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Allied Board Plans<br />
Spring Convention<br />
KANSAS CITY—The board of directors<br />
of Allied Independent Theatre Owners of<br />
Kansas and Missouri met at the office here<br />
Thursday (1) to discuss preliminary plans for<br />
the forthcoming Allied spring convention, national<br />
drive-in equipment show and meeting<br />
of the national organization's board of directors.<br />
The Joint affair will be held May<br />
15-17 in the Municipal auditorium here.<br />
Fred Harpst, general manager for Allied<br />
here, said that the equipment show would<br />
be held in the Little Theatre section of the<br />
auditorium and added that all drive-in men<br />
are invited to attend the show whether they<br />
are members of Allied or not. Harpst said he<br />
would try to line up national speakers for<br />
the event.<br />
Circuit Drive-In Managers<br />
Hold Home Office Confabs<br />
KANSAS CITY—Circuit operators in Kansas<br />
City followed up the recent KMTA drivein<br />
meeting here with meetings of their drivein<br />
managers in which discussions centered<br />
around Improvements in business for the<br />
forthcoming season.<br />
Optimism about business for 1951 continued<br />
high as managers for Durwood Theatres<br />
and Commonwealth drive-ins met with<br />
the home office staffs. Stanley H. Durwood,<br />
general manager of that circuit, said<br />
the chain's drive-in men discussed with home<br />
office executives policies and booking for the<br />
season. No definite opening dates have been<br />
set as yet for Durwood open-airers.<br />
Among those meeting in the Durwood office<br />
were Ed Gardiner, Jack Campbell and<br />
Howard Griffin, managers of the Skylark<br />
Drive-Ins in St! Joseph, Leavenworth and<br />
Jefferson City, respectively.<br />
The managers of Commonwealth's 15 driveins<br />
met with drive-in chieftain Jack Braunagel<br />
for similar discussions.<br />
Heating Plant Breaks Down<br />
JUNCTION CITY, KAS.—The Colonial<br />
Theatre was closed several days because of a<br />
faulty heating plant. Francis Wright is manager.<br />
Enlist in Blood Donor Drive<br />
OMAHA—Sixty Filmrow employes appeared<br />
along Davenport street for a picture taken<br />
of those who contributed to the blood donor<br />
drive. Sidney Epstein, local circuit owner,<br />
was in charge.<br />
OMAHA<br />
parly March storms gave<br />
some salesmen a<br />
fit. Al Gardiner of Warners was one of<br />
those who ended up in a ditch. Paul Back<br />
of RKO barely escaped having to spend his<br />
weekend in Plainview, Neb. Fortunately a<br />
break of good weather followed . . . R. D.<br />
Goldberg, local circuit owner, was in Chicago<br />
four days . . . Leo McKechneay, Tri-<br />
States Theatres treasurer from Des Moines,<br />
was in town . . . Stuart Engel is new student<br />
manager at the Orpheum here.<br />
Mrs. Edna Dillin, who resigned as MGM<br />
secretary a year and one-half ago to join<br />
her husband in Germany, was back for a brief<br />
visit with friends at the office . . . The<br />
Andrews family had a grand reunion in<br />
Japan, reports Jack, the father and Paramount<br />
salesman. Brooks of the army, who<br />
has been in Korea, had the chance to see<br />
his brother Jack jr. of the navy, whose ship<br />
was docked in Japanese waters.<br />
U. G. Brown, Arnold, Neb., exhibitor, took<br />
his son, a newspaper editor at Stapleton, to<br />
the North Platte hospital suffering from<br />
pneumonia . . Fred Stewart, projectionist<br />
.<br />
at the Omaha Theatre, is vacationing in<br />
Florida . . . Jake Rachman, local screen<br />
writer, picked Judy HoUiday as his choice<br />
for an Oscar after seeing "Born Yesterday"<br />
W. W. Cole filed for city commissioner.<br />
. . .<br />
His dad had the W. W. Cole shows, built<br />
Krug Park and the Krug Theatre.<br />
Visitors along: Filmrow included H. O.<br />
Qualsett, Tekameh; Oliver Sclmeider, Osceola:<br />
Frank Good, Red Oak; Mr. and Mrs.<br />
E. L. Bartak, Greeley; Carl Harriman, Alton;<br />
Wayne Nebbens, Rock Valley; Donald Johnson,<br />
Lynch; Arthur Sunde, Papillion; Phil<br />
Lannon, West Point; Jeanette Shoeneman,<br />
Wahoo; Charles Lathrop, Neola; Arnold<br />
Meierdierks, Pender, and Woody Simek, Ashland,<br />
Neb.<br />
MGM employes plan a dinner-dance March<br />
17 at the Paxton hotel as a farewell to<br />
Manager Bill Gaddoni and as a welcome to<br />
Vincent Flynn of New York, the new chief.<br />
Plynn pinch-hit here as manager during an<br />
illness about three years ago.<br />
To Produce 'Banner Line'<br />
Henry Berman has been named producer<br />
of "Banner Line," a newspaper drama being<br />
scripted for MGM release.<br />
You Have the FINEST<br />
in a GRIGGS Chair!<br />
Griggs All-Star chairs<br />
liave proven nojHilar<br />
with Exhibitors all<br />
over the country.<br />
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niul (Itirahtlily in<br />
every clinir. Center<br />
sifliiilfltfts are sohil<br />
Ueel from arm to<br />
Moor. Seal
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