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. . Mrs.<br />
. . . Winnie<br />
. . Eddie<br />
. . Tom<br />
MILWAUKEE<br />
. . .<br />
/^hick Baldwin of the Gem, Gillette, was<br />
Don<br />
recently elected mayor there<br />
Deakin of the Dells, Wisconsin Dells, cracked<br />
the local newspapers in a bit of gromidbreaking<br />
for a new industrial plant at Wisconsin<br />
Dells in which he's interested . . .<br />
Gus Jahncke has broken the ground for his<br />
new house at Waterford, Wis. ... Ed Starkey,<br />
Rex, Brillion, dusted his navigator's cap<br />
and has been extra busy with his boats, preparing<br />
for another big year on Green Lake.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Brown, Plymouth, returned<br />
from the west coast. When in Los<br />
Angeles they called on fomier Wisconsin<br />
showman Len Browai . Helen Hanke<br />
of the Lyric here was named ITO of Wisconsin<br />
and Upper Michigan director, succeeding<br />
the late George Langheinrich . . .<br />
Don Woods, former local Warner manager,<br />
transferred from a similar post at Dallas to<br />
Joe DeGiorgio, former<br />
Detroit recently . . .<br />
National Screen shipper, is with a local<br />
clothing retailer.<br />
Attending the meeting of the board of the<br />
ITO of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan were<br />
Sig Goldberg, Wausau; F. J. McWilliams,<br />
Portage; Eric Brown, Plymouth: Mrs. Helen<br />
Hanke, Milwaukee; Floyd Albert, Moimt<br />
Horeb; George Panka, Prairie du Chein;<br />
Arnold Brum, North Milwaukee; John Adler,<br />
Marshfield.<br />
Clarence Hill, supervisor of exchange operations<br />
for 20th-Fox, spent several days at the<br />
local exchange . . . Fontas Georgiades got<br />
things under way at the new Delft cu-cuit<br />
Milwaukee office. All buying and booking<br />
for the circuit headed by "Doc" Gallup, Marquette,<br />
is now handled by Georgiades in Milwaukee<br />
. . . Ollie Trampe. Monogram booker,<br />
says Milwaukee is pitchuig on Monogram's<br />
Playdate drive that opened April 2 and extends<br />
to July 2.<br />
Mike Neumann of the Fox, Stevens Point,<br />
has gone in for golf after all these years.<br />
OiU' spies report 'Mike a definite thi'eat to<br />
Gordon Hewitt, Benny Benjamin and Ben<br />
Poblocki . . . Johnny Mednikow, National<br />
Screen manager, is burning the night oil<br />
handling advertising on the Freedom train<br />
due for an early appearance in Wisconsin.<br />
John Roche, manager of the Parkway<br />
here, built business on "Treasure of Sierra<br />
Madre" by staging a guessing contest on<br />
the number of candy bars in a lobby display.<br />
Participating merchants providing prizes and<br />
tied in with window cards . . . Art Stanisch,<br />
Wisconsin manager, commenting on the scene<br />
in "The Iron Curtain" where a sturdy woman<br />
opens a door for her husband, said a<br />
Wisconsin woman patron told her husband to<br />
open the door. "I am not a Russian soldier,"<br />
said the woman.<br />
The screen version of "Lady Pi-om Shanghai"<br />
was written by former Milwaukeean<br />
R. Sherwood King . . . Max Mazur, Film<br />
Classics manager, reports "Things to Come"<br />
and "The<br />
Man Who Could Work Miracles"<br />
were doing excellent business in the territory<br />
The Telenews showed pictures<br />
. . . snapped by freelance photographers during<br />
the recent Bogota uprising.<br />
Exhibitors on the Row: Sam Miller, Rialto,<br />
Gladstone, Mich.; Charley Perrizo. Oconto;<br />
Irving Vincient, Oconto Falls: Floyd Albert,<br />
Mount Horeb: Barney Sherman, Racine; Joe<br />
Malits and Sid Margoles, Milwaukee; Nick<br />
Berg, Sheboygan; John Schuyler, Marquette;<br />
George Gonis, Liberty; Harold Hamley, Hartland:<br />
Mert Miller, Mayville; Joe Goldberg,<br />
Fond du Lac: Larry Kelley, Cudahy.<br />
. . .<br />
Walter Blaney, RKO office manager, is<br />
raising corn on his Bark Lake estate this<br />
year Benny Benjamin. Screen Guild<br />
manager, is pounding the golf ball for subpar<br />
results again this year at Brynwood CC . . .<br />
Otto "Toby" Albright, Wisconsin stagehand<br />
for many years, died here . Cornfield,<br />
Palace manager, has those "new look" glasses<br />
DeLorenzo, Independent Film<br />
exchange, was a Chicago caller . . Ned<br />
.<br />
Gavin, son of Eddie Gavin, Eagle Lion salesman,<br />
fronts his own six-act stage unit, "The<br />
Stagedusters," in monthly variety shows at<br />
the Moose lodge. These lads can do a job<br />
as exhibitors.<br />
.<br />
. . . Charley<br />
. . Dorothy<br />
O. M. Melcher, Gallagher Films salesman,<br />
attended a three-day conference at the home<br />
office in Green Bay. Jim Gallagher presided<br />
VoUendorf, Theatre Service<br />
executive, is back from Florida<br />
Trampe, Ray Trampe and Russ McNamee of<br />
Monogram were in New York .<br />
Douglas, Film Service secretary, has the "new<br />
look" . . . Sol Winokur, new operator of the<br />
RCA<br />
SOUND SYSTEMS<br />
SNOWHITE SCREENS<br />
BRENKERT PROJECTION<br />
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DRIVE-IN THEATRE<br />
EQUIPMENT<br />
•<br />
TUBE-TYPE RECTIFIERS<br />
16MM SOUND PROJECTORS<br />
PUBLIC ADDRESS<br />
EQUIPMENT<br />
EVERYTHING<br />
for the<br />
THEATRE<br />
THEATRE SUPPLY DIVISION OF<br />
WESTINGHOUSE<br />
COPPER-OXIDE RECTIFIERS<br />
•<br />
CENTURY GENERATORS<br />
MOHAWK<br />
"TRAFFIC-TRED" CARPET<br />
•<br />
ALLEN DIAMOND-TOP<br />
LINING<br />
•<br />
INTERNATIONAL CHAIRS<br />
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KOLLMORGEN LENSES<br />
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NEUMADE PRODUCTS<br />
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MARQUEES AND FRAMES<br />
Vic. Manhardt Co. Inc.<br />
1705 West Clybourn St.<br />
Telephones: Div. 8344<br />
Milwaukee 3, Wis.<br />
Emergency: Sh. 6930 Bl. 4935<br />
Use Our Convenient Adjoining Parldng Space<br />
66 BOXOFFICE<br />
:<br />
: May<br />
22, 1948
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