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present seating capacity of 1,650 will be reduced
to 1,200. Abraham Yamins, owner of
the building, will present 150 of the best
of the present seats to the Fall River Boys
club.
Pete Musucci, of Baltimore, formerly of
International Seating Co., has a patent on
a new type pushback seat to be used for
theatres, stadiums, etc., it was reported to
the trade last week.
E. G. WoLLASTON. Fabian city manager,
reports that the State, Colonial and Dio.
which have recently been equipped with
soft-drink dispensers, are the first in Harrisburg,
Pa., to be so equipped. The machine,s
were installed in lobby corners and will deliver
either Coca-Cola or root beer in paper
cups.
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Maurice Schweitzer, manager for Paramount.
St. Louis, has resigned to enter the
drive-in theatre field. Schweitzer will
serve in an executive capacity with a recently-organized
corporation controlled by
St. Louis business interests, that is building
800-car layouts in Rockford. 111. and
Lincoln. Neb.
L. E. "Jack" Downing who operates the
Haven Theatre at Brookhaven, Miss., has
a remodeling project under way which will
double the seating capacity of his house as
well as provide more room for other service
units.
Oscar F. Neu. president of Neumade
Products Corp. and TESMA, who is on a
coast-to-coast trip, reports that "business is
good "
David Sandler, general manager of Theatrecraft
Mfg. Co., Cleveland, manufacturers
of in-car speakers, is back from a
swing around the country, during which
he established sales representatives in key
cities.
Morton S. Gottlieb and Harold Block
now control the Mid-States Theatre Supply
Co. of St. Louis, formerly operated by
the L. T. Rockenstein Co., Inc. Rockenstein
has retired after having been associated
with the motion picture equipment
field and associated lines since 1926. Both
Block and Gottlieb are veterans of World
War II. Block maintained an equipment
agency here for six years before joining
the anny in 1942. He was associated with
a fluorescent lighting company in 1945-46
and later joined the Rockenstein organization.
Gottlieb, prior to the war, was a field
engineer with the Westinghouse Electric
Co.
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Ray Colvtn. president of the Theatre
Equipment Dealers Protective Ass'n. spoke
on "Show Business" at a recent meeting of
the Warrenton, Mo., Kiwanis club.
E. W. Wagner, president of Wagner Sign
Service. Inc.. Chicago, recently returned
from Mexico City where he arranged with
Catado Frid De Mexico, managed by Carlos
Ayala, to manufacture all Wagner frames.
Sign letters will continue to be manufactured
in the Chicago factoi-y.
The TESMA Buyers Guide for 1948-49
will go to press in the near future. Upon
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