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JJ F. Korholz, president of the Drincolator
Corp.. was a visitor at National Theatre
Supply . . . Charles Thomas has installed
new beverage, popcorn and malt machines
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in his Uptown Theatre at Sweet Springs . . .
Guy Rothrock of the Rothrock Theatre in
Maxville, Kas., is recuperating from an illness
. . Saul Frank has purchased a new
home in Coldwater, Kas. Prank has the
Chief theatres there and in Sedan.
Harold Gibbons has returned to Wichita
where he operates the Victory Theatre, after
spending three weeks in Fort Worth, Tex..
opening his Pike Drive-In for its second
Francis Bateman, sales manager
season . . .
of Screen Guild, was in the local King Enterprises
office conferring with Julian H.
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. . . King, area franchise holder The Folly,
local burlesque house, has gone over to a
straight motion picture policy. Program consists
of double bills changed three times a
week. Prices are 30 and 35 cents.
. . . Also
Theatre Enterprises managers and personnel
in the local office included Melvin Bigley
and Charles Thrayer of Springfield; Jack
Campbell, Osawatomie, Kas.; "Bob" Parker
Meluish, manager, and Bill York, chief projectionist.
Sunflower, Kas.; Bob Fulkerson.
Eudora. Kas.; Mark Cato. Parsons
in the office was R. I. "Rip" Payne, executive
vice-president of TEI in Dallas.
Arthur Cole and some other close friends
of T. R. "Tommie" Thompson, manager of
the former Disney office here, gave a birthday
party for Tommie and his 11-year-old
daughter Gerry at Cole's home last Friday.
Festivities included a home-cooked dinner
for the Thompsons and a somewhat novel
"gift" from Ralph Snider, "Peck" and George
Baker. Also attending were Jim Lewis, Bill
Burke, Bob Withers and Dick Biechele. According
to Cole, an "old-time good time" was
had by all. Thompson has since departed for
Yankton, S. D., where he is supervising the
building of a theatre.
. . . Don
Ernie Block reports that his new house in
Sabetha i^ill open June 16, not the end of
this month as previously reported
Walker, Warner exploiteer, was in Denver
making arrangements for the premiere of
"Silver River" . . . Stanley Durwood of that
circuit reports that the chain is still hoping
to build the proposed drive-in near Jefferson
City. Tieup is obtaining a quiet title to
the land.
The local loge of the Colosseum of Motion
Picture Salesmen will hold a dinner for its
members Monday (17) at the Ambassador
The federal communications commission
hotel . . .
hearing on local television
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tions will be held early in July. Present proposals
call for a fifth chaimel, No. 7, to be
added to the four already slated for the city
MGM house organ, and assistant to H. M.
. . . Mike Simons, editor of The Distributor,
Richey of the Metro public relations department,
was a visitor at the local exchange.
Exhibitors on Filmrow: Basil Fogleson of
the Odeon, Green City; John Com-ter, Courter,
Gallatin; Robert M. Rogers, Rogers,
Buckner; W. E. Silver of the proposed Silver
in Cameron; Mr. and Mrs. Dwight D. Miller,
Argonia, Argonia, Kas.; Vernon Austin,
Ozark, Lowry City; Curley Wilson, Beyer,
Excelsior Springs; R. C. Davison, Binney,
Pattonsburg; C. B. Shaner, Dixie, Odessa;
Harley Fryer, Olathe; J. R. McElwee, Roxy,
Blue Springs, and Mrs. Audrey Plynn of the
Drive-In at Great Bend, Kas.
M. G. "Shack" Shackelford, Eagle Lion
manager, was out in the territory last week.
Beverly Miller, district chief, returned from
a trip to Denver and Salt Lake City, where
he conferred with Harry Thomas, producer
and former president of PRC . . . Johnnie
Johnston, former EL salesman, Charles Troxel
and Paul Hanna are new additions to Julian
King's clock department, a phase of King
Enterprises.
Walt Donohoe, assistant manager under
Tom Wolf at the Roxy, became a father recently.
The baby girl, named Cynthia Eileen,
Arnold Stone,
is Donohoe's first child . . .
father of Martin Stone, Screenland cafe
operator, was operated on last week at Menorah
Doyle Branscum, Commonwealth
hospital . . . manager in Harrison, Ark., has
been chosen city councilman.
Other Filmrow visitors were Jay Wooten,
Fox Midwest city manager in Hutchinson,
Ka,3.; C. E. Mayberry, Eureka Springs, Ark.;
C. A. Swiercinsky, Major, Washington, Kas.;
Mrs. Dayle Sproule, Yale, Fort Scott, Kas.;
Tom Edwards, Harris & Edwards circuit,
Farmington, and O. C. Alexander, Kiowa,
Kas.
First thing that happened to George Willhoite.
Commonwealth manager who recently
transferred to Warrensburg, was a case
of mumps. He is back on the job by now,
though . Spencer, circuit pilot at
the Strand in Creston, Iowa, is mighty proud
of liis new concession stand. Likewise Bob
Gillaspie with the new paint job at the
Mainstreet in Warrensburg.
. . .
. . . The
Bob Shelton, Commonwealth vice-president,
and Dick Orear, circuit purchasing agent, are
back from a quick trip to Manhattan, Belleville,
New
Superior and Lawrence, Kas. seats have been installed in Frank Northrup's
Northrup in Syracuse, Kas.
Glen in Topeka was robbed of $49 recently.
Thieves entered the booth through a fire
door Marshall is the new assistant
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to Dave Dallas, TEI chief in Man-
hattan, Kas.
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: May
15, 1948