Boxoffice-January.24.1953

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Earl
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D E S
MOINES
Oeveral additions to the Republic staff have
been made with the change in branch
managership. Bert Thomas. Warner salesman
for the last few years, will replace
Kenny Weldon as salesman. Weldon is now
manager of the exchange. Also leaving
Warners to work for Republic is Ann Branco
Last week was district manager's week
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on
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the Des Moines Row, if visits by managers
were any indication. Hall Walsh, Warner
district manager, was here for a few
days; Lester Zucker, new district manager
for Universal, was a guest in that exchange,
and J. A. Walsh, Paramount executive from
New York, spent several days in the Paramount
office here.
Bill Lyons, Warner booker, has resigned
to become assistant manager of the RKO
Orpheum . . . Oliver Patrick, Universal salesman,
was snowbound last week in Mallard.
Iowa, and had to remain there for a couple
ol days .
Kerr made a trip to the
Row from Colorado to do some booking for
his theatres . . . One of Paramount's traditional
pie parties was held last week in
honor of Dorothy Van Buren's birthday.
Don Hicks, Paramount manager, will go to
Chicago the last week in January to attend
meetings MGM's Mary Jo Johnson has
not
. . .
returned from Indianapolis where she
went to spend the New Year's weekend. She
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WE ARE DISTRIBXrrORS OF:
Chairs
Strong and Ashcraft Lamps and
Rectifiers
Imjierial and Motiograph
Generators
Moti()jira|)h and ('rntury Projectors
and Sound
Popcorn
National Carbons
Kollmorgen "Snaplite Lenses"
Raytone Screens
I'liiversal
(Julistan Carpets
Cretors
Hardware and Frames
Popcorn Machines
Boxes — Bags ;:— Salt — Seasoning
DRUE- II
Complete Line Of
Equipment
\\ f di) much niiire than just sell you equipiiiciit.
Our engineer helps you pick your site ami
will help M>u I'nini start to finish . . . That is \\h\
we li;i\c Sold nidre drive-in equipment in Iowa
than any other make. Some companies sell a
(ontract and forget you.
SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY!
Dcs Moines Tliealre
Phone 3-6520
Des Moines 9,
Iowa
Supply Co.
1121-23 High St.^
injured her knee in an accident while there,
and is still unable to make the trip back.
Byron Shapiro attended meetings of Columbia
managers in Chicago January 16. 17
Autry made good use of his time
in Des Moines last week. With two appearances
at KRNT Theatre in one day, Autry
still managed to visit children's wards of
two hospitals, appear on a couple of radio
programs and visit several shut-ins in their
private homes!
John A. Granquist, 54, projectionist at the
Orpheum, died. Funeral services were Monday
119) at the Dahlstrom funeral home. He
is survived by his wife Violet, two brothers
and a sister . . . Doug Taussig, 20th-Fox
exploiteer from New York, was here to line
up promotion for "My Pal Gus." which
opened at the Paramount. A tieup with the
Register and Tribune was arranged and 20th-
Fox offered three prizes—an Argus C-3
camera, valued at $75; sporting goods valued
at $25, and a $25 savings bond—which were
awarded to carriers whose customers sent
in the best reports of outstanding service.
There was also a free showing of the film to
all Register and Tribune carriers.
Black Hills Case Ahead
DEADWOOD. S. D.—Parties to the suit
brought by the Black Hills Amusement Co.
against Verling Geib to void the latter's termination
of the Black Hills lease of the Isis
Theatre here have been directed by Judge
Alex Rentto to file briefs. The court order
followed the completion of testimony. Geib
objected because the BHA kept the Isis
closed while operating another local theatre,
the Deadwood, creating an alleged monopoly
for the latter. The Deadwood was destroyed
by fire, but the Isis still is being kept shuttered
and the town is without an operating
theatre.
To Build Cresco Ozoner
CRESCO. IOWA—Joe Milnar and his son
Keith, operators of the State and drive-in
theatres at Spring Valley. Minn., have purchased
a tract of land one mile west of Cresco
on Highway 9 for construction of a 400-car
drive-in. The airer will be started as early as
possible this spring.
Dismantles Seat to Free Foot
STATE CENTER. IOWA — Theatre owner
John Shultz turned carpenter the other night
after a high school student got his foot
stuck between the seat and the back of
one of the chairs in the theatre. Armed
with screwdriver, pliers and wrench. Shultz
removed the seat, leaving the foot connected
with the ankle bone.
3" - 4" - 5"
In Lots of Ten
Single
Cones
$1.10
Double Cones
$1,30
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SPEAKER
REPAIRS
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BoxorncE January 24, 1953