Boxoffice-July.01/1950
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CHARLOTTE<br />
Xir M. Broadway, owner of theatres at Calhoun<br />
Falls and Ninety Six, S. C, is building<br />
a new drive-in at Abbeville, S. C. . . .<br />
L. J. Whitley was on the Row booking for his<br />
newly acquired drive-in at Laurinburg, N. C.<br />
... J. Harry Long, salesman, is a patient at<br />
Presbyterian hospital.<br />
The Motion Picture council sponsored a pri-<br />
. . . Jean<br />
vate showing of "Stars in My Crown"<br />
Wedne'^day i28> at the Carolina<br />
Cash. 18-ycar-old daughter of Dave Cash,<br />
owner of theatres in Kings Mountain, N. C,<br />
has been chosen Mi.ss Kings Mountain of<br />
<strong>1950</strong> by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.<br />
The brown-haired, hazel-eyed beauty will<br />
represent the Gaston city in the statewide<br />
beauty competition at Wrightsville Beach<br />
over the July 4 weekend.<br />
Phebe Marie Stacks and James Monroe<br />
Broadwell were married June 24 at 8 o'clock<br />
In Seigle Avenue Presbyterian church. Both<br />
are employed by the Charlotte Poster Exchange.<br />
RKO saleman Bill Sims and his wife are<br />
vacationing in their home towns of LaGrange<br />
and Ripley, Tenn. . . . The combination tradescreening<br />
and sneak preview of "Our Very<br />
Own" took place in the Imperial, with approximately<br />
600 people in attendance. Audience<br />
reaction was excellent.<br />
Shipper John Champion of RKO was married<br />
to Lillian Caudle Saturday (24). The<br />
couple is touring Florida . . . Salesman Herbert<br />
Robinson, also of RKO, escaped serious<br />
injury last week when one of his front tires<br />
blew out unexpectedly on the highway near<br />
Smithfield . . . RKO stenographer Ruby<br />
Brown is spending her vacation at Daytona<br />
Beach, Fla.<br />
Fieldman Russ Morgan was here setting<br />
up advertising campaigns on the forthcoming<br />
AT MEMPHIS VARIETY FETE—Harry<br />
Martin, former amusement editor of the<br />
Memphis Commercial Appeal and more<br />
recently labor advisor for the ECA, recently<br />
was guest of honor at a cocktail<br />
party given by the Variety Club of Memphis.<br />
Shown left to right in the accompanying<br />
picture are David Flexner, head<br />
of Flexner Theatres, Inc., Miss Greta<br />
Graham', Miss Memphis of <strong>1950</strong>, and Martin.<br />
"The White Tower" . Harry Rogers<br />
is back in the territory after a siege of<br />
illness . . . "Treasure Island" will open day<br />
and date July 23-29 as prerelease showing in<br />
the Carolina, Charlotte, and the Imperial,<br />
Asheville.<br />
More RKO news: Biller Ann Shue is back<br />
at her desk after vacationing in the Blue<br />
Ridge mountains . . . Manager Rovy Branon's<br />
8-year-old son Frost has completed a twoweek<br />
stay at the Fresh Air camp on the Catawba<br />
river at the Buster Boyd bridge, operated<br />
by the Charlotte YMCA . . . Tlie hotly<br />
contested <strong>1950</strong> Ned Depinet drive finished<br />
June 22.<br />
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68 BOXOFFICE :: July 1, <strong>1950</strong>
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