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. . . Then<br />
. . George<br />
KANSAS<br />
rilmrow is bt-ginning to feel the Korean war<br />
situation in its personnel departments. At<br />
Warner Bros., Jackie Shelow, contract clerk,<br />
has been called to the marine corps reserve.<br />
Carol LaDew is replacing her in that office<br />
over at Metro, Evelyn Miller's husband<br />
has been called back into service and<br />
she is leaving for her home in Mississippi.<br />
She has been working for MGM as a boxoffice<br />
statement clerk.<br />
Drop into Ward Scott's in Denver and you<br />
are more than likely to meet others from<br />
this area, reports Don Davis, district manager<br />
for RCA Victor Division. While Don<br />
was there, he ran into Willis Shafer, city<br />
manager for Fox Midwest at Hutchinson, Kas.<br />
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Shafer had been up in Wyoming fishing . . .<br />
Other vacation fishermen reported included<br />
Bob Shelton of Commonwealth Theatres, who<br />
is taking his luck to Minnesota, and L. D.<br />
Hasty, Kansas representative for the Shreve<br />
Theatre Supply Co., back from a two-week<br />
fishing trip in that state. He said the fishing<br />
was good.<br />
. . . Jack<br />
Charles W. Shreve, shipping clerk for his<br />
father's supply house, is on a two-week tour<br />
with the naval reserve air corps<br />
Ragar, Columbia booker, is on vacation.<br />
"Chuck" Purduski is back from his—which<br />
he explained was spent at home where Mrs.<br />
Purduski had recently returned from the<br />
hospital with a second daughter named<br />
Charlene Frances. Chuck was not only "chief<br />
cook and bottle-washer," as the saying goes,<br />
but became an expert on other items of baby<br />
laundry which are essential at frequent intervals.<br />
Among the returned vacationers is head<br />
shipper John Tonge at MGM. who hitchhiked<br />
2400 miles with his 10-year-old son<br />
John jr. in only nine days. John had made<br />
such a trip when he was just out of high<br />
school and wanted John jr. to enjoy the same<br />
type of experience. They took only one suitcase<br />
between them, rode in fine, new cars<br />
most of the time and never had to wait more<br />
than a half hour to be picked up. "We stopped<br />
in Salt Lake City, Denver. Omaha and<br />
Cheyenne," said John. "But mostly Johnnie<br />
wanted to stay out of cities. We visited Boys<br />
Town out of Omaha, too. Actually, we made<br />
better time than if we'd been driving ourselves<br />
and since I wasn't driving, I got to see<br />
a lot more." On being questioned about the<br />
cost of the trip, Tonge estimated it at about<br />
$150, most of which was spent on meals and<br />
lodgings—they stayed at good hotels. However,<br />
in each city visited, they took the<br />
regulation tour provided for tourists and<br />
found this an excellent way to see the towns<br />
and learn something about them.<br />
Among the Kansas exhibitors who came<br />
across the line to trade were Bill Flynn of<br />
the Emporia Drive-In, Marty Landau who<br />
has theatre holdings in Kansas and is putting<br />
in a Drive-In in Lincoln. Neb., and John<br />
Kongs, who has recently had 400 new seats<br />
installed in his Royal at Seneca.<br />
Missouri exhibitors visitors on the Row:<br />
. . . Joe<br />
Elmer Bills of the Lyric, Sali-sbury. Donald<br />
R. Cotter, State, Smithville; Harley Fryer,<br />
Orpheum at Neosho; Woodrow Rife, Victory,<br />
Knobnoster; A. E. Jarboe, Ritz, Cameron;<br />
A. J. Simmons, Lamar Drive-In<br />
Ghosen of the Royal at Versailles has had<br />
500 new seats installed by Missouri Theatre<br />
Supply Co.<br />
The Monogram exchange has added the<br />
space of the old Film Classics offices to its<br />
own quarters at 114 W. 18th . . . Among those<br />
who came in from out of town for the funeral<br />
of Bernard Mariner were Jack Kane, Charles<br />
Scheuflew and Tony Tedesco, .salesmen at<br />
the St. Louis UA exchange. Mrs. Scheuflew<br />
accompanied her husband. Mr. and Mrs.<br />
D. V. McLucas came down from Omaha to<br />
pay their respects. McLucas is the branch<br />
manager at that exchange. Tom Edwards of<br />
Eldon, Mo., of the Edwards & Plumlee Theatres,<br />
Farmington. also was at the services.<br />
.<br />
. . . Zella<br />
Charles "Chuck" Bremen, RKO .salesman<br />
for southwest Kansas who has been in a<br />
Wichita hospital several weeks, is back at<br />
work Baker's father, familiarly<br />
called "Peck" Baker, is in St. Margaret's<br />
hospital in a critical condition<br />
Faulkner, secretary to George Baker, is in<br />
Bethany hospital in Kansas City, Kas., for<br />
a checkup.<br />
Considerable local excitement was stirred<br />
up recently by the announced engagement<br />
of Patrice Wymore. a Salina. Kas.. girl who Is<br />
making good in the movies, to Errol Flynn,<br />
Warner star. The couple flew into Salina<br />
last week to visit Miss Wymore's parents,<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Wymore, and received<br />
considerable space in local papers. They went<br />
on to New York but Miss Wymore will be<br />
back in Salina to prepare for the wedding<br />
while Flynn is making a picture abroad.<br />
Wymore w-as a film carrier for Film Delivery<br />
for the western part of Kansas, operating<br />
trucks out of Salina. for about eight or nine<br />
years. Patrice (Patricia) has a supporting<br />
role in "Tea for Two, ' a Warner musical<br />
which was screened Monday (13) to a capacity<br />
crow'd. Patricia's mother was present,<br />
unknown to all but a few there, as the guest<br />
of Earl Jameson jr.<br />
M. D. "Babe" Cohn, manager of Paramount<br />
Theatre who has been home several months<br />
after a heart attack, came back to his desk<br />
on Monday (14) and found everything shipshape,<br />
due to the efforts of Glad.vs Green.<br />
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