Boxoffice-August.19.1950

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WEST VIRGINIA
•The Burwell at Parkersburg staged a success-
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ful Maytag dutch oven cooking school
Grove Drive-In at Elm Grove featured
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a fireworks display one evening last week
The Western Valley Girls were offered
in person at the Wilson Drive-In at Metz . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Pauley of the Blacksville
Drive-In will present the Sunshine Boys,
gospel singers. August 27 with "The Crusades"
as a benefit for the Blacksville Baptist and
Methodist churches.
Morgantown High school band appeared at
the Westover Drive-In and shared in the
Thomas G. Anas, Weirton exhibitor,
receipts . . .
is treasurer of the Weirton commun-
ity defense committee of businessmen who
have organized to preserve the peace,
harmony and prosperity which has existed
for 17 years between the Weirton Steel Corp.
and its employes.
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Charles A. Anderson of Kingwood. who
heads the Alpine circuit, visited on Pittsburgh's
Filmrow . Kalman Erdeky, former
manager of the Strand at Greensburg, Pa.,
has been named manager of the Warner Ritz
at Clarksburg. He succeeds O. A. Rea.
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DELIVERS THE GOODS—Dewey Marraccini
of Clarksburg, W. Va., celebrating
his 25th year with Exhibitors Service
Co., is pictured delivering film. He has
been in service at Clarksburg for 16 years.
There is hardly a man in the industry
in the Mountain state better known or
better liked than Dewey, who "delivers
the goods."
Belle at Bellefontaine
Opens After Remodeling
BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO—The Belle Theatre,
formerly the Strand, was opened here
Friday (11) after renovation by owner Ellsworth
Pond.
A welcoming program was staged under
direction of the Chamber of Commerce.
Taking part were Janet Miller as Miss Logan
County; Sam Fuchs, manager of the J. C.
Penney store; Mayor Pearl A. Wortman; J.
Ewing Smith, president of the Chamber of
Commerce; Nick Torchine, acting district
manager for Schine Enterprises, and Mrs.
John Humphrey, recently elected as Logan
county's typical mother.
LOUISVILLE
The Savoy, a subsequeiit run downtown theatre
owned by Mrs. Gratia Locke and Mrs.
Mary Williams and managed by Lois "Peg"
Stevens, has started a trial run of weekend
stage shows in conjunction with regular feature
films. The results will determine whether
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the shows will be continued and expanded or
halted . . . C. E. Winham now is managing
the Strand, Portland, Tenn. . Handhng the
reins at W. E. Horsefield's Kentucky Theatre,
Marion, Ky., is Rudell Butler.
Seen on the Row for the first time in
several months was J. Van Snook, Griffith.
La Grange, Ky. Other visitors included R. H.
Totten, Lakeview Drive-In, Pendleton, Ky.;
Don Steinkamp, French Lick Amu.sement Co..
French Lick. Ind.; C. K. Arnold. Arco and
Melody. Bardstown; E. L. Ornstein, Ornstein
Theatres, Marengo, Ind.; Foster Lane. Lane
and Dixie, Williamsburg; Tom Wheatley,
Bel Vista Drive-In, Springfield; Louis Chowning,
Sky-Line Drive-In, Madison, Ind.; R. L.
Gaines. Riverview Drive-In. Carrollton.
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The Preson Drive-In here instituted family
night on a Monday and Tue.sday and
admitted a carload or truckload at the total
price of 99 cents meeting of the
Kentucky Ass'n of Theatre Owners convention
committee, slated for August 8, has been
postponed until August 29 . . . Clarence
Taylor, assistant to the president of KATO.
returned from an extensive tour of the state
and immediately departed for two weeks
active duty as a member of the army reserve
and national guard units.
Roland Foster's Salem Theatre, Salem, Ky.,
was hit by a severe fire recently. According
to the insurance adjuster's report, the theatre
was a total loss. No report has been
received as to whether Foster will rebuild
. . . Nell Borden secretary and assistant
treasurer of KATO. left on an extended vacation,
which will include a stay in Massachussets
and Nova Scotia.
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According to the Kentucky department of
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amusement taxes for the fiscal year 1949-50
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Receipts for June 1950 fell short approximately
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