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\^ANCOUVER—Benny Chechik, owner of
;rt Cooper Will Build
^ive-In in North Halifax
.HALIFAX—A drive-in will be built in the
wper north end of Halifax by Bert Cooper.
'iB site is on Lady Hammond road where
Joper built a swimming pool about five
us ago. He has been operating it season-
,y with refreshment stands and overnight
^Tips. The permit for the drive-in calls for
jout 250-car capacity.
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ji FPC Bowling Loop
TORONTO— Sixty enthusiasts make up ten
Urns currently in the Famous Players Bowlj;
league. Members include employes from
(> head office, the General Theatre Supply
i. and several theatre managers who can't
\.y away from the alleys. The first series
I games will close at the end of November,
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be followed by winter and spring series,
\h trophies and prizes being handed out at
; annual banquet in April. Games are
]iyed every Thursday night,
[rhree representatives of General Theatre
jpply are out in front with high scores for
I games: Gordon Bridges with 217; Bob
iroule 202 and Douglas Lowes 200. Among
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women, Muriel Breckenridge is leading
- ,h a high average of 178, followed by Louise
iiith with 170 and Ann Kiss 168.
iloseph Cardwell, manager of the Tivoli,
li Don Stein, manager of the Alhambra,
the contenders, each with an aver-
of 190. Manager Leonard Bishop of
has compiled an average of 179 while
Ti-otter, manager of the Bloor, has 148.
rhe officers of the league are Bob West,
I'sident; Bob Sproule, vice-president: Mu-
I Breckenridge, secretary, and Vicki An-
I 'Off, treasurer.
Honors of Industry Are Extended
To Simon Meretsky by Pioneers
lace Dealer Files Protest
D New Verdun Theatre
MONTREAL—Another obstacle has loomed
1 ore Seagrave Construction, Inc., in its ef-
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ts to build a tlieatre on Church avenue in
rdun. Action has been taken in superior
by Angelo Bartuccio, Verdun shoe
turn, Meretsky recounted the highlights of
his colorful life in a feeling speech which
held his listeners spellbound.
Meretsky was given an oil painting of himself,
done by Harry Zeilig of Windsor, a young
artist whom Meretsky had assisted. It was
a gift from former employes, many of whom
were present at the function. An illuminated
testimonial from the Windsor lodge of B'nai
B'rith was presented by M. M. Sumner, a
prominent citizen there.
Projectionists Local 580 of Windsor, through
Edward Hale, business agent, made the presentation
of an honorary gold membership
card. Prom the Canadian Picture Pioneers,
Meretsky accepted an honorary life membership.
Miss Ray Lewis, president of the Pioneers,
gave Meretsky an autograph book in leather
binding, which contained a number of caricatures
and signatures of many prominent
persons in and out of the film industry.
To commemorate the occasion, an anonymous
donation of $1,000 was received by the
CPP for its benevolent fund, to which Meretsky
added a contribution of $500 for good
measure.
Miss Lewis, the only woman member of the
Pioneers, made a gracious hostess in behalf of
the 588 Pioneer members across Canada.
Morris Stein of Famous Players, with which
Meretsky was a partner for many years, officiated
as toastmaster and master of ceremonies
at the tiered head table, where sat
the many special guests and their strikingly
gowned ladies.
Among the speakers who gave eulogies of
the film patriarch were Paul Martin of Ottawa,
minister of national health and welfare,
WiUiam Griesinger, minister of planning
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1? Bay Theatre here, has applied to the
,y council at Saanich on Vancouver Islid,
a few miles from Victoria, for rezoning etsky, native of Russia and an adopted son J. Reaume, Windsor; Col. David H. Croll,
TORONTO—Seventy-year-old Simon Mer-
and development in Ontario; Mayor Arthur
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a 52-acre site to permit construction of a of Canada since 1888, was acclaimed by 350 member of parliament from the Torontos>0,000
tour-screen drive-in.
friends and theatre associates at a banquet Spadina riding; Oscar R. Hanson of Toronto,
The council will call a public hearing on given by the Candian Picture Pioneers in his one of the founders of the Canadian Picture
1.' application. Tlie drive-in would require honor at the King Edward hotel last Wednesday
(1). The veteran exhibitor of Windsor, arines, who spoke in behalf of FPC asso-
Pioneers, and Stewart Fleming, St. Cath-
iim ten to 15 acres and would be the first
installation in this country, who recently sold his interests to Famous
Iir-screen
me 300 seats would be provided for walk-in Players Canadian Corp., was showered with
trons. Two other drive-ins are planned honors and tangible tokens of admiration by
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the Victoria district and are expected to speakers of high place in Canadian life. In
('=n by spring 1951.
ciates.
In the Windsor delegation were Eugene
Fitzgibbons, managing director of Paramount
Windsor Theatres, formerly headed by Meretsky;
R. E. Knevels, manager of the Capitol;
J. J. Lefave, manager of the Tivoli. and Ed
Lamoureux, manager of the Empire.
Among FPC partners who joined in honoring
Meretsky were Jule Allen, N. A. Taylor.
Sam Bloom, Sam Fine and William Summerville
jr., all of Toronto; G. N. Ganetakos and
Arthur Hirsch. Montreal; George Miller, Peterboro;
Clarence G. Markell, Cornwall; Harold
and H. W. Braden, Hamilton; T. Sasio of
Barrie and Stewart Fleming of St. Catharines.
All branches of the industry were
represented.
It was a great evening for a great veteran
of the Canadian theatre business and an
outstanding citizen of Windsor.
Booking Service Gains
TORONTO—Independent Theatre Services,
a booking and buying organization, is making
good headway, according to Harold L. Pfaff,
manager, who said that 20 theatres around
Ontario have joined the group. Pfaff, former
sales manager here for Canadian Paramount,
is associated with Bruce McL3od, independent
theatre owner, in the company
which is located at 600 Bay St.
'Your Life' in Ninth Week
TORONTO—"The Happiest Days of Youi
Life" continued to be the semipermanent attraction
at the International Cinema by
rounding out its ninth week. The companion
art theatre, the Towne Cinema, held the revival
of "City Lights" for a second week.
James Webb is writing the screenplay for
"The Big Ti-ees," story of Cahfornia's giant
redwood country, a Warner picture.
1 iler, to annul the building permit as illal.
I permit was denied early in September
the motion before city council mus-
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ed a 4-3 vote instead of the required five
nine. The permit was granted at a
1 er meeting on a 5-4 vote, with Mayor Ed-
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rd Wilson casting the deciding ballot.
NEWFOUNDLANDERS—Shown standing in the front of the Koxy Theatre in
Deer Lake, N. F., are Phil King, projectionist; Melva Tucker, usher; Mrs. M. C.
Mitchell, cashier; Edith Kumbolt, usher, and Manager M. C. Mitchell.
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