Ashford, Strand —Haileybury _ Windom Eric Baker, Strand — Edmonton R.W. BOLSTAD STRESSES ‘CANADIANISM’ IN INSPIRING ADDRESS TO SHAREHOLDERS This is not a daily newspaper and | have no qualms about reporting something which may be regarded as ‘Old Hat,’ in terms of time ... especially when the events or words relate directly to the benefit and pride which all of us derive through our association with Famous Players. The company’s annual meeting is long past, but the words spoken by our president made a tremendous impact on all present, and are well worth repeating. Following are a few brief excerpts of his address. “After obtaining the necessities of life the greatest desire of most people is to find entertainment of some kind that will enable them to escape from their daily routine. This desire is even greater in a country such as ours where a standard of living is high enough to give most people many hours each week that they do not need to earn the basic necessities of life.” “For this reason all phases of the entertainment business that are well financed are business in which employees, men and women, and _investors, should find _ satisfaction. Famous Players is particularly fortunate in this respect. It is fortunate also, because all over our country it has associates in entertainment enterprises who have joined with it in order enterprise to the greatest extent possible and at the same time provide some measure of security for themselves and their families. In this respect your company is an integral part with its employees, associates and shareholders of each of the communities in which it operates, regardless of what form of entertainment it may be providing in that community.” “Famous Players has been an integral part of Canada in _ other important ways ... it makes its fair share of cash contributions to local and national charities, and many of its employees and associates participate actively and are often leaders in national and local organizations that have been established by free enterprise to make our country a better place to live in. Every theatre manager is encouraged to join a local service organization in his community.” “| have thought it advisable to make these few remarks because quite often, in some quarters, we are referred to and classified as a ‘Foreign’ corporation which is not entitled to participate in our ‘‘Free Enterprise’ economy to the fullest extent. The record of our company and of its associates and employees for over 48 years, and the contribution they have made to the progress of our country during that time, speaks for itself. | believe, as | am sure you do, that as long as we conduct ourselves as good Canadians, we should be entitled to the privileges which go with that that they might extend their own local conduct.” oe 6 6 INDUCTED INTO 25 AND 40 YEAR CLUBS THIS YEAR Louise M. Best, Anna Toivenon, Irene King, Beach. — Toronto Algoma — Sault Ste. Marie Capitol — Cornwall Ernest Bisson, Ethel Alma Taylor, Dan Krendel, Capitol — Sudbury Western Theatres — Winnipeg Head Office — Toronto Wm. Butters, James F. Twitchell, Arthur Kuhn, Strand — Edmonton — Strand — Brandon Capitol — Cornwall Noella Desjardins, os Sige < Capitol — Brockville pito — Windsor Pinal Hall, 40 YEAR CLUB Clarence G. Markell, Runnymede — Toronto Gurston Allen, Capitol — Cornwall Ruth Melman, Premier Operating — Toronto Fred Morley, District Office —Winnipeg _—_ John Geisel, Head Office — Toronto Lew Miles, Lyric — Kitchener Jean Shaw, Western Theatres — Winnipeg George A. Hall, Imperial — Toronto Doug Patterson, B & F Theatres — Toronto Bill Summerville, Bay —North Bay John G. Heggie, Head Office — Toronto Wilf Sunderland, Head Office — Toronto Bill Trudell, Capitol — Saskatoon = Jorne J. Killman, Capitol — London Tivoli — Hamilton