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IL<br />
A MUST for That Play Area<br />
The one piece of equipment that<br />
attrocts most!<br />
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To be found in most of the better drive-ins.<br />
Seventy-five sold to one major circuit within<br />
the past few years end they are still buying.<br />
HILL S<br />
$140.00 FOB Grand Prairie, Texas<br />
$130.00 less canopy.<br />
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT CO.<br />
6800 W. Davis St. Phone: Federal 0381<br />
Dallas, Texas<br />
RE-CONE SPEAKERS<br />
and Have BETTER SOUND<br />
at BIG SAVINGS!<br />
WE SPECIALIZE in re-cone work. We rebuild any<br />
size, any make loudspeaker. Strictly quality parts<br />
and workmanship.<br />
WE GUARANTEE every job. We play-test every<br />
speaker before shipment and imprint our company<br />
name and test date.<br />
DRIVE-IN QUESTION CORNER<br />
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car instead of depending upon the carhops'<br />
say-so. The exhibitors who use<br />
this two-cashier system claim that they<br />
earn the cashier's pay several times over<br />
through the additional admissions that<br />
are salvaged. It is my personal opinion<br />
that, unless the exhibitor has a definitely<br />
dishonest group of carhops, the<br />
employment of the additional cashier on<br />
normal nights is actually only an increased<br />
overhead expense<br />
Do you know of any steel screen towers<br />
that have heen wrecked by the wind?<br />
Yes! Two steel screen structures in<br />
Canada and one in Ohio were totally<br />
destroyed by the wind in 1950. Two<br />
other steel screen structures were so<br />
badly twisted that they had to be demolished<br />
and rebuilt. When failure occurs<br />
in any structure it does not mean<br />
that the material is at fault. The failure<br />
may be due, and probably was due, to<br />
improper design or improper erection.<br />
What type and size equipment would be<br />
the most economical to use for shaping the<br />
ramps of a 400-car drive-in theatre where<br />
there is not much earth to be moved?<br />
A grader, or pan, of about 10-cubic<br />
yard capacity could be used for moving<br />
the earth from one location to another.<br />
A 60-hp bulldozer could be used to shape<br />
the ramps. A motor patrol could be<br />
used for the finishing of the area, and a<br />
10- ton tandem roller could be used tc<br />
compact the surface after it was shaped.<br />
Will you advise me as to the most eco-^<br />
nomical, and yet efficient, method of distributing<br />
surfacing material over the ramp'<br />
and drive areas?<br />
The most simple method of distributing<br />
surfacing material is known as "tailgating."<br />
This operation consists of<br />
locking the tailgate of the material truck<br />
in a slightly open position, from four to<br />
six inches, and then driving the truck<br />
ahead and gradually raising the body.<br />
A good driver can do a pretty fair job of<br />
distributing in this manner. There is<br />
also a device known as a "spreader" that<br />
does a good job. This device is a wide,<br />
shallow trailer that is connected to the<br />
rear of the truck and the surfacing mai<br />
terial drops into it in the same manner<br />
as for tailgating. The spreader provides<br />
a much more even distribution than does<br />
the tailgating and the cost of renting<br />
such a device would amount to only a<br />
few pennies per ton of material handled.<br />
Store Small Equipment<br />
During Closed Season<br />
All equipment should be removed from<br />
the outdoor theatre's ticket office at the<br />
close of the season. Change-makers, ticket<br />
machines, adding machines, electric heaters,<br />
electric fans, and other small objects<br />
should be packed in boxes and moved to<br />
dry storage. Windows and doors should be<br />
tightly shuttered.<br />
WRITE NOW for our LOW PRICES on various sizes<br />
and all other details of our complete service.<br />
WESTERN ELECTRONICS CO.<br />
6220 Washington Ave., Houston, Texas<br />
"Exclusively repairing dnve-in speakers"<br />
For Better Service<br />
And Higher Profits<br />
EVERY DRIVE-IN THEATRE<br />
NEEDS THE<br />
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DUrrClulxIA . .Hot and cold compartmtnts.<br />
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Ask for descriptlye literature, prices and delivery<br />
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401 Schwciter BIdg. Wichita, Kani.<br />
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20 INCH LUCITE PLATE<br />
Plastic Admission and Directional Signs<br />
At Dealers Everywhere. Send for Brochure<br />
Write<br />
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