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People in Greece Look<br />
For Invasion in Spring<br />
From Eastern Edition<br />
BATAVIA, N. Y.—Nikitas D. Dipson, head<br />
of the Dipson circuit, flew back to his headquarters<br />
here from Greece, where his wife<br />
and daughter are remaining. On arriving in<br />
Batavia, he presided at a meeting of all executives<br />
of the company.<br />
Dipson reported there is a general feeling<br />
among the Greek people that war may come<br />
in the Balkans this spring. He said the<br />
Greek people point to a similarity in their<br />
position and that of the South Koreans.<br />
Their country, too, is a peninsula and is<br />
bordered on the north by a Russian satellite,<br />
Bulgaria. "The Russians always manage to<br />
get someone else to do their fighting," Dipson<br />
commented, "so it is natural to assume<br />
that Bulgaria may invade Greece."<br />
VANCOUVER<br />
Cyd Western opened his new 325-seat OUver<br />
Theatre at Williams Lake in the British<br />
Columbia interior. The new building replaces<br />
the old Oliver, the only one in the town.<br />
Policy will be two pictures weekly . . Wadena,<br />
.<br />
a Saskatchewan farming community,<br />
now has two theatres with the opening of<br />
Mike Pluhator's 350-seat quonset-type<br />
house, which will compete with A. Malowanchuk's<br />
340-seat Roxy.<br />
. .<br />
Two more drive-ins in the Oka fruit belt<br />
section have opened at Kelowna and Penticton<br />
. . . The new Lions Outdoor theatre<br />
in North Vancouver wUl open April 16 and<br />
the Chllliwack Drive-In will bow at the end<br />
of March . The Paramount Drive-In near<br />
Vancouver and the 4-screen outdoor theatre<br />
being rushed to completion near Victoria are<br />
expected to be operating in May.<br />
Guy Graham, who sold his Park Theatre<br />
at White Rock, summer resort 25 miles<br />
from here, now is operating a dance hall in<br />
that town and is having a large television set<br />
installed in the dance hall by General Theatre<br />
Supply Co. Graham claims that his<br />
dance pavilion is the largest in the Pacific<br />
coast area ... It reported that theatre employes<br />
local B-72 and the circuits have agreed<br />
to a ten-cent an hour pay increase for doormen,<br />
ushers and cashiers. Theatre workers<br />
demanded a 20 per cent increase on a oneyear<br />
contract.<br />
W. D. and F. D. Welykholowa, operators of<br />
the Capitol at Kamsack, Sask., have bought<br />
the opposition Elite Theatre there from<br />
Theatre Agencies of Winnipeg. The Elite<br />
will be closed until spring.<br />
TORONTO<br />
. . . N. A. Taylor,<br />
TXTalter Helm, former veteran manager at<br />
the Biltmore at Kitchener, Ont., has<br />
joined the H. E. Bacher Real Estate & Insurance<br />
Co., there. Succeeding him as manager<br />
is Howard Thomas<br />
chief of 20th Century Theatres, caught the<br />
. . .<br />
flu bug upon his return to Toronto after<br />
a New York business trip, but he recovered<br />
quickly . . . Gerald Saunderson is the manager<br />
of the Savoy, recently opened Toronto<br />
unit of Biltmore Theatres The recent<br />
flu epidemic sent a number of film executives<br />
here to Florida for a winter holiday.<br />
Kroger Babb of Hallmark Productions was<br />
guest of honor at a Toronto Variety social<br />
that used equipment<br />
and sell it<br />
by using—<br />
. . . Mrs. Jack Arthur,<br />
. . . Allen's<br />
gathering recently<br />
wife of the Famous Players' district manager,<br />
trained the dancing chorus of the Lawrence<br />
Park Players for their recent revue, "Community<br />
Capers" . . . Harry Ginsler, veteran<br />
film salesman, has returned to his office here<br />
after an extensive eastern tour<br />
Premier Theatres here has taken over the<br />
Regent in CoUingwood, Ont. The showcase<br />
was operated by Bull Bros.<br />
Manager Al Sedgwick of the Palace in<br />
St. Catharines, Ont., featured a complete<br />
stage show, "The Musical Maniac," for two<br />
nights with the regular feature at no advance<br />
in prices.<br />
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FPC Boosts Fcanily Nights<br />
TORONTO — Famous Players Canadian<br />
Corp. is promoting Family nights to boost patronage<br />
in its leading neighborhood units<br />
with general advertising which carries the<br />
heading "Monday Night Is Movie Night.."<br />
The copy suggests, "Make It a Family<br />
Party," and the announcements carry the<br />
line. "You'll always see a great show in your<br />
nearest Famous Players' theatre." The public<br />
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BOXOFFICE :: March 10, 1951 93
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