Boxoffice-August.19.1950

Adolph Hopp and His Son
Buy Marquette Strand
MARQUETTE, KAS.—Adolph Hopp and
his son Earl purchased the Strand Theatre,
closed nearly three months, from Mr. and
Mrs. A. N. Berquist and opened it immediately.
Adolph was in the cafe business 16
years before selling out three years ago, since
which time he had been working in a food
market. The Hopps will operate Friday,
Saturday, Sunday and Monday to start.
The Berquists were in
the theatre business
here the last 23 years. They redecorated the
Strand two years ago and installed new
sound. They recently sold their drug store
here, after operating it 30 years.
Jack Hastings, lola, Kas.,
Joins Drive-In Project
lOLA, KAS.—Dick Fryer, formerly at the
Peoples in Chanute, has been transferred
here as manager of the lola and Uptown
theatres for Fox Midwest. He succeeded
Jack Hastings, who resigned to enter a drivein
enterprise headed by John Krupp of lola.
Lyle Holman, from the Jayhawk in Topeka.
succeeded Fryer at the Peoples.
Hastings and Krupp are constructing a
drive-in on Highway 54. They hope to open
it this month.
Job High at Twin City
MINNEAPOLIS—Local employment has
climbed to a 1950 record high, according to
the state employment service report for
July. The 245,805 people at work last month
were 13,400 more than a year ago. At the
same time, the average work week in local
factories rose to 42.1 hours, highest in four
years, and average weekly wages reached
an all-title high of $60.14.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Al Avod and Claude
Dickenson, owners of a buying booking combine
here, will build a 600-car drive-in in a
suburban area one mile from the SuUivan
brothers' Hilltop Drive-In.
This will make seven ozoners for the Twin
city area—four of them owned by Minnesota
Entertainment Enterprises. Two other operations,
the Hilltop and 7-Hi, are turning in
amazingly good grosses, attributable to the
fact that they are using comparatively early
availabilities. They are finding that tlie
boosted takes more than offset the higher
film costs, many of their pictures being
played on percentage. The Hilltop, for example,
is known to have grossed around $4,-
000 with "Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town" in
six days. This is considered all the more
remarkable in view of the fact that its
capacity is only 500 cars.
May Open Late in Month
NEVADA, MO.—Construction is expected
to be completed in the next two weeks on a
350-car drive-in on Highway 54 east of town.
Builders are Luther Osborne and Keith Zigler
of Hutchinson, Kas.
Higbee, Mo., Outdoor Theatre
HIGBEE, MO.—Sterling Bagby, who has
been operating shows here on Friday nights,
opened an outdoor theatre in mid-July on a
vacant lot at the rear of Purdy's service
station. There are folding chairs for persons
who wish to leave their cars.
Start St. Joseph Theatre
ST. JOSEPH, MO. — Buildings on the
ground at 111 North Ninth have been cleared
to make way for construction of a 1,000-seat
theatre to be operated by the Glen Dickinson
circuit of Kansas City.
TEI to Build in Beloit, Kas.
BELOIT, KAS.—Chett Posey, manager of
the Beloit Theatre for Theatre Enterprises
of Kansas City, reports TEI will construct a
drive-in at a site yet to be chosen here.
Named Acting Manager
WELLINGTON, KAS. — D. E. Nutter of
Wichita was named acting manager of the
Regent in place of L. H. Rockhold of Winfield
who is ill.
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