Boxoffice-July.01/1950

D E S
MOINES
gcreenings of the 20th-Fox film "Broken
Arrow" were held in Des Moines and
several other Iowa cities last week. Guests
attended luncheons in connection with the
screenings at which 20th-Fox representatives
officiated. Directing the activities was Riilph
Pielow jr., branch manager here . . . Two
United Artists executives were in Des Moines
conferring with Tri-States officials. They
are Bill Keith. Kansas City, district manager,
and D. V. McLucas. Omaha manager
... Ed Heiber, Eagle Lion district manager,
visited the local exchange.
Jackie Barclay, a Paramount employe for
five years, is leaving at the end of the week.
Fellow workers at Paramount held a shower
for her at the Terrace cafe. The Paramount
Pep club also gave her a gift . . . Helen
Hanson, MGM, is back home following a re-
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cent operation. Helen is an inspector . . .
Don Walker, Warner exploiteer from Kansas
City, was in the city working on publicity
for "Caged."
Vacations are being taken at Paramount
in wholesale lots. Among the latest to take
their annual jaunt is Marjorie Winburn. manager's
secretary, who is making a tour of
the west which she hopes will include Lake
Louise. Marjorie has her fingers cro.s.sed,
though, because of the railroad strike. A
train tieup in the wrong places would shorten
her trip considerably. Also on vacation from
Paramount are Alberta Collins, head inspector,
and Charles Alderson, porter.
When the Alois Elsbernds of Winneshiek
county saw "Cheaper by the Dozen" in
Decorah recently it was as though they were
watching the antics of their own family.
The Elsbernds, like the couple in the picture,
have an even dozen children ... At the
Atlantic Drive-In the other day cars were
observed from 34 different towns.
Hennepin Corp. Purchases
Building at Perry, Iowa
PERRY, IOWA—The Hennepin Amusement
Corp. of Minneapolis has purchased the
Perry Theatre building here from R. M.
Harvey. In addition to the Perry, the building
contains the Theatre Music Co., Tommy's
Barber shop and apartments on the second
floor. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
The Hennepin firm has operated the theatre
for the last 20 years under lease from Harvey
Al Hansen will continue as manager of
Hennepin interests in Perry. These includ3
the Corral Drive-In and the Perry and Dallas
theatres. Hansen has been in Perry six years.
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with a score of 77.
The trophy was accepted
for him by Robert Shelton. Braunagel will
be entitled to permanent possession of the
cup if he participates in a similar tournament
ijext year and emerges as the low scorer.
E. S. Sutter and William McCarthy tied for
second place with scores of 78.
Winners of prizes for in-between .scores In
the tournament included Roscoe Thompson
and Bill Toner, with scores of 98. and Larry
Klein and Claude Moore, both of whom
carded 99. Prizes for low putts went to Pete
Pekarek, with 23, and Clark Rhoden, with
26. Blind bogey awards were won by E. W.
Aaron, Morry Reider, Jim Dennis and R. G.
Montgomery, each with 92. George Reagan
held four fives and won a prize for the best
poker hand on five blind holes. Martin
Stone and E. Brown were given awards for
the low total on five blind holes, each with
19. Bill Feld and Ben Feld, each with 53,
took awards for field shots. For the greatest
difference between nines, T. L. Baldwin and
Howard White were given prizes, the former
for 10 and the latter for 9.
Bud Riley captured the hor.seshoe pitching
title, with Leon Robertson as runnerup.
Prizes also went to J. D. King, A flight winner,
and Bob Krause, B flight victor. Larry
Biechele threw the greatest number of ringers
and received an award.
Dick Brous won the gin rummy championship,
with Don Davis as runnerup. Other
gin rummy awards went to Phil Blakey. Glen
Reubart, Vernon Smith and Lou Honig. The
canasta title was won by John Glover, with
O. F. Sullivan as runnerup. C. A. Schultz,
Charles Robertson and Bob McKinley also
rated awards.
In a brief talk during the floor show, Elmer
C. Rhoden said that the success of the
get-together assured the sponsoring of a
similar party by the association next year.
Declaring that the attendance had established
a new record for such events sponsored
locally by the motion picture industry,
he said that the interest kindled by the gettogether
was evidence that the association
could depend upon its members to support
its program of activities.
Special committees which assisted Withers
in planning the get-together included T. L.
Baldwin and Martin Stone, golf: Al Adler and
George Baker, horseshoe pitching: Jim Lewis
and Ralph Morrow, gin rummy: Jack Shriner
and Finton Jones, canasta, and William T.
Keith, Bob Conn, E. S. Sutter. Larry Klein,
Jack Langan and Roger Ruddick, tickets.
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